FXCM Reports Monthly Metrics

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NEW YORK, Feb. 09, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) today announced certain key customer trading metrics for January 2016 for its retail and institutional foreign exchange business.

January 2016 Customer Trading Metrics from Continuing Operations ⁽¹⁾

Retail Customer Trading Metrics

• Retail customer trading volume⁽²⁾ of $331 billion in January 2016, 2% higher than December 2015 and 13% lower than January 2015.
• Average retail customer trading volume⁽²⁾ per day of $16.5 billion in January 2016, 12% higher than December 2015 and 9% lower than January 2015.
• An average of 689,635 retail client trades per day in January 2016, 38% higher than December 2015 and 18% higher than January 2015.
• Active accounts⁽³⁾ of  171,895 as of January 31, 2016, a decrease of  5,952, or 3%, from December 2015, and an increase of 3,454, or 2%, from January 31, 2015. 
• Tradeable accounts⁽⁴⁾ of 162,636 as of January 31, 2016, an increase of 1,004, or 1% from December 31, 2015, and a decrease of 20,356, or 11%, from January 31, 2015.

Institutional Customer Trading Metrics

• Institutional customer trading volume⁽²⁾ of $36 billion in January 2016, no change from December 2015 and 51% lower than January 2015.
• Average institutional trading volume⁽²⁾ per day of $1.8 billion in January 2016, 13% higher than December 2015 and 49% lower than January 2015.
• An average of 40,580 institutional client trades per day in January 2016, 38% higher than December 2015 and 147% higher than January 2015.

More information, including historical results for each of the above metrics, can be found on the investor relations page of FXCM's corporate website www.fxcm.com.

This operating data is preliminary and subject to revision and should not be taken as an indication of the financial performance of FXCM Inc. FXCM undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review previously reported operating data. Any updates to previously reported operating data will be reflected in the historical operating data that can be found on the Investor Relations page of the Company's corporate websitewww.fxcm.com.