January 06, 2015 BY Mike Fox

ICAP EBS down 15% from Nov, but volumes were still strong above $100B ADV

December industry volumes are always subdued a bit due to holiday activities, but overall it remained strong this year across many segments of the trading industry despite trading days off. ICAP plc (LON:IAP) EBS FX electronic platform saw December volumes down 15 percent from November but much higher than December 2013's ADV of $71B, to record…

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January 05, 2015 BY Mike Fox

NordFX adds binary options trading

Some news on the binary options front today as NordFX, a Forex trading brokerage operated by Nord Group Investment Inc. which is incorporated and existing under the laws of Mauritius is announcing the official launch of its Binary Options platform. This is a continuing trend of spot FX dealing only brokerages diversifying their offerings by…

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January 05, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM and Gain Capital rise while equities, oil and Euro all dive

The first real trading day of 2015 (not counting the light post New Years session on Friday) saw the year kick off in the red Monday, and with heightened volatility across all instrument types: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) dropped 331 points and the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) was off 37, marking a more-than 1.8% fall…

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January 05, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Nasdaq buying registered investment advisory Dorsey, Wright & Associates

Popular amongst U.S securities brokerage and investment advisory firms, Dorsey Wright’s expertise is technical analysis. They also specialize in and use Point & Figure Charting, Relative Strength Analysis, and numerous other tools to analyze market data and deliver actionable insights. The key to the deal is the firm's popular ETF index business.

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