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IG welcomes news that complaints against Spread Betting firms have fallen

Leave a Comment / Trading / By Tom Cropper

IG has welcomed news that complaints against financial spread betting brokers are falling. The Financial Ombudsman has announced a dramatic decline in the number of complaints levied against financial spread betting firms. While the total number of complaints against the financial industry increased by approximately 50,000 spread betting moved the other way. A spokesperson is […]

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Why no decent spread betting or CFD broker should actually want churn and burn clients

Trading / By Richard Berry

Peter Cruddas, the founder of leading spread betting broker CMC Markets was quoted in The Times this morning in an article about the end of churn and burn broking. Cruddas highlighted that the days of high client turnover was gone for CMC and that they were focusing on only the “tastiest fish in the sea