FFAJ Releases Quarterly Figures, Trading Volume Jumps 27.7% QoQ

The Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ) has released its Quarterly statistic report on domestic and international transactions for the Q2 (July – September 2014), highlighted by a 27.7% jump in on-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 trading volume.

The quarterly report follows on the heels of a previous report over a month ago showing robust FX performance across the FFAJ, witnessing a -16% MoM drop in binary options volumes from September.

In terms of the most recent Quarterly figures, total on-exchange volume came in at 17,981,964 contracts, up 27.7% from 14,075,659 contracts last quarter. More specifically, domestic Margin FX contracts were reported at 7,491,819, up 20.6% from 6,207,976 contracts last quarter.

Additionally, domestic OTC Margin FX came in at $6.4 trillion (¥ 756.8 trillion) this quarter, up 19.8% from $5.34 trillion (¥631.6 trillion) last quarter. Finally, overseas FX futures recorded a slight 5.4% increase QoQ to 23,524 contracts from 22,305 last quarter.

Retail FX Trading Breakdown

Across exchanges, the TFX (Click365) reported FX Retail Trading Retail Trading In finance, retail trading refers to individual traders, trading through a broker, or on a platform. This can include novice traders and experienced traders. Trading and investing are divided into two categories, retail and institutional. Institutions include investment banks like JP Morgan or Citibank and global central banks like the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. When we talk about retail trading however, we usually are referring to forex trading, but there are retail trade In finance, retail trading refers to individual traders, trading through a broker, or on a platform. This can include novice traders and experienced traders. Trading and investing are divided into two categories, retail and institutional. Institutions include investment banks like JP Morgan or Citibank and global central banks like the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. When we talk about retail trading however, we usually are referring to forex trading, but there are retail trade Read this Term volumes of $66.1 billion (¥7.8 trillion) this quarter, up 26.5% QoQ from $52.2 billion (¥6.17 trillion) previously. Conversely, the OSE (Exchange FX) noted a less optimistic picture, diving -19.3% QoQ in FX retail trading volumes to $4.04 billion (¥477 billion) from $5.0 billion (¥591.8 billion).

These figures have tempered the overall trading volume of the 2014 FY first half (from April to September), which saw trading volumes of on-exchange FX margin trading collapsing -58.8% on the base of contracts, compared with the 2013 FY first half. Moreover, the trading volume of over-the-counter FX margin trading also declined by -43.5% over this same period.