Saxo Bank’s Trading Volumes Spike Higher as Volatility Picks Up
- In a year-to-year comparison Saxo Bank's volume numbers look positive as well, up 4% from $212 billion in August 2014.

Danish Multi-Asset Multi-Asset Composed of varying asset classes, multi-asset is a blanket designation combining different classes such bonds, equities, cash equivalents, fixed income, and alternative investments.When compared to traditional balanced funds, multi-asset solutions differ because they target specific investment outcomes. This includes outcomes such as return above inflation as opposed to gauging performance against standardized benchmarks.Given the composition of multi-asset classes, they need to be dynamically Composed of varying asset classes, multi-asset is a blanket designation combining different classes such bonds, equities, cash equivalents, fixed income, and alternative investments.When compared to traditional balanced funds, multi-asset solutions differ because they target specific investment outcomes. This includes outcomes such as return above inflation as opposed to gauging performance against standardized benchmarks.Given the composition of multi-asset classes, they need to be dynamically Read this Term broker Saxo Bank released today key metrics for the month of August 2015. The figures show a comeback for trading volumes after disappointing figures for the previous month.
Its total monthly trading volume reached $220.4 billion in August 2015, up 21.8% from July’s figure of $181 billion. In a year-to-year comparison, Saxo Bank’s volume numbers look positive as well, up 4% from $212 billion in August 2014.
The daily average trading volume in August 2015 was $10.5 billion, much better than the previous month and getting closer to the $11.4 billion ADV that Saxo Bank experienced in March 2015. The YoY comparison of the ADV figure shows minor improvement over August 2014’s $10.1 billion.
However not all metrics were improving for Saxo Bank in August. After going up the previous month, the clients’ collateral deposits for trading went down to $11 billion. The figure seems to have peaked at $11.46 billion in May 2015, the highest such figure ever, passing November 2014’s record of $11.37 billion.

Last month, Saxo Bank reported its H1 2015 financial metrics, yielding a loss for the first six months of the fiscal year. This was instigated in part after a tumultuous episode of 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 wrought by the Swiss National Bank (SNB).
Trading volumes in August have picked up almost universally across all major brokers in the industry as traders have rushed to take advantage of rapidly gyrating markets. On the 24th of August, the day dubbed as "black Monday" for the Chinese market brokers registered their best trading day since the SNB debacle.
In contrast to the 15th of January, the majority of the firms in the industry registered record profits for a single day.
Danish Multi-Asset Multi-Asset Composed of varying asset classes, multi-asset is a blanket designation combining different classes such bonds, equities, cash equivalents, fixed income, and alternative investments.When compared to traditional balanced funds, multi-asset solutions differ because they target specific investment outcomes. This includes outcomes such as return above inflation as opposed to gauging performance against standardized benchmarks.Given the composition of multi-asset classes, they need to be dynamically Composed of varying asset classes, multi-asset is a blanket designation combining different classes such bonds, equities, cash equivalents, fixed income, and alternative investments.When compared to traditional balanced funds, multi-asset solutions differ because they target specific investment outcomes. This includes outcomes such as return above inflation as opposed to gauging performance against standardized benchmarks.Given the composition of multi-asset classes, they need to be dynamically Read this Term broker Saxo Bank released today key metrics for the month of August 2015. The figures show a comeback for trading volumes after disappointing figures for the previous month.
Its total monthly trading volume reached $220.4 billion in August 2015, up 21.8% from July’s figure of $181 billion. In a year-to-year comparison, Saxo Bank’s volume numbers look positive as well, up 4% from $212 billion in August 2014.
The daily average trading volume in August 2015 was $10.5 billion, much better than the previous month and getting closer to the $11.4 billion ADV that Saxo Bank experienced in March 2015. The YoY comparison of the ADV figure shows minor improvement over August 2014’s $10.1 billion.
However not all metrics were improving for Saxo Bank in August. After going up the previous month, the clients’ collateral deposits for trading went down to $11 billion. The figure seems to have peaked at $11.46 billion in May 2015, the highest such figure ever, passing November 2014’s record of $11.37 billion.

Last month, Saxo Bank reported its H1 2015 financial metrics, yielding a loss for the first six months of the fiscal year. This was instigated in part after a tumultuous episode of 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 wrought by the Swiss National Bank (SNB).
Trading volumes in August have picked up almost universally across all major brokers in the industry as traders have rushed to take advantage of rapidly gyrating markets. On the 24th of August, the day dubbed as "black Monday" for the Chinese market brokers registered their best trading day since the SNB debacle.
In contrast to the 15th of January, the majority of the firms in the industry registered record profits for a single day.