November 2009

FOREX.COM ADDS OIL TRADING, MORE

www.forex.com


www.gaincapital.com


jp.forex.com

Gain Capital has added Brent crude oil (Bco) to its ForexTrader platform, enabling clients to trade oil alongside global currencies and spot metals. Forex.com’s Bco contract tracks the current price of Brent crude on the Intercontinental Exchange (Ice). Clients will also receive daily market commentary and analysis from the Forex.com research team on the latest market trends affecting the price of oil.

In other news, Gain Capital launched Forex.com in Japan. Gain now offers forex trading services to Japanese retail investors under the Forex.com name.

FXCM OFFERS FOREX, STOCK INDEXES

www.fxcm.com


www.CFDTrading.com

Fxcm Ltd. now offers a product focusing on forex, global stock indexes, oil, and precious metals. This “contracts for difference” (Cfd) product includes competitive pricing, single position accounts with hedging capabilities, benefits from dividends, and more. By trading Cfds, retail clients benefit from Fxcm’s close banking relationships with 10 of the largest and most aggressive price providers who supply clients with large pools of liquidity and highly competitive spreads. Fxcm executes trades with no requotes. A free practice account is available.

TRADERPLANET LAUNCHES ADVICE COLUMN

www.TraderPlanet.com

TraderPlanet.com, a social networking site for active traders and investors, now sponsors a free daily advice column. “Ask Trader Ed” is available on the site’s blog section and is a resource tool for today’s financial media seeking opinions and commentary from both veteran and neophyte traders and investors. The column brings perspective to a range of issues based on member experience and market performance.

WOLFRAM UPDATES WEBMATHEMATICA 3

www.wolfram.com

Wolfram Research announced a new version of webMathematica 3, which allows users to build and deploy websites with interactive calculations and visualizations at a faster pace and lower cost than before. webMathematica 3 integrates the capabilities of both Mathematica 6 and 7 with the latest web server technology. Users can compute and visualize results directly in a web browser.

LEVEL 3 DATA LAUNCHES BEAR–BULL BATTLE SYSTEM

www.level3data.com

Level 3 Data has launched its system of charting the battle between the bulls and the bears. Analyzing raw data, it charts what goes on inside each and every trade, and identifies and tracks the buying and selling pressure. L3B (buying pressure) is greatest when there is a disproportionate number of trades that occur at the ask side of the spread. L3S (selling pressure) is greatest when most of the trades occur at the bid side of the spread. A three-dimensional algorithm provides a daily list of stocks that are ready to move. A free trial is available.

INVESTMENT WEBSITE GENERATES TRADING IDEAS, STRATEGIES

thethreeblindmice.com

Thethreeblindmice.com website was created by experienced traders to provide brokers, traders, and investors with a flow of ideas and to utilize a combination of analytical and intuitive skills along with technical analysis and risk management tools. The website generates actionable daily trading ideas as well as longer-term strategies covering anything that trades on Wall Street. The site provides daily market commentary on stocks and futures, price targets, projected trends, model portfolios, sector rotation updates, and more.

PLATFORM IS LAUNCHED FOR SPECIALTY INSTRUMENTS, PRODUCTS

www.trintik.com

Trintik has launched a trading platform for traders of specialty financial instruments and investment products that are currently exchanged on the secondary market. According to the website, Trintik is what you would get if you “combined eBay with the current financial secondary market trading arena.” Traders will now have a centralized trading “floor” designed to facilitate the trade of specialty financial instruments and investment products. Sellers will select the best bids and proceed to close the transaction with the winner.

INTERBANK FX OFFERS PRIVATE-LABEL PLATFORM

www.ibfx.com

Interbank FX announced that the private-label version of its MT4 forex trading platform is now available globally. Interbank FX is now offering MetaTrader 4 to brokers, dealers, security firms, banks, and other financial portals that become Interbank FX international partners; the platform can be customized to add forex trading to their portfolio of financial services. Financial firms can implement Interbank FX’s private-label program with no startup costs and no management or licensing fees. The firms’ customers and clients have access to Interbank FX’s online university, Ibfxu. The university, which also can be branded, provides forex trading information that allows financial firms’ customers to learn and conduct practice trades.

FREE STREAMING REAL-TIME STOCK CHARTS

www.freestockcharts.com

FreeStockCharts.com from Worden allows you to analyze trades, track profits, and get a market update, the company said, as well as get live integrated news stories, all for free. The site offers online stock charts that can be accessed quickly. As traders build portfolio watchlists, layouts, and custom indicators, they have peace of mind knowing their work will be there when they return. The website covers more than 8,000 stocks and indexes with 25 years of history, intraday, and end-of-day charts update live.