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Financial spread betting clients save money

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:41:20 +0100

Clients of IG Index, the UK's leading financial spread betting firm, have collectively saved over 1,000,000 pounds in recent months thanks to the company's innovative Price Improvement technology as clients may now receive a better order price when they place a trade. In periods of heightened market volatility, prices move very quickly and should this be in the clients favour then the savings may be passed on immediately, avoiding the need for re-quotes.

Analysing a total of 3,395,048 trades executed by IG Index during the three month period, over 50,000 of the transactions qualified for price improvement, generating total savings to clients of 1,087,117 pounds.

Consider the scenario where rumours are circulating in the market that an imminent Bank of England announcement will see sterling weaken against the US dollar, so you open a deal ticket and see the current price at 1.5160-1.5161. You place a sell order at 1.5160 but as your transaction is being processed the price jumps to 1.5166-1.5167, or a six-pip rise in your selling price. Rather than requoting the order at the new price, as the move is in your favour the deal is struck and your deal ticket will reflect the savings made.

In addition to Price Improvement technology, IG Index financial spread betting has also moved to incorporate a number of alternative execution venues or MTFs into its trading platform for the pricing of shares spread bets. With up to 40% of equities now typically being traded away from the London Stock Exchange, ensuring clients can also use prices from the likes of Chi-X and BATS Europe means that, in the vast majority of cases a more competitive trade can be delivered.

Forex trading - How to avoid common mistakes

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:50:05 +0100

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Aqumin launches new version of AlphaVision

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:35:16 +0100

Aqumin today announced the unveiling of AlphaVision 2.5 at the SIFMA Financial Services Technology Expo in New York. AlphaVision 2.5 provides the first ever Options Landscape. Traders can instantly compare multiple option classes for hundreds of underliers on one screen in real time.

“Instead of screening for just the top option movers, the AlphaVision Option Landscape can show multiple option movers and their subtle changes in Option Classes that would normally slip by screening tools. Instead of just having a few Equity names on a watch list, our users can follow 1000's of individual strikes and multiple classes at once and easily see changes in implied volatility instantly,” said Andrew Giovinazzi, EVP for Business Development at Aqumin (former 15 year member at the PCX and CBOE).

Also announced today, Aqumin has added a new “View” Library which brings market professionals closer to the views they want to see with a single mouse “click.” Pre-configured market views allow users to see and interact with stock, option, ETF, bond and Index data in a 3D Market Landscape in real time – on one screen for interactive analysis.

Aqumin’s rapid innovation cycle, also includes the simultaneous release of their Enterprise Intelligence Server to complement AlphaVision 2.5. Aqumin’s Enterprise Intelligence Server provides the same 3D interactive landscapes for Business Intelligence, Surveillance, Regulatory, and Risk-management professionals. AlphaVision EI Server seamlessly integrates with Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Analysis Server and OData.

“AlphaVision 2.5 is a tremendous advance to increase data transparency in today’s dynamic volatile market environment. Too often data important to decision-making is hidden from view buried in our databases. AlphaVision 2.5 takes full advantage of current 3D hardware so you can see what you need to see quickly for timely research, and trading decisions. With our new Options Landscape – derivatives are now more transparent than ever. AlphaVision™ is an innovation whose time has come," said Michael Zeitlin, CEO, Aqumin.

Aqumin specializes in the integration of large scale complex financial and other data into a single easy to interpret visual environment for financial professionals. AlphaVision™ integrates with data from Bloomberg, Hanweck, Activ Financial, LiveVol, RavenPack and other premier data providers.

Automated forex trading robot

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:41:01 +0100

There are a lot of forex robots available in market and the most famous one is forex mega droid. It is designed for all categories of market environments. The performances of the forex robots are very good since they can analyze the market trends from the past and present market data. The facts about forex robots are very clear and and they can make good profits. This is underestimated and we should always take our final decisions in deciding the process when deciding our purchase decisions.

Forex robots make use of new technologies which are called as Price and Time Analysis. This helps forex robots to carry out forex trades at present by calculating the similar years rapidly by looking at the past market conditions. The forex market unlike other markets follows certain usual patterns which can be predicted easily by the forex robots.

The forex robots work under the concept of artificial intelligence (AI). Instead of making simple trades again and again, forex robots can learn from their experience. That is, if a trader loses money while performing some transaction, it learns from it and implements some different strategies for the next transactions. If we carry out the same trade again and again, then we shall lose lot of money. Automated forex robots solve the problem of the traders who sit in front of the PC to know about the value of currency pairs every time. Since automated forex robots do not require any rest, it can do the trading activities by itself without the intervention of human beings.

The forex robots provide complete overview of the market situation and guide is choosing right currency pairs to purchase and trade. Forex robots are essential for completing the transactions with higher success percentage. We can get amazing results by used automated forex systems which have the potential to carry out trading executions on their own without the intervention of human beings. Forex robots can work 24 hours round the clock, execute transactions at lightning speed and come up with superb results. Knowing about the forex trading through basic forex education and acquiring the trading skills needs some time and efforts we cannot acquire the skills within a single day. Patience and determination is important for succeeding in forex trading. Forex robots can be useful for beginners who do not know much about the market and find it difficult to make trading decisions on their own.

