GAIN Capital's Retail Volumes Retreat in September

Foreign Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term and CFDs brokerage GAIN Capital has just reported its aggregated trading volumes for the month of September. The group’s latest retail volumes bucked a seasonal trend, incurring a monthly decline after a highly active August.

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The 2017 calendar year was relatively devoid of a summer lull, as August gave way to unusually heightened trading volumes via escalating rhetoric in North Korea and other political setbacks in the US. Conversely, September featured a number of market drivers too, as well a rebound of the USD, and European elections, though this was not enough to sustain GAIN’s recent momentum in its retail volumes.

In particular, GAIN Capital’s retail clients transacted a total of $202.6 billion in September 2017, retreating -14.8 percent month-over-month from $237.7 billion in August 2017. The latest reading pares all of last month’s volumes growth in this segment, retreating off of multi-month highs in August.

Over a yearly timetable, GAIN’s latest retail OTC volume was also lower, albeit by a factor of -2.5 percent from $207.8 billion in September 2016. The decline in total retail OTC volume was also exacerbated by a differential in trading days in September (20), relative to 23 trading days back in August.

The group’s average daily volumes (ADVs) came in at $9.6 billion in September 2017, down -6.8 percent month-over-month from $10.3 billion per day in August 2017, up 2.1 percent on a yearly basis.

Meanwhile, active accounts in the retail segment totaled 133,813 in September 2017, which is marginally lower on a monthly basis from 133,965 accounts in August 2017. This reading is higher relative to September 2016, gaining 3.0 percent year-over-year.

Glenn Stevens, Chief Executive Officer, GAIN Capital commented: "Stable market conditions and improved customer engagement resulted in consistent operating metrics during the third quarter, including average daily retail trading volume of approximately $9.6 billion for September. As the result of low Volatility Volatility In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Traders In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Traders Read this Term in the third quarter, retail revenue capture was approximately 10% lower than the trailing twelve-month level.”

Institutional volumes stagnate

GTX, the electronic communications network and institutional segment of GAIN Capital’s business, saw its upward momentum snapped in September 2017. The group reported a reading of $279.0 billion for the month, unchanged from $279.8 billion in August 2017. This figure is however higher by 49.8 percent year-over-year, relative to $186.3 billion in September 2016.

GAIN Capital’s swap dealer facility registered a decline in September 2017 with transactions plunging 46.1 percent month-over-month to $62.8 billion, compared to $77.5 billion in August 2017.

Meanwhile, futures trading also registered a pullback to 478,196 contracts, corresponding to a decline of -15.8 percent month-over-month when compared to 568,087 contracts in the month prior.

Looking ahead, “As we move into the fourth quarter of 2017, we remain focused on executing on our organic growth initiatives that aim to increase our market share and trading volumes, attract new customers and increase revenue per active account with existing customers,” Mr. Stevens noted.