GAIN Capital Retail Volume down 20% in February, Institutional Volume Also Dropped 16%

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GAIN Capital February 2014 Retail Metrics

• Retail OTC trading volume of $169.3 billion, a decrease of 20.3% from January 2014 and an increase of 17.9% from February 2013.
• Average daily retail OTC trading volume of $8.5 billion, a decrease of 12.4% from January 2014 and an increase of 17.9% from February 2013.
• Active retail OTC accounts of 98,955, virtually unchanged from January 2014 and an increase of 62.3% from February 2013.
• Futures Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs) 17,065, an increase of 11.7% from January 2014 and an increase of 15.8% from February 2013.
• Total funded accounts of 133,044, virtually unchanged from January 2014 and an increase of 54.9% from February 2013.

GAIN Capital February 2014 Institutional Metrics

• Total institutional trading volume of $412.7 billion, a decrease of 16.4% from January 2014 and an increase of 34.9% from February 2013.
• Average daily institutional volume of $20.6 billion, a decrease of 8.1% from January 2014 and an increase of 34.9% from February 2013.
• GTX trading volume of $370.8 billion, a decrease of 15.2% from January 2014 and an increase of 21.2% from February 2013.
• Average daily GTX volume of $18.5 billion, a decrease of 6.7% from January 2014 and an increase of 21.2% from February 2013.