The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that is aware that emails have been sent from the following addresses: fake emails sent from [email protected] with subject ‘FCA business update’ or ‘Blacklisted FX firms’ (9 May 2017) fake emails sent from [email protected] with subject ‘Overdue balance’ (9 May 2017) fake emails sent from [email protected] (21 March…
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Index Industry Association (IIA), a global organization of index administrators, has today announced the addition of three new members. CBOE Holdings (CBOE), China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Limited (CCDC) and the Tokyo Stock Exchange , Inc. (TSE) will join IIA in promoting awareness of the function of indices in global markets. Since its launch…
Read moreECB Governor Draghi will make a speech in the Dutch Parliament at 12:00 BST today. It will be Draghi’s first speech after the French election so traders should be aware of any comments on the Eurozone’s economic outlook or hints of a possible gradual removal of QE. Thursday May 11th is a crucial day for…
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Horizon adds new algo trading strategy templates for clients to customise Horizon Software just announced that will give clients control over their algo trading strategies, with the ability to modify the built-in templates in the Horizon Platform for Automated Trading. The three new templates which can be modified are: Quote Reply Market Making, Hedge Volatility…
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Duco, the global fintech provider of data control services, today announced a new engagement with World First, the international payments company. World First will use Duco Cube, the self-service data control platform, to automate a variety of tasks across treasury and middle office functions. By using Duco Cube, World First staff are able to streamline…
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DAX futures (JUNE 2017 contract is FDXM7, continuation chart is FDXc1) Consolidation in the wake of the latest upside break continues. A second successive inside day reflects a market settling down. Although the market managed to complete an all-time closing high last night, there are now lower daily highs in place as the market has…
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We are looking to take a counter-trend trade in EURUSD this morning. Please note that European Central Bank head Mario Draghi speaks this afternoon Monthly: The move lower has been mixed and volatile, common in corrective sequences. We have seen a prolonged period of consolidation. Not a lot to take away from this timeframe; bearish…
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Market Overview It has been a while since Donald Trump did something controversial, so perhaps he got an itch that he just needed to scratch? Trump fired FBI Director James Comey by letter last night in a surprise move that shocked the markets. This was significant as Comey was investigating the claims of the Russian…
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iSignthis Ltd (ASX:ISX) just announced that it has entered into an agreement with Pepperstone Group Limited, for Paydentity and Payment Gateway services, for the group's UK and Australian operations. ISX will supply Paydentity and Payment gateway for UK and Australia. iSignthis Ltd will announce integration and go live dates once they have been agreed with Pepperstone.…
Read moreThe US Dollar Index (DXY) climbed to a 12-session high overnight, helped by weaker commodities, softer Euro and hawkish comments from the Fed. Kaplan thinks the Fed could trim their balance sheet this year without it affecting his anticipated three hikes. DXY came close to breaking the 2014 bullish trendline following Macron’s victory on Monday,…
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