On The Up - Alpari Posts Record Volumes for February

A general trend is emerging which indicates that worldwide trading volumes across the board are on a path to not only recovery, but to levels exceeding those of one year ago.

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In some cases, the decline in volume prolonged its impact, as demonstrated by IntercontinentalExchange, whose FX volumes were still floundering in November last year.

Alpari is the latest company to announce a significant increase in monthly trading volumes, culminating in a record month totaling over $230 billion for the period between 1st and 28th February 2013. This was up from $210 billion in January.

Daniel Skowronski, Chief Executive Officer, Alpari (UK) Limited, commented, “This record-breaking trading month is a testament to our business strategy, excellent product offer, service ethos and the hard work of all the teams at Alpari which has enabled the business to take full advantage of upswings in market 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.”

2013 will likely become an interesting year of evolution for Alpari, as the company went high profile in late February by branching out into sports sponsorship with a deal to sponsor English Premier League team West Ham United, as well as extending the Alpari Academy across the United States as a means of garnering new business after its success in Russia.

Among other companies which posted record volumes for February was FXAll, whose volume was up 8.7% from that of the previous month, and DMM Securities which reported a staggering $724.34 billion in January alone.