August 2021 stats on customer funds held at US FCMs

Futures Accounts: The total amount of customer funds in futures accounts at US FCMs was recorded at $309.1 billion in the month of August. This was up 0.8% from the previous month and up 1.1% from the previous year. The number of FCMs holding customer funds in futures accounts was recorded at 50 in August, down from 53 a year ago and down from 56 five years ago.

Swaps Accounts: Customer funds held in cleared swaps accounts at US FCMs reached $143 billion in the month of August. August’s level was up 0.2% from the previous month but down 0.1% from August 2020. The number of FCMs holding customer funds in cleared swaps accounts was recorded at 15 in August, down from 16 a year ago, with the addition of Mizuho Securities and the withdrawal of CHS Hedging and StoneX Financial.

Access the FIA FCM Tracker^TM to view interactive visualizations covering monthly data reported to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission on customer funds held at US futures commission merchants.