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CME announced that May 2016 volume averaged 14.9 million contracts per day
June 3rd, 2016
CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced that May 2016 volume averaged 14.9 million contracts per day, up 6 percent fromMay 2015. CME Group May 2016 options volume averaged 2.8 million contracts per day, up 10 percent versus May ...
IPC Systems announced that it has launched FX Hub
May 11th, 2016
IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized communications and managed network-as-a-service solutions for the financial trading community, today announced that it has launched FX Hub, a low latency, co-located performance solution engineered to address the industry’s most complex ...
Dollar gains as investors move back into stocks, oil
April 19th, 2016
The yen was lower against its rival currencies in Asian trade Tuesday, with improved market sentiment prompting sales of the safe-haven Japanese currency. The U.S. dollar USDJPY, +0.47% advanced to as high as ¥109.23 before trimming its gains to ¥109.06. That compared ...
CQG’s Continuum Connects with OANDA to Expand FX Trading
April 5th, 2016
Continuum, CQG’s enterprise API division, today announced that it has partnered with OANDA, a leading global provider of online foreign exchange (FX) and over-the-counter commodities and indices trading services, to provide US-based FX trading. The connection to OANDA’s fxTrade ...
Alpari Trading Turnover in February Exceeds $88 Billion
March 22nd, 2016
Alpari’s February 2016 trading turnover increased 11% in comparison with that of January to $88.5 billion. The trading volume of the key EURUSD currency pair remained at previous levels. There was a significant rise in the trading of the ...
CFTC Charges Two Binary Options Firms with Fraud, Illegal Off-Exchange Activity, and Operating in an Unregistered Capacity
March 16th, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that a federal district court has unsealed a civil Complaint that the CFTC filed with the Northern District of Illinois on February 2, 2016, against two foreign web-based binary options ...
FXCM Reports Spread Data for 2015
March 2nd, 2016
EUR/USD Spread Averaged 0.3 during Peak Trading Hours in 2015 EUR/USD Spread .1 or less 8.32% in 2015 FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) (“FXCM” or “the Company”), a leading online provider of foreign exchange (FX) trading and related services, today reported its ...
GAIN Capital to Launch International Money Transfer Business
February 10th, 2016
Pioneer in online foreign exchange trading set to launch service in the second quarter Will operate as ForeignExchange.com Offers alternative to high bank fees and will serve retail and business customers GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. a global provider of ...
GAIN Capital Announces Monthly Metrics for December 2015
January 12th, 2016
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP, “GAIN” or “the Company”) today reported certain operating metrics for the month of December 2015. Retail Metrics OTC average daily volume1 of $12.6 billion, an increase of 15.2% from November 2015 and 17.3% fromDecember 2014.2 OTC trading volume1 of $276.9 billion, ...
Dollar inches higher after mixed U.S. data
December 23rd, 2015
The dollar inched up in holiday-thinned trading on Wednesday, with most major currency pairs bobbing about in narrow ranges after data overnight painted a mixed picture of the U.S. economy. After the U.S. Federal Reserve’s widely anticipated interest rate ...