Integral Reports Minor Uptick in Trading Volumes for September

Integral, an institutional trading platform provider, released trading volumes for September this Monday. According to the financial technology firm’s statement, it saw a very minor increase in trading volumes in September.

OCX, Integral’s trading platform, is cross-connected with over 250 Liquidity Liquidity The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent Read this Term sources, supplying more than 3,000 market making streams via data centers in Tokyo, London, and New York. OCX’s market design delivers execution performance by combining resting limit orders, market-making streams, and midpoint interest in a single venue.

“We’re working hard to continue providing the services our bank and broker partners require to grow their businesses,” said Harpal Sandhu, CEO of Integral, commenting on the release of September’s results.

Over the course of August in 2018, Sandhu's firm reported an average daily trading volume of $33.3 billion. This month that figure increased very slightly to $33.6 billion - a less than one percent month-on-month increase.

Integral Enjoys Record Year

Looking further back in the year, we can see that September was perhaps indicative of the summer that Integral has had. In July, the firm’s trading volumes were equal to $35.5 billion - very much akin to September’s numbers.

Integral calculates its trading volumes by examining all of its different platforms - BankFX, MarginFX, InvestorFX, and Integral MTF. Trading is done in all markets, including spot, forwards and swaps.

A combination of new clients and high Volatility Volatility In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, or stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Trad In finance, volatility refers to the amount of change in the rate of a financial instrument, such as commodities, currencies, or stocks, over a given time period. Essentially, volatility describes the nature of an instrument’s fluctuation; a highly volatile security equates to large fluctuations in price, and a low volatile security equates to timid fluctuations in price. Volatility is an important statistical indicator used by financial traders to assist them in developing trading systems. Trad Read this Term has meant Integral has been able to perform well this year. In April, for example, the firm announced that the on-boarding of new buy-side clients had pushed up trading volumes to record highs of $35 billion.

Concurrently, and as our smart readership is likely well-aware, volatility was very high in the first few months of this year. That led to a big spike in trading volumes for brokers and exchanges across the globe. Since then volumes have leveled out and returned to levels similar to those of late 2017.