Financial visualization platform TradingView on Tuesday experienced issues with data from one of its FX and CFD data providers – FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM). The problem, which affected FXCM native apps and external charting platforms, such as TradingView, was swiftly solved, but left a gap in FXCM data. Below is the full announcement from TradingView: Today one…
Read moreSocial investment expert eToro has earlier this month released a new version of its Social Trading application for Android devices, further improving the experience for fans of mobile trading. The new version (2.27) of the application offers the following enhancements: Seamless switching between Real & Virtual accounts; Updated menu layout; Improvements and bug fixes. The application…
Read moreRetail Forex broker FxPro, staying true to its transparency advocate reputation, earlier today posted its trade execution statistics for the final quarter of 2015. Clients of the company continue to enjoy positive slippage, with the proportion of trades executed with such price improvement being 37.5% in the fourth quarter of 2015. You can view the…
Read moreRoboOption, the binary options platform operated by Cypriot Forex broker RoboForex, has announced that it is beefing up the offering to its clients. The company has added 20 new underlying assets to the lineup, with the new additions including shares in Linkedin and Amazon, indices, as well as several currency pairs. Amid the Forex additions…
Read moreJust reported was CME Group Inc (NASDAQ: CME) FX options metrics for December 2015, FX Options ADV reported in at 72,183, -9% YoY, Open Interest stands at 579,109 contracts. Noteworthy in the report, CME set a record in 2015 with FX options ADV up 23% from 2014 and with 96% of FX options now traded electronically. Weekly…
Read moreRetail Forex broker Alpari has just posted its trading metrics for December 2015, with trading volumes staging a small rise in both monthly and annual terms. The company said its monthly trading turnover in December 2015 was $92.1 billion, a result which is 5.6% higher than the reading of $87.2 billion registered in November 2015,…
Read moreMajor online trading services provider CMC Markets today officially announced its plans to go public on the the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The admission of the company's shares is scheduled for early February 2016. CMC Markets plc said today that it intends to apply for admission of its ordinary shares to the premium listing segment of…
Read moreBGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP), a global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, on Tuesday announced the completion of its merger with GFI Group Inc.(OTCMKTS:GFIG), an intermediary and provider of trading technologies and support services to the global OTC and listed markets. Impact on Financial Statements Regarding BGC's consolidated financial results, for the…
Read moreJapan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has earlier today updated its lists of unauthorized investment businesses targeting Japanese investors. Amid the new additions is GBinarys, a binary options brand of Binext Global Ltd, operating from https://gbinarys.com. Although the company provides an address in Marshall Islands, that is, it is registered overseas, the Japanese laws require derivatives…
Read moreFollowing the trend we have seen from other leading retail forex brokers, FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) has reported strong volume metrics for the month of December, which is normally a seasonally slow period. December retail forex volumes at FXCM came in at $323 billion, 8% higher than November 2015 but 9% lower than December 2014. For the full…
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