FXCM (www.fxcm.com), the official currency-trading sponsor of the CNBC.com Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge, announced today that it is providing all contestants of the virtual trading competition with free forex education and trading signals to optimize their currency-trading experience.
Free Education:... - June 04, 2008
FXCM, the online currency trading broker, has joined with CNBC as the Official Currency Trading Sponsor of the CNBC.com Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. The Challenge, a virtual trading competition that was previously limited to stock trading only, will now feature both stock trading and currency trading. - May 01, 2008
FXCM, one of the largest Forex Dealer Members, recently introduced the Enhanced Dollar Index Programs. These programs, which use the DXY Index as a benchmark, let investors take a position based on the direction of the dollar without having to trade the dollar themselves, seeking to outperform the DXY Index. - April 17, 2008
FXCM (http://www.fxcm.com), one of the largest Forex Dealer Members, recently introduced two new managed programs: the Short-Term Opportunity Program and the Short-Term Opportunity Aggressive Program.
Both Short-Term Opportunity Programs utilize 4 different trading approaches:
Short-Term range trading
Short-Term... - April 12, 2008
DailyFX.com (http://www.dailyfx.com/) has introduced a countdown to economic data on the DailyFX.com home page and the DailyFX Economic Calendar.
Trading the news is extremely popular in the currency markets. Knowing exactly when news will be released is essential for all FX traders, as you can profit... - April 09, 2008
DailyFX.com (http://www.dailyfx.com/) has recently incorporated “Guest Trade Ideas” into the DailyFX.com Forum, (http://www.dailyfx.com/forum) a free forum that is moderated and focused on traders.
The “Guest Trade Ideas” thread on the DailyFX.com Forum gives all visitors a chance... - March 21, 2008
DailyFX.com encourages visitors to check out the new daily charting analysis in the Forex Charting Center on the homepage of DailyFX.com. - March 13, 2008
FXCM (http://www.fxcm.com) has been awarded Best Forex Solution Provider in 2007 by Financial Bridges magazine. (http://www.financialplaces.com) - February 21, 2008
FXCM’s (www.fxcm.com) No Dealing Desk trading platform recently added an additional bank as a price provider, bringing the total to seven global banks that compete to provide pricing for FXCM's Trading Station. Over the last three months, typical spreads have already tightened.
Watch closely for... - January 24, 2008
FXCM (www.fxcm.com) announced today that you can now trade from Marketscope Charts, one of the free FXCM charting packages. - December 14, 2007
FXCM (www.fxcm.com) announced that earlier this year, FXCM reached over 100,000 live accounts trading on FXCM’s trading platforms.
“This is a milestone in the history of the forex industry,” said Drew Niv CEO of FXCM “It seems to reflect the currency trader’s positive reaction... - November 15, 2007
FXCM (www.fxcm.com) recently introduced its new systems trading platform – Forex System Selector (FSS) Clients now have the ability to customize and manage an automated trading system.
Forex System Selector provides traders access to over 40 back-tested systems. The Forex System Selector is configured... - October 18, 2007
The FXCM Group has released its latest balance sheet. The numbers reflect the group’s financial strength and status as of August 31, 2007. Highlights include:
Over $120 Million in Capital* (Assets Minus Liabilities)
Over $96 Million In Operating Cash (Excludes Client Funds)
This release... - October 06, 2007
After a successful launch, FXCM's Sentiment Aggressive Managed Funds are up over 25% in its first two months since inception. (www.fxcm.com)*
Clients requested a more aggressive and highly leveraged version of FXCM's popular Sentiment Fund, (recently included in the Barclay Group's Traders Indices,)... - September 28, 2007
FXCM (www.fxcm.com) announced today they will now offer Fractional Pip Pricing. Clients can now see an additional digit in the price quotes. Instead of quoting full pips, FXCM will now quote prices in tenths of pips. - September 20, 2007
Notional trading volume for all entities trading on FXCM’s FX Trading Station was over US $560 billion. This was the highest monthly trading volume recorded in the history of FXCM since its inception in 1999. (www.fxcm.com) - September 18, 2007
Forex Capital Markets, LLC (www.fxcm.com) announced that they have opened four new currency pairs to clients for trading on certain account types - September 09, 2007
FXCM announced that its next Currency Trading Expo will be held on Saturday, September 15th at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
FXCM will present a full day of free workshops, welcoming all trading levels from beginner to advanced.
(An online description of the free event:
http://www.fxcmexpo.com/... - September 06, 2007
Forex Capital Markets, LLC (www.fxcm.com) announced today that the brokerage firm will officially offer clients the opportunity to denominate their accounts in Canadian Dollars.
This additional option increases the number of total base currencies available to clients to six: the Euro, United States... - August 23, 2007
FXCM (www.fxcm.com) announced today that it has added a new feature to FX Trading Station II. Clients are now able to place a market order with one click. This new feature, one-click execution, will let clients trade more easily on news events and in volatile markets.
The default setting for entering... - August 15, 2007
FXCM is pleased to announce that they have been ranked in the August 2007 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine as #66 on their Hot 500 list of America's Fastest Growing Companies.
Drew Niv CEO of FXCM told Entrepreneur Magazine reporters that his best advice to other small businesses starting out is "first,... - August 08, 2007
DailyFX.com announced today it has redesigned and expanded its online economic calendar, which can be found at www.dailyfx.com/calendar.
The calendar was developed by the DailyFX research team, directed by Editor-in-Chief Kathy Lien.
“We believe our new economic calendar is the most comprehensive... - August 04, 2007
The FXCM Group announced today that accounts with Forex Capital Markets, LTD (FXCM UK) are fully segregated in accordance with UK financial regulations. FXCM UK accepts accounts from the United States and over 100 countries.
In the unlikely event of FXCM UK's bankruptcy, clients of FXCM UK would be... - July 27, 2007
The purpose of the name change is to avoid confusion between Forex Capital Markets LLC and FXCM Futures LLC. - July 20, 2007
DailyFX Plus is FXCM’s high-powered suite of advanced trading tools and news analysis, and is normally restricted to clients.
For one week, however, DailyFX Plus will be open to all of FXCM’s practice accounts. (Sign up for a free demo account)
From Sunday, July 15 to Saturday, July 21,... - July 14, 2007
As of today, 99% of all FXCM clients are trading with No Dealing Desk execution. - July 05, 2007
DailyFX.com announced today a complete overhaul of its online forex discussion area, The DailyFX Forum (www.dailyfxforum.com).
• DailyFX analysts have become actively involved in moderating threads and posting in the forum to ensure high quality and dynamic dialogue.
• Senior analyst Richard... - June 27, 2007
FXCM announced today that its next Currency Trading Expo will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 14 and 15 at the Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre.
FXCM will present over 20 free workshops, welcoming all trading levels from beginner to advanced.
(An online description of the event: http://www.fxcmexpo.com/dallas... - June 16, 2007