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Online Forex Trading News, Anlysis, Tips, Reviews, and Videos.Hi everyoneYesterday, the U.S Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released financial data for Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) for the month of August 2009. Oanda leads the retail industry in terms of excess


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Hi everyone

Yesterday, the U.S Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released financial data for Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) for the month of August 2009.

Oanda leads the retail industry in terms of excess of net capital with a pile of 2mio, followed by Gain Capital, Global Futures & Forex (GFT) and Forex Capital Markets (FXCM).

We can observe with satisfaction that IKON Global Markets improves its ranking and gains 3 positions, leaving the honor of being the less capitalized brokerage firm in the US to Easy Forex US with an excess of net capital of almost half a million.

On the negative side, to highlight the fall of the net capital of both GFT - from 65 mio to 56 - and Gain Capital - from 67 to 61.

Minimum Net Capital = million
Easy Forex US ,490,925 (Excess Net Capital 0,925)
Advanced Markets ,650,540 (Excess Net Capital 0,540)
Alpari US ,409,108 (Excess Net Capital ,409,108)
Ikon Global Markets ,226,238 (Excess Net Capital ,226,238)
MB Trading ,990,965 (Excess Net Capital ,990,965)
Forex Club Financial Company ,664,036 (Excess Net Capital ,664,036)
Capital Market Services LLC - CMS Forex ,428,571 (Excess Net Capital ,428,571)
Peregrine Financial Group Inc - PFG ,291,134 (Excess Net Capital ,291,134)
InterbankFX ,064,682 (Excess Net Capital ,064,682)
FX Solutions ,800,258 (Excess Net Capital ,800,258)
Forex Capital Markets LLC - FXCM ,728,355 (Excess Net Capital ,728,355)
Global Futures & Forex Ltd - GFT Forex ,429,474 (Excess Net Capital ,429,474)
Gain Capital Group LLC ,436,967 (Excess Net Capital ,436,967)
Oanda Corporation 2,306,790 (Excess Net Capital 2,306,790)