Menu
  • Option Hydra
  • Training
  • Premium
  • Courses
  • Library

Marketcalls

Simply Intelligent Technical Analysis and Trading Strategies

  • Software
    • Amibroker
    • NinjaTrader 7
    • Ninjatrader 8
    • Option Action
    • Market Analyst
    • Metatrader
    • Python
    • Datafeed
  • Market Profile
    • Orderflow
  • Markets
  • Commodities
  • Forex
  • Economy
    • Banking
  • Webinars
  • Trading Lessons
    • Algo Trading
    • Infographic
    • Video
You are here: Home / Forex / Anatomy of the Forex Market – Infographic

Anatomy of the Forex Market – Infographic

June 18, 2011 by Rajandran Leave a Comment

The staggering amount of 4 trillion dollars is the daily turnover in global foreign exchange market.The amount of 4 trillion dollars is used only in the Forex market. Other forms of commodity trading markets such as shares, goods, bonds etc, do not participate to the above mentioned figure. Compared to 2007, the foreign exchange market turnover has increased by 20%.

Source: https://pepperstone.com

By Instruments
Foreign exchange swaps – $1,8 trillion – 45%
Spot – $1,5 trillion – 37,5%
Outright forwards – $475 billions – 11,9%
Currency options – $207 billions – 5,2%
Currency swap – $43 billions – 1%

 
By Counterparties
with other financial institutions (hedge funds, pension funds, central banks) – $1,9 trillion – 47,7%
with bank dealers – $1,5 trillion – 37,5%
with non-financial customers (corporations and governance) – $533 billions – 13,4%
private traders – $60 billions – 1,5%

By Geography

  1. Forex in UK UK (London) – 37%
  2. Forex in USA US (New York) – 18%
  3. Forex in Japan Japan – 6%
  4. Forex in Singapore Singapore – 5%
  5. Forex in Switzerland Switzerland – 5%
  6. Forex in Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR – 5%
  7. Forex in Australia Australia – 4%

By Banks

  1. Germany Forex Deutsche Bank -18.06%
  2. Forex in Switzerland UBS AG – 11.30%
  3. Forex in UK Barclays Capital – 11.08%
  4. Forex in USA Citi – 7.69%
  5. Forex in UK Royal Bank of Scotland – 6.50%
  6. Forex in USA JPMorgan – 6.35%
  7. Forex in UK HSBC – 4.55%
  8. Forex in Switzerland Credit Suisse – 4.44%
  9. Forex in USA Goldman Sachs – 4.28%
  10. Forex in USA Morgan Stanley – 2.91%

 

Related Readings and Observations

  • Does the Volatility Return Back to Normal?Does the Volatility Return Back to Normal? Volatility is Dead in November. The intraday trading range got drastically reduced throughout the days of Nov 2019 series. Could be frustrating most of the directional traders. 10 Day ATR […]
  • Volatile Phases – Colorful ADX Amibroker AFL CodeVolatile Phases – Colorful ADX Amibroker AFL Code Visualizing volatility gives us an impressive idea about the nature of the ongoing phase (Sideways, Volatile, Trending) and accordingly one can justify how to position in the market. Here […]
  • Nifty November Futures Flips to Negative Short term TrendNifty November Futures Flips to Negative Short term Trend Nifty November futures post emotional buyers dominance took a 100 pointer on the downside. Trading sentiment turned down on the daily charts with immediate quick flip resistance comes […]
  • Nifty Futures – Volatility is the Keyword – October FuturesNifty Futures – Volatility is the Keyword – October Futures October month started with high volatile movement in Nifty Futures where it swings between 10857 - 11090 during Monday trading session. But don't be surprised with such sort of wild […]
  • Year 2018 Starts with Increased Volatility?Year 2018 Starts with Increased Volatility? IndiaVIX is a volatility measure of the future expected volatility. It is calculated based on the bid and ask price of the out of the money options for near month and mid month options. […]
  • Understand the Basic Difference Between Liquidity and VolumeUnderstand the Basic Difference Between Liquidity and Volume Liquidity and Volume are the two different concepts widely misunderstood by the traders community. High Volume typically represents higher number of executed orders or high trading […]

Filed Under: Forex Tagged With: algorithmic trading, anatomy of forex market, financial institutions, Forex Market, FX growth, Infographic, investors, Lehman Brothers, liquidity, market liquidity, spot forex, Volatility

About Rajandran

Rajandran is a Full time trader and founder of Marketcalls & Co-Founder of Traderscafe, trades mostly using discretionary Trading Concepts like Market Profile, Trading sentimental analysis, building timing models, algorithmic trading models. Instructs professional traders, full time traders & aspiring full time traders. Rajandran attended college in the Chennai where he earned a BE in Electronics and Communications. Rajandran has a broad understanding of trading softwares like Amibroker, Ninjatrader, Esignal, Metastock, Motivewave, Market Analyst(Optuma),Metatrader,Tradingivew,Python and understands individual needs of traders and investors utilizing a wide range of methodologies.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Email Newsletter

Sign up to receive email updates on latest trading strategies , analysis & financial market updates

We Respect Your Privacy

Premium Access

Username:
Password:
Remember Me
Lost your password?

Tools For Traders

  • Marketcalls Android App
  • MCX Signals
  • Intraday Signals
  • International Commodities
  • OI Tracker
  • Participation OI
  • Your Broker
  • Market Sentiment Analysis

Amibroker Updates

Code Snippet: ATM Call and ATM Put calculation from Spot Prices: Amibroker AFL

December 10, 2019 By Rajandran 2 Comments

Volatile Phases – Colorful ADX Amibroker AFL Code

November 16, 2019 By Rajandran 4 Comments

Amibroker Technical Analysis Workshop – Bangalore

November 1, 2019 By Rajandran 2 Comments

How to Send Alerts from Amibroker to Telegram Channel using Telgram API

June 12, 2019 By Rajandran 15 Comments

How to Estimate the VWAP based settlement Close like a Pro using Amibroker?

June 9, 2019 By Rajandran Leave a Comment

  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • LinkedIn
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Metatrader Updates

MetaTrader 5 Demo Servers Now Available for BSE Currency Markets

March 20, 2018 By Rajandran 8 Comments

ChartIQ – WebTrader for MT4

December 4, 2017 By Rajandran 5 Comments

Metatrader 4 – Web Platform Overview

October 29, 2015 By Rajandran 9 Comments

William VIX FIX Indicator for Metatrader 4

May 16, 2015 By Rajandran 9 Comments

How to Install Custom MQL4 indicators in Metatrader

November 14, 2014 By Rajandran 7 Comments


About | Contact Us | Terms and Conditions | Privacy Policy | Support Policy | Privacy Policy | Refund Policy | Disclaimer


© Copyright 2018 Marketcalls Financial Services Pvt Ltd · All Rights Reserved · And Our Sitemap · All Logos & Trademark Belongs To Their Respective Owners·

Data and information is provided for informational purposes only, and is not intended for trading purposes. Neither marketcalls.in website nor any of its promoters shall be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.