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Forum: Rate my Broker 07-13-2009, 02:02 PM
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Posted By forex savior
May Net Capital Report

The CFTC has just released their latest net capital figures. This is the current state of the U.S. retail fx industry:

Financial Data for FCMs...
Forum: Rate my Broker 06-30-2009, 05:44 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
IBFX Plays Chicken with FIFO Deadline

On July 31 the NFA’s FIFO order comes into effect. As of this moment the MT4 trading platform is not compliant with this rule and there is no guarantee that it will become compliant come the July...
Forum: Rate my Broker 06-09-2009, 06:31 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
Forex Dealer Dead Pool Alumnus Busted for Fraud

Former SNC Investment CEO Peter Son has been hauled into court by federal regulators a year after he disappeared during an NFA investigation into missing funds covered on this thread back in October...
Forum: Rate my Broker 06-03-2009, 03:26 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
April Net Capital Report

The CFTC has just released their latest net capital figures. These appear to be the finalists who have survived the net capital guillotine:

Financial Data for FCMs...
Forum: Rate my Broker 05-28-2009, 05:46 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
Top Forex Dealers by Volume

Michael Greenberg at Forex Magnates has released an interesting new survey on forex broker trading volumes (in the billions).

Top retail Forex brokers report well over $100B in daily traded...
Forum: Rate my Broker 05-21-2009, 02:32 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
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What do Crown Forex and Chrysler have in Common?

They are both stuck in bankruptcy with creditors (and traders) waiting in a line that stretches around the block. Let that be a lesson to anyone who owns shares in General Motors or has an account...
Forum: Rate my Broker 05-19-2009, 02:26 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
FXDD Not Fighting, Just "Talking" with NFA

Interesting post from Francesc at FX Street regarding FXDD’s decision not to implement the NFA’s new hedging rule. Jim Green, Managing Director at FXDD, wrote in to say that FXDD “was not fighting...
Forum: Rate my Broker 05-18-2009, 04:37 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
Fxdd

FXDD’s Ominous Anniversary

FXDD is making waves these days by refusing to adopt the NFA’s new hedging rule:

Francesc’s Weblog » Retail Forex Industry - FXDD fights NFA’s Hedging rule while...
Forum: Rate my Broker 05-08-2009, 01:07 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
March Net Capital Numbers

The CFTC has just released their latest net capital figures. With I Trade FX and GFS Forex departing the U.S. market that leaves only a little more than a dozen firms left standing.

Financial...
Forum: Rate my Broker 05-07-2009, 01:55 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
GFS is keeping their office open for customers...

GFS is keeping their office open for customers who want to trade futures with them.
Forum: Rate my Broker 05-07-2009, 01:22 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
GFS Shutting Down U.S. Forex Operation

The stampede of small brokers out of the U.S. market continues. GFS Forex and Futures has announced they are shutting down their U.S. forex operation. GFS has purchased City Credit Capital in the...
Forum: Rate my Broker 05-05-2009, 01:44 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
NFA Delays Bans on Stops & Limits

Francesc at FX Street is hearing that the NFA’s rule banning the use of stops/limits as part of the NFA’s new FIFO edict will not be enforced until July 31st:

Francesc’s Weblog » Update1 NFA Not...
Forum: Rate my Broker 05-04-2009, 06:37 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
FXCM Buys I Trade FX

Looks like I Trade FX is throwing in the towel. With the NFA fining them $250,000 over the Olint affair and the $20 million capital requirement set to kick in I Trade FX is officially calling it...
Forum: Rate my Broker 04-30-2009, 12:58 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
So Long Stop & Limit Orders?

The new hedging rule, which is set to kick in on May 15, (the June 12 date is when grandfathered orders must be closed as well), is even more complicated than first thought.

First, Back Bay FX,...
Forum: Rate my Broker 04-29-2009, 05:34 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
Is there more to the Hedging Rule than meets the Eye?

Lots of news to cover with I Trade FX being fined, Crown Forex in a knock down drag out fight with clueless Swiss regulators and the next cap requirement set to kick in. More on these topics in the...
Forum: Rate my Broker 04-13-2009, 02:01 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
Good News/Bad News for U.S. Traders

The NFA has announced that two new rules have been approved by the CFTC and will take effect in the next two months.

National Futures Association | News Center...
Forum: Rate my Broker 04-10-2009, 02:51 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
February Net Capital Report

The CFTC has just released their latest net capital figures. For the most part it is the same as last month’s report.

http://www.cftc.gov/marketreports/f...rfcms/index.htm

The following firms...
Forum: Rate my Broker 04-06-2009, 02:41 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
Police Raid ACM

Disturbing news out of, where else; Switzerland, that the police have raided the offices of Swiss forex broker ACM for possible fraud. You’ll remember ACM fled the U.S. after they failed to come up...
Forum: Rate my Broker 03-09-2009, 01:18 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
January Net Capital Report

The CFTC has just released their latest net capital figures. AMIFX saw its net capital double. And with their new website it looks like they have gotten an injection of cash from somewhere. Forex...
Forum: Rate my Broker 03-06-2009, 02:02 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
Crown Forex - An Autopsy

Now that Swiss Regulators have pulled the sheet up over Crown Forex’s rigamortis racked cadaver it is time to ascertain the cause of death. Was it fraud? Was it incompetent management? Was it a...
Forum: Rate my Broker 03-05-2009, 05:02 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
Breaking News: Crown Forex to be Liquidated

The dangers of trading in Switzerland were revealed once again as Crown Forex is to be shuttered according to Francesc over at FX Street:

Francesc’s Weblog » Update - FINMA Decision on Crown Forex...
Forum: Rate my Broker 02-27-2009, 03:22 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
NFA Strikes Again

Just when you thought $20 million would be the final line of demarcation for U.S. based forex brokers the National Futures Association has announced that capital requirements will be going even...
Forum: Rate my Broker 02-12-2009, 05:54 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
December Net Capital Report

The CFTC has just released their latest net capital figures. The field is narrowing dramatically with the departure of HotSpot, ACM and ODL. Which firm will go next?
...
Forum: Rate my Broker 02-09-2009, 01:05 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
My take is that FINRA does not want to regulate...

My take is that FINRA does not want to regulate forex brokers. So what they are saying is "sure you can offer forex trading. But you can't offer any leverage so why bother offer forex trading at...
Forum: Rate my Broker 02-04-2009, 05:38 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 83,104
Posted By forex savior
Will Russian Forex Brokers Fall along with the Ruble?

The news from Moscow has been grim recently. The fall of the Russian Ruble has policy makers mulling over some scary choices; including the imposition of stringent currency controls which could...
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