Today we feature a guest post courtesy of TrendTradingDNA, a financial web service that offers members technical analysis, trade alerts and education for trading Forex, Commodities, Stocks and Indices. A common mistake among traders, no matter of experience of knowledge, is over sizing of the trades. How can you reduce the fear from entering a trade?…
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The following guest post is courtesy of Usman Ahmed at Investoo Group, which provides expert products for the financial trading industry. Jan 15, 2015 was the day when a Tsunami hit the financial markets. It was the day when millions of dollars were wiped out from global financial markets and many big players of the…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Ono Ventures. Ono Ventures is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Enforcement issued two new Enforcement Advisories outlining the factors the Enforcement Division will consider in evaluating cooperation by individuals and companies in the agency’s investigations and enforcement actions. The CFTC has long given credit for cooperation in determining whether enforcement action is warranted, the nature of…
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The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK or the Exchange), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), today issued a joint statement regarding the price volatility of stocks listed on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM). The SFC and the Exchange consider that some…
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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HSBC has voluntarily agreed to set up a redress scheme for customers who may have suffered detriment by paying an unreasonable debt collection charge imposed by HFC Bank Ltd (HFC) and John Lewis Financial Services Limited (JLFS), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just announced. Both HFC and JLFS are now part of HSBC Bank…
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The People’s Bank of China has been investigating major Bitcoin exchanges in the country including BTCC, Huobi and OKcoin. Huobi and OKCoin have formally announced they have halted margin trading services. The Shanghai Head Office of the People’s Bank of China has found after an initial investigation that BTCC was engaged in illegal operations and…
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Marie Seiller has been appointed Executive Director of Corporate Accounting. Ms Seiller holds a degree from ESCP-EAP. She began her career in 2000 as an auditor at Arthur Andersen, now Ernst & Young. She worked for seven years as a Senior Manager on financial audit assignments in the industrial and environmental services sectors, and provided…
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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced two new national instruments affecting over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trading in Canada. The national instruments are part of Canada’s ongoing implementation of commitments to reform the global OTC derivatives markets. These national instruments are designed to align with international standards and provide safeguards in the Canadian market for counterparties transacting…
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