Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Futures Exchange has announced on the day after the U.S. election on Wednesday, November 9th that record volume was set in futures contracts on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) traded in non-U.S. trading hours with an estimated 263,663 contracts changing hands. This record surpasses the previous single-day record of…
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CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace announced today that on Sunday January 8, 2017 for trade date Monday, January 9, 2017 (and pending final regulatory approval), trading will commence in COMEX’s London Spot Gold and London Spot Silver Futures. These innovative contracts will provide market participants with exposure to…
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iSignthis Ltd (ASX:ISX) has announced today its latest global brokerage sign up as the firm has entered into an agreement with UK FCA regulated Valutrades, which offers FX & CFD trading. Highlights: ISXPay to process payments to Valutrades nominated acquirers iSignthis to remotely verify Valutrades customers Valutrades to meet the EU's 4th AML Directive and…
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Today, Singapore Exchange (SGX) one of Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructures reported October volume metrics. Overall, the exchange reported down numbers as you can read below, as traders and investors have taken a wait-and-see approach to the markets. For currencies, total FX Futures volume came in at 499,028, down 11% month-on-month and up 5%…
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Today, digital asset exchange and solutions provider Coinbase unveiled a redesigned Coinbase website. Originally built as a simple bitcoin wallet, the new Coinbase.com now takes significant strides toward becoming a fully-featured digital asset platform. Back in July, the company added support for Ethereum, which now accounts for nearly 15% of trading volume on Coinbase. With the…
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Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that Jonathan Reeve has been appointed Global Head of ICE Data Services’ Connectivity and Consolidated Feed businesses. Reeve will report to Lynn Martin, President and Chief Operating Officer of ICE Data Services, and will…
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CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) just announced a new record breaker today with Wednesday Weekly S&P 500 Options achieving a new daily record. Wednesday Weekly S&P Options reached a new volume record of 128,060 contracts yesterday...Monday, November 7th. The previous record came just the prior business day on Friday, November 4th. This is the first time…
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Xignite, Inc., a San Francisco headquartered provider of cloud-based financial data Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) announced today the ability to license the company’s Market Data Cloud platform. The Xignite Market Data Cloud is a cloud-based market data distribution solution that helps exchanges and financial data vendors distribute their data via massively scalable APIs from the…
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Tools for Brokers, a Forex technology company providing integrated solutions for brokerage businesses has just announced the official opening of new office in Shanghai. The company stated the step was motivated by the intensification of company's activities in the APAC (Asia-Pacific) region. Lately the company faced the need for frequent travels to Asia to sign…
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CLS Group (CLS), a leading provider of risk mitigation and operational services for the global Forex market, today announced the completion of its project to upgrade its settlement members to a new member gateway and market infrastructure (MI) channel. CLS worked with each of its settlement members, as well as SWIFT, to build and integrate…
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