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Canadian Forex Traders Haunted by a Slew of Margin Changes, While FxPro Restores Levels
- The self-regulatory organization in Canada which is responsible for setting margin requirements based on the volatility in the currency markets has been issuing changes almost every week lately.
Thursday, 05/02/2015 | 12:30 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Alpari UK's Japanese Branch Strained by a Torrent of Withdrawal Requests
- In contrast to the announcement by KPMG that they will launch a "Claims Portal" for clients of Alpari UK, in its direct subsidiary in Japan clients are able to withdraw funds using the same website they have so far.
Thursday, 05/02/2015 | 09:04 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Commodities Corner (Part 3): From Coke Cans to Cars - Aluminium
- Aluminium is almost everywhere and it is one of the most widespread metals. What makes this metal worth trading as a commodity? Find out what our guest blogger Vladimir Petropoljac has to say about it.
Thursday, 05/02/2015 | 08:48 GMT by
Guest Contributors
DMM Becomes Top Japanese FX Broker by Volume, Surpasses GMO CLICK with New High
- The total client FX trading volume for DMM was an incredible $1.3 trillion. GMO CLICK's figures fell short of DMM in January - ceding the title of the number one retail FX broker by volume in Japan to DMM.
Thursday, 05/02/2015 | 06:29 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
FXCM’s Major Shareholder William Blair & Co. Ups the Ante - Increases Stake to 11.69%
- Leading hedge fund William Blair & Co. sends out a strong message in support of broker-dealer FXCM as it increases its majority holding as an institutional investors in the firm, its investment tops 5.5 million shares.
Thursday, 05/02/2015 | 01:05 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
FxPro Executes Record Number of Trades as US Dollar Slid on Tuesday
- The broker has surpassed its previous record number of trades by almost 60% as the euro staged its biggest single day rally since October 2014 after a potential Greek debt-swap deal, before Greek FinMin talks with ECB.
Wednesday, 04/02/2015 | 17:56 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
What Lies Ahead for TechFinancials Once It IPOs in London?
- Jonathan Morris of the international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP outlines the challenges and opportunities awaiting the first binary options company aiming to go public and the factors that will determine whether or not this move will open the door for the next companies in line.
Wednesday, 04/02/2015 | 13:10 GMT by
FMAdmin Someone
Exclusive: FXCM Inc. CEO Drew Niv Discusses Firm's Future after the CHF Crisis
- Mr. Niv sheds light on Black Thursday's unfolding at FXCM: how did the systems react, what caused the $225 million loss and how many clients held long Swiss franc positions for a total market exposure of over $1 billion?
Wednesday, 04/02/2015 | 11:41 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Correction/Consolidation in USD Should Be around the Corner
- The DXY has now approached the target region of 96-97 this past week, with a high struck at 95.48. However, not only have we come up shy of our ideal target, but the pattern in wave Vof (3) does not yet look complete.
Wednesday, 04/02/2015 | 10:37 GMT by
Guest Contributors
Tradimo to Launch Chinese & Arabic, Partners Exclusively with One Financial Markets
- The broker will get exclusive advertising space on the trading school’s new offering launching in the second quarter of 2015, targeting a set of lucrative markets with information in Chinese and Arabic languages.
Wednesday, 04/02/2015 | 09:11 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
FX Volumes for GMO Click Securities Rise 14% in January 2015, Set New Record
- In contradiction to the FX volume record, trading in exchange products on GMO’s Click 365 solution totaled only 523,397 contracts in January 2015, which is down about a 9.8% drop month-over-month.
Wednesday, 04/02/2015 | 07:08 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Monex Global FX Trading Volumes Drop by 5.4% in January 2015
- The average FX trade value per business day decreased by 1.4% Month-Over-Month to just ¥250,658 million, which partly explains the overall drop in the volumes combined with the fewer working days.
Wednesday, 04/02/2015 | 06:41 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Autochartist Partners with Te Mata to Deliver Automatic Chart Pattern Trading Platform
- Automated trading is gaining traction as the veteran provider of pattern recognition software is now delivering a full platform suite developed in partnership with a New Zealand software company.
Tuesday, 03/02/2015 | 16:40 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Interfax Survey: 3 Brokers Control 60% of Russian FX Market, 66% of Traders Lose
- A report by Interfax-CEA reveals some telling findings about the local market in 2014, including an extensive brokers' ranking by trading volumes and an assessment of traders' number and average deposits.
Tuesday, 03/02/2015 | 15:42 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Chris Sacca, the $4 Million Negative Balance, The Salinger Group and Twitter
Tuesday, 03/02/2015 | 14:45 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Exhaustion Price Action in USD/CAD Suggests Pullback, Buying Opportunity
Tuesday, 03/02/2015 | 14:00 GMT by
#Trading People
Russia-Focused Panteon Finance Loses Substantial Amount of Client Funds
- The head of the financial department of the company has been transferring client funds to binary options trading accounts at an Asian brokerage, prompting founders to look how to keep the brokerage solvent.
Tuesday, 03/02/2015 | 10:09 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Commodities Corner (Part 2): Cotton Market from A to Z
- Cotton prices have plunged since May 2014, due to global shift in production in the wake of the rise of India. Sensus Capital's Vladimir Petropoljac goes from the fields where it is produced to your portfolio.
Tuesday, 03/02/2015 | 09:52 GMT by
Guest Contributors
LQD Markets to Go after Negative Balances, Client Funds "Appear to Have a Deficit"
- The UK-based broker which faced bankruptcy in the aftermath of the CHF storm has officially entered special administration. The firm's insolvency micro-site bears some dire news for clients regarding their funds.
Tuesday, 03/02/2015 | 09:25 GMT by
Finance Magnates Staff
Breaking: GAIN Capital Increases Margin Requirements on Pegged Currencies
- Active risk management of exposure at the major publicly listed brokerage continues with the latest round of margin increases concerning a number of pegged currencies and some managed floats in central Europe.
Tuesday, 03/02/2015 | 08:05 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Overall Trading Activity Positive at Interactive Brokers in January as Traders Embrace SNB Shake-Up
- Interactive Brokers reports strong financial trading data for the month of January. Overall metrics were higher on a YoY and MoM basis for its DARTs and the total number of trading accounts held at the firm.
Monday, 02/02/2015 | 18:21 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
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