After seeing a healthy comeback in trading volumes during November, Retail FX broker FXCM Group has reported that December activity dipped by 22% to $171 billion – the company’s slowest month since at least 2015. Average customer trading volume per day came in at $8.6 billion in December 2017, 13% lower than November 2017 (with less trading days, the % decline in ADV wasn’t as sharp as for total volumes), and 16% lower than December 2016. FXCM reported active accounts of 116,262 as of December 31, 2017, a decrease of 2,187, or 2%, from November 30, 2017, and a decrease of 16,262, or 12%, from December 31, 2016. ... (full story)