Tokyo Financial Exchange FX Trading Volumes down in July

The Tokyo Financial Exchange Exchange An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv An exchange is known as a marketplace that supports the trading of derivatives, commodities, securities, and other financial instruments.Generally, an exchange is accessible through a digital platform or sometimes at a tangible address where investors organize to perform trading. Among the chief responsibilities of an exchange would be to uphold honest and fair-trading practices. These are instrumental in making sure that the distribution of supported security rates on that exchange are effectiv Read this Term (TFX) has just announced the amount of margin FX product Click 365 contracts traded through the exchange in July 2015, showing a typical slowdown for the season.

The total trading volume of Exchange FX Margin contracts (Click 365) in July was 3,512,328, a decrease of 8.1% from June 2015 but still up 105.3% from July 2014. Click365's average daily trading volume in July was 152,710.

The main pairs suffering from the slowdown in July at TFX were the Japanese yen pairs. USD/JPY volume went down by 40.7%, EUR/JPY volume went down by 21.9% and CHF/JPY volume went down by 43.0%.

For comparison, the total trading volume of Exchange Equity Index Margin contracts (Click kabu 365) in July was 698,126, up 2.2% MoM and 120.5% YoY and its average daily trading volume was 30,354. Volume of German DAX Margin contracts went down by 52.8%.

The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures in July was 110,017, down 40.9% MoM and 43.6% YoY, and its average daily volume was 5,001. Combined trading volume for all TFX products was 4,320,471, down 7.9% MoM but still up 94.4% YoY and its average daily trading volume was 188,065.