Volatility and activist central banks have attracted institutions to FX trading in 2013. Business news outlet CNBC ran an interesting piece, on why mainstream institutional traders are taking up active currency trading in 2013. It seems as though the increased volatility which has brought back retail traders to FX trading -- with January being one…
Read moreClear pattern emerging of slow institutional, but decent retail volumes in October. Thomson Reuters announced their October FX ECN volumes at $120 billion per day -- 10% off September's $133 billion and 23% below last year October's $155 billion. Thomson Reuter's anemic October figures follow similar results we've seen already from other ECN / institutional…
Read moreHas global fiscal stimulus killed the 'carry trade'? Interesting article posted on Bloomberg (with thanks to CMAP's commentary section for bringing it to our attention), positing that central banks' stimulus has effectively killed the 'carry trade' in FX, whereby lower yielding currencies are borrowed to invest in higher yielding ones -- which normally leading to…
Read moreStock market is valuing Gain Capital at just $22 million!
Read moreFirst indication of healthy industry-wide FX volumes in May.
Read moreFxPro UK Ltd can now hold client money and act as principal.
Read moreBack to about 70% of pre-reinstatement trading levels.
Read moreLeading Australian Forex firm AxiTrader crosses $50B-per-month threshold.
Read moreLow market volatility, losing market share to smaller competitors.
Read moreMarketSpreads also seeking €10M compensation from E&Y
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