November 06, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

MT4 and MT5 platforms now support China UnionPay system

MetaQuotes Software Corp. has announced that the MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) trading platforms now support China UnionPay system. Clients of this system can make purchases in the Market, which offers a huge variety of expert advisors (EAs), indicators, books and magazines. In addition, China UnionPay clients can now pay for virtual hosting,…

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November 06, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Japanese broker Gaitame Online to offer “Click 365 Large”

“Click 365 Large”, a new Forex margin trading service at the Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. (TFX), is yet to launch, but the number of companies willing to offer this service to their clients is growing. Japanese retail Forex broker Gaitame Online Co., Ltd today announced that it plans to add “Click 365 Large” to its…

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November 06, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Hirose UK raises maximum amount for investment in binary options

Hirose UK, a subsidiary of Japan’s Hirose Tusyo Inc., has just unveiled changes to trading conditions on Lion Binary, the broker's platform for trading binary options. Traders are now allowed to invest higher money sums in binary options. [Before amendment] The maximum trade amount per trade was $200; Total trade amount one could hold for…

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November 06, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Nadex seeks to raise number of permissible orders via FIX

North American Derivatives Exchange (Nadex), part of IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), is planning to hike the number of orders that participants are allowed to submit via FIX. The company, regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has already filed the necessary notice with the regulator. The submission is in accordance with Section 5c(c)(1)…

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November 06, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

New eToro launches, replacing OpenBook and WebTrader

Several months after the first announcements that a New eToro was coming, the new social trading platform was officially launched. On November 5, 2015, eToro CEO Yoni Assia officially unveiled the New eToro at the Web Summit in Dublin. The platform is built from the ground up and replaces the iconic OpenBook and WebTrader platforms. It…

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November 06, 2015 BY Mike Fox

TradingScreen launches market surveillance tool for listed derivatives

TradingScreen Inc., the leading independent provider of liquidity, trading and investment technology via SaaS, announces the launch of the Market Surveillance Tool, a component of the TradeAnalytics family of products, to monitor a broad range of market abuse scenarios across all asset classes, especially Listed Derivatives. Spoofing, flashing, front running, pinging, ramping and other market…

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November 05, 2015 BY Mike Fox

FXCM sees Q3 revenues steady QoQ to $59.6 million; while October retail trading volume of $335 billion remains strong

FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM), the globally regulated online provider of forex trading and related services, today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015 and trading metrics for the month of October 2015. U.S. GAAP trading revenue from continuing operations were $56.3 million, compared to $88.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. U.S. GAAP net income attributable…

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November 05, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Swissquote adds Ruble and Yuan pairs plus various CFDs to product line

Swissquote, Switzerland’s leading online bank, announced the addition of two new currency pairs and eight forward CFDs to its already diverse range of trading products. Swissquote’s decision to offer the offshore Chinese Yuan and additional Russian Ruble cross comes at a time of significant fluctuations for these currencies and is the bank’s response to increasing demand from traders looking…

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November 05, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

XM launches MT4 WebTrader

Cypriot retail Forex broker XM today announced the addition of MetaTrader 4 (MT4) WebTrader to the offering to its clients. The web platform now enables clients of the broker to trade without the need to install any programs on their computers. Since the launch of the first version of browser-based MT4 in September this year, MetaQuotes…

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