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Russian Spring: Insight into the Latest FX Regulation Developments in the Country

Guest post by Maria Nikolova, ForexBrokerz.com

The Russian Forex industry has been a grey area in terms of state regulation for some 20 years, despite the booming growth of this market: it suffices to mention that the Moscow Exchange posted three records in daily FX trading volumes in April, or that a recent study by Daphnis Group isolated Russia as a top location for trading binary options.

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Trading Performance being Hit by Lack of Server Knowledge

Trading Performance being Hit by Lack of Server Knowledge

“A 5 millisecond server delay could cost a firm as much as 4 million USD every millisecond” Technology has long played an important role in Forex trading but it’s an area that is not only evolving at an incredible pace but also one that many traders are failing to get to grip with. Recent stories

iFXEXPO: FXstreet.com to be a media sponsor

iFXEXPO: FXstreet.com to be a media sponsor

FXstreet, one of the largest forex portals, will be a media partner of the iFXEXPO International in Cyprus at the end of May. This is not the first time that FXstreet is collaborating with these events. Alba Bringues, Key Accounts Manager, and Colm Mullan, Sales Manager, will be there at booth 57. For more details,

Trader of the Year 2013 Contest – Registration is Open

Trader of the Year 2013 Contest – Registration is Open

The 6th edition of FXstreet’s Trader or the Year contest is now open for registration. Registration closes on June 1st and the contest begins on June 2nd. Various prizes are offered to the winners. Are you a skilled trader? Show it. More details are in the press release below: FXstreet.com, in collaboration with AFB FX,

Forex Crunch Key Metrics April 2013

Forex Crunch Key Metrics April 2013

After a record month in March, April saw traffic that was lower than the record, but still very high in comparison to all the previous months. Some pairs such as the popular EUR/USD saw lower volatility. The numbers: Page Views: 434,346. Visits: 183,338. Visitors: 68,183. Time on Site: 2:53. Average Pageviews/Visit: 2.37. Bounce Rate: 50.63%

OANDA Adds Bitcoin to its Currency Converter

OANDA Adds Bitcoin to its Currency Converter

Following the global buzz around bitcoins, forex broker OANDA has added the virtual currency to its currency converter. However, the company doesn’t plan to add it as a tradeable currency or to use it for payment. Here’s what they say on their site: Despite the increased awareness around the cyber currency, OANDA has no plans

FXCM Proposes Buying Gain Capital – Could Create a Mega-Broker

FXCM Proposes Buying Gain Capital – Could Create a Mega-Broker

FXCM announced that it has made an official offer to buy Gain Capital (forex.com). Both are publicly traded companies. If the proposal turns into a deal, it would create a broker with $1.6 billion of client assets. FXCM CEO Drew Niv sent an official letter to Gain’s board of directors and will detail about it

Financial Juice Launches – Curated Financial News and Analysis

Financial Juice Launches – Curated Financial News and Analysis

After long months of development and tuning, Financial Juice launches today. The new site offers traders a platform for real time break news (including sound notifications) as well as a place for sharing educational articles and videos from a wide variety of sources, including webinars. The site is managed by a professional analyst team. Here is

April 2013 Monthly Outlook Released

April 2013 Monthly Outlook Released

The Forex monthly outlook for April  2013 is available for subscribers of the Forex Crunch newsletter. The outlook is available both on the site and in PDF format.. To download it for free, just join the mailing list below. Welcome to April 2013 monthly report from Forex Crunch. The first quarter of 2013 extremely busy,

FXBriefs Launches Shiny, Fast, Forex News and Commentary Site

FXBriefs Launches Shiny, Fast, Forex News and Commentary Site

The new version of FXBriefs.com is now alive and it looks great. The site that came into life around two months ago received a totally new look&feel as well as new features. The site was founded by Jamie Coleman and Gerry Davies that were two of the prominent people behind Forex Live. They were joined