The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) registered a steep month-on-month decrease in futures trading in October 2015, with volumes down by more than 28% from September 2015 levels. In tune with what the rest of the industry has exhibited, trading volumes also failed to match the results achieved during exceptionally strong October 2014. In October 2015,…
Read moreBTCC, formerly known as BTCChina, has announced that it starts accepting direct bank deposits. Customers now need only log in, click on “Account,” then “Fund,” and then select the “Bank Deposit” option to fund their BTCC accounts through their bank accounts. All customers who have Chinese bank accounts are now able to make direct deposits…
Read moreCyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) will have to submit information with the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), as a part of a National Risk Assessment (NRA) of Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing Measures. The Cypriot watchdog has earlier today published a circular, informing CIFs, among other regulated entities, of the necessity to submit…
Read moreProvider of multi-asset end-to-end trading solutions smartTrade Technologies today announces the extension of capabilities of its low latency FX trading platform, LiquidityFX, via the addition of a margin credit functionality. smartTrade's LiquidityFX platform has seen growing adoption by a large variety of clients looking to shift from their incumbent platforms to a flexible non-volume based…
Read moreKordaMentha, the company appointed as a liquidator of now defunct Forex broker BlackfortFX/Arena Capital Limited, has started legal proceedings against some of the debtor clients of the brokerage. The confirmation for this action is contained in an update regarding the liquidation process. The legal process concerns clients who have received profits from the brokerage while…
Read moreAustralian Forex broker Vantage FX has announced partnership with MetaQuotes Software, the developers of the popular trading platforms MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5). Under the partnership, Vantage FX will offer its clients only the official MetaQuotes suite of applications. The lineup includes the mobile solutions for iOS and Android-powered devices, as well as…
Read moreSoftware 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…
Read moreUS 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…
Read moreStudents 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…
Read moreInternational 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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