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December 06, 2016 BY admin

Social trading platform FX Junction members increase 1.5% MoM, adds Spanish and more

The world's largest social trading network FX Junction announced today that November continued its positive pace of adding new members linking their MT4 accounts. By the end of November, FX Junction reported 9,110 linked accounts, up 1.5% from 8,968 linked accounts from October's final tally. The company also reported that their live account profitability metric, which is…

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December 06, 2016 BY admin

Thomson Reuters November spot Forex volume up 6% MoM, back above $100 billion

Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has published their Forex volume metrics for November 2016, with spot FX volumes rising to $101 billion, up 6.3% MoM from October's $95 billion. This was the platforms best performing month since June for spot volumes (see chart above) where 'Brexit' volatility saw 3x the normal volume the Friday of the vote during the summer…

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December 06, 2016 BY admin

FlexTrade Systems appoints Aaron Levine VP OEMS Solutions

FlexTrade Systems, a global provider in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced the appointment of Aaron Levine as Vice President, OEMS Solutions. Based in the company’s headquarters in New York, Levine will manage sales and business development for FlexTrade’s new OEMS solution, FlexONE. Aaron Levine comes to FlexTrade after spending three years at…

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December 06, 2016 BY admin

easyMarkets adds CFD on the CBOE Volatility Index to its trading platform

Cyprus-headquartered brokerage easyMarkets today announced that it launched a CFD on the CBOE Volatility Index to its trading platform. Through easyMarkets, traders may now trade volatility as a Contract for Difference (CFD), which provides direct exposure to the fast-moving index. CFDs on the CBOE Volatility Index are offered under the ticker symbol Fear (VXX). The…

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December 06, 2016 BY admin

NinjaTrader 8 updates SuperDOM features

Denver-headquartered NinjaTrader notified of updates to its trading platform today. Specifically, the NinjaTrader 8 SuperDOM has been redesigned to provide significant performance and usability improvements across the board. The DOM at the end of SuperDOM stands for Depth of Market. Putting more emphasis on the latest version of their platform, last month NinjaTrader provided a free…

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December 06, 2016 BY admin

Wedbush Securities appoints Bob Fitzsimmons Managing Director of FCMs

Wedbush Securities announced today the appointment of Bob Fitzsimmons as a Managing Director. In this capacity, Bob will oversee the business operations within the Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) division, with a focus on developing and defining the strategic direction for the Futures and Treasury division. Bob is based in the Chicago office and reports to…

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December 06, 2016 BY admin

Financial cloud company Xignite on forefront of market data - LeapRate CEO Interview

Continuing LeapRate’s Exclusive CEO Interview Series, today we bring to you Stephane Dubois, CEO of financial cloud company Xignite, a San Francisco-headquartered provider of financial market data on-demand. Xignite's financial Web service helps build smarter websites and applications in minutes. Last month, Xignite announced that its market cloud data platform is now available for lease. The company already…

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December 06, 2016 BY admin

Dukascopy releases next-gen JForex 3 platform

Dukascopy Bank, the FINMA regulated Switzerland-based Forex brokerage announced it released a new generation of the JForex platform – JForex 3 with higher performance and better user experience. After the platform's trial launch in September 2016, JForex 3 successfully passed the company's probation period and has become available on live accounts. Dukascopy stated: During the probation…

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December 06, 2016 BY admin

HKEX celebrates launch of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) hosted a ceremony at its Exhibition Hall Monday morning to mark today's successful launch of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shenzhen Connect). Shenzhen Connect builds on the solid foundation of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme launched in 2014.  The expanded list of eligible stocks offers international and Hong…

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December 06, 2016 BY admin

CFTC reproposes position limits rule on speculative futures

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today voted unanimously to repropose regulations implementing limits on speculative futures and swaps positions as called for in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. In a separate vote, CFTC approved final aggregation regulations, which are a key component of the CFTC’s existing position limits regime.…

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