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Ruble Carnage Continues as Brokers Halt Trading, Cut Margin
- Despite customers reporting problems at several brokers, traders on the whole are benefitting from the spike in prices. Some brokers have indicated to Forex Magnates that their clients are overwhelmingly long.
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 17:29 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Ripple's XRP Continues to Roll Even amid Crypto Market Downturn, Market Cap Tops $600 Million
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 17:26 GMT by
Leon Pick
Court Allows Butterfly Labs to Resume Operations, Rejects FTC Claims Due to Insufficient Evidence
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 17:04 GMT by
Leon Pick
Trading Technologies Expands Its MultiBroker Platform with Addition of Rakuten Securities
- The solution, launched in 2013, has seen considerable traction in Asia over the past year, extending from Singapore’s commodity and energy trading space into the Japanese derivatives trading community.
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 15:19 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
FX Veteran Diana Munoz Lands at Fidelis Capital Markets as Executive Director
- On the heels of a two-month hiatus from the market, ex-CommexFX Head of Business Development, Diana Munoz, has landed at Fidelis Capital Markets in a new role as Executive Director.
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 15:16 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Interactive Brokers to Refund $1.5 Million in Fees & Commissions in Australia
- The Australian customers of the company will be reimbursed with the fees and commissions which they paid to the brokerage for retail margin loans during the period between July 2010 and August 2013.
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 14:31 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
TopTradr to Power the $10 Million "Quantic Traders Challenge"
- The forex ranking app joins the collaboration between CQG and Direct FX and the scoring for the $10 million Quantic Traders Challenge will be conducted based on its proprietary scoring algorithm, "The TT Score."
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 14:04 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Overstock to Miss 2014 Bitcoin Sales Targets as Excitement Wanes
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 13:55 GMT by
Leon Pick
Alpari Suspends Ruble Trading as Extreme Volatility Forces More Brokers to Limit Leverage
- The moves by TeleTrade, Alpari and Dukascopy come now after last month some brokers such as XM and the Russian Forex Club have already took similar proactive measures to limit traders' exposure and their own risk.
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 11:31 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
LMAX Exchange Deploys Matching Engine in Tokyo Equinix TY3
- The new matching engine is designed to deliver lower latency after its launch in the Equinix IBX Data Centre in Tokyo securing to traders in the country high speed trading delivering less than 4ms latency.
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 10:48 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Bitcoin Trading–BTC/USD Technical Analysis, Dec 16: BTC Drops Sharply to 6-Week Low
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 09:49 GMT by
Leon Pick
New Zealand Adds Yuan to Key Index Reducing USD Exposure. This is Why You Should Care
- The reshuffle of the Trade Weighted Index reflects New Zealand's bilateral trading partnership with China, along with a broader trend that may spur oil producers to trade in non-dollar denominated crude oil products.
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 09:04 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Russian Ruble Remains on the Defensive despite Record Rate Rise
- Political pressure has been lifted off the shoulders of the Bank of Russia, as it hiked rates overnight to a record high of 17%, making a deep recession in the country a virtual certainty and challenging ruble shorts.
Tuesday, 16/12/2014 | 08:43 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
New Product Review: TopTradr FX Trading Contest Mobile App - Your Way into the Big Leagues
- The appeal of TopTradr is that beyond the slick app and well executed trading competitions it provides retail traders and students with a way to prove their worth and even get a chance to manage real large FX funds.
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 22:01 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Millionaire Fund Manager Gets Banned from FCA for Train Fare Manipulation
- UK financial watchdog bars Jonathan Burrows for working with regulated financial products. The fund manager at Black Rock was charged by officers for extensive fare evasion which resulted in the FCA's actions.
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 21:22 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Exclusive: Kevin Millien Challenges Boston Technologies & Forexware in Court
- Boston Technologies co-founder and minority shareholder Kevin Millien filed a preliminary injunction against former BT CEO George Popescu, BT, Currency Mountain Holdings, Forexware and Emil Assentato.
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 19:18 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
First Regulated Bitcoin Exchange LedgerX’s Application Gets Public Consultation by CFTC
- The CFTC has issued a note requesting public comments on the dynamics of the first Bitcoin derivatives exchange that specialises in financial options contracts. The firm submitted its application in October.
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 19:11 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Financial Commission Names Zack Ioannou as Head of DRC
- The Financial Commission has announced the appointment of Zack Ioannou as its newest Head of the Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC), the organization’s paramount body for resolving trader-broker conflicts.
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 16:52 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Societe Generale Appoints Nick Gionfriddo as Head of OTC Clearing Sales
- Societe Generale’s Corporate & Investment Banking division (CIB) has appointed Nick Gionfriddo as its newest Head of OTC Clearing Sales in North America in its Newedge prime services satellite.
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 16:22 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
What Do We Talk about When We Talk About Retail Forex?
- As we look forward to 2015, there are a few common threads that often come up during discussions between brokers and technology providers. oneZero Financial's Andrew Ralich offers some basic definitions.
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 14:06 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Coinbase Takes over iOS App, to Release Update But "Current Version Is Already Quite Good"
Monday, 15/12/2014 | 13:30 GMT by
Leon Pick
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