FXSpotStream, Fastmatch Kick Off FX Volume Reports for March
- In March 2019, the average daily volume on FastMatch was $21 billion, up 16% relative to $18.14 billion in February.

Activity on FXSpotStream’s trading venue, the aggregator service of LiquidityMatch LLC, rebounded in March after a notable dip in February as increased 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 can be successful in both low and high volatile environments, but the strategies employed are often different depending upon volatility. Why Too Much Volatility is a ProblemIn the FX space, lower volatile currency pairs offer less surprises, and are suited to position traders.High volatile pairs are attractive for many day traders, due to quick and strong movements, offering the potential for higher profits, although the risk associated with such volatile pairs are many. Overall, a look at previous volatility tells us how likely price will fluctuate in the future, although it has nothing to do with direction.All a trader can gather from this is the understanding that the probability of a volatile pair to increase or decrease an X amount in a Y period of time, is more than the probability of a non-volatile pair. Another important factor is, volatility can and does change over time, and there can be periods when even highly volatile instruments show signs of flatness, with price not really making headway in either direction. Too little volatility is just as problematic for markets as too much, we uncertainty in excess can create panic and problems of liquidity. This was evident during Black Swan events or other crisis that have historically roiled currency and equity markets. 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 can be successful in both low and high volatile environments, but the strategies employed are often different depending upon volatility. Why Too Much Volatility is a ProblemIn the FX space, lower volatile currency pairs offer less surprises, and are suited to position traders.High volatile pairs are attractive for many day traders, due to quick and strong movements, offering the potential for higher profits, although the risk associated with such volatile pairs are many. Overall, a look at previous volatility tells us how likely price will fluctuate in the future, although it has nothing to do with direction.All a trader can gather from this is the understanding that the probability of a volatile pair to increase or decrease an X amount in a Y period of time, is more than the probability of a non-volatile pair. Another important factor is, volatility can and does change over time, and there can be periods when even highly volatile instruments show signs of flatness, with price not really making headway in either direction. Too little volatility is just as problematic for markets as too much, we uncertainty in excess can create panic and problems of liquidity. This was evident during Black Swan events or other crisis that have historically roiled currency and equity markets. Read this Term across global markets boosted volumes. The company’s figures set a positive tone for a raft of similar announcements from eFX cash venues to be issued later this week.
Average daily turnover on FXSpotStream platforms was reported at $37.75 billion, which represented a move higher of 8.4 percent over a monthly timeframe, compared with $34.83 billion back in February 2019. On an annual basis, turnover also climbed by over 37 percent relative to $27.54 billion from March 2018.
FXSpotStream saw a rebound across its total trading volumes after the company reported $792 billion for the month, up 14 percent month-on-month from $696 billion reported the previous month. Across a yearly interval, March’s metrics shot higher by more than 30 percent compared with $606 billion a year ago.
Fastmatch Metrics
The FX trading venue of Euronext has also reported trading volumes for March, which shows a strong rebound with one of the company’s best months. Fastmatch is reporting a total of $441.8 billion that has changed hands during March 2019, representing a 22 percent increase from the $363 billion reported back in February 2019.
Outside of the FX volumes count, Euronext’s electronic communication network (ECN) has been very active in the past few months. Just last week, FastMatch established a matching engine and opened an office in Singapore, located near some of its major customers in the largest FX center in Asia and the third largest globally.
The company has been accelerating its expansion in the Asian market to increase the availability of its technology platform and create a strong presence in order to become a major FX marketplace in the region.
Activity on FXSpotStream’s trading venue, the aggregator service of LiquidityMatch LLC, rebounded in March after a notable dip in February as increased 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 can be successful in both low and high volatile environments, but the strategies employed are often different depending upon volatility. Why Too Much Volatility is a ProblemIn the FX space, lower volatile currency pairs offer less surprises, and are suited to position traders.High volatile pairs are attractive for many day traders, due to quick and strong movements, offering the potential for higher profits, although the risk associated with such volatile pairs are many. Overall, a look at previous volatility tells us how likely price will fluctuate in the future, although it has nothing to do with direction.All a trader can gather from this is the understanding that the probability of a volatile pair to increase or decrease an X amount in a Y period of time, is more than the probability of a non-volatile pair. Another important factor is, volatility can and does change over time, and there can be periods when even highly volatile instruments show signs of flatness, with price not really making headway in either direction. Too little volatility is just as problematic for markets as too much, we uncertainty in excess can create panic and problems of liquidity. This was evident during Black Swan events or other crisis that have historically roiled currency and equity markets. 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 can be successful in both low and high volatile environments, but the strategies employed are often different depending upon volatility. Why Too Much Volatility is a ProblemIn the FX space, lower volatile currency pairs offer less surprises, and are suited to position traders.High volatile pairs are attractive for many day traders, due to quick and strong movements, offering the potential for higher profits, although the risk associated with such volatile pairs are many. Overall, a look at previous volatility tells us how likely price will fluctuate in the future, although it has nothing to do with direction.All a trader can gather from this is the understanding that the probability of a volatile pair to increase or decrease an X amount in a Y period of time, is more than the probability of a non-volatile pair. Another important factor is, volatility can and does change over time, and there can be periods when even highly volatile instruments show signs of flatness, with price not really making headway in either direction. Too little volatility is just as problematic for markets as too much, we uncertainty in excess can create panic and problems of liquidity. This was evident during Black Swan events or other crisis that have historically roiled currency and equity markets. Read this Term across global markets boosted volumes. The company’s figures set a positive tone for a raft of similar announcements from eFX cash venues to be issued later this week.
Average daily turnover on FXSpotStream platforms was reported at $37.75 billion, which represented a move higher of 8.4 percent over a monthly timeframe, compared with $34.83 billion back in February 2019. On an annual basis, turnover also climbed by over 37 percent relative to $27.54 billion from March 2018.
FXSpotStream saw a rebound across its total trading volumes after the company reported $792 billion for the month, up 14 percent month-on-month from $696 billion reported the previous month. Across a yearly interval, March’s metrics shot higher by more than 30 percent compared with $606 billion a year ago.
Fastmatch Metrics
The FX trading venue of Euronext has also reported trading volumes for March, which shows a strong rebound with one of the company’s best months. Fastmatch is reporting a total of $441.8 billion that has changed hands during March 2019, representing a 22 percent increase from the $363 billion reported back in February 2019.
Outside of the FX volumes count, Euronext’s electronic communication network (ECN) has been very active in the past few months. Just last week, FastMatch established a matching engine and opened an office in Singapore, located near some of its major customers in the largest FX center in Asia and the third largest globally.
The company has been accelerating its expansion in the Asian market to increase the availability of its technology platform and create a strong presence in order to become a major FX marketplace in the region.