There is no question that advanced mobile applications are instrumental to customer engagement in retail FX, therefore the ability to offer high quality user interfaces for tablets and smartphones is often a high priority.
Last week, Saxo Bank announced to its clients that it will be launching its new Saxo Trader Go trading platform, which will feature next generation technology including cross-device compatibility.
Saxo Trader Go is a proprietary mobile platform, and unlike some other mobile platforms, one version suits all mobile and tablet operating systems, as well as web browsers.
Offering trading of Saxo Bank’s full product range from a single account, SaxoTrader GO and been built from scratch and is designed for optimal usability and performance.
In terms of functionality, SaxoTrader GO offers a powerful new HTML5 chart offering much-improved charting on mobile and tablet devices, which includes:
- Fully interactive chart across mobile (touch) devices and desktops
- Line, Candlestick, Bar (OHLC), Bar (HLC), Bid/Ask, Heikin Ashi
- Chart can be linked to Watchlists, Search, Positions and Orders giving easy access to charts from anywhere in the platform
- 19 popular studies
- 9 annotation tools including Fibonacci and Andrews Pitchforks
- Trading from chart
LeapRate spoke to Saxo Bank regarding the imminent launch: “I can confirm that we are launching it in May and yes, we are very excited about it. The overall cross-device trading experience is great as well as the new HTML5 chart but mostly its intuitive nature is quite remarkable, I think, but that’s all we have to say for now”, explained Kasper Elbjoern, Head of Communications.