According to a new report by Forex Magnates, the number of US forex accounts dropped by 2.5% to 101,020 in Q3 2012. The profitability level remained almost unchanged: +0.3% on average and -0.6% on a weighted basis. Read the rest of the article US Forex Accounts Drop 2.5% in Q3
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MahiFX Introduces Trading and Price Alerts
New Zealand based forex broker MahiFX continues its rapid development and now launches a new feature: notifications for trading and price alerts. This news joins the previous announcement about Customisable Viewing Options to Trading Platform. For more details about this new feature, here are more details form the press release: Read the rest of the article…
Adapt Yourself to Changing Conditions
Some traders have one preferred trading system with a high profitability rate that doesn’t provide too many trading opportunities. Such a system is suitable for hobbyists who wish to trade only occasionally and with a low risk. There’s nothing wrong with that. However, if you wish to become a professional forex trader, having a good…
TRADE – New CFD Platform by Forex.com
Gain Capital launched a new platform for CFDs. The system offers permanently fixed spreads and access to hundreds of forex pairs, commodities and more. Gain Capital is publicly traded and recently announced an enhanced MetaTrader 4 offering. More details about the CFD platform is available in the official press release below: Read the rest of…
Forex Hedging Strategies to Protect Investments
In trading currencies or any underlying asset, varying levels of risk are always involved. There’s no way we can forecast the movement of a currency in the future. What we can do, however, is limit risk by employing hedging strategies to protect our investments. There are many techniques used to hedge a position; but the…
Basics of Forex Economic Indicators
This tutorial highlights some of the Forex economic indicators that will be able to guide the trader’s path in understanding financial and economic data. Some indicators are very important for certain markets, e.g. Non-farm payroll releases in the US, and others may not be as important. Read the rest of the article Basics of Forex…
Top 10 Scary Facts About Placing Stops
Many gurus and authors of trading books have and never stop advocating the importance of placing a stop. In definition, stops aka stoploss is a measurement of risk you are willing to expose part if not most of your trading capital to the market. Nevertheless the market has never been merciful in taking out your stops in…
Straight Through Processing in Forex
During the last few years there has been a lot of discussion over the trading models applied in Forex market. One of the heavily advertised trading models is without any doubt the Straight through processing (sometimes misinterpreted as ECN). To understand STP as well as other trading models, one should first understand how the Forex…
FXCM Announces Shelf Registration Filing Worth $125 Million
Forex broker FXCM announced the filing of a S-3 form with the SEC – this technical move will allow the company to raise up to $125 through selling of various types of securities. The move paves the path for potential acquisitions or investments, according to the statement. FXCM made a few moves in the past,…