Dec 212017
 
Luno outage prevents South Africans from trading Bitcoin

“Our platform was slowed down due to a sudden surge in traffic and an unexpectedly high volume of digital currency trading, which temporarily increased the load on our system,” said Luno. Luno said customers experienced issues including sign-in errors, slow trading and order book updates, and an …
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ForexLive morning news wrap: Euro still feeling some love in another steady session

ForexLive morning news wrap: Euro still feeling some love in another … analysis charting tips, forex analysis, and currency pair trading tutorials.
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SNB's Jordan: Policy still aimed at weakening franc despite recent dip

“Constructive dialog” with US authorities? LMAO! The last time you had a “constructive dialog” with US authorities it ended in multi billion fines for the …
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High-flying cryptos: Digital currencies and the bubble question

KuvaCash's finance and technology director Andreiko Kerdemelidis says the Dash-based currency expects to be approved by the Zimbabwe government and central bank, and is applying for a money exchange licence. “KuvaCash will give locals an ideal alternative to improve their ability to do business …
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Dec 202017
 
How to develop your trading career in spread betting industry

Most of the retail brokers are offering a high class trading environment to their clients to make a profit by trading the currency pair. Unlike traditional Forex trading, in spread betting, you don't have to buy any underlying assets in the market. You need to speculate the price moment of the currency pair and …
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Brent Crude soars to multi-year highs, dollar awaits FOMC for direction

ALB Forex Trading Ltd. will not accept any liability for any loss or damage which may arise from the use of such information. There is a high level of risk involved with trading leveraged products such as forex and CFDs. You should not risk more than you can afford to lose. You should not trade unless you …
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Ukraine's hryvnia weakens to UAH 27.64 to dollar on Dec 15

Read alsoNBU tightens conditions for licensing currency transfers beyond Ukraine As UNIAN reported earlier, on Thursday, December 14, hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market by the close of trade settled at UAH 27.43/27.46 to the dollar. Hryvnia quotes against the euro …
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Forex technical analysis: GBPUSD tumbles to lower trend line. Finding some buyers

The GBPUSD tumbled below an old trend line at 1.3406, then the 200 hour MA, 100 bar MA on the 4-hour (both at 1.3394) and the 100 hour MA (at 1.33763). The 38.2% of the move up from November 3 low was also cracked again at 1.3354. That is close risk now for the shorts in trading today. The fall …
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Dec 192017
 
SEC suspends shares of The Crypto Company

Shares of the company had rallied 2700% this month but the SEC has suspended trading until January 3 “because of concerns regarding the accuracy and adequacy of information in the marketplace about, among other things, the compensation paid for promotion of the company, and statements in …
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Master The Most Powerful Forex Trading Strategy.

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ForexLive European FX news wrap: Cable goes up, down, and all around in quiet trading session

ForexLive European FX news wrap: Cable goes up, down, and all around in quiet trading session. Tue 19 Dec 2017 11:57:54 GMT. Author: Justin Low … Overall, it was a quiet trading day but there are good pips to be had – especially in cable. Dollar weakness remains a lingering theme as we await the …
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BNM forex outlows, not forex losses, MoF2 tells Dr M

PUTRAJAYA: The Finance Ministry said today the so-called RM39.6 billion losses by Bank Negara as alleged by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad were actually foreign fund outflows, which is not unusual, and not losses from forex trading like those during his reign. Second Finance Minister II Datuk Seri …
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Dec 182017
 
Bullish Indians rush in for a big bite of bitcoin

Japanese and Korean bitcoin exchanges, too, trade at a premium as compared to the US market. On average, about 1,000 bitcoins worth about Rs 76 crore are traded every day across India's more than 15 crypto currency exchanges, as per industry estimates. Globally, about 16.7 million bitcoins are …
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Bitcoin shoots over $9900

