November 04, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

MultiCharts adds Jigsaw Trading Order Flow Toolset

Software developers MultiCharts have announced they are now offering the Jigsaw Trading Order Flow Toolset. The tools have been made available for MultiCharts.NET and MultiCharts.NET Special Edition (versions 9.1 and above). The new tools are based on the assumption that whenever one places a trade, they do so because of expectations that other traders will…

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November 04, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Singaporean DBS Bank sued by investor after she lost millions in Forex

Singaporean bank DBS Bank we learned today was sued by a "sophisticated" investor, meaning in this case someone with a lot of assets at hand...or to lose. She claims she was given worthless advice causing her to lose millions. So what exactly was the investment advice given to the woman? Singapore's most widely read newspaper…

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November 04, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitcoin price tops $430 up 46% in a week - for no apparent reason

Here we go again. One of retail traders' favorite boom-and-bust instruments is back in full bloom boom mode. And for no good apparent reason. After flatlining most of September and rising steadily but slowly during October, prices of cryptocurrency Bitcoin have taken off during the first three days of November. In trading early Wednesday (GMT…

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November 03, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Interactive Brokers partners with O'Shares over ETF offering on TWS platform

US online trading services provider Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) today announced a partnership with O’Shares Investments, a division of O’Leary Funds Management LP. Under the partnership, Interactive Brokers will offer O'Shares global suite of ETFs commission-free on its Trader Workstation (TWS) platform. O’Shares was founded by its Chairman Kevin O’Leary, who is an investor…

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November 03, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Tradier Brokerage, Equities Lab jointly launch education initiative in the US

Students at US universities will gain real-world investment experiences thanks to a new education initiative launched by Tradier Brokerage and trading analysis platform Equities Lab. Universities that use Equities Lab in the classroom will have the added opportunity to have students experience live trading directly from the platform via Tradier Brokerage. This education initiative comes…

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November 03, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

CME Group registers 22.4% MoM drop in Forex volumes in October 2015

International derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has just joined the number of companies that have reported a decrease in Forex volumes in October 2015, as trading activity lagged behind levels seen in September 2015 and successful October 2014. Let’s examine the particular metrics: CME Group saw FX volumes average humble 735,000 contracts per day in…

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November 03, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Proven Ways FX Brokers Can Master FX connectivity in China

The following guest post is courtesy of Natallia Hunik, Global Head of Sales at Fortex. — Today many global FX brokers have their sights set on China. It is certainly a land of opportunity, where brokers, regardless of their size, can unlock their growth potential and capture above-average profit margins. It seems the perfect market, doesn’t…

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