Mail Stop 3233 December 13, 2018 Via E-mail Mr. Nigel Rose Chief Financial Officer Gain Capital Holdings, Inc. 135 Bedminster One, Route 202/206 Bedminster, NJ 07921 Re: Gain Capital Holdings, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 Filed March 14, 2018 File No. 1-35008 Dear Mr. Rose: We have reviewed your November 9, 2018 response to our oral comments issued and have the following comment. In our comment, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to our comment within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to our comment, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, our reference to a prior comment is to an oral comment issued on October 26, 2018. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures, Page 42 1. We note your adjustment for the tax rate true up in Exhibit A. We remain unclear how you determined it was appropriate to adjust for this item. Please confirm that you will remove this adjustment from your non-GAAP measure in future filings. Reference is made to Question 102.11 from the C&DI for non-GAAP disclosures issued in May 2017. Nigel Rose Gain Capital Holdings, Inc. December 13, 2018 Page 2 You may contact Howard Efron, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3439 or me at (202) 551- 3295 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Sincerely, /s/ Jennifer Monick Jennifer Monick Assistant Chief Accountant Office of Real Estate & Commodities