Now is a great time to see the aftermath of the damage being brought to FXCM in the wake of the ruling in which the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) banned FXCM Inc (NASDAQ:FXCM) from its home US market, as well as a permanent registration ban for CEO Drew Niv. Today the stock is tanking by…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) today unveiled plans to add NextShares exchange-traded managed funds to its offering to retail investors and financial professionals through its investing and trading platforms. NextShares are a new way to invest in actively managed strategies. Since they are actively managed, NextShares offer the potential for benchmark-beating…
Read moreGain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just posted its key operating metrics for April 2016, with average daily volumes up and monthly trading volumes down from March 2016 levels. While on the retail front, OTC average daily volume amounted to $12.2 billion, up 5% from March 2016, the monthly result of $255.8 billion was down…
Read moreInteractive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR), one of the major online trading services providers in the US, has just posted its key operating metrics for April 2016, with trading activity growing slightly from March 2016. At least, this is indicated by the 1% month-on-month rise in daily average revenue trades (DARTs) last month. Adding to the…
Read moreAfter releasing a brand new version of its TWS platform earlier this week, Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) is already working on a range of enhancements to be found in the next TWS build. The platform will offer more opportunities for trading multiple orders and improving work with Algos. Update Order Type for Multiple Working Orders…
Read moreInteractive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR), one of the major online trading services providers in the United States, has just released a new build (956) of its TWS platform, with improvements ranging from new technical indicator scanners to the ability to attach SMS to alerts. LeapRate has already informed you about some of the enhancements, such…
Read moreUS Forex broker IBFX has updated its website, which now shows a brief message in which the company bids goodbye to clients. The announcement from IBFX Inc comes after earlier this month a similar message got published on the website of IBFX Australia. In February this year, OANDA announced the acquisition of the FX accounts…
Read moreOANDA has announced the recent release of a new version of the fxTrade Live platform – version 2.1.2. In this update, the company has made available Advanced Charting, which providing access to 1 month charts as well as a raft of new indicators and drawing tools. The broker has also updated the terminology and display…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just posted its key operating metrics for February 2016, with both retail and institutional trading volumes lagging behind levels seen in January 2016. Last week, another US Forex major – FXCM, reported its volumes metrics for February 2016, with retail volumes also staging a decrease,…
Read moreOnline trading services provider FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) today published spread data for some of the most popular currency pairs for 2015. According to the report, the average spread for EUR/USD during peak hours was 0.3 pips, whereas the spread was 0.1 pips or less during 8.32% of the time in 2015. Below you can find…
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