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Available Gold and Silver trading choices for US traders

Jul
5
2011
Posted by Guest Author in Brokers,Regulation,Traders
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The Dodd-Frank Act which passed past last summer in the US is continuing to affect the operations of US regulated brokers and the clients they serve. A provision which goes into effect on July 16th brings into question the ability …
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Forex Alliance: The Chinese Yuan set to appreciate over 100% once freely floated – Richard Olsen, co-founder OANDA

Jun
30
2011
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Traders
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This week I had a chance to interview Richard Olsen, co-founder of OANDA, founder of Olsen Ltd and Olsen Financial Technologies. Richard is now focusing on high-frequency trading, financial software and research. I wanted to focus my interview with Richard …
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OANDA to continue offering spot metals trading but without leverage

Jun
27
2011
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Brokers
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Unlike its US based competitor Gain Capital which chose to completely shut down spot metal trading beginning July 15th, OANDA decided to continue offering spot metals trading without any leverage. The language of the law requires RFEDs such as Gain …
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OANDA officially announces the establishment of European headquarters in London

Jun
22
2011
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Brokers
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This was already announced on the pages of this blog  three weeks ago but here goes the official announcement of OANDA receiving FSA’s approval and establishing European headquarters in London. LONDON, June 22, 2011 — OANDA Corporation, provider of innovative …
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Regulation and consolidation in the US market – number of brokers offering retail forex trading plummets 50% in 4 years

Jun
20
2011
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Brokers,Regulation
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Having seen two US brokers go public in the last 12 months and many more withdraw and being bought it’s time to see what happened to US retail forex industry sinc regulation became more stringent. Bottom line is that since …
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Analyzing public forex brokers – what analysts need to know

Jun
13
2011
Posted by Guest Author in Brokers
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On the heels of latest controversy surrounding the ostensibly low growth number of FXCM we at Forex Magnates decided to compile a short guide for capital markets analysts and hedge fund investors which will help them better understand how this …
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OANDA attains FSA registration

May
31
2011
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Brokers,Regulation
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OANDA, the largest North American broker in terms of accounts, has recently achieved an FSA license. FSA licensing process is a very lenghty and costly procedure and OANDA probably initiated it well over a year ago – prior to leverage …
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Oanda updates FIFO implementation

May
30
2011
Posted by Guest Author in Brokers,Regulation,Traders
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Oanda has recently announced a change in how FIFO is implemented on their platforms. FIFO (which stands for first in first out) was implemented in the US by the National Futures Association (NFA) in August 2010. FIFO is a common …
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OANDA is migrating Canadian clients to OANDA Canada

May
23
2011
Posted by Michael Greenberg in Brokers,Regulation
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OANDA recently let its Canadian clients know that they will need to migrate their accounts to OANDA Canada in order for it to comply with IIROC regulations (thanks to Yohay from forexcrunch.com for the tip). Canadian regulations are as numerous …
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FXCM's CEO Drew Niv on their new Dow Jones FXCM Dollar Index

May
14
2011
Posted by Guest Author in Brokers,Regulation
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I recently spoke with Drew Niv, CEO of FXCM Inc, the first publicly traded US forex broker (NYSE:FXCM). I had a chance to ask him about FXCM’s latest product: the Dow Jones FXCM Dollar index. We appreciate his comments and …
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