Already the coin is trading above $10,000 on some exchanges, including the CEX digital currency exchange. As for how high bitcoin will go, billionaire businessman Mark Cuban told Business Insider the coin will continue to push higher as retail investors pour into the space and folks with large bitcoin …
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USD/JPY Forex Signal

… interesting as average volatility has grown in recent days, and the pair is close to taking over from GBP/USD as the most volatile major currency pair.
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SoOum Corp Introduces its Maltese subsidiary – SoOum Malta Limited

SoOum Malta Limited (“SML”), a Maltese entity and a subsidiary of SoOum Corp provides strategic trading services throughout the EU. … product availability; reliance on key customers; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; income tax legislation; and the risk factors listed from time to time in the …
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Dec 172017
 
World's Largest Bitcoin Exchange Launches in the United States

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – November 28, 2017) – bitFlyer, the Tokyo-based operator of the world's largest bitcoin exchange, today announced the official launch of its US-based virtual currency exchange platform. The US expansion comes on the heels of bitFlyer's explosive growth in Japan …
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FOREX-Dollar rebounds as Powell hearing underway

“There is a lot of bullishness out there and that's why you are seeing a little bit of a bounce in the dollar,” he said. Traders were also paying close attention to comments from Powell in his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. The Fed should “respond decisively” to any new …
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US regulator grants bitFlyer a virtual currency license

“Our expansion and upcoming cross-border trading addresses a huge unmet need in the U.S. by institutional traders looking to access large amounts of liquidity across multiple virtual currency markets,” said bitFlyer USA's chief operating officer, Bartek Ringwelski, in a statement. In early 2018, bitFlyer …
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Traders Begin to Favour the New Zealand Dollar Once More

The biggest set of data available – that from the Chicago Futures Trading Commission – shows bets against the currency, are close to their highest levels in the last three years. At face value, news that markets are betting against the New Zealand Dollar should spell negativity. But, when data reach …
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Dec 162017
 
How Historic Forex Regulations are Shaping the Future of Crypto

Unlike traditional stocks, which typically trade on centralised marketplaces, foreign exchange trading happens electronically over decentralised networks that span the globe. Although the underlying mechanisms and technologies are different, there are clear parallels between the decentralised and …
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The Benefits of Using a Demo Account before Trading Forex

There are many different types of investments that people make these days, and one popular one is Forex. Trading in the Forex markets can prove to be very lucrative as long as you know what you are doing and have an effective technique in place. If you are new to trading, this can obviously be quite …
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Technical Analysis – GBPUSD consolidates recent gains; risk of more weakness

GBPUSD has been neutral since last week following a rise from near the 1.3000 level to a high of 1.3549 hit on December 1. The market is consolidating these recent gains and price action remains above the previous two months' range. The 50 and 200- day moving averages are positively aligned.
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil prices jump on pipeline outage, stocks take breather

Dealers at Citi noted interbank volumes in the forex market had been 35 percent below average overnight and another thin session was in prospect for Tuesday. There was a little more action in bitcoin, which was last up 1 percent on the day at $16,598 on the Bitstamp exchange while its newly minted …
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Dec 152017
 
Foundations of Technical Analysis: FOMC Trade Setups – 2018 Outlook

In this episode of our bi-weekly webinar on the Foundations of Technical Analysis, we reviewed price action on the majors in the aftermath of the FOMC policy decision earlier this week. Keeping your focus on price is critical in being able to approach the markets from a more objective standpoint.
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Here we go! It's the TULIP thing all over again!

