StreamBase and Gain Capital team on forex high-frequency trading
StreamBase Systems, a leading provider of Complex Event Processing (CEP) technology, today announced a new partnership with Gain Capital, a global provider of online foreign exchange services, to offer a complete solution for their mutual clients to quickly deploy FX high-frequency trading algorithms.
The deal combines StreamBase’s award-winning CEP platform and with direct adapter to GAIN [...]
Gain Capital refreshes forex.com – much more user friendly now
Gain Capital, the owner of the lucrative forex.com domain, has redesigned its website and it is now much more user friendly. As ‘forex’ is a keyword that EVERYBODY buys and searches for when looking for any forex related content/service naturally forex.com comes up as the first result most of the time. From SEO point of [...]
Advanced Markets LLC signs a second partner in Korea
It looks like Korea (South Korea obviously) is becoming the new Dubai with more and more firms partnering up with local outfits to offer margin FX trading. I pointed at Korea’s potential as another gateway to mainland China back in May 2009. Until recently the Korean market was all but fully dominated by FXCM with almost all [...]
Monthly Retail Forex Volume report for January, 2010 – $109 billion daily traded volume
This is the first online retail forex volume survey report for 2010. Last report was released in August and estimated $118 Billion in daily traded volume.
Many things happened since and I made a few important changes in the current survey:
First and foremost I removed Gaitame – Japan’s largest broker from the list mainly because Japanese [...]
Broker responses to the new CFTC rules: GFT, Oanda, IBFX, Gain Capital, FXCM, FX Solutions, PFG Best, Alpari US and MB Trading
A week after most of large US brokers have issued a collective statement and united under the FXDC (Forex Dealers Coalition) brand name they have also issued their own statements regarding the proposed CFTC rules concerning leverage and IB relationships.
The FXDC is now comprised of: GFT, Oanda, IBFX, Gain Capital, FXCM, FX Solutions, FXDD, PFG Best, [...]
GAIN GTX Launches for Professional Traders
GAIN Capital, a global provider of online trading services, has launched GAIN GTX, an independent foreign exchange (FX) ECN that provides qualifying financial institutions, hedge funds, CTAs, high frequency traders, broker/dealers and high net worth individuals access to diverse and deep FX liquidity sources.
GAIN’s GTX trading platform is a fully anonymous trading environment that offers [...]
Interbank FX to open a UK office
Interbank FX is the latest US broker to open a UK office (follows FXCM, Gain, FX Solutions and lately CMS).
Interbank FX UK Ltd, a sister company to leading U.S. off-exchange retail foreign currency (Forex/FX) broker Interbank FX, LLC (www.ibfx.com), announced today the plans to open an office in Central London, aimed to accommodate and better [...]
30.10.2009 – Forex Magnates weekend links
SEC Launches Investor.gov. Agency’s First-Ever Web Site Devoted Exclusively to Investor Education Click here
Pakistan, Federal Minister for Interior, Rehman Malik hasblamed that some money exchange dealers are involved in providing financial assistance to the terrorists engaged in subversive activities in the country. http://dailymailnews.com/1001/23/FrontPage/FrontPage6.php
Go markets Launches forex Spreads From 0.5pips http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3087674.htm
PFGBEST Launches Global Services Division Naming Scott Slutsky [...]
Gain Capital launches Forex.com in Japan
Gain Capital launches Forex.com in Japan
Gain Capital Holdings, Inc. (GAIN Capital), a global provider of online trading services, today announced the launch of Forex.com, its award-winning margin foreign exchange (FOREX or FX) trading service, in Japan.
“Japan is a very important market for us. FX as an asset class is popular among Japanese investors and we [...]
Middle East is ripe for Forex firms
Wall Street Journal reports that the Middle East is a hot area for foreign-exchange firms trying to expand their business.
This year, at least three Internet companies have opened offices in Dubai, trying to capitalize on growth opportunities in the region. Case in point: The retail Internet platform of Deutsche Bank, dbFX.com, recorded a 501% year-on-year [...]

