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March 2016 Customer Trading Metrics from Continuing Operations (1)

Retail Customer Trading Metrics

• Retail customer trading volume (2) of $291 billion in March 2016, 6% lower than February 2016 and 11% lower than March 2015.
• Volume from indirect sources was 36% of total retail volume (2) in the first quarter 2016.
• Retail customer trading volume (2) for the first quarter 2016 was $931 billion, 3% lower than the fourth quarter 2015, and 0.3% lower than the first quarter 2015.
• Average retail customer trading volume (2) per day of $12.7 billion in March 2016, 14% lower than February 2016 and 15% lower than March 2015.
• An average of 563,123 retail client trades per day in March 2016, 14% lower than February 2016 and 7% higher than March 2015.
• Active accounts (3) of 175,736 as of March 31, 2016, an increase of 214 accounts, or 0.1%, from February 29, 2016, and an increase of 4,829 accounts, or 3%, from March 31, 2015. 
• Tradeable accounts (4) of 167,364 as of March 31, 2016, an increase of 2,085 accounts, or 1% from February 29, 2016, and a decrease of 17,812 accounts, or 10%, from March 31, 2015.

Institutional Customer Trading Metrics

• Institutional customer trading volume (2) of $83 billion in March 2016, 57% higher than February 2016 and 26% higher than March 2015.
• Average institutional trading volume (2) per day of $3.6 billion in March 2016, 44% higher than February 2016 and 20% higher than March 2015.
• An average of 52,551 institutional client trades per day in March 2016, 4% higher than February 2016 and 265% higher than March 2015.

More information, including historical results for each of the above metrics, can be found on the investor relations page of FXCM's corporate websitewww.fxcm.com.