Twitter Trading Platform Coming Soon Paul Hawtin, who was reportedly behind the first hedge fund to utilise Twitter data for trading purposes, is now set to make this technology available for users of an online trading platform. The company behind this is called DCM Capital and the associated trading platform will include a market sentiment…
FXCM Inc. Announces Q3 2012 Results Revenues up 5% when compared with the same period in 2011 at $115.0 million. US GAAP net income $4.5 million or $0.17 per fully diluted share Adjusted Pro Forma EBITDA of $37.2 million, up 18% versus the same period in 2011 Adjusted Pro Forma net income of $12.5 million…
FXCM Expo 2012 – Las Vegas This November the FXCM trading expo will be held at the Rio hotel in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS, NV – NOVEMBER 2ND, 3RD, 4TH 2012. The 2012 FXCM currency trading expo will feature workshops for new and more experienced traders alike including the following: Over 15 industry experts will…
FXCM Deploy New Checkpoint Security Devices FXCM Inc.(NYSE:FXCM), who are a major online forex broker and provider of FX trading and other related services for institutional and retail customers, have now deployed new Checkpoint devices in order to provide cutting edge security for data connections between its central office and hub sites. This firewall and information…
NinjaTrader FXCM Trading Platform Forex trading company FXCM (Forex Capital Markets Limited) will be giving clients who utilise the NinjaTrader platform access to its advanced trading platform. NinjaTrader is a popular and free app which allows advanced chart analysis and other functionality, including back testing and auto trading system development. The FXCM NinjaTrader offering is currently at…
Best Mobile Trading Platform Capital Spreads, who are ranked amongst the UK’s industry leading spread betting and CFD providers, have just won an award at the “2012 Money AM awards” for the Best Mobile Trading Platform. This award was given after spread betting and CFD traders, who utilise numerous different providers, put them top of the list after trying…
PFGBest Broker Funds Put On Hold According to a report from Reuters. PFGBest has announced that its accounts have effectively been frozen as of Monday 9th July. This comes after a suicide attempt was apparantely made by the founder of PFGbest, Russell R. Wasendorf, Sr, which has subsequently triggered an investigation into potential “accounting irregulaties.” Customers…
Dow Jones and provider of fx trading related services FXCM have jointly launched the new “Yen Index” offering. This has been introduced to reflect any changes in the broad based value of the JPY (Japanese Yen). The new currency index is measured against a basket of key currencies in a similar vein to the FXCM dollar index….
Zulutrade Signal Provider Review 22nd June 2012 Zulutrade is the platform which gives users access to hundreds of different forex signal providers from around the world. Clients select a signal provider they want to follow and ZuluTrade converts their trades into associated live trades for whichever account is set to follow via the specified forex broker….
Trading Precious Metals Online – Forex Broker Update – Oanda The facility for trading of precious metals, by forex brokers, is a growing area as many traders look to diversify. This diversification comes through following these instruments as well as their usual FX pairs. Oanda have now added platinum and palladium to its platform – fxtrade….
Markets.com – Broker Offers Forex, Indices, Commodities and Stocks On The same Trading platform Markets.com allows clients to trade Forex, Indices, Commodities and Stocks. With many other brokers it is often one or the other. Choose from forex majors such as EUR/USD and EUR/GBP, minors such as USD/RON and NZD/JPY, Indices such as the NASDAQ and…
Looking For An Online Forex Broker – Checklist Looking for an an online forex broker? This forex broker checklist gives you things to think about when choosing which account to open. You should look into the following as a bare minimum requirement and always do your own due diligence. These are listed in no particular…
What Is A CFD – Contract For Difference Brokers often refer to something called a CFD but what does it actually mean? What is a CFD? A “Contract for Difference” is used to trade the fluctuations in pricing of a given asset/instrument. CFD’s are therefore the contract for exchanging the difference in an assets price…
Forex: FX Pro expands UK Operations The following PR Newswire press release is from online forex broker FX Pro who are expanding their UK operations. This broker has previously announced an 11% Increase in their 2011 Trading Volumes. The expansion comes after the recent Financial Services Authority (FSA) approval as detailed below. LONDON, May 31,…
Gold Trading Online Gold provides investors with an opportunity to diversify portfolios and historically many investors have bought gold coins or small bars; this brings its own challenges including insurance and storage; there is also sometimes a premium to be paid for the coins which could be over 5% more than some of the other…
Options Trading Terms And Language The following post focuses on the subject of options trading terminology. The options trading language can be very confusing for the uninitiated. This article is the first in a series on options and looks at some of the different terms and what they actually mean. What Are Options? In the financial…
AVAFX Forex Broker Review The online FX broker AvaFX offers a well known brand and an excellent selection of features for clients utilizing their platform. This forex broker provides services which cater for everybody from new to expert level traders. AvaFX was launched in Ireland (Dublin) in 2006. Ava Capital Markets Ltd own the AVAFX…
Automated Forex What Is An Automated Forex Strategy? This article looks at some of the basic elements of auto-trading. Automated Forex strategies come in many forms but most people are referring to “expert advisers,” or EAs which run on the Metatrader platform. The mainstream popularity of Forex robots could in part be attributed to the…
Forex Signal Autotrading Platform Provider Zulutrade Partners With ACFX The social Forex autotrading platform from ZuluTrade is now readily accessible for ACFX’s client base. Zulutrade is known as the biggest automated social Forex trading platform on the market and enables users to track and follow other successful traders forex signals with their own trading account. …
Zulutrade For The iPhone is the online platform which gives access to signal providers from around the globe. After signing up for the service clients are able to pick their preferred Forex signal providers based on whatever criteria is important to them. For anyone interested you can see our recent article which gives an overview…
