CFTC Posts January FCM Financials

The CFTC has posted financial figures for FCMs. During January, overall retail Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Read this Term funds grew to $657 million from $641 million. Despite the increase in overall client funds, among retail focused firms, only Interactive Brokers and FXCM experienced a rise in forex customer funds. The decline in customer holdings may have been the result of volatile trading during January which may have caught traders by surprise or simply the weaker firms continuing to struggle in the US market.

Among the notable noves, net forex funds rose nearly 40% at InteractiveBrokers from $34.4 million to $47.8 million. With a large base of 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 traders, IB’s forex division could be benefiting from clients moving funds to the product as trading have become more active this year. Also, customer funds at Alpari were weak and fell 15% to just above $13 million. The seemingly real lack of interest among US traders for Alpari’s offering appears to be the reason the broker announced that it was launching trading schools in the country.