Beware of No Dealing Desk (NDD) Forex brokers

You would have to be pretty ignorant not to notice that majority of retail Forex brokers are currently using a sales/promotion tactic which defines them as a ‘no dealing desk’ broker. Even without any knowledge about Forex brokers most people think this is a good thing without really knowing why. Before we get into this, … “Beware of No Dealing Desk (NDD) Forex brokers”

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FXBeat – an “always on” site for your forex trading

FXBeat is a service for forex traders that want short, quick updates about news moving the markets as well as hard-to-find order data and quick, witty and swift analysis, all while keeping a smile on traders’ faces. The FXStreet backed service has recently gone premium, and here good reasons for why it’s worth it beyond the 30 … “FXBeat – an “always on” site for your forex trading”

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OANDA launches robust, customizable iPad app

OANDA presents a new iPad app for its fxTrade platform, and this version consists of quite a few powerful features. The main thing that stands out is customization: the trader can choose his preferred currency pairs, set their size and browse through a long list of currencies. The option to use the full size of the … “OANDA launches robust, customizable iPad app”

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Interview with Vatsa Narasimha, EVP and CSO at OANDA

We hereby present an interview with Vatsa Narasimha, Executive Vice President  and Chief Strategy Officer at OANDA Corporation. In the interview Narasimha discusses the integration of Currensee’s features in OANDA’s platform, details about “Circuit Breakers” protection and touches other various topics. Enjoy: Congratulations for the successful integration of the Trade Leaders program in OANDA. How did the … “Interview with Vatsa Narasimha, EVP and CSO at OANDA”

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Forex Crunch Key Metrics June 2014

The sixth month of the year continued the stagnation seen in previous months and goes along with the lack of fresh volatility, even though the situation didn’t deteriorate. Year over year, the figures are lower than June. Here are the numbers: Website: Page Views: 436,888. Visits: 191,400. Visitors: 67,646. Time on Site: 2:42. Average Pageviews/Visit: 2.28. Bounce … “Forex Crunch Key Metrics June 2014”

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Daniel Skowronski wants OANDA to reinvent itself without losing

I had the chance to chat with Daniel Skowronski, the new MD Europe of OANDA. We talked about his plans for the company, current conditions in the industry, technology, and more. Daniel Skowronski made his way from an interbank trader at big international banks since 1991 via various positions in management and marketing in the … “Daniel Skowronski wants OANDA to reinvent itself without losing”

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Forex Crunch is No. 1 in MahiFX’s Top 50 Forex

Forex Crunch is honored to be the No. 1 forex blog to follow in 2014 in MahiFX’s Top 50. You can see the full interactive list here. As mentioned in the publication, no one has been paid to appear in the list. It is also an honor to appear along very respectable sites in the forex … “Forex Crunch is No. 1 in MahiFX’s Top 50 Forex”

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FXStreet goes premium with FXBeat

FXBeat, the quick and fun forex services that features Jamie Coleman, Gerry Davies, Matt Bacon-Hall and Peter Fell is becoming a premium and white label service. FXStreet launched the site back in October and is now announcing a change in the business model. Will other sites and/or services switch to this model? For more details, here … “FXStreet goes premium with FXBeat”

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