Comments on: EBS volumes down by 50% compared with last year https://fxww.com/ebs-volumes-down-by-50-compared-with-last-year/ The Professional Source Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:38:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: jalal https://fxww.com/ebs-volumes-down-by-50-compared-with-last-year/#comment-540 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:38:39 +0000 http://fxww.dreamhosters.com/?p=822#comment-540 Sean, thank you for sharing the fruits of your hard work with us. I think this new format is of tremendous value in helping us understand the inner workings of the market and price action.

]]> By: Sean Lee https://fxww.com/ebs-volumes-down-by-50-compared-with-last-year/#comment-520 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:13:50 +0000 http://fxww.dreamhosters.com/?p=822#comment-520 At the moment yes. I find it helps my own trading a lot to do research every morning and then follow the mkt thru the day, writing down my thoughts. Will see how it develops but I quite enjoy the repartee with other traders. I won’t be doing any news reporting like ForexLive etc as that’s too hard; I’ll only get stuck in when the mkt is moving 🙂

]]> By: Nachiket https://fxww.com/ebs-volumes-down-by-50-compared-with-last-year/#comment-519 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:09:01 +0000 http://fxww.dreamhosters.com/?p=822#comment-519 Sean,

wanted to ask you are you a one man army here.

]]> By: Sean Lee https://fxww.com/ebs-volumes-down-by-50-compared-with-last-year/#comment-514 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:19:25 +0000 http://fxww.dreamhosters.com/?p=822#comment-514 I heard recently that retail turnover now accounted for over 20% of mkt and is growing fast so that area is definitely not declining. Overall turnover is also up but its not coming from banks. And you’re right about Europe I think as German, French, UK banks are all trading much less since 2008. So hedge funds and Sovereigns have become much more active.

]]> By: Iridium https://fxww.com/ebs-volumes-down-by-50-compared-with-last-year/#comment-511 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:07:04 +0000 http://fxww.dreamhosters.com/?p=822#comment-511 Hi Sean,
Do you have an idea of the % of the volume made by retail traders / BIS / and the hedge funds vs all the rest?
So you’re saying that volume is not down, but only the volume at EBS is down. As a trader, do you feel that there is a difference between now and 5 years ago? Many traders seem to say that volume and volatility are down. Personally, I feel that a lot of european traders are simply taking much less risks and therefore european trading has declined.

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