After , GAIN Capital, like many trading providers, has managed to achieve an uptick in its trading volumes for the month of August, the firm revealed this Tuesday.
During the month of August, the retail clients transacted a total of $175.8 billion. When measuring this against the previous month, where the over-the-counter (OTC) volume was only $135.8 billion, it is higher by 29.5 per cent.
Measuring last month’s figure against the same period of the previous year, August of 2018, when the broker reported a trading volume of $174.6 billion, August 2019’s result is also up by 0.7 per cent.
The OTC average daily volume for the month of August was $8 billion. Again, this is higher by 35.6 per cent against the previous month. Last month’s volume has also risen by 5.3 per cent year-on-year.
Meanwhile, active accounts in the retail segment totalled 117,103 in July 2019. Despite the solid uptick in trading volumes month-on-month, this is actually lower than the 117,582 accounts in June by 0.4 per cent. It is also down by 9.2 per cent on a yearly comparison.
GAIN Capital posts solid futures trading in August
Futures trading also posted solid results for the month of August on GAIN Capital. In particular, the number of contracts rose from 640,399 contracts traded in July, by 24.5 per cent to reach 797,472 contracts traded during the month. Year-on-year, this is higher by 38.4 per cent.
The futures average daily contracts also noted a monthly increase of 24.5 per cent, climbing from 29,109 contracts in July to 36,249 contracts last month. The average daily volume is up 44.7 per cent against August of 2018.
The number of active 12-month trailing futures accounts increased ever so slightly on a monthly comparison, increasing by 0.6 per cent to reach 7,451. This figure is lower by 1.3 per cent on an annual comparison.
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