FFAJ: Forex and Binary Options Volumes Down in October 2017

[kreslik.news]

The Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ) released today both its over-the-counter (OTC) retail FX margin trading and binary options figures for October 2017. The trading data for the past month, in which a general election took place in Japan, reveals a mixed picture.


In terms of its OTC retail FX volumes, the FFAJ yielded $2.91 trillion (¥328.6 trillion), down 19 per cent month-on-month from September’s $3.59 trillion (¥405.9 trillion). Year-on-year, this showed growth of 4.6 per cent from October 2016’s $2.77 trillion (¥313.6 trillion).

This may be explained by the cooling down of the dispute in the ... (read more)