New data from FXCM confirms that December 2010 was a particularly quiet month.Retail customer trading volume totalled $233 billion, 28% lower than November 2010 ($322 billion) and 5% lower than December 2009 ($245 billion). The number of client trades was also down but less dramatically: an average of 270,656 retail client trades per day in December 2010, 22% lower than November and 1% lower than December 2009.
CLS figures also reflect the festive season: CLS settled a daily average of 690,041 instructions in December.
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