CME Group's Chicago trading floor will remain open for trading of options on futures contracts, as well as for S&P 500 futures contracts.
Read moreThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that Dan Rutherford has joined the agency as its first Director of the Office of Customer Education and Outreach. Rutherford joins the CFTC with nearly two decades of personal finance writing and financial education experience. Prior to joining the CFTC, Rutherford was among the team that…
Read moreETX Capital today announced per the company blog the roll-out of a new feature for the English website – a client sentiment mapper. Spread Betting and Forex trading clients of ETX Capital will be able to look at a product and see how fellow traders as a whole have been trading it. They will be…
Read moreMahiFX has appointed former Morgan Stanley Head of e-FX Europe Guy Hopkins to the newly created role of MFX Vector Sales. The position, as its name suggests, focuses on the broker's newest product, MFX Vector. Guy Hopkins will be responsible for securing that the product is managed and developed in accordance with client requirements. MFX…
Read moreAn article by the Nikkei Asian Review today stated that Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) plans to start setting the maximum amount of leverage corporate investors can use in FX margin trading. No specific leverage total was specified in the piece and is still being debated according to the article. To mitigate risks in the market,…
Read moreFinancial visualization platform TradingView today sought to explain the reason for the difference between the FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) historical data on tradingview.com and FXCM Trading Station. The reason for this, TradingView claims, is the FXCM API, which does not guarantee that all ticks are delivered to a charting platform like TradingView. This API is capable…
Read moreBreaking Forex News... Social trading pioneer Ayondo has announced plans for a listing for the company on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), which would result in the company having a market capitalization in the S$210 million (USD $155 million) range post transaction, valuing Ayondo at about $116 million pre-deal. FCA-regulated Ayondo stated that it is in advanced…
Read moreThe Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) today announced that it has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC). The agreement paves way for both institutions to co-operate in the areas of product development and on the potential provision of banking services that are vital for supporting…
Read moreRetail Forex broker Exness has earlier today issued a statement regarding ongoing DDoS attacks causing service disruptions affecting the broker's website and trading terminals. The first of the attacks affected the clients' Personal Area, whereas another was detected last night and targeted Exness' trading servers. Although the issue has been resolved, some clients may experience slow…
Read moreRetail Forex broker FxPro has just released a new and updated version of its Economic Calendar application for iOS devices. The new version (2.1.21) of the solution, which aims to keep traders informed about the latest economic events and reports, includes calendar auto time zone adjustment. There are also a number of bug fixes. FxPro's Economic…
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