US forex broker Forex Capital Markets, aka FXCM (NYSE:FXCM), one of the world’s top three retail forex brokers in terms of largest trading volume and the largest US forex broker, announced today certain key customer trading metrics for July 2016. FXCM reported its retail trading volume came in at $281 billion in July, slightly up from the previous month by 2%, and 11% lower compared to a year earlier. In fact, retail volumes continue the upward trend from June, when the figure was $231.7 billion, representing an increase of 3.7% from May. In contrast to retail segment, institutional trading volumes posted a decline ... (full story)