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December 09, 2016 BY admin

IQBroker launches new algo trading platform for equities, futures and forex traders

Las Vegas-based IQBroker LLC has announced the launch of IQBroker, its unique algorithmic trading platform for equities, futures and forex traders. During beta testing IQBroker will be available for free to everyone. After the beta testing period IQBroker will offer a free Community Edition for advanced charting, portfolio backtesting and trade simulation, as well as…

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December 08, 2016 BY admin

Canadian regulator MSC warns against unregulated Binary Options broker B4Binary

Another warning against a binary options broker targeting traders in Canada has been issued today by Canadian securities regulator The Manitoba Securities Commission (MSC). The MSC has issued a warning to investors regarding B4Binary, operating from website b4binary.com. If this sounds familiar, it is because last month fellow Canadian provincial regulator, The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)…

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December 08, 2016 BY admin

Bats Europe adds XTX Markets as a member firm

XTX Markets, a leading electronic trading firm providing liquidity in equity, derivatives, FX and commodity markets, today announced that it has become a member firm of Bats Europe. XTX will continue to be a market partner and liquidity provider on Bats Europe and the partnership is a continuation of XTX’s expansion on exchanges. This is…

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December 07, 2016 BY admin

Bloomberg Forex trading platform FXGO now supports streaming of NDFs

Bloomberg announced the release of its executable streaming for non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) on FXGO, its global Forex trading platform. Standard Chartered PLC (LON: STAN) with one of the most extensive FX offerings across the globe, will be the first liquidity provider to participate. This will allow the bank to contribute executable pricing across a wide…

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December 07, 2016 BY admin

CFTC penalizes Société Générale $450K for failure to report FX swap trades on time

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an Order filing and simultaneously settling charges against Societe Generale SA (EPA: GLE) for failing to properly report certain non-deliverable forward transactions to a swap data repository (SDR), and failing to timely report to an SDR a large number of FX swap, FX forward, and non-deliverable forward…

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December 07, 2016 BY admin

OANDA provides supportive statement on FCA's stricter CFD directives

San Francisco-headquartered OANDA, the popular globally regulated multi-asset broker, today made note of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation paper published yesterday, December 6, 2016, and states that it supports any changes that improve the long-term trading experience for clients. Yesterday, The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued directives proposing stricter rules for firms selling…

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December 07, 2016 BY admin

Match-Trade launchces new trader back office solution for FX brokers

Match-Trade Technologies, a Forex technology provider headquartered in Irvine, California, today announced the launch of Match-Trade (M-TT) Trader’s Room Solution for FX Brokers. The company has been active lately as just last week they introduced an upgraded faster data feed for brokers. As a complement to Match-Trade White Label offering, M-TT Trader’s Room application will…

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December 07, 2016 BY admin

UNC students with 127% in gains win TD Ameritrade's college trading competition

Trading right up until the closing bell, four students from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) turned in a 127% total portfolio gain in four weeks, outperforming other participants to win the third annual thinkorswim Challenge by TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NYSE: AMTD). This year's virtual trading competition had a record number of participants:…

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December 07, 2016 BY admin

Object Trading partners with multi-asset platform uTrade for DMA

London-based Object Trading, a global provider of multi-asset direct market access trading infrastructure has announced integration with uTrade Solutions, an independent trading screen vendor based out of India and the UK. Through this partnership, Object Trading clients get access to markets that uTrade connects to natively, and uTrade clients get access to 60+ markets connected to…

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December 07, 2016 BY admin

Datawatch releases major update to its trading visualization analytics software

Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ: DWCH) today announced the general availability of Datawatch Panopticon 16, their most advanced visual analytics platform for the capital markets industry to date. The latest version provides faster trading analytics for expedited time-to-insight and addresses the need for real-time and historic views for trading effectiveness. Exchanges, buy-side and sell-side firms can now quickly…

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