US based forex broker FX Solutions introduces a new and interesting initiative for U.S. customers: 0.8 pips for EUR/USD and 1 pip for 3 additional popular pairs. These spreads are available on both the MetaTrader 4 platform as well as the GTS one. James Chen recently returned to FX Solutions. It will be interesting to … “FX Solutions Launches Capped Variable Spreads from 0.8 pips”
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Trade from the same page as the news you’re reading
Courtney Gibson, Vice President of Trading at OANDA describes a new feature: a Google Chrome browser extension allows users to trade live forex rates from any webpage They say that timing is everything. With respect to the retail forex market, particularly in our modern age of so-called real-time information, expediency is critical to respond to shifting … “Trade from the same page as the news you’re reading”
Tradable Launches Open Trading Platform
Tradable, a Danish company introduces a new platform which enables adding third party developed applications to their trading experience. The new platform aims to re-invent the world of trading, and already has 6 FSA regulated brokers on board. It will be interesting to see how this evolves. For more details, here is the official press … “Tradable Launches Open Trading Platform”
About the African FX trading environment
Towards the upcoming SA Forex Expo, here is an outlook on this emerging market for the forex market, as presented by the organizers of the event. South Africa, which successfully held the latest World Cup in football is an entry point to the continent, but it isn’t the only potential country for forex brokers. Africa offers … “About the African FX trading environment”
MahiFX Introduces Foreign Exchange Currency Converter
New Zealand based forex broker MahiFX announces a new online tool that enables both historical and real time foreign exchange rate data. The tool also marks holidays, trends and fluctuations. MahiFX recently launched trading and price alerts. For more details, here is the official press release: LONDON, 13 November 2012 – MahiFX, the online foreign … “MahiFX Introduces Foreign Exchange Currency Converter”
FXCM Reports Higher Trading Volume in October
US based Forex Broker FXCM reported higher trading volume in October than in September, but lower than in October 2011. The company also reported Q3 results, and they show a rise of 5% in revenue in comparison with Q3 2011. The same pattern of growing trading volume on a monthly basis with a decline year-over-year … “FXCM Reports Higher Trading Volume in October”
FXCM Partners with Spain’s GVC Gaesco
US based forex broker FXCM is partnering with GVC Gaesco, a Spanish financial group that has over 24,000 clients and 2.4 billion euros under management. The partnership includes white-labeling of FXCM’s Trading Station and MT4 to both retail forex traders and CFD clients. FXCM recently announced a partnership with Barclays Stockbrokers. More details about the partnership … “FXCM Partners with Spain’s GVC Gaesco”
Recommended Book:Sensible Guide to Forex by Cliff Wachtel
Esteemed analyst Cliff Wachtel has authored a very interesting book: “Sensible Guide to Forex”. This forex book is aimed at conservative mainstream investors who might never otherwise consider forex, but should, because we all need currency diversification. Even those who never plan to trade will find a wealth of information that will make them better … “Recommended Book:Sensible Guide to Forex by Cliff Wachtel”
FXCM Expo 2012 Live Stream
FXCM is holding its Expo in Las Vegas. You can watch the event live in the player right here. There are live trading session, workshops about forex, interviews about forex moving the markets, trading the news, Elliott Wave analysis, Fibonacci for beginners, using trendlines to time entries and lots more interesting topics. The full schedule … “FXCM Expo 2012 Live Stream”
November 2012 Monthly Outlook Available
The Forex monthly outlook for November 2012 is available for subscribers of the Forex Crunch newsletter. Fore the first time, it is available both on the site and in PDF format.. To download it for free, just join the mailing list below. Welcome to November monthly report from Forex Crunch. October saw significantly slower markets … “November 2012 Monthly Outlook Available”