Tokyo Financial Exchange's April FX Volumes Lower by 14.6%

The Tokyo Financial 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 (TFX) is the first major institution to release its volumes numbers for the month of April and the amount of exchange listed FX margin contracts traded during the month has dropped by 14.6% when compared to March numbers to 2,088,673, or 94,941 contracts daily.

The year-on-year figures are now 70% lower, however considering the record activity in Japanese yen trading during the same period last year, this does not come as a surprise. The subdued trading activity is attributed to the record low Volatility Volatility In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, or 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. Trad In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, or 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. Trad Read this Term in major FX pairs. The sole currency pair that more or less maintained decent levels of trading during the month was the USD/JPY, which only dropped by 1.7%.

Cross trading slumped led by the EUR/JPY dropping by 30.8% on March's numbers and the AUD/JPY falling by 20.3% to confirm the low expectations for volumes in the first month of the second quarter of 2014.

In contracts Exchange Equity Index contracts traded on the TFX have rebounded during the month of April, rising by 5.3% over March, led by Nikkei 225 contracts which bounced by 6.5% over last month. That said, the figure is still way lower than last year by 42.1%.