Brokers
Direct FX Announces the Acquisition of ODL Australia and Other Major Developments
22
2012
If anyone needs any more affirmation that the Australian forex market is booming then this announcement by Direct FX that they are launching in Australia after acquiring ODL Australia’s license should suffice. ODL went through the licensing process and were awarded …
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E*TRADE to white label FXCM’s Trading Station II platform, enters retail forex market
21
2012
In another major sign that traditional broker dealers such as TradeStation and OptionsXpress are entering the forex space, E*Trade just announced a similar step by white labeling FXCM‘s Trading Station II platform. MF Global and dbFX were the biggest white label’s of …
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China has a relatively long history in forex compared to many developing markets and regions, especially when considering the mighty BRIC nations. However, the regulators have not made the exact regulations clear on the status of margin FX as a tradable asset class for …
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BASE jumping, also sometimes written as B.A.S.E jumping, is an activity that employs an initially packed parachute to jump from fixed objects. “BASE” is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, …
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IG Markets the worlds largest spread betting firm have launched their brand new research service for CFD and spread betting traders. The group established for over 35 years have been pioneers in derivatives trading for retail clients and have now made …
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On December 1st, Korea Financial Services Commission (FSC) and Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced drastic measures on the FX margin product for the purpose of leading a sound investment environment in the retail sector. The main point is to discourage individual trading …
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Someone (or some group) is actively targeting the forex market in the past few days. During the last week at least 5 brokers and service providers have suffered from DDOS attacks which resulted in their service being disrupted and websites down for …
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Ukash is quite a popular alternative payment method used by many brokers. Ukash allows clients without (or those not willing to use) credit cards or bank accounts to pay for internet services and make deposits to forex brokers. For forex …
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Despite an evident slowdown in January institutional volumes where HotSpot’s volume decreased 11% comparing January 2011 and ICAP’s volumes too have plummeted in January 2012 when comparing to previous year, FXCM managed to actually increase its trading volumes: NEW YORK, …
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If anyone needed further data why Chinese market is by far the next big thing in forex then State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) is releasing the following information: China’s foreign exchange market saw its transaction volume hit 14.2 trillion U.S. dollars …
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