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OANDA Doubles Leverage Citing Client Demand
2015-08-10T16:57:43.000+02:00
After years peddling a conservative approach to margin trading, OANDA has cited client demand as the driver for raising leverage to 100:1.
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FXCM Deposits Grow in June, While Those at OANDA and IB Drop
2015-08-06T23:49:19.000+02:00
The June CFTC dataset providing information about client holdings at different brokers has been relatively noisy
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Brokers' Update: OANDA Scraps Onshore Chinese Yuan, French AMF Vigilant
2015-07-16T23:06:26.000+02:00
Brokers have kept updating their offerings by adding and removing features and instruments while the French AMF updated its brokers warning list
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Exclusive: Q2 2015 US Retail Forex Profitability Report, Profits and Accounts Down
2015-07-16T12:29:47.000+02:00
The Q2 US profitability and active trader report showed IB remaining on top, while US accounts and profitability at other brokers declining
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Interactive Brokers Gains US Market Share in May
2015-07-08T13:06:19.000+02:00
Although there were no drastic moves in May, Interactive Brokers saw the largest upward momentum with retail client deposits rising by 12% MoM.
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Brokers Preparing to Add a Leap Second Later Tonight
2015-06-30T12:42:57.000+02:00
The so-called leap second is prompting some brokers to briefly halt trading around 23:59 GMT due to the extra second added to the clocks
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GAIN Capital Retail FX Funds Rise in April, CFTC Data Shows
2015-06-09T18:13:07.000+02:00
Meanwhile most of the other relevant brokers have suffered drops in the amounts of FX funds they held in April
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OANDA's Louis Cooper Weighs the Australian FX Market, Mobile Growth
2015-06-03T12:26:34.000+02:00
We are attracting and winning clients away from other providers and I think that will continue to happen moving forward.
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Exclusive: OANDA to Roll Out Braintree Funding, Testing New Homepage
2015-05-15T21:45:47.000+02:00
The company is on track to redesign of its front-end homepage after introducing deposits from its mobile platform fxTrade
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OANDA Cancels Interest on Cash Balances due to Management Costs
2015-04-29T22:44:55.000+02:00
With current interest rate environment of rates near or below zero, OANDA resets cash balance rates to zero as of April 30, 2015.
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Exclusive: U.S. Q1 2015 Forex Profitability Report, More Accounts and Profits
2015-04-23T12:16:43.000+02:00
The Q1 2015 US Forex Profitability Report showed more traders in the country traded and were more profitable than Q4 2014, with IB on top.
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OANDA Partners With eFXnews to Deliver New Research Application
2015-04-10T22:35:17.000+02:00
The app will be available in OANDA’s marketplace store, delivering to retail clients trading ideas from major banks
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MahiFX Appoints Alexander Ridgers to New Head of Analytics Role
2015-04-09T21:56:11.000+02:00
MahiFX has appointed former GKFX head, Alexander Ridgers, to the newly created role of head of Analytics.
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Stock Market Simulation App TradeHero Partners OANDA to Add Forex
2015-03-18T10:22:37.000+02:00
The trading gamification app is adding foreign exchange and precious metals feeds though a partnership with OANDA, boasting an impressive presence in Southeast Asia in trading related mobile applications.
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CFTC Data Shows FXCM Inc. Retail Forex Funds Shed 12% in December
2015-02-18T20:23:43.000+02:00
The Futures Commission Merchant of KCG Holdings, KCG Americas LLC, has been removed from the list due to its sale to Wedbush Securities. Institutional Liquidity LLC has been officially delisted as an FCM.
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OANDA Enhances Developer API as the Broker Advances Third Party Integration
2015-02-18T16:18:26.000+02:00
Receiving demand from both traders using the API, integrating their apps to their trading accounts, as well as from third party developers, OANDA has announced an update to its API Developer Portal.
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Exclusive: OANDA Submits a Bid to Acquire Alpari UK
2015-01-23T12:11:26.000+02:00
Forex Magnates' reporters have learned from sources with knowledge of the matter that the latest company looking to acquire the business of insolvent Alpari UK is Toronto headquartered OANDA.
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How Is the Forex Leverage Landscape Changing? Full List of Brokers Forced to Hike Margin
2015-01-22T10:18:22.000+02:00
Forex Magnates brings you the complete look at the harshening margin requirements after the industry was shocked by the CHF black swan and regulators started to tighten the screws on maximum leverage.
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Inside the Swiss Franc Crisis: How Did OANDA Handle It All?
2015-01-21T00:02:40.000+02:00
In a series of articles, Forex Magnates' reporters will be discussing with various brokers how the events of Black Thursday unfolded and how the brokers’ risk management systems handled the order flow.
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Did Banks 'Bucketshop' Retail Forex Brokers? Winners and Losers from Swiss Franc Volatility
2015-01-18T16:10:35.000+02:00
It was the non-dealing desk forex brokers that ultimately found themselves operating risky operations, for a change, versus their market making brethren, as CHF moves wiped out clients and led to negative balances.
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The Foreign Exchange Market’s Black Thursday: Industry Losses May Surpass $1B
2015-01-16T18:29:38.000+02:00
The "Black Swan" day is swinging a big broom across the foreign exchange industry, reshaping it as we know it and preparing us for a slew of long-term changes after yesterday’s extraordinary market conditions.
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OANDA and Pepperstone Issue “Business as Usual” Remarks
2015-01-16T08:24:34.000+02:00
While there undoubtedly was an effect from the Swiss National Bank dropping its EUR/CHF peg on the books of the companies, those have not been material when it comes to OANDA and Pepperstone.
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Algomi Recruits OANDA's Former Managing Director for North East Asia
2015-01-07T16:29:34.000+02:00
Jesper Bruun-Olsen will be responsible for establishing Algomi’s APAC presence in Singapore and Hong Kong in 2015, expanding the Algomi Honeycomb network to facilitate APAC bond market liquidity.
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OANDA Recruits Ex-Alpari Executives, Chantelle Johnson & Brian Myers
2014-12-19T17:36:42.000+02:00
OANDA has recruited two new Directors to manage its EMEA and Americas operations, following the hiring of Daniel Skowronski as the company’s Managing Director in London.
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US Retail Forex Market Stabilized, CFTC October FCM Data Shows
2014-12-10T19:35:28.000+02:00
The CFTC’s monthly report of October FCM financials is showing the size of the US retail forex industry remained flat with only a 0.2% drop in customer assets. The market shares of the firm have not changed as well.
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