Europe-based fintech brokerage SquaredFinancial has opened a U.S. office and launched a new trading platform as it expands its global growth plans to increase service to U.S. clients. SquaredFinancial currently offers non-US clients to trade more than 8,000+ currencies, indices, commodities, futures, stocks and ETFs. The company has named Daniel Skowronski as head of the…
Online trading company OANDA Japan today unveiled a set of enhancements to its OANDA Lab education section. The broker is introducing a new indicator called “OANDA_Daily_Trade_Monitor“. The indicator is for traders who use the MT4 and MT5 platforms. It is especially useful for short-term traders who prefer scalping or day trading. With this indicator, traders…
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Before we get to the top FX industry news stories of the week, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you, our readers, for making FNG the leading FX industry news site in 2022. FNG just had a record January (visits, pageviews, email signups, social media likes…), consolidating our position as the #1 most-read…
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Electronic trading major Interactive Brokers LLC will have to pay a small fine for violating CME rules. This becomes clear from a notice published by CME today. The violated rule is: Rule 576. IDENTIFICATION OF GLOBEX TERMINAL OPERATORS Each Globex terminal operator shall be identified to the Exchange, in the manner prescribed by the Exchange,…
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and BTIG have reached a settlement in principle but continue discussions over details of the settlement. This becomes clear from a document filed by the SEC in the New York Southern District Court on February 11, 2022. Let’s recall that in May 2021, the SEC took broker-dealer…
Online trading company Robinhood has sought to rebuff market manipulation claims by plaintiffs in a multi-district litigation concerning the January 2021 short squeeze. The market manipulation claims are at the core of the Federal Securities tranche of the litigation. This tranche relates to all actions against Robinhood involving the Federal Securities Laws. This means that…
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today announced that Philip Reichenthal, a disbarred attorney, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in connection with a scheme to defraud investors who believed they were purchasing Bitcoin. Reichenthal engaged in the scheme with Randy Craig Levine, a/k/a “Viktor Lapin,” a/k/a “Andre…
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The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has confirmed that it was unable to effect service of complaint on all defendants in a lawsuit against fraudulent Forex scheme ROFX. This becomes clear from a status report submitted by the regulator at the Florida Southern District Court on February 11, 2022. The document, seen by…
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FNG Exclusive… FNG has learned that Cyprus based Retail FX and CFDs broker FXPrimus is planning to change up its look and logo in the coming weeks, although it appears as if the company is keeping its current moniker as part of the rebrand. FXPrimus released a brief teaser video on its social media channels…
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Leading UK online broker IG Group (LON:IGG) has announced that it has appointed Barbara Duffy as its Chief People Officer and a member of the company’s executive committee. A business leader with considerable experience in strategic HR, leadership development, business growth and transformation, Barbara Duffy brings over 25 years of experience to her role. Based…
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