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US retail forex capital grew by $3 million in November 2011
- US retail forex capital held by FCMs, RFEDs and FCMRFDs - per CFTC's definitions - grew by most $3 million in November. These deposits describe the amount of retail forex funds held by American brokers - this may include funds not only from American clients.
Friday, 13/01/2012 | 11:59 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
Bangladesh speaks out against online Forex Trading
- Bangladesh one of the 'next eleven' markets (Goldman Sachs view on next economic growth area) has seen a rise in online speculative FX trading in the last two years, driving concerns that retail investors are not prepared for the risk involved.
Friday, 13/01/2012 | 08:49 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
CFTC issues an injunction against InstaTrade Corporation and ZTRADEFX LLC
- Instatrade Corporation, aka Insta Forex, and Ztradefx LLC were two of the 14 firms sued by the CFTC early last year. Ever since most firms didn't bother to settle with the CFTC but some did. Last week we saw that FXOpen settled the case with the CFTC paying $140,000 fine.
Thursday, 12/01/2012 | 13:59 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
BNY Mellon may settle as part of the Federal Forex suit
- After months of controversy surrounding issues over foreign exchange transactions, BNY Mellon, the world's largest custody bank, is continuing to work toward a settlement as part of a lawsuit filed by federal prosecutors.
Thursday, 12/01/2012 | 13:37 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
Crypto and Regulation: Challenging but Inevitable
- The idea that crypto belongs or deserves to be outside of regulation is naive and outdated
Tuesday, 14/12/2021 | 14:53 GMT by
FM
Chicago prepares for FX forum- 12 January Mid America Club
- Chicago’s Mid America Club welcomes Mankoff Company’s exciting discussion affecting the financial markets. The much awaited event will be taking place tomorrow - 12th January at the prestigious Mid America Club where market professional will be sharing their views on what’s to come in the markets.
Thursday, 12/01/2012 | 12:58 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
RBI wary of Foreigners playing with Rupee
- India’s central bank has warned foreign banks trading in the Indian Rupee and causing market turmoil as the rupee hits new lows amid foreign banks speculative trading. The rupee has depreciated in the BRIC nation as inflation and interest rates are hurting the economy.
Thursday, 12/01/2012 | 08:20 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Who wants to be a Forex Millionaire
- Trading Point, a Cyprus based broker claims they have paid out $1 million to a client who deposited $25,000 a couple of months earlier. It is apparent that trader Chris Wheeler an experienced trader started trading with the broker with twenty-five thousand dollars in July 2011, and made request for a withdrawal of one million US dollars in September.
Thursday, 12/01/2012 | 07:14 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
FXCM launches Canadian offering through Friedberg Direct
Wednesday, 11/01/2012 | 21:50 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
myfxbook launches a spreads comparison engine
- We reported about this trend almost two years ago here as we've noticed an influx of sites with various spread comparison engines. One of the first to enter the market was FX Intelligence which managed to place itself on several broker websites like MB Trading's and others. The conclusion two years ago was this:
Tuesday, 10/01/2012 | 14:11 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
Interview with Matvey Diadkov, Bitmedia's CEO
- Thoughts on crypto marketing, the future of blockchain and the fight for conversions
Tuesday, 14/12/2021 | 09:54 GMT by
Bitmedia
BT Prime Receives FSA Authorization and Announces Name Change to Boston Prime
- This is the official announcement by BT regarding what was announced here last week: Boston Technologies prime brokerage arm BT Prime received an FSA license. BT is also renaming BT Prime to Boston Prime - definitely a more attractive name. The new license will allow BT to start accepting more established clients who'll want to tap into its liquidity and thus increase its volume.
Tuesday, 10/01/2012 | 10:37 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
Vantage FX adds to its EA lab
- Vantage FX a leading FX broker offers traders an exhaustive list of Expert Advisors which are tested by the broker. The London-based Forex trading dealer has added Oscillator Had EA and Average True Range EA to its exclusive Expert Advisor Lab.
Tuesday, 10/01/2012 | 08:10 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Swiss National Bank Chairman resigns
- After much criticism the SNB chairman Philipp Hildebrand has finally resigned. The chairman was facing criticism after his wife had benefited from foreign exchange dealing where she purchased and sold CHF against the greenback for a profit when the SNB intervened in the currency.
Tuesday, 10/01/2012 | 07:41 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Alpari to sponsor NBA's New Jersey Nets
- This adds to Alpari's ongoing sponsorship of the New York Knicks, New York Rangers and the Madison Square Garden. It seems Alpari are step by step increasing their presence and advertising in United States. It also seems that some brokers have a preference for certain types of sports and they invest most of their marketing budget in the same vertical
Monday, 09/01/2012 | 09:54 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
Fidessa launches FX trading for the Buy Side
- Fidessa a leading technology solutions provider to buy side financial management firms has launched FX trading execution services.
Monday, 09/01/2012 | 08:32 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Book Hotel and Flights with Bitcoin and Altcoins on LYOTRAVEL
- Are you ready to travel this holiday season?
Monday, 13/12/2021 | 13:06 GMT by
LYOPAY
Can the Yuan be a reserve currency?
- With ongoing pressure on the dollar the worlds reserve currency was in question. The greenback was under extreme pressure when it hit the infamous 2 to 1 against the pound. Volatility has been pushing it around against both the Euro and Yen, so what now for investors, stick with the dollar or look elsewhere?
Monday, 09/01/2012 | 07:48 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Japan: Tokyo Financial Exchange volumes Dec and total year volumes 2011
- The total trading volume of Exchange Forex Margin contracts (Click 365) was 7,233,569 decreasing 24.8% in comparison to that of the prior year comparable month, and decreasing 31.3% in comparison to that of the prior month, and the average daily trading volume was 328,878.
Sunday, 08/01/2012 | 15:49 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
GFI offers FX Options pricing to Hedge Fund
- GFI Group a leading wholesale brokerage firm has licensed its award winning FENICS professional pricing software to HAP Capital, a New York based hedge fund.
Thursday, 05/01/2012 | 20:42 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
CFTC halts NADEX's political binaries
- Trust CFTC (and NFA) to kill any interesting initiative in the financial markets. Because if anything these political binaries are responsible for all the global financial problems, flash crash and greedy banks taking tax payers' money to pay fat bonuses...
Thursday, 05/01/2012 | 20:30 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
FXOpen settles with the CFTC for accepting US clients
- This was one of the biggest news last year - CFTC sued 14 forex firms (and then 11 more) for various infringements of its laws including accepting US clients. Some firms (offshore ones) decided to ignore this all together and keep accepting American clients, some stopped accepting them but didn't settle and some managed to settle the case.
Thursday, 05/01/2012 | 19:25 GMT by
Michael Greenberg
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