Tag Archives: cfd
It was only a matter of time, and now UK licensed Plus500 becomes the first forex broker to launch bitcoin trading. The leveraged CFD is based on pricing from leading exchange MtGox. The BTC/USD CFD is priced with a minimum …
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is set to implement new rules designated External Business Conduct Standards (EBCS) for swap dealers and major swap participants dealing with counterparties, under which a series of criteria must be met. As part …
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Cypriot forex broker Liquid Markets has added further instruments to its offering which include CFDs on stock indices, bond and commodity futures, tradable from a single account on the MT4 trading platform. The entire list of CFDs on offer is …
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CFTC Takes a U-Turn and Issues No-Action Letter to Swap Dealers on Risk Exposure Reports
10
2013
During the latter part of March, we reported that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had finalized the set of procedures to be implemented in relation to risk exposure reports becoming a mandatory document for inspection along with the annual …
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In comments from FXCM Drew Niv during his company’s Q4 conference call, he pointed out that European CFD providers could experience a drop in trading activity due to the Financial Transaction Taxes that are set to be applied to the …
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We’ve been discussing changes at OANDA this week. Today the broker announced that they are making CFD products available to their Canadian customers. The news follows an announcement late last year that OANDA had increased its CFD products which were …
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OANDA, a global provider of innovative foreign exchange trading services, is adding 12 more Contract for Difference (CFD) instruments to its award-winning forex trading platform, OANDA fxTrade. The company will offer CFD trading with the new instruments to European clients first, …
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Along with most of the industry, GAIN Capital’s Q3 earnings release revealed steep declines versus 2011 levels. Low levels of FX market volatility were cited as the main driver of the weakness in GAIN’s results. Highlighting the positive though, the …
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GAIN Capital has just announced that it is launching a CFD platform called TRADE. The platform offers fixed spreads for commodity, index, and forex products. To court new users, the platform contains a a feature called Market DNA to allow …
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