Dollar underpinned by Fed rate expectations, Aussie shines
October 26th, 2016
Underpinned by expectations U.S. rates will rise by the year-end, the dollar held steady in Asia trading on Wednesday, just below a near nine-month peak struck overnight, while the Australian dollar gained as inflation data doused chances of a ...
Documents reveal BlackfortFX ponzi scheme scale
October 20th, 2016
Documents from the receivers and liquidators of Arena Capital, whose director Jimmie McNicholl has been charged with running a ponzi scheme, show it received more than $9 million from clients even though no forex trading was undertaken. In their ...
SFC reprimands and fines FXCM Asia Limited HK$4 million
October 19th, 2016
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined FXCM Asia Limited (HK FXCM) (now known as Rakuten Securities Hong Kong Limited) HK$4 million for regulatory breaches in relation to its order execution practice for foreign exchange (Forex) ...
Head of Back Office (Client Funding)
October 18th, 2016
The Back Office Department at ForexTime is the the department within our Customer Relations Diviison which deals with the processing of transactions and client funds. We are looking for a strong, responsible and hard working person, someone that likes ...
Nigerian Banks Suspend Use of ATM Cards Abroad
October 17th, 2016
Several commercial banks in the country have suspended the use of their naira ATM cards abroad by their customers. On Friday, Stanbic IBTC Bank and Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria announced that customers won’t be able to use their naira ...
Fixed FX? Now for the rest of the front office
October 16th, 2016
The forex fines were big headlines back in 2014. Since then, the FCA, and firms themselves, have done a huge amount to fix ineffective controls and ensure that FX traders couldn’t behave in a way that would damage the ...
Dollar falls from 2-1/2 month high vs yen after weak China trade data
October 13th, 2016
The dollar pulled back from a 2-1/2 month high against the yen on Thursday after surprisingly weak Chinese trade data stirred fresh concern about the world’s second-largest economy. The dollar dropped to as low as 103.555 yen JPY= at one point, ...
Barbara Nicodemou
October 10th, 2016
About Barbara Nicodemou Barbara Nicodemou joined JFD Brokers in 2015 as a Market Analyst for the strategy team at JFD Research. Barbara focuses on analysis of a range of markets including Forex, Indices and Commodities. Her trading approach of the ...
Vanilla Options Vs. Binary Options – A Closer Look
October 10th, 2016
The growth and widespread adoption of online financial trading has given rise to many innovative products designed to help traders maximize their efficiency and improve their profitability. With many new and inexperienced traders entering the market, demand for simplicity ...
Oil curves move above $50 as financial confidence in crude rises
October 7th, 2016
U.S. oil futures held above $50 per barrel on Friday as the entire crude forward curve pushed above above that level in a sign that financial markets have increasing confidence in the sector. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures ...
