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Japanese Forex Volume Falls

Japan’s forex brokers report a drop of 35% in currency forex trading volumes between July and August, when 50:1 leverage limit was introduced. Oz Golan writes on Michael Greenberg’s site about the phenomenon and says that it may have an effect only for a short time, as traders will be more profitable due to lower leverage.

Does lower leverage improve profitability? We’ll see it in the next report by the CFTC regarding broker profitability.

Will we see decreasing volumes also in the US?

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam

Yohay Elam: Founder, Writer and Editor I have been into forex trading for over 5 years, and I share the experience that I have and the knowledge that I've accumulated. After taking a short course about forex. Like many forex traders, I've earned a significant share of my knowledge the hard way. Macroeconomics, the impact of news on the ever-moving currency markets and trading psychology have always fascinated me. Before founding Forex Crunch, I've worked as a programmer in various hi-tech companies. I have a B. Sc. in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University. Given this background, forex software has a relatively bigger share in the posts.