PrimeXM records 25.51 per cent increase in Volume in March compared to February 2020

16 April, 2020 - FX Trading aggregator and bridge provider PrimeXM reported FX volume figures for March 2020 with a significant increase on the numbers reported in February.

Prime XM March 2020 Daily Volume

The company registered $48.22 billion Average Daily Volume across the 3 major data centre locations of New York (NY4), London (LD4) and Tokyo (TY3) with a total of $1.15 trillion in monthly trading volume. This represents MoM 25.51% increase in trading volume compared to February 2020, and a spike of over 59% in the total number of trades compared to February.

Prime XM Daily Volume Year To Date 2020

The Data Centre with the highest volume of trades is London LD4 with 73% of traded volume registered there, more than $844 billion in notional value.

The stand-out figure is that the most-traded instrument was XAUUSD with $223.6 billion, close to 20% of the overall traded volume. Also, among the top traded instruments, were trades on major equity Indices combing 3 top US stock indices and German Index (GER30) representing more than 17% of overall volume.

The YTD chart indicates a major shift in trading activities between mid-February to mid-March amid higher volatility in the marketplace fuelled by Coronavirus pandemic.