forex
Beyond Exotic Pairs: Brokers Focus More on Enhancing Services in Low Volatile Market
- FX brokers focus on better services, like enhancing liquidity and introducing of innovative trading tools.
- Traders are also adopting low volatility of 'majors' as with cost-effective hedging strategies.
Monday, 17/02/2025 | 13:40 GMT by
Paul Golden
London's Permutable AI Rolls Out AI-Driven Market Intelligence for FX Traders
- The new service targets institutional traders, portfolio managers, and corporate treasury teams in the FX market.
- Permutable AI plans to further enhance its platform by introducing sentiment analysis for single currency indices.
Thursday, 13/02/2025 | 18:09 GMT by
Jared Kirui
“It’s All About Ensuring You Face Safe Counterparties”: What Will Be the Future of FX?
- The fourth edition of Dealers Connect 4.0 brought the FX industry together in Cyprus.
- One of the discussion at the event was on how trading desks have moved forward, while the other was on future of trading platforms.
Wednesday, 12/02/2025 | 09:59 GMT by
Elina Pedersen
UK FX Market Posts 10% Growth. Despite October Lull, 42% of Transactions Go Through London
- Daily turnover reached $3.2 trillion as FX swaps dominated trading activity.
- Despite the half-year slump, the market showed strong year-over-year growth of 10%.
Thursday, 06/02/2025 | 10:08 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
FX Central Limit Order Books Trading Gains Traction, but Swaps Face Key Challenges
- FX CLOB trading is growing, but swaps face hurdles due to credit concerns, market fragmentation, and transparency issues.
- New platform features enhance FX trading, but moving swaps to CLOBs requires industry backing and structural changes.
Monday, 03/02/2025 | 10:22 GMT by
Paul Golden
FX Market Reactions to Events: “Millisecond Data Helps Traders Capture 90% of Movements”
- LMAX and Macro Hive study found dovish Fed outcomes trigger largest reactions, EUR/USD up 0.2%
- 60% of FX price changes occurred within the first minute of an economic release.
Friday, 06/12/2024 | 15:44 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
FX Derivatives Surge 10% to $130T as Yen Trading Hits Record Levels
- For comparison, the global OTC derivatives market grew 2% to $726 trillion by June 2024.
- JPY-related trades in FX market jumped 13% amid speculation about Japanese monetary policy changes.
Thursday, 21/11/2024 | 09:46 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Forex Firms Hit With CFTC Fraud Charges Over $7.6M Pool
- US regulator alleges FX trading companies and founder conducted fraud scheme targeting 40 investors.
- Defendants reportedly operated unregistered commodity pools and misappropriated investor funds in a Ponzi-style scheme.
Tuesday, 29/10/2024 | 07:01 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
GCEX Provides Deep Liquidity and Regulatory Solutions for Brokers
- The firm has launched XplorSkew and XplorSkewPlus feeds to improve spreads and performance.
- XplorDigital suite offers brokers deep liquidity, regulatory solutions, and risk management technology.
Tuesday, 22/10/2024 | 08:18 GMT by
Tareq Sikder
Forex Broker Advisory Firm Targets Growth in Southeast Asian Financial Hub
- Nine Solution is opening a new office at TRX Exchange 106 in Kuala Lumpur in October 2024.
- The company's CEO observes that currently more firms are emerging in prop trading than in the FX space.
Tuesday, 01/10/2024 | 14:44 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Regulatory Shopping in Paradise: How FX and CFD Firms Navigate Global Jurisdictions
- FX and CFD firms are increasingly engaging in "regulatory shopping" by relocating to jurisdictions with more favorable regulatory environments.
- The FCA's stringent regulations on CFD firms, involving leverage limits and incentives bans, threaten competition and innovation.
Monday, 30/09/2024 | 10:05 GMT by
Salam Alaswad
Retail Investors Flock to Stocks from Forex After Fed Rate Cut. Here's Why
- According to an eToro survey, millennials are leading this shift, increasing local and international equity ownership.
- Commodities and crypto are also trending, while cash assets are losing ground.
Wednesday, 25/09/2024 | 13:11 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
French FX/CFD Trader Numbers Fall Below 30,000, Lowest in 4 Years
- Compared to the 2021 high, the market shrunk by almost 10,000 retail investors.
- However, the number of new traders is decreasing, while the proportion of regular traders remains unchanged.
Monday, 16/09/2024 | 09:48 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Number of Active Leveraged Traders in the UK Is on Decline, but More Continues Trading
- There were 173,000 active leveraged traders in the UK at the end of May.
- Leveraged traders who continued to trade jumped to 124,000 from 110,000 over two consecutive years.
Tuesday, 02/07/2024 | 11:24 GMT by
Arnab Shome
iFX Expo International – Where the Great and Good of FX Came Together
- This year’s event was huge, with participants from all over the world.
- Emerging nations and regions were strongly represented.
- PSPs were everywhere and they were all talking FX … and crypto.
Friday, 21/06/2024 | 09:49 GMT by
Louis Parks
Evolution of Payments in Forex and Crypto: iFX EXPO Marks the Trend
- Payment companies are integrating with forex and crypto markets due to rising demand.
- Regulatory challenges in crypto are being met with adaptive strategies.
- Africa and Latin America, are becoming significant focus areas for payment providers.
Thursday, 20/06/2024 | 10:44 GMT by
Louis Parks
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