London-based Brad Alexander is CEO of FXLarge, a consultancy whose clients are retail forex brokers and educators who are looking for the best way to motivate, educate and inspire their clients to trade better and with more confidence. The company provides a twice weekly market update called “FX …
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'Mrs. Watanabe' Driving Bitcoin Price Higher: Deutsche Bank

Facing low domestic interest rates, many retail investors in Japan had become active forex traders over the past several decades — accounting for approximately 50 percent of all forex margin trading. These investors see cryptocurrency trading as a natural corollary to forex trading, albeit with the …
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Kenya shilling slides against dollar amid low trading

NAIROBI, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — The Kenyan shilling ended the week lower against the U.S. dollar on Friday as it crossed down to the 103.20 level with currency traders recording low trade. The shilling traded at an average of 103.20 to the greenback down from 103.15 on Thursday, a continuation of a …
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Dec 142017
 
Forex option expiries for the New York cut

Forex option expiries for the New York cut … feature leading edge technical analysis charting tips, forex analysis, and currency pair trading tutorials.
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Forex option contract expiries for today 5 Dec

Forex option contract expiries for today 5 Dec … leading edge technical analysis charting tips, forex analysis, and currency pair trading tutorials.
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Revolut merges mobile banking with cryptocurrency trading

Revolut is merging traditional banking and cryptocurrency to let you buy, sell, trade, and hold Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ether alongside 25 world fiat currencies. The $90 million-funded mobile banking startup is trying to erase the divide between old and new money. Revolut's CEO Nikolay Storonsky …
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Bitcoin Is More Revolutionary Than the Internet: Overstock Exec

A large part of Johnson's day-to-day at Medici revolves around furthering Overstock's digital currencies operations. The list of to-dos under that umbrella has grown rapidly as Overstock, once a pioneer of internet retailing in the 1990s, becomes the newest explorer of the wide-ranging possibilities at the …
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Dec 132017
 
CBOE SEF Now Supporting FX NDFs Trading

Trading is facilitated by proprietary CBOE technology, supporting a growing slate of emerging markets currencies. … Bryan Harkins, Head of U.S. Markets & Global FX at CBOE, commented on the launch: “Our next generation SEF was built on a flexible trading and settlement model that opens unique …
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Saxo Bank's Trading Volumes Strike 2017 High in November

… win jolt markets. Meanwhile, average daily trading volumes were reported at $17.7 billion per day in November 2017, relative to just $14.9 billion per day in October 2017. … This growth was an exception in the retail industry with other brokers registering static or in some cases declining FX volumes.
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forex trading signals december 08 2017

These are the Main Daily Trading Signals for Friday. Here's how interbank compares with the technicals at 8 AM GMT. There's red across the table for the Euro/Dollar, which sees 6 sell prompts in both the short and long-term and no less than 7 bearish signals in the mid-term, but, in contrast, the …
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Alpari's Trading Volumes Seize New Year-to-Date Highs in November, Up 54% YoY

Retail forex broker Alpari has just reported its monthly trading volumes for November 2017, which took another step forward, ultimately adding to the … as well as uncertainty about the Fed's tightening cycle, trading on GBPUSD and EURUSD instruments enjoyed far greater popularity among Alpari's …
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Dec 122017
 
FOREX-Dollar holds breath before Fed meeting; sterling, krone rise

Investors will be watching for the Fed's assessment of the health of the economy as that might change the market's views on the future path of borrowing costs. Bond markets anticipate two further rate hikes next year but Fed forecasters expect three. “Although we do not expect (Fed chair) Janet Yellen to …
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Gold worries about getting replaced by Bitcoin

The market wasn't all that fixated on Tuesday's run of economic data, with currencies confined to tight ranges and US equities contemplating the latest pullback off record highs. This put the spotlight on the price of gold, with the yellow metal coming under intense pressure on worry over getting replaced …
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Video: Couple puts life savings into mining Bitcoin

I was on CBC's national news broadcast yesterday talking about Bitcoin. We spoke for 30 minutes about all the ins-and-outs of Bitcoin and crypto and naturally it gets trimmed down to a 15-second clip, but that's the nature of TV news.
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FOREX-Dollar firms after US jobs data, but off highs due to wages

The euro reduced losses versus the dollar, but still traded weaker at $1.1757, down just 0.1 percent. ======================================================== Currency bid prices at 9:12AM (1412 GMT) Description RIC Last U.S. Close Pct Change YTD Pct High Bid Low Bid Previous …
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