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DVD Series: 2nd Edition Of Chris Capre's Succesful DVD "Pivot Points and Swing Trading" Released

Hi everyone

I'm very happy to announce the launching today of the 2nd edition of Chris Capre's succesful DVD 'Pivot Points and Swing Trading', with improved charting quality and updated quantitative data to reflect the most recent statistical information…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on September 30, 2011 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Google Analytics Adds Real-Time Traffic Data

An important new feature for us the Forex Sites Industry



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Google Analytics Adds Real-Time Traffic Data

by Todd Wasserman at Mashable.com

Google for the first time is providing a window into real-time web traffic with Google Analytics Real-Time.

Real-Time reports are available in the new version of Google Analytics, and administrators… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 30, 2011 at 8:57am — No Comments

Forex bots make fairweather friends…

FX bots make fairweather friends…

by Kate Mackenzie at FT Alphaville

BIS is joining the HFT scrutiny party with a paper (PDF) on high frequency trading bots in foreign exchange markets.

It’s a comprehensive study of automated trading in forex, although we’ve already seen several incidents that could be attributed to high volume… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 29, 2011 at 9:18am — No Comments

CFTC Delays Again Final Vote On Dodd-Frank Position Limits

Dodd-Frank position limits delayed again
by Alison Burke at CFTCLaw
The CFTC has postponed another meeting, pushing back a final vote on position limits until October 18th. The Commission was scheduled to meet on September 22nd, and then again on October 4th, to finalize a Dodd-Frank rule-making, but in recent weeks signs of internal strife have leaked into the public eye.

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 29, 2011 at 9:13am — No Comments

CFTC Charges Alpha Trade Group and 6 Individuals With Forex Fraud

CFTC Charges Alpha Trade Group, S.A. and Six Individuals with Fraud and Misappropriation in Connection with a $1.7 Million Foreign Currency and Futures Scheme

Defendants are based in Orlando, Florida, and in Panama and Mexico.

Washington, DC – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 28, 2011 at 7:35pm — No Comments

iFOREX Set to Resume Forex Trading in European Markets

They got their license suspended and then got it back. Now they are resuming operations.

Good luck

Francesc

 

iFOREX Set to Resume Forex Trading in European Markets

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- iFOREX Brokerage Ltd. announced today that on September 19, 2011, the Budapest Metropolitan Court decided to annul the decision of…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on September 28, 2011 at 11:04am — No Comments

FXstreet.com Is Hiring An Analyst/Journalist Bilingual Spanish/English

FXstreet.com is hiring an analyst/journalist

Tasks will involve covering FX and macroeconomic related topics in news, analysis, etc.

Requirements:

Bilingual Spanish/English

Advanced knowledge of economics and financial markets, specifically the FX market

High writing capabilities in both Spanish and English

Advanced knowledge of the internet

 

We offer:

Fulltime (8 hours) schedule between 06:00 to 15:00…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on September 28, 2011 at 9:20am — No Comments

Gain Capital To Acquire InterbankFX, Forex Magnates Release. Not Officially Confirmed Yet

The news has not been officially confirmed yet but if it was, it will be without a doubt a major piece of news for the Retail Forex Industry.

On our side, we have heard that soon Gain Capital will announce a major break-through, but we do not know what it is.

Forex Magnates always on top of the events

Francesc

 

Gain Capital to acquire Interbank… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 28, 2011 at 8:08am — No Comments

BIS: High Frequency Trading Changing The Ecology Of The Forex Market

HFT is changing the ecology of the FX market, says BIS committee

by Joel Clark at Risk magazine

Bank for International Settlements report on high-frequency trading in the FX market is lukewarm about recent initiatives to monitor HFT and recommends further analysis by regulators and participants

High-frequency trading (HFT) may… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 28, 2011 at 8:00am — No Comments

Forex Trading Soars World Wide

Currency trading soars amid stress

By Peter Garnham at Financial Times

An illustration showing six persons carrying huge coins and US dollar bills

When the going gets tough, roughed-up investors turn to the foreign exchange markets.

As concerns have risen regarding the world’s developed economies, volumes on currency markets have surged to… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 27, 2011 at 9:53am — No Comments

FT: New Regulations: Once-Disadvantaged Retail Forex Sector Expands Quickly

Does not add anything new we all don't already know but it is good to see that media talks in a positive way about Retail Foreign Exchange

Francesc

 

New regulations: Once-disadvantaged retail sector expands quickly

By Izabella Kaminska at Financial Times

It has been quite a year for the retail foreign exchange…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on September 27, 2011 at 9:02am — No Comments

FXstreet.com Reaches Second Best Week Ever

Last week was again a scary week for financial markets but a sunny week for FXstreet.com... I see that I must live with it, the worse things seem to turn, the more traffic we get... kind of unfair, isn't it?

the site approached the unbelievable highs of the week of August 7th to 13th 2011 when everything was falling apart, but was not able to break them, even though we must point out that in terms of Average Page Views per Visit and Time on Site the…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on September 26, 2011 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

The European Union In Two Images: Excellent Summary Of the Situation

A clever description about the current situation in the European Union

Bravo for Kroll the author!

Francesc

 

L'Europe en deux images : excellent résumé de situation !!!...…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on September 26, 2011 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

CFTC Charges McGladrey & Pullen, and David Shane w/ Failure to Properly Audit One World Capital Group

CFTC Charges National Accounting Firm McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, and Partner David Shane with Failure to Properly Audit One World Capital Group, a Former Registered Futures Commission Merchant

Firm to pay $900,000 and institute remedial measures, and Shane to pay $100,000 personally to settle CFTC action.

Washington, DC - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 23, 2011 at 6:30am — No Comments

WSJ: Offshore Yuan Trade Seen Rivaling Yen Over Time -EBS

Offshore Yuan Trade Seen Rivaling Yen Over Time -EBS

By Jacob Bunge Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

An offshore version of the Chinese yuan has the potential to rival the yen as the Asian currency of choice to trade against the U.S. dollar, according to a top executive of the biggest foreign exchange trading platform.

Trade in the Chinese government's Hong Kong-based currency… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 22, 2011 at 9:24am — No Comments

Vantage FX Launches Oil, Gold and Silver Trading While Parent Company Efinium CEO Under Scrutinity

Trade Commodities With Vantage FX At Maximum Leverage

SYDNEY, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- In line with ever growing demand, award winning Australian financial services firm, Vantage FX, is pleased to offer our clients the ability to trade Crude Oil, Spot Gold and Silver. Ideal for both long term and short term speculative trading, it is a… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 22, 2011 at 9:21am — No Comments

FXDD Europe Acquires Irish Forex Broker Frontier FX

FXDD Europe Acquires Irish Forex Broker Frontier FX

Addition Further Broadens FXDD's Global Footprint

FXDD Europe, a leader in online Forex trading and education, announced today it has acquired the business of Dublin based Frontier FX, a leading international Forex broker. Frontier FX provides a multi-bank electronic trading platform… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 22, 2011 at 9:11am — No Comments

Bank of China Halts Forex Trade With Europe Banks, Reuters Says

Bank of China Halts Forex Trade With Europe Banks, Reuters Says

By Bloomberg

Bank of China Ltd. (3988) has stopped trading foreign-exchange forwards and swaps with several European banks on concerns about the region’s debt crisis, Reuters reported, citing three unnamed people.

The banks include Societe Generale…

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Added by Francesc Riverola on September 20, 2011 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

FXall Files For IPO - Forex Magnates

FXall IPO – more details

by Forex Magnates

Getting listed seems to be the new trend for Currency brokers. 2010 saw two of the leading names in retail FX float their firms on the New York Stock Exchange thus sending shock waves in the industry. The industry at large is fighting a tough battle to ‘clean’ up the FX markets.

FXall (FX Alliance) part of the big 5 in institutional… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 20, 2011 at 8:35am — No Comments

Integral Expands Its FX Liquidity Aggregation Service To Include All Major ECNs

Integral Releases First Hosted FX ECN Aggregator

Instant connectivity to all major FX ECNs (EBS, Reuters, HotSpot, CME/GFX, Bloomberg)

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sep 19, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Integral Development Corp. ( www.integral.com), a leading provider of FX trading solutions and services, announced… Continue

Added by Francesc Riverola on September 19, 2011 at 9:41am — 6 Comments

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