Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Stephonomics: When History Repeats Itself on The Trading Floor

Stephonomics: When History Repeats Itself on The Trading Floor


Stephonomics: When History Repeats Itself on The Trading Floor

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 03:38 PM PDT

With 30 years of industry experience, our newest guest blogger Stephen A. Simonis provides a different angle on the market. Read his personal account of the day of the bomb, three decades before the one on January 15.
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Singapore Expands its Emerging Market FX Range with New Regional Crosses

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 03:06 PM PDT

Singapore enhances its position as Asia's main FX trading centre as it increases the number of listed FX instruments. The SGX will launch new crosses on the onshore & offshore yuan contract as well as the Taiwanese dollar.
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[Snippet] BATS Bolsters Options Business with New Hire Kapil Rathi

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 02:51 PM PDT

FXCM Assets Drop 15% in January as US Retail FX Subside

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 02:27 PM PDT

Retail brokers offering margin FX saw declines in the value of client assets held during the month of January. However, institutional providers supported overall growth in the value of client monies at CFTC-authorised providers.
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Competitors Take Aim at Charles Schwab’s Intelligent Portfolio Robo Advisory Service

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 12:57 PM PDT

Competitors take aim at Charles Schwab's Intelligent Portfolio Robo Advisory Service stating that it is more expensive than meets the eye despite having "no fees" due to over allocating in cash deposits.
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Allure of Gold Trading Too Powerful for Retail Brokers to Resist

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 11:34 AM PDT

GulliverFX, the UK broker 100% owned by Yahoo Japan Corporation, diversifies its trading offering with gold, silver and oil in response to clients demands. Gold is seen as crucial instrument in many markets.
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Forex Brokerage AForex Rebrands to AMarkets as it Expands into Asia

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:55 AM PDT

The company is aiming to position itself as a multi-asset financial services provider as traders look away from forex to additional asset classes and the broker diversifies its exposure to foreign exchange volatility.
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Markit Buys Halifax House Price Index from Lloyds Banking Group

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:19 AM PDT

Markit has announced that they have purchased the Halifax House Price Index, a UK economic indicator known to forex traders from Lloyds Banking Group in a deal set to be completed later this year.
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Trading Volumes at DGCX Recorded 3% YoY Growth in February

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 10:10 AM PDT

The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange marked year-on-year growth amid continuing increases in trading of Indian rupee contracts, equities as trading marked 929,152 contracts with total value amounting to $35 billion.
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Financial Market Engineering Goes Live on Object Trading’s DMA Service Platform

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 09:52 AM PDT

Independent provider of global Direct Market Access (DMA), Object Trading, has announced that Financial Market Engineering Ltd. (FME) has integrated Object Trading's DMA Service Platform and culminating in live trading on the utility, according to an Object Trading statement. Back …
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[Snippet] Traders Trust Fined €5000 by CySEC for a Misleading Equity Statement

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 09:49 AM PDT

Licence of Hungarian Broker, Quaestor Securities, Temporarily Suspended

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 08:44 AM PDT

The brokerage is facing difficulty in refinancing its obligations, due to paper losing value in the aftermath of the Buda Cash announcement made by authorities several weeks ago, revealing sector weakness.
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Gold Prices Still Shaky amid USD, EUR Volatility

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 08:19 AM PDT

In times of financial instability, gold is traditionally considered the asset investors can count on. Our newest guest blogger Stephen Simon outlines the current situation and points out potential pitfalls.
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Alpari Hits 1,000,000 Account Milestone

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 07:23 AM PDT

Alpari announced that they have reached one million accounts opened at the broker since the firm was launched towards the end of 1998. The figure represents a growth of 900,000 accounts since 1998.
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GAIN Capital’s Trading Volumes Drop 20% for Retail, 22% Institutional

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 07:14 AM PDT

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) today reported certain operating metrics for the month of February 2015 showing that the firm had suffered over 20% declines in trading compared to the previous month.
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RBS Taps Fidessa for Futures and Options Platform Technology

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 06:33 AM PDT

RBS will begin to use technology from Fidessa to power exchange-traded futures and options trading by its customer, replacing previous trading technology the bank had in place for its clients.
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IG Group First to Unveil an Apple Watch Trading Application

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 06:31 AM PDT

The London headquartered CFDs, spread betting and stockbroking provider, IG Group Holdings (LON:IGG), unveiled that it has designed an Apple Watch application, just hours after the announcement of the launch date of Apple's new product. IG Group is the first …
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Investing.com Launches an Affiliate Network for Forex and Binary Options

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 05:35 AM PDT

The web portal has partnered with Plus500, Ava, Banc De Binary, Markets.com, TopOption and other forex and binary options firms, promising "comparatively very high payouts" based on preferred deals with the brokers.
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New Product Review: Playing Games with Market Madness

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 04:30 AM PDT

In today's 'New Product Review', we take a look at Market Madness, a binary option like mobile app that introduces players to forex, stocks and commodities trading in a game like environment.
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Euro Collapse Continues, Opening the Doors for More Volatility

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 04:22 AM PDT

The single European currency marked its lowest level since April 2013, as the European Central Bank's bond-buying effort continues to exert substantial downward pressure on European bond yields.
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