June Retail Volumes at GAIN Capital down by 7%, as Institutional up by 5%

GAIN Capital (NYSE: GCAP) has issued a company statement outlining its volume metrics data for the month of June. The company has reported that over-the-counter (OTC) 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 have totalled $166.1 billion, which is lower by 7.4% from May 2014, but remains higher than a year ago by 7.3%. The average daily retail OTC trading volume was $7.9 billion, which is lower by merely 3% from last month's figures and an increase of 2.2% from June 2013.

The number of active retail OTC accounts has dropped by 1% to 94,261 when compared to the month of May, but remains much higher than a year ago by 47.0%. The number of futures contracts traded totalled 518,637, which is lower by 5.8% from May 2014 and higher by 11.1% when compared to June 2013. The number of average daily futures contracts was reported at 24,697, which is merely 1.3% lower than May.

The Institutional Trading Institutional Trading Institutional trading can be characterized as individuals or entities with the ability to invest in securities that are not available to retail traders directly.This includes specific investments such as FX forwards or swaps, among others.There are many types of players in the institutional trading space. These include central banks, retail and commercial banks, internet banks, credit unions, savings, and loan associations, investment banks, investment companies, brokerage firms, insurance compa Institutional trading can be characterized as individuals or entities with the ability to invest in securities that are not available to retail traders directly.This includes specific investments such as FX forwards or swaps, among others.There are many types of players in the institutional trading space. These include central banks, retail and commercial banks, internet banks, credit unions, savings, and loan associations, investment banks, investment companies, brokerage firms, insurance compa Read this Term volumes are reported at $479.9 billion, which is higher by 4.8% from May, while the average daily institutional volume marked $22.9 billion, an increase of 9.8% from May 2014 and an increase of 24.5% from June 2013. Trading volumes at GAIN Capital's ECN GTX totalled $446.1 billion, which was higher by 6.0% from the month of May and by 21.5% from a year ago. The average daily GTX volume was reported at $21.2 billion - higher by 11.1% from last month.