The Winning Few: Top 1% of Retail Traders Cause Two-Thirds of Broker Losses
By Arnab Shome
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Data from iSAM Securities' Radar analytics platform shows that the top 1% of winning retail trading accounts generated 66.5% of total client profits over a 12-month period. Across the analyzed retail FX and CFD network, 79.5% of clients ended in a loss, and 94.6% of client trading volume was B-booked by brokers. Gold (XAUUSD) represented the vast majority of activity, accounting for 79.3% of broker volume and 62% of broker profit and loss.