July 03, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

LCG shares sent soaring 17% on news of Spreadex bid

Today should be a very interesting day in the corporate history of UK spreadbetting firm London Capital Group (LON:LCG). Today's general meeting and shareholder vote will likely determine the fate of LCG - primarily, whether or not it ends up being 'rescued' by a £17.5 million investment to be made by an investor group led…

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July 02, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Spotware updates cTrader FX platform and cAlgo trading bots

FX platform provider Spotware has announced a number of updates and upgrades to its cTrader and cAlgo platforms. cTrader is Spotware's full STP trading platform, employed by brokers such as FxPro, MB Trading, and ThinkForex. cAlgo lets traders build trading cBots and custom technical indicators using C#. The updates include: Timer API If your strategy…

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July 02, 2014 BY Mike Fox

CME Group FX volumes rise 30% in June - still 37% below last year

CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has rebounded in their FX volumes for June reporting a 30% MoM increase with 765k contracts per day being reported. In contrast, May's 589k was the 2nd slowest month for FX ever, following the low of April at the CME. For further comparison, June 2013 saw 1.2M contracts moved for the 37%…

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