Mobile forex trading

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:34:35 +0100

The new mobile forex trading version of FOREX.com allows customers to easily access real-time market information, trade forex and manage their accounts via their mobile devices. The site has been optimized for smartphones and other popular web-enabled mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPod Touch, Android and Palm Pre.

“At FOREX.com, our mission is to empower traders by providing them with the best in class tools and resources they need to be successful. Now, we’ve also made it easier for traders to access and manage their account. They can access our most advanced forex trading tools with FOREXTrader PRO, opt for the convenience of web trading, and stay connected and in control with our enhanced mobile offering,” said Mr. Stevens.

The new website is now available in the United States at www.forex.com and will roll out in the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore, as well as other international markets, in the coming months.

Gearing or Leverage

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:35:01 +0100

This term refers to the fact that spread betting allows the client to buy (or sell) a financial product with substantially less money than the actual full market value of that financial product. So gearing is the correlation between potential profit or loss against initial deposit. A highly geared or leveraged bet involves substantial risk to your money (but also gives the possibility of high returns).

Computer Generated Stop Loss (CGSL)

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 01:21:41 +0100

This is the maximum figure used to automatically allocate a Stop-Loss on newly opened positions. In the event that a client has sufficient funds to cover the CGSL on deposit, the Trading System will assign a stop at a point 80% of the CGSL away from the opening price of the trade. Otherwise, the system will allocate a stop according to funds available in your account.

Automated technical analysis for spread betting

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:47:04 +0100

A powerful interactive pattern recognition technology is now available at IG Index, the UK’s leading financial spread betting firm, is now offering clients access to technical analysis with online automated pattern recognition technology from Autochartist.

IG Index, the UK’s leading financial spread betting firm, is now offering clients access to technical analysis with online automated pattern recognition technology from Autochartist. IG Index is the first spread betting firm to offer the Autochartist suite of analysis tools and the first spread betting company to offer the service on multiple asset classes, having previously only been available on foreign exchange, also called forex.

The automated pattern recognition software will assist those already using technical analysis by making it easier to identify the patterns as they emerge, while the growing number of spread bettors wanting to learn more about this trading strategy also stand to benefit from this innovation.

David Jones, Chief Market Strategist at IG Index, commented:

“Technical analysis is frequently seen as one of the most popular methods used when deciding when to place a trade. Although terminology like head-and-shoulders formations, double tops and triangles may sound somewhat complex, solutions like Autochartist undoubtedly simplifies the process of recognising these patterns. Clients obviously still need to understand how to interpret these technical signals, but IG Index also provides a comprehensive education programme to help with this.”

Autochartist Business Development Director Enis Mehmet added:

“For Autochartist, this alliance signals our entry into the spread betting market. We are delighted to provide our ground breaking automated chart and Fibonacci pattern service to a firm of the stature of IG Index, a global leader and the largest spread betting firm in the world. We are looking forward to offering IG customers the latest in innovative technical analysis tools.”

Autochartist is available free of charge to all IG Index live clients and can be accessed directly from the PureDeal trading platform. Both emerging and complete patterns can be identified, while clients also have the ability to filter their pattern searches, stipulating factors such as the quality or duration of the pattern before it is validated.

Having pioneered financial spread betting in the 1970s, IG Index has always been at the forefront of industry innovation. In a recent study by Investment Trends, the company was judged to be the UK’s number-one financial spread trading provider.

Forex traders and all traders in general should evaluate this powerful trading tool.

Algorithmic trading tech firm Tbricks connects to ICE Futures

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:54:05 +0100

Tbricks, the provider of leading edge algorithmic trading technology, today announced that it has added ICE Futures Europe and U.S. to its growing list of native market connections.

The Tbricks trading system offers groundbreaking technology to satisfy the most ambitious proprietary trading professionals. Tbricks provides an open trading strategy development framework as well as prepackaged trading strategies such as Spread Trading and Basket Trading.

Urs Rutschmann, COO of Tbricks, comments: "Tbricks beats any other system in terms of speed, scalability and customizability. Tbricks has been designed for multi-location deployment. We are pleased that our clients can now natively connect to ICE Futures Europe and U.S."

Jonas Hansbo, CEO of Tbricks, says: "For the connection to ICE Futures Europe and U.S. we decided to support ICE's new multicast price feed. It expands full implied pricing capability much further out the curve and provides a number of benefits to traders such as lower latency and more trading opportunities. It is our principle to always offer blazing fast connectivity to trading venues."

Tbricks offers comprehensive coverage of key many European and US markets, allowing its clients to leverage its fast and modern trading system architecture.

Trading Adviser Report (TAR)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:53:59 +0100

A performance report produced by an investment manager that is made available, usually on a monthly basis, to clients with holdings in a particular product. The report details the change in net asset value of a product and explains performance in light of market conditions as well as any relevant portfolio changes and developments.