FCM Numbers Up in July 2012

Across the FX world trade volumes were significantly lower from June 2012 and July 2011. The negative market sentiment has been prevalent across the summer as represented by August figures. Despite the negativity US based financial service providers managed to show a net increase in net capital and retail FX funds.

Overall the figures are consistent to previous months however FX Clubs announcement to withdraw from the US market is reflected in a slight decrease in both indicators, the broker is expected to get approval under CySEC CySEC The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is a financial regulatory authority of Cyprus. CySEC is one of the key watchdog authorities for brokerages in Europe, whose financial regulations and operations comply with the European MiFID financial harmonization law.Founded in 2001, CySEC is instrumental in providing licensing and registration for forex brokers and previously binary options providers.CySEC is responsible for a variety of different functions, which includes the supervision The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is a financial regulatory authority of Cyprus. CySEC is one of the key watchdog authorities for brokerages in Europe, whose financial regulations and operations comply with the European MiFID financial harmonization law.Founded in 2001, CySEC is instrumental in providing licensing and registration for forex brokers and previously binary options providers.CySEC is responsible for a variety of different functions, which includes the supervision Read this Term in Cyprus.

Interactive Brokers increased on both accounts despite the firm having a difficult Q2 the broker reported in July that its second-quarter profit slumped 16% to $8 million as revenue from trading gains and interest income fell.

July 2012 FCM Figures: