FXSpotStream Sees February 2017 Trading Volumes Tick Lower

FXSpotStream LLC, the aggregator service of LiquidityMatch LLC, today announced its latest volumes for the month ending February 2017, which took a step back, ultimately paring the last ‎month’s gain, according to a FXSpotStream LLC statement.‎

During the month of February 2017, FXSpotStream reported an average daily volume (ADV) of $18.7 billion, which represented a move lower over a yearly timeframe, as volumes incurred a ‎fall of -10.8 percent year-on-year from $20.9 billion back in February 2016. In addition, the latest figures, which encompass all ‎of the group’s streaming and matching products, constitute a decline of -5.6 percent in terms of volumes from January 2017.‎

Indeed, February’s volumes are a ways off from the company’s peak of $22.3 billion set back in November 2016, which reflects a full -16.5 percent loss.‎

Despite securing a sizable drop in February 2017, FXSpotStream’s ADV saw a moderate pullback month-on-month after fell slightly by -0.8 percent from $18.8 billion back in January 2017.

February 2017 saw a total of 20 trading days, compared with 22 in the month prior. In terms of total volumes at FXSpotStream, February 2017 showed $374.2 billion, which was also lower by -9.9 percent month-on-month from $414.8 billion in January 2017.

A client to bank platform

FXSpotStream is a wholly owned subsidiary of LiquidityMatch LLC, and was created as a ‎cost-effective platform, which is offered on a commission free model for buyside firms to ‎tap pricing from banks using a multi-dealer aggregating platform.

The group started the ‎streaming aggregation business in 2011 with just a spot FX API and 6 liquidity providers, but now ‎utilizes liquidity from a total of twelve leading global banks – BofA Merrill Lynch, ‎Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BNP Paribas, Citi, Commerzbank AG, Credit Suisse, ‎Goldman Sachs, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered, and UBS. ‎

FXSpotStream’s offering is a client to bank platform, with each liquidity taker required to ‎create individual credit relationships with participating banks.‎ This differs from other multi-dealer platforms such as FX ECNs like Hotspot and ‎EBS Markets that operate with centralized order book systems for their participants.