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American forex traders lose $20 million in September 2011

Published on Rabu, 20 Maret 2013 03.00 // , , ,

Every month CFTC publishes Futures commission merchants (FCMs) and retail foreign exchange dealers (RFEDs) financial data. Amongst other things CFTC also discloses Total Amount of Retail Forex Obligations – which is basically the total equity of retail forex traders that broker holds.
September 2011 report shows that US retail forex traders have lost about $20 million. This figure however is to be viewed cautiously as this report just shows changes in total capital and doesn’t specify reasons for changes. We can assume that the $20 million decrease in total retail forex obligations mostly came from losses due to high volatility experienced in September – but we cannot be 100% sure about all of it. Some brokers like ILQ, Tradestation and FXClub have even shown an increase in clients equity while brokers like Oanda have experienced a decrease of over $13 million.
What’s even more interesting is that while September 2011 retail forex obligations report indicates that many traders lost money in September, the Q3 2011 US forex brokers profitability report shows the opposite – clients’ profitability is actually up.



8.2011 9.2011 change
ADVANCED MARKETS 1,527,782 1,392,951 (134,831)
ALPARI 10,829,320 10,595,935 (233,385)
FXCM 145,264,186 145,254,197 (9,989)
FXCLUB 3,097,749 4,488,081 1,390,332
FXSOL 17,325,490 17,083,483 (242,007)
FXDD 33,756,982 31,758,420 (1,998,562)
GAIN 97,819,890 98,486,559 666,669
GFT 91,754,561 83,813,305 (7,941,256)
ILQ 5,207,838 7,819,830 2,611,992
IBFX 31,623,759 30,232,166 (1,391,593)
MB 32,828,208 32,593,827 (234,381)
OANDA 161,477,887 148,089,093 (13,388,794)
PFG 33,991,858 33,213,234 (778,624)
TRADESTATION 37,336,604 38,537,987 1,201,383
XPRESSTRADE 578,289 936,685 358,396




Totals 711,381,458 689,675,561 (20,124,650)

Month on Month change in client deposits in 2011

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