Tag Archives: IB
The CFTC has posted financial figures for FCMs. During January, overall retail forex funds grew to $657 million from $641 million. Despite the increase in overall client funds, among retail focused firms, only Interactive Brokers and FXCM experienced a rise …
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Opinions vary tremendously on trading academies, and there is a proliferation of small, privately owned educational businesses which have sprung up worldwide. The vast majority of them are operated by individuals who often hold classroom based seminars with the intent …
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Just three weeks ago, Forex Magnates reported that introducing broker and rebate site CashBackForex.com had commenced beta testing of its own brokerage, Excel Markets. This testing period has now concluded and Excel Markets has gone live with its low-spread offering, …
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In a recent announcement, Markets.com joined the growing list of brokers receiving regulation from South Africa’s Financial Services Board (FSB). The new license for Markets.com (part of Cypriot SafeCap Securities) marks a trend among forex brokers to be fully regulated …
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New websites dedicated to rewarding active traders are on the rise, is it a short-term spike or a genuine business model? On-line Foreign Exchange trading has been gaining momentum over the years as investors’ understanding of financial markets is evolving …
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While in the past, where brokers weren’t reporting client profitability based on asset class, we are now seeing more detailed reports being filed. As a result, we have been able to paint a clearer picture of Interactive Broker’s Forex trading …
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US financial services firms offering margin FX have been preparing for new changes under the Dodd Frank rulings, participants are adding to this new list with the revised conflicts of interest rules. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently adopted CFTC Regulation 1.71 to implement …
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Interactive Brokers Group an automated global electronic broker and market maker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for April. Highlights for the month included: 411,000 Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs), 2% higher than prior year and 1% lower …
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Interactive Brokers (IB) publishes forex accounts profitability – is the largest and most ‘profitable’ broker
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Update: I’ve just confirmed it with IB, their numbers include all clients who’ve traded forex in a given quarter. Since IB has a massive clients base it means that if someone trades equities for a living and made an fx …
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Now this is unheard of in the industry. White Labels are becoming more and more popular now that technology costs are going down and any IB with several decent clients realizes that they can make much more using their own …
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