Forex Factory Adds Liquidity Gauge
Forex Factory, one of the leading forex portals, has added a great addition in its market section – a gauge for real time liquidity. This addition can be very useful for traders. The Forex Factory Market page’s highlight is the independent quotes – quotes from brokers are aggregated using FF’s proprietary system, providing independent real [...]
Top 5 Sites For Forex Rates
The bid and ask rates that you’ll eventually pay will be the forex rates that your broker will charge you. In lots of cases, especially when there’s a big news event, the exchange rates will significantly differ. Different forex brokers will use different forex exchange rates. So, it’s always wise to compare with independent providers. [...]
Impact of Clock Shift On Forex
In the US and Canada it’s already summer – at least according to their clocks – they’ve just moved to daylight saving time. European countries make this shift only in two weeks from now. This difference has an impact on forex trading. Let’s see how.
Forex Factory Market Goes Live
Forex Factory has launched a live version of its unique aggregated broker quotes. This is a serious step forward in the system, making it more accessible. Forex Factory launched the system three months ago as an independent multi-broker forex quote system. In my initial report about Forex Factory Market, I wrote that this is a [...]
Forex Factory Market – Aggregated Forex Quotes
Forex Factory, the leading independent forex portal, added live quotes and charts. The advantage is that the quotes are aggregated from multiple brokers, and this makes them more reliable. Forex Factory announced this release in a blog post that describes the service. The quotes and charts can be customized by time range, chart type and more. [...]
DailyFX Relaunch – a good broker’s site
DailyFX.com, the forex portal from FXCM, has launched a new version of its site, and it looks quite good. Despite being a non-independent forex portal, it’s quite rich with good features. Here’s a review. The first impression of DailyFX, from the front page headlines is good. It’s easy to switch between the headlines without scrolling. [...]
Interest in Forex Grows with Fear
There’s a correlation between fear of worsening economic conditions and the interest in forex trading. This can be seen in figures disclosed by big forex portals and also in my internal statistics. Forex trading is at many times an alternative to stock markets. Many forex brokers tease potential customers by pointing out that their stock [...]
Forex Links for the Weekend
Here’s a bunch of forex related articles that I found interesting in the last week. All of the linked stories have a scope larger than one day’s trade: James Chen discusses how to determine forex trends, with moving averages. Adam Kritzer follows up on carry trades, which remain popular, but are doubted. James W of [...]
FNN – Factory News Network
I’m delighted to announce that Forex Crunch is one of the founding members of the Factory News Network, on the Forex Factory website. Forex Factory is my favorite forex hub. I’ve been submitting my news stories to Forex Factory for quite some time. In a blog post released earlier, they’re announced the formation of Factory [...]
ECB Cuts Rates As Expected – Euro Stable
The ECB the Minimum Bid Rate to 2% – exactly as expected. This is a 0.5% decrease from 2.5%. This change didn’t surprise anyone. ECB Rate Decision was truly a non-event. The Euro remains stable, with EUR/USD currently at 1.3133. EUR/JPY at 117.00. A bigger prospect about the future of interest rates in Europe, the [...]

