The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has published the October 2012 reports on futures commission merchants (FCMs) and retail foreign exchange dealers (RFEDs). FCMs and RFEDs are obliged to submit this information to the CFTC monthly and the commission then publishes it publicly. The retail market keeps its status quo and low volatility and it is not surprising that overall U.S. retail deposits have dropped to $817 million – and will probably continue decreasing now that GFT has exited that particular market. The broker I was most curious about was FXCM: if you remember correctly, in August it hit a ... (full story)