GAIN Capital Announces Monthly Metrics for August 2016

BEDMINSTER, N.J., Sept. 12, 2016

Retail Segment Metrics

• OTC average daily volume¹ of $8.3 billion, a decrease of 17.6% from July 2016 and 54.9% from August 2015.
• OTC trading volume¹ of $191.9 billion, a decrease of 9.8% from July 2016 and 50.6% from August 2015.
• Active OTC accounts² of 135,634, a decrease of 2.4% from July 2016 and 10.0% from August 2015.

Institutional Segment Metrics

• ECN average daily volume¹ of $6.5 billion, a decrease of 21.1% from July 2016 and 8.4% from August 2015.
• ECN volume¹ of $150.1 billion, a decrease of 13.6% from July 2016 and an increase of 0.3% from August 2015.
• Swap Dealer average daily volume¹ of $3.2 billion, an increase of 33.3% from July 2016 and 3.8% from August 2015.
• Swap Dealer volume¹ of $72.6 billion, an increase of 46.0% from July 2016 and 13.7% from August 2015.

Futures Segment Metrics

• Futures average daily contracts of 28,271, a decrease of 4.6% from July 2016 and 19.5% from August 2015.
• Futures contracts of 650,230, an increase of 9.7% from July 2016 and a decrease of 11.9% from August 2015.
• Active futures accounts² of 8,638, a decrease of 0.9% from July 2016 and 2.3% from August 2015.

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1}US dollar equivalent of notional amounts traded.
²Accounts that executed a transaction during the last 12 months.

Management Commentary

"August average daily volume was significantly lower and is the result of reduced market volatility which has impacted many of the retail brokers in our industry," commented Glenn Stevens, Chief Executive Officer.  "We expect that the lead-up to the US presidential election and continued uncertainty relating to global interest rates will lead to a return of volatility and subsequent improvement in average daily volumes in line with levels seen in early 2016," Mr. Stevens concluded.