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Forex: Dollar Index at 3-Year Highs; Is The EUR/USD Ready For Parity?

Forex: Dollar Index at 3-Year Highs; Is The EUR/USD Ready For Parity?

The dollar index is extending gains on Thursday as the unit is taking advantage of improving US Treasury bonds, weak Forex competitors, and falling oil prices. In that line, the euro seems to be in a downside risk position that could lead it below 1.0700 in the middle term, and below parity in the l... Read more.

Brokers Report Better FX Volumes in December Despite Holiday Period

Brokers Report Better FX Volumes in December Despite Holiday Period

Forex trading volumes revived in December across multiple brokers aimed at institutional and retail clients. The currency pairs have become more volat... Read more.

FXOpen UK Integrates MT5, Launches ECN Trading

FXOpen UK Integrates MT5, Launches ECN Trading

The UK division of forex broker FXOpen announced last week that it had integrated the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform. Thus, traders will be able to choos... Read more.

Morgan Stanley Dismisses 4 FX Traders Who Concealed Losses

Morgan Stanley Dismisses 4 FX Traders Who Concealed Losses

US bank Morgan Stanley fired or is in process of dismissing at least four currency derivatives traders who are charged with concealing losses of up to... Read more.

WBNP Paribas Launches Single Dealer Platform With Integrated FX Assistant

WBNP Paribas Launches Single Dealer Platform With Integrated FX Assistant

French banking giant BNP Paribas announced the launch of Cortex Live, its single dealer platform (SDP) that integrates a forex digital trading assista... Read more.

Forex Broker InstaForex Partners With Borussia Dortmund

Forex Broker InstaForex Partners With Borussia Dortmund

Forex broker InstaForex announced that it had partnered with football club Borussia Dortmund. According to the agreement, the company will provide sev... Read more.

TraditionDATA Partners With Numerix to Improve Forex Data

TraditionDATA Partners With Numerix to Improve Forex Data

TraditionDATA, the market data and information services arm of interdealer broker Tradition, partnered with US-based Numerix. The latter develops soft... Read more.

XM Parent Launches Trading.com Website

XM Parent Launches Trading.com Website

Trading Point Group, the parent company of forex and CFD broker XM, has recently launched its new website and trading platform called Trading.com. The... Read more.

OANDA Appoints New Chief Product Officer, Seeks Tighter Spreads

OANDA Appoints New Chief Product Officer, Seeks Tighter Spreads

US-based OANDA, which operates a forex and CFD trading platform, announced on Tuesday the appointment of Kurt vom Scheidt as Chief Product Officer in ... Read more.

Dukascopy Extends List of Tokens in Dukascash Family

Dukascopy Extends List of Tokens in Dukascash Family

Swiss-based foreign exchange bank Dukascopy is expanding the ecosystem of its recently launched stablecoin project called Dukacash. The coin was initi... Read more.

Plus500’s Q2 Revenue Jumps 74%, Stock Price Surges 11%

Plus500’s Q2 Revenue Jumps 74%, Stock Price Surges 11%

Israeli trading platform operator Plus500 released its financial results for the second quarter, saying that revenue increased based on new customers.... Read more.

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