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Global currency trading volume declined 6 percent to just under $100 trillion last year, after setting records in 2007 and 2008, as hedge funds placed fewer trades than in previous years, Greenwich Associates said.

Trading by fund managers fell 23 percent in 2009, leading the declines among the 1,497 corporate and institutional customers surveyed by Greenwich Associates in North America, Europe and Asia, according to the Stamford, Connecticut-based financial-market research company. The drop was partially offset by trading at retail platforms, which grew 16 percent, and by corporations, which rose 10 percent.

“Hedge funds have been a major driver of FX growth for the last several years and when their volume slows down, and it did a lot, the market as a whole feels it,” said Peter D’Amario, a Greenwich Associates consultant in Stamford. “You haven’t seen the opportunities that are generating a need to trade. Reduced volatility has reduced opportunity.”

Foreign-exchange trading volumes dropped as market stability returned in 2009, following the unprecedented volatility of 2008, as financial system turmoil spurred an increase in activity among companies and large financial institutions.

Foreign-exchange volatility, a measure of risk implied by option prices, reached a 19-month low in April, a JP Morgan Chase & Co. index showed, after trading the highest level since at least 1992 in 2008. Options traders expected on April 15 that currencies of the Group of Seven industrialized nations would fluctuate by an annualized 10.47 percent in three months, the lowest since September 2008. It reached as high as 26.55 percent on Oct. 24, 2008.

Source: Bloomberg by Ben Levisohn

IBFX is running two promotions for the month of March 2010. The promotions include a $50 deposit for a new account and 10% deposit match. For the $50 bonus promotion, there first must be a $250 deposit made by the client before the $50 bonus will be deposited. For the 10% promotion, there is a minimum deposit amount of $2,000.

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10% Deposit Match

• This promotion is available to all existing and new clients
• Minimum Deposit amount = $2,000
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• Clients must register their trading account with this link: http://www.ibfx.com/Promo/10Percent.aspx?promo=ia
• Other terms & conditions apply
• Promotion ends March 31, 2010

$50 Incentive Offer

• To qualify, customers must have their live account created, approved and deposit a minimum of $250 between Monday, March 1, 2010 and Sunday, March 31, 2010
• Only available to new clients (clients who have never had a live account at IBFX)
• Click here to open new a live trading account online
• Other terms & conditions apply. For more details and to register after opening a new account go to http://www.ibfx.com/Promo/10Percent.aspx?promo=ia
• Promotion ends March 28, 2010

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IBFX Forex margin calls are significantly different than margin calls in other markets. We do not call our clients to warn them their equity has fallen to dangerously low levels. The leveraged nature of Forex trading does not allow time for a traditional margin call.

Accounts trading with 100:1 margin levels are subject to a margin call when the equity in the account is equal to or lower than 50% of the margin posted. Once this unfortunate situation occurs the Interbank FX trader 4 platform closes trades automatically. Trades are closed in order beginning with the largest loss trades are closed until the equity in the account exceeds the 50% threshold.

IBFX ‘s margin call policy is in place for the protection of our clients. Margin calls are made with the intent of preventing a client’s account from falling into a negative balance situation. Our margin call policy does not eliminate the potential risk that losses will exceed the amount of the deposit. Margin calls are merely our attempt to prevent such unfortunate situations.

The leveraged nature of FX trading means that any market movement will have an equally proportional effect on your deposited funds. This may work against you as well as for you. The possibility exists that you could sustain a total loss of initial margin funds and be required to deposit additional funds to maintain your position. If you fail to meet any margin call within the time prescribed, your position will be liquidated and you will be responsible for any resulting losses.

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Trading in the off-exchange retail foreign currency market is one of the riskiest forms of investment available.