Francesc Riverola's Blog – March 2011 Archive (24)

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FXstreet.com Reaches 13,800 Followers On Twitter

Hi everyone

The list of followers of FXstreet.com kept growing at a very healthy pace in February and March 2011, adding a nice  25 percent to reach 13,793 followers.

 

Francesc

 

FXstreet.com Twitter Followers Breakdown - By March 31st 2011

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Added by Francesc Riverola on March 31, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Forex Volatility Rises from Multi-Year Lows - Forexblog.org

Forex Volatility Rises from Multi-Year Lows

By Adam Kritzer at Forexblog.org

In the last month, volatility in the forex markets touched both a two-year low and a one-year high. In the beginning of March, volatility essentially returned to pre-credit crisis levels. One week later, when the earthquake and inception of the nuclear crisis in Japan, volatility…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on March 31, 2011 at 1:24pm — No Comments

OANDA Two Main Sites Available In 10 Languages

OANDA Forex Trading Websites Now Available in 10 Different Languages

By FXstreet.com

OANDA Corporation, provider of innovative online forex trading and currency data services, has translated its two main English-language forex trading websites—fxtrade.oanda.com and fxtrade.oanda.ca—into nine other languages. The translation project… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on March 31, 2011 at 11:20am — No Comments

Former I-Trade Principal David Smith Pleads Guilty in $220M Forex Ponzi Scheme

David Smith pleads guilty to a $220 million forex ponzi scheme

By Michael Greenberg at Forex Magnates

It was one of my first posts here on Forex Magnates almost two years ago! And now this case is close to completion.

David Smith from notorious Olint (an alleged forex Ponzi scheme which bilked investors out of hundreds of millions) was… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on March 31, 2011 at 9:46am — No Comments

Forexstreet.net Keeps Upward Momentum And Touches Highs For 3rd Day In a Row

On Wednesday March 30th the site added another 6 percent to the outstanding 45 percent rise from previous week highs and 27 percent rise from what it had been the previous high of 745 visits of May 4th 2010 till we got the extraordinary momentum of this week. The new highs are now 943 vists and 681 unique visitors.

 

Great week indeed!

 

Francesc

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Added by Francesc Riverola on March 31, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

Forex Brokers to be Exempt of Dodd-Frank Rules?

Forex Brokers to be Exempt of Dodd-Frank Rules?

By Yohay Elam at Forex Crunch

Perhaps forex brokers will get some good news soon, maybe in April. The Dodd-Frank act consists of many limitations, that not every broker will be…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on March 31, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

HSBC Launches First-Ever Offshore Yuan Forex Index

HSBC Launches First-Ever Offshore Yuan Forex Index

By Andrew J. Johnson Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC, 0005.HK, HSBA.LN) has launched the first-ever foreign-exchange index linked to China's currency, reflecting surging interest among foreign investors in the yuan.

Beijing last year allowed the yuan to be bought and sold outside… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on March 30, 2011 at 2:53pm — No Comments

ForexStreet.Net – Well Designed, Mature Forex Social Network Says Forex Crunch

Thanks for the good review Yohay!



Francesc



ForexStreet.Net – Well Designed, Mature Forex Social Network

By Yohay Elam at Forex Crunch

FXStreet’s social network is gaining traction after a quiet… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on March 30, 2011 at 2:23pm — No Comments

Retail Slowdown Contributed to Decline in Global FX Trading Volume Says Greenwich Associates

Retail Slowdown Contributed to Decline in Global FX Trading Volume

By Greenwich Associates

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 Stamford, CT USA — Global foreign exchange trading activity slowed last year, with some notable exceptions. Exception Number 1: Japan, where a surging yen led to a pick up in trading volumes driven by financials. Exception Number 2: Trading volume in Tomorrow-Next (Tom/Next) and other short-dated roll-over trades, which increased 68% last… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on March 30, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

GAIN Capital Announces Exec Salaries and Bonuses... Not Bad At All

 

As I have already said this in the past... I picked up the wrong side of the retail Forex industry...

 

Well... maybe in the next life :)

 

Francesc

 



GAIN Capital Announces Exec Salaries and Bonuses

By Richard Rabicoff at Citybizlist

BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- In an SEC filing,… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on March 30, 2011 at 11:19am — No Comments

Linkedin – a new advertising channel for forex software providers

Interesting... Good job Michael

 

Francesc

 



Linkedin – a new advertising channel for forex software providers

by Michael Greenberg at Forex Magnates

Lately I’m noticing an increased usage of… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on March 30, 2011 at 11:14am — No Comments

Forexstreet.net Social Site Breaks Yesterday Highs. The Steam Is Here To Stay

Hi everyone

 

Seems that our social site Forexstreet.net has gathered a lot of steam this week and after touching new highs on Monday, the site managed to jump higher yesterday Tuesday March 29th and touched new highs in both unique visitors and visits.

 

The site reached 631 unique visitors  vs. 549 unique visitors reached the day before and a 17% vs. the previous high of January 12th 2011. In visits, the site jumped to 888 visits, vs. 777 visits of the day…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on March 30, 2011 at 8:46am — No Comments

US Court Fines $5.35M C&R Financial Inc and Willie Lee Cloud Jr. With Operating a Forex Ponzi Scheme

U.S. District Court Orders Texas Man Willie Lee Cloud, Jr. and his Company, C & R Financial, Inc., to Pay More than $5.35 Million in Restitution and a Civil Monetary Penalty for Operating a Foreign Currency Ponzi Scheme

Cloud pled guilty to Texas criminal felony charge and faces sentencing on April 20.

Washington, DC – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on March 30, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments

Forexstreet.net Social Site Touches New Highs

Seems the latest few weeks have been pretty good for our social site Forexstreet.net.

 

Yesterday March 28th 2011 it touched new highs in both unique visitors and visits.

 

The site reached 549 unique visitors and 777 visits, beating previous highs of 538 visitors and 696 visits reached on January 12th 2011.

 

Great numbers!

 

Francesc…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on March 29, 2011 at 4:57pm — 2 Comments

FXTimes.com Joins FXstreet Forex Ad Network

Hi everyone

 

In our effort to offer the best service to our clients, FXstreet.com has just signed an agreement with another fast growing Forex site FXTimes.com to run the site’s Ad space. This way, FXTimes.com joins…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on March 29, 2011 at 12:26pm — No Comments

Citi Launches CitiFX Pro Trading Platform in UK

Citi Launches CitiFX Pro Trading Platform in UK

Citi has launched CitiFX Pro, its online foreign exchange trading platform for experienced individual and small institutional traders, in the United Kingdom. Following successful launches in the US, Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia, CitiFX Pro is now available to UK traders who qualify as “professional clients,” as defined by the rules of the Financial Services Authority.



Sasha Serebrinsky, Citi’s Manager of Margin… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on March 28, 2011 at 1:44pm — No Comments

Forex Club announces new CEO appointment

FOREX CLUB announces new CEO appointment

By Forex Magnates

Forex Club has announced the appointment of Rafael Carrascosa is appointed as CEO of FOREX CLUB as of March 16th 2011. Forex Club is undergoing a major restructuring by consolidating all group’s activities under one… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on March 28, 2011 at 9:51am — No Comments

Economic Monitor - The Global Economy Likely to Do Well in 2011 Says National Bank of Canada

The global economy is likely to do well in 2011

National Bank of Canada

Highlights

  • Just as the U.S. economy starts feeling its oats, a shock from Japan, temporary in nature, could slow the pace of monetary policy normalization in emerging Asia, keeping global liquidity abundant. Thus despite the Japanese disaster and a modest headwind from…
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Added by Francesc Riverola on March 24, 2011 at 9:13am — No Comments

Institutional Forex - Morgan Stanley Unveils VWAP for Forex

Morgan Stanley Unveils VWAP for FX

By Justin Grant at Advanced Trading

Morgan Stanley announced the rollout of an over-the-counter algorithmic trading platform that provides institutional investors with flow-weighted average pricing in currencies.

Morgan Stanley Fix, which the firm describes as V-WAP for FX trading, is designed to minimize the chance of trading on extreme… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on March 24, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

Forex Volume - Aite Group 2010 report makes no sense at all says Forex Magnates

Sharp and interesting article from Michael... What do you think?

Aite Group 2010 volume report – makes no sense at all

Posted by Michael Greenberg at Forex Magnates



Aite Group is one of the only few publication releasing reports and estimates of the retail forex industry. However reading the summary of their latest publication I’m simply…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on March 24, 2011 at 8:55am — No Comments

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