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On November 30, 2011 FXCM announced the unveiling of its new web-based Forex trading platform, the Trading Station Web platform. With this announcement, FXCM joins the ranks of other top Forex brokers such as Ava FX, eToro and FOREX.com.
The holiday season is just around the corner, and Ava FX is embracing the giving spirit by offering some of the best end-of-year Forex promotions we've seen yet. In their latest promotion which runs from today, December 1, 2011, through December 21, 2011, the company is offering new traders the choice of a free iPad2 or a cash bonus.
Ever wonder why there are so few NFA regulated Forex brokers as compared with brokers regulated by CySEC, BaFin, ASIC and other regulatory bodies? I bet you thought it's because of the NFA's strict laws governing their Forex brokers, like limiting them to 50:1 leverage, and imposing difficult reporting requirements. And if you thought that, you might be right – until now.
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Launched in 2006, Tadawul FX has proven that it is a Forex broker that it is here to stay – but that doesn't mean that it has stopped expanding its offerings. This week, Tadawul FX announced one of its biggest developments of 2012, the launch of its Russian language website.
A few months ago we decided to spice up this blog so that instead of focusing solely on market analysis and Forex industry news we'll also shine the spotlight on some notable Forex traders whose unique approaches have helped them become full-time traders. Few of these traders, however, have a story as interesting as Andrew Mitchem, a dairy farmer-turned full-time Forex trader who has proven that you can be a successful Forex trader no matter what your background is.
If you've ever considered using Zulutrade model is simple – it lists hundreds of Forex signals providers and their profit/loss ratios, and allows traders to choose which signals they wish to integrate into their trading platform. Zulutrade works in conjunction with some of the top Forex brokers including Forex.com, Ava FX, Alpari and FX Solutions, among others, and can be merged seamlessly into your current trading platform.
It seems each time I finish my column and it goes up here on the blog, something else happens – like the threat to the Euro from the latest reverberations cascading across the continent. Last week it was Italy who was in trouble and now there are rumblings that France could find itself in difficult times, leaving only Germany as a relatively unscathed nation in the Euro Zone.
The third quarter of 2011 may be a distant memory for some, but many companies are only now publishing the progress they made during those months. One such company is FXCM (NYSE: FXCM), a top Forex broker that operates both in the US and worldwide. The numbers released by the company last week were encouraging on several levels. The company's reported revenues increased 16% in the first 9 months of 2011 as compared with the first 9 months of 2010. All told, the company's revenue from January 1 through September 30, 2011 was $307.1 million, up from $264.2 million in 2010. In the third quarter of 2011 specifically, FXCM's revenue was $109.1 million, a significant improvement over the company's second quarter revenue, which was recorded at $103.4 million.