GMO Click did $694 billion of spot FX volume in March, down 17% from record February volumes. FX volumes continued to be strong during March in Japan, as the global risk-on trade combined with local "Abe-nomics" to keep retail traders interested in the currency markets. However volumes were down somewhat from February. Japan's largest retail FX broker, GMO Click Securities, has reported that its March FX volumes came in at ¥65.2 trillion (or $694 billion) -- an amazing month by any measure, but still down 17% from February's ¥78.6 trillion (or $845 billion), an all-time record for a retail FX firm. By ... (full story)