Category: Trading News

I have access to forex volume data!

And you don’t! We’re working on something in the office whereby we get access to volume data …

Blog headline complaint

I have to rant. A couple of recent blog post headlines touched on a sore spot with …

Rants in the blogosphere

Michael Kahn at the Quick Takes (Behind the Headlines) blog went on a bit of a rant Monday which I found rather amusing.

Lower leverage for Japanese forex traders

There’s a post on the Forex Magnates site today talking about how Japan has lowered the maximum …

Forex Volumes Figures and New Treasury Margins

A while back the margin requirements on silver were raised in a fairly well publicized fashion as …

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

At last a news media article that doesn’t just slam forex trading and provide misleading or incorrect information!

This is NOT the Death of US Retail Forex Trading!

Folks who think the recent SEC ruling is likely to have any real impact on US retail foreign exchange trading are wrong.

Struggling with your trading? You’re not alone!

This little tidbit came across the newswires a short while ago. Just goes to show that just …

Stock Traders – Oblivious or Stupid?

After hearing yet another professional stock guy on CNBC mention QE3 like it was still a real …

Which is leading – the Dollar or Oil?

I finally snapped. Yesterday, after days of listening to the equity-oriented reporters and commentators on CNBC yammer …

Algo traders unfairly blamed for volatility

This was a Reuters story on Wednesday.     BOCA RATON, Fla., March 16 (Reuters) – High-frequency traders …

New Players Make Forex More Competitive

The analysts at Citi and I are not the only ones thinking about the future of the …

Competition, Regulation Hitting Forex Brokers?

Apparently, the analysts at Citi have their concerns about the earnings prospects of the major forex retail …

Forex Trading Volume Still Rising

Reports on trading volume in the North American and London markets were released on Monday. They show …

Further Updated US Forex Broker Figures

The other day I wrote about Q4 figures from the US retail forex brokers based on their customer …

Updated Forex Broker Customer Performance Figures

Back in October I posted on the newly released customer profitabily statistics from retail forex brokers. The …

The Best Forex Market Analysis in the World!

Yesterday, at the FX Week awards event in London, the forex market analysis product I work on within …

Expanding Margin Rates in Silver

The CME Group yesterday announced that it would be bumping the margin on the silver futures contract …

Retail Forex Trader Profitability and the Death of US Forex Trading

I initially wrote this for the Currensee blog on October 18th. I’m cross posting it here because …

Trader Performance May Not Be as Bad as They Say

Here’s an interesting forex broker table posted at Forex Magnates. It lays out the % of profitable …

New CFTC Rules for Retail Forex Trading

Can I say I told you so? The CFTC has finally come through with its new rules …

It’s not QE 2, QE 1.5, QE Lite or anything like that!

In case this post’s title didn’t tip it off already, I’ll state my position as clearly as …

CFTC expanding its COT reporting this week

I’ve posted on the subject of the Commitment of Traders report a few times on this blog …

Presenting at the Futures & Forex Expo

In September I’m heading to Vegas for the Futures & Forex Expo. I’ll be speaking there on …

Forex Seasonals Coming Up Big So Far

Do you know the seasonal patterns which tend to play out in the forex markets? If so, …

Currensee Now Open to Oanda Traders

Word has come out from Currensee that Oanda traders can now become members of the forex social network. …

Take a Breath Folks. Forex Leverage Won’t Be Cut to 10:1

The other day I posted Increasing Regulation of Retail Forex Trading discussing the continued efforts of the …

Increasing Regulation of Retail Forex Trading

There is an article on the Financial Times website on the subject of increased regulation in the …

More New Margin Requirements

I posted before about the NFA’s new rules on maximum forex trading leverage permissible for traders with …

New NFA Forex Leverage Limits In Effect Today

I wrote a while back (New NFA Retail Forex Leverage Restrictions) about new rules coming into effect …

The Dominant Players in Forex

I see the question all the time about where prices come from in the forex market and …

Someone Else Slamming Forex

I really wish people would get their facts right. There was an article posted in the ft.com/alphaville …

New NFA Retail Forex Leverage Restrictions

The National Futures Association (NFA) is not well liked by many retail forex traders because of restrictions …

When Black Monday comes…

A slight twist on a Steely Dan tune there. It might seem like I’m dating myself a bit with …

Los Angeles Traders Expo Reminder

Just a quick reminder that I’ll be at the Los Angeles Traders Expo next month (June 3-6). …

NFA Justifications and Reasoning for Killing Forex Hedging

Marjorie, who has been commenting on the No more hedging for forex traders post, dug up the …

Failure to Track Your Trading Could Cost You Millions!

There’s a story on the Bloomberg site today with the title MF Global Told to Pay U.K. …

New NFA Rule Impacts More Than Just Forex Hedging

A couple of weeks ago I posted on the new NFA rule which effectively bans the practice …

No Evidence of Stop Hunting by Retail Forex Brokers

The subject of stop hunting continues to come up quite frequently, especially where forex trading is concerned. In …

Forex “Hedging” Continued

In yesterday’s No More “Hedging” for Forex Traders post I pointed out a new rule from the …

No More “Hedging” for Forex Traders

The National Futures Association (NFA) has a new ruling which goes into effect on May 15, 2009. …

Speaking at the Los Angeles Traders Expo

It’s official. I’m going to be doing my first ever trading expo in a couple of months. …

New Micro Forex Futures Contracts on the CME

Many forex traders (or would-be forex traders) look askance at trading in the spot market, especially through …

Another Rogue Trader

If you were completely out of touch Thursday you might have missed the adventures of our latest …