August figures keep coming at outstanding levels

Francesc

FXCM Reports Monthly Metrics
FXCM Inc. (NYSE: FXCM) today announced certain key operating metrics for August 2011 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business. Monthly activities included:
August 2011 - Retail Trading Metrics
1. Retail customer trading volume(1) of $363 billion in August 2011, 17% higher than July 2011 and 36% higher than August 2010.
2. Average retail customer trading volume(1) per day of $15.8 billion in August 2011, 7% higher than July 2011 and 30% higher than August 2010.
3. An average of 462,353 retail client trades per day in August 2011, 26% higher than July 2011 and 51% higher than August 2010.
4. Tradeable accounts(2) of 174,944 as of August 31, 2011, an increase of 638, or 0.4% from July 2011, and an increase of 2,175,or 1%, from August 2010. The increase excludes 3,118 accounts that are no longer considered Tradeable due to new leverage requirements in Japan that went into effect in August 2011.

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