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…
Read moreDespite European regulatory discourse relating to high frequency trading and the use of algorithms to gain an advantage over other participants, British company Argon Design has gone live with a system which facilitates latency arbitrage on the American continent.
Read moreCME 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%…
Read moreWith the US having led the regulatory drive toward institutional FX transactions being conducted through swap execution facilities and central counterparties last year, the bureaucracy in implementation continues with the CFTC extending major swap participants' reporting procedure for another year.
Read moreGMO Click 365 had a very slow month down 4.8% MoM, volumes came in at 271,792 contacts in June from May's 285,447 contract pieces despite showing a record number of retail FX accounts - 346,035 accounts. Meaning, that per-traders volumes are very low with overall market volatility in the yen crosses very tailed back. It…
Read moreThe latest sale is part of the Central Bank of Russia's plan to totally exit its ownership stake in Moscow Exchange by 2016.
Read moreUK spreadbetting company London Capital Group (LON:LCG) has issued a press release (see below) denying rumors that it has been in acquisition discussions, other than with a group led by Charles Henri-Sabet. As we wrote earlier, Sabet and his group have offered LCG a £17.5 million lifeline in return for effectively taking control of LCG.…
Read moreAll-time high! Volume numbers at LeapRate Regulated List FX broker EXNESS come in at $184.7 billion for June. This is a 13% increase from May volumes which rolled in at $163.9 billion. June 2013 volumes stood at $114.4 billion, a roughly 61.5% increase YoY. See chart below:
Read moreAs the gavel came down at the US Marshal Office Bitcoin auction, the entire lot was sold to one bidder, resulting in plummeting values.
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