Monex : December 2015: Monthly Disclosure

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December 2015: Monthly Disclosure

TOKYO, January 6, 2016 - Monex Group, Inc. (TSE 8698, Oki Matsumoto, Representative Executive Officer and CEO) today reported the following monthly business metrics of its subsidiaries in December 2015.

Global DARTs

Dec. 2014	Jan. 2015	Feb. 2015	Mar. 2015	Apr. 2015	May 2015	Jun. 2015	Jul. 2015	Aug. 2015	Sep. 2015	Oct. 2015	Nov. 2015	Dec. 2015
Number of DARTs (per business day)	336,911	359,501	337,371	321,773	318,116	318,250	304,013	309,814	351,104	313,592	276,879	280,599	282,969

Global FX Volume

Monthly trading value (in billion dollars)

53.9

51.0

32.1

41.0

35.6

34.4

42.1

38.5

42.2

38.6

28.2

22.6

29.5

(Notes) 1. DARTs stand for Daily Average Revenue Trades meaning the number of trades and transactions per day which generate revenue.

1. Global DARTs are the sum of the DARTs of subsidiary securities companies and FX companies under Monex Group, Inc.

2. Global FX Volume are the sum of the trading volume per month of subsidiary securities companies and FX companies under Monex Group, Inc.

   
   

   Monex, Inc.

   Dec. 2014	Jan. 2015	Feb. 2015	Mar. 2015	Apr. 2015	May 2015	Jun. 2015	Jul. 2015	Aug. 2015	Sep. 2015	Oct. 2015	Nov. 2015	Dec. 2015
   Number of business days	21	19	19	22	21	18	22	22	21	19	21	19	21

   Number of Accounts (end of month)

   Number of total accounts	1,533,992	1,542,645	1,549,879	1,559,236	1,567,410	1,574,475	1,584,701	1,597,261	1,609,237	1,619,012
   Number of active accounts in total accounts	924,717	928,246	933,169	939,029	943,801	947,010	952,733	957,374	961,459	964,837	975,102	981,957	985,774
   Number of margin accounts	97,515	98,343	98,840	99,442	100,185	100,832	101,462	102,037	102,751	103,362
   Number of active accounts in margin accounts	47,713	47,727	47,803	48,116	48,470	48,738	48,999	49,394	49,755	49,884	49,867	50,077	49,978
   Customers' assets in custody (in billion yen)	3,543.2	3,548.2	3,697.1	3,705.4	3,789.9	3,902.5	3,840.7	3,881.6	3,679.6	3,485.7	3,730.2	3,772.6	3,706.9

   Stock Brokerage

   Average number of trades per business day	Cash	95,694	88,102	98,431	92,207	89,357	90,392	86,186	89,512	92,905	68,295	63,391	77,744	78,973
   	Margin	45,154	41,041	44,780	42,894	44,049	44,105	42,645	44,145	45,418	39,743	38,062	38,306	38,267
   	Total	140,849	129,143	143,211	135,101	133,407	134,497	128,831	133,658	138,324	108,038	101,454	116,051	117,240
   Average trade value (in thousand yen)	Cash	452	408	420	445	453	478	457	466	474	435	439	434	411
   	Margin	800	729	745	812	818	915	949	899	994	831	777	775	730
   	Total	564	510	522	561	573	622	620	609	645	581	566	547	515
   Monthly trade value (in billion yen)		1,668.2	1,253.0	1,421.1	1,669.8	1,607.8	1,506.5	1,757.6	1,792.7	1,875.1	1,192.7	1,206.8	1,206.2	1,270.3
   Margin balance [end of month](in billion yen)		184.5	189.4	188.7	197.8	196.2	193.6	206.6	216.7	187.4	188.1	187.4	190.2	189.0

   FX Trading (OTC FX)

   Number of OTC FX accounts	209,114	210,333	211,356	212,705	213,815	215,026	216,052	217,235	219,007	220,363
   Number of active accounts in OTC FX accounts	63,052	63,139	63,208	63,328	63,436	63,535	63,622	63,612	63,723	63,467	63,322	63,110	63,225
   Average trade value per business day (in million yen)	254,066	250,658	160,385	156,790	153,832	182,927	192,542	155,994	175,162	191,987	120,641	108,017	129,259

   DARTs

   Number of DARTs (per business day)

   214,697

   213,940

   206,028

   196,174

   194,777

   200,658

   192,996

   196,370

   212,335

   183,682

   158,410

   166,710

   173,662

   (Notes about the number of accounts)

3. "Number of total accounts" refers to the sum of brokerage accounts and FX-only accounts.

4. "Number of active accounts in total accounts", "Number of active accounts in margin accounts" and "Number of active accounts in OTC FX accounts" refer to accounts with balances at the end of each month or accounts which have been traded (including withdrawal) in the past 1 year.

(Note about the customers' assets in custody)

"Customers' assets in custody" include securities that have been lent to Monex, Inc. through the securities lending service program.

(Note about stock brokerage)

"Stock Brokerage" data include stocks, ETFs and REITs traded only in Japanese markets. (Note about the number of OTC FX active accounts)

Monex, Inc. provides several services of FX Trading (OTC FX) and "Number of OTC FX accounts" and "Number of active accounts in OTC FX accounts" exclude duplicate active accounts at Monex, Inc.

(Note about DARTs)

DARTs of Monex, Inc. comprise trades of stock brokerage, futures and options, OTC FX, mutual funds, TFX-CFD and bullion (gold, silver & platinum).




TradeStation Group

Dec. 2014	Jan. 2015	Feb. 2015	Mar. 2015	Apr. 2015	May 2015	Jun. 2015	Jul. 2015	Aug. 2015	Sep. 2015	Oct. 2015	Nov. 2015	Dec. 2015
Number of business days	21.5	20	19	22	21	20	22	22	21	21	22	19.5	21.5




Number of active accounts (end of month)	64,522	64,501	65,135	65,764	66,250	66,758	67,037	66,970	67,236	67,419	67,883	67,990	68,149
Total client assets [end of month] (in million dollars)	3,705	3,698	3,841	3,949	3,993	4,068	4,014	3,847	3,692	3,595	3,769	3,754	3,688
Average equities clients credit balance (in million dollars)	1,242	1,241	1,255	1,247	1,262	1,304	1,293	1,332	1,347	1,349	1,368	1,330	1,290
Average equities margin clients debit balance (in million dollars)	79	80	76	85	82	84	84	78	78	74	71	65	75

Number of DARTs (per business day)

122,895

146,225

132,185

125,932

123,376

117,754

111,212

114,068

139,882

130,460

119,225

114,622

110,051

DARTs







(Notes) 1. "Active accounts" mean the number of accounts (equities, futures, FX etc) whose balance is more than 200 dollars or which have traded in the past 6 months as of the end of each month.

2. DARTs of TradeStation Group are the number of revenue generating trades in a securities company and FX companies under TradeStation Group, Inc. DARTs mainly include the DARTs of stocks, futures, options and OTC FX.




*The preliminary numbers reported above may be updated in the future.




Contact: Yuko Machida

Investor Relations, Financial Control Department Monex Group, Inc.

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