The CFTC recently released its end of October FCM financial data. There were no big surprises, but overall FX deposits dropped 4.6% to $817 million from $858 million at the end of September. However, net capital of Forex related FCM's rose on the month as multi-asset broker Interactive Brokers saw a large increase. At IB, net capital rose $118 million to $1.7 trillion.
Following the trend of earlier in the year, net deposits at FXCM continued to be volatile as the overall figure was $210 million compared to $256 million in September.
| Oct-12 | Sept-12 | Oct-12 | Sept-12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted Net Capital | Adjusted Net Capital | Change | Retail Forex Funds | Retail Forex Funds | Change | |
| ADM INVESTOR SERVICES INC | 290,505,222 | 289,057,209 | 1,448,0135 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ADVANCED MARKETS LLC | 20,154,640 | 20,244,891 | -90,251 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALPARI (US) LLC | 29,033,344 | 29,881,262 | -847,918 | 16,410,974 | 17,184,199 | -773,225 |
| FOREX CAPITAL MARKETS LLC | 50,578,600 | 53,676,388 | -3,097,788 | 210,557,209 | 256,111,341 | -45,554,132 |
| FOREX CLUB LLC | 22,347,832 | 22,721,674 | -373,842 | 10,477 | 15,710 | -5223 |
| FX SOLUTIONS LLC | 28,026,423 | 29,823,871 | -1,797,448 | 16,207,142 | 16,143,820 | 63,322 |
| FXDIRECTDEALER LLC | 26,907,682 | 27,165,486 | -257,804 | 31,063,212 | 33,111,691 | -2,048,479 |
| GAIN CAPITAL GROUP LLC | 38,719,266 | 42,800,937 | -4,081,671 | 97,083,191 | 95,111,267 | 1,971,924 |
| GLOBAL FUTURES & FOREX LTD | 57,684,443 | 61,738,422 | -4,053,979 | 99,890,659 | 101,390,018 | -1,499,359 |
| IBFX INC | 27,341,191 | 27,418,588 | -77,397 | 75,294,377 | 73,256,746 | 2,037,631 |
| INSTITUTIONAL Liquidity LLC | 21,202,609 | 21,628,778 | -426,169 | 14,769,090 | 14,882,149 | -113,059 |
| INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC | 1,702,927,695 | 1,584,698,968 | 118,228,727 | 34,769,941 | 32,641,647 | 2,128,294 |
| KNIGHT CAPITAL AMERICAS LLC | 251,324,852 | 289,318,429 | -37,993,577 | 23,932,551 | 24,115,739 | 2,128,294 |
| MB TRADING FUTURES INC | 23,905,792 | 23,709,451 | 196,341 | 34,627,614 | 32,676,395 | 1,951,219 |
| OANDA CORPORATION | 151,095,498 | 143,300,816 | 7,794,682 | 159,616,551 | 158,392,617 | 1,223,934 |
| RJ OBRIEN ASSOCIATES LLC | 208,432,557 | 207,488,574 | 943,983 | 2,178,376 | 2,248,966 | -70,590 |
| XPRESSTRADE LLC | 22,860,330 | 22,872,066 | -11,736 | 731,011 | 761,488 | -30,477 |
| Totals | 2,973,047,976 | 2,897,545,810 | 75,502,166 | 817,142,375 | 858,043,793 | -40,901,418 |
