Alpari Group’s July FX trading volumes came in at just $177B, down -34.5% YoY – meanwhile Tradologic’s Chief, Gil Erez, checks in to talk Binary Options and the swelling popularity of the industry.

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Beeks FX VPS’ CEO, Gordon McArthur, Reveals Why You Need a VPS 

Beeks FX VPS’ CEO, Gordon McArthur, gives his exclusive perspective on VPS, what exactly the technology consists of, and why it is integral to the forex industry and your business. Read More Here

Tradologic’s Gil Erez Weighs the Growth of Binary Options

Gil Erez, Chief Business Development Officer at Tradologic, provides his views and unique perspective on the Binary Options industry, as well as Tradologic’s position in the overall market as trading popularity swells. Read More Here

Key Executive Moves

Morgan Stanley Names Thiago Melzer as Its Global Head of FX Options

Morgan Stanley has named Thiago Melzer, one of the Forex industry’s rising stars and current Managing Director, as its newest Global Head of FX Options business, following a recent promotion this past January. Read More Here

TradeNext Hires Former ADS Securities Head, Larry De Souza

TradeNext has announced the appointment of industry veteran, Larry De Souza as director of sales and trading with a key mandate to spearhead the firm’s institutional offering. Read More Here

ICAP’s CEO Antony Warner Retires, Succession Candidate Revealed

ICAP Plc’s Singapore Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Warner, has announced his retirement, relinquishing his post by the end of August – Danny Cheung, Managing Director in ICAP’s Singapore branch, will succeed him. Read More Here

In Case You Missed It

One Year On; Text Sentiment Analytics Still a Niche Play

It’s been a year since I opined that text-based sentiment analysis was yet to take off in retail FX trading and that’s still the case. Yes, there are a few brokers that have taken steps to launching something but they are few. Read More Here

Alpari Group’s Global Trading Volume Exceeds $177 Billion in July

The Alpari global group of companies announced today that they have reached total trading volumes in excess of $177 billion during July 2014. The group did not provide the volume breakdown by country, but last week Alpari Russia announced that its July’s FX volumes rose by 9% month-over-month, which resulted in $97.2 billion. Read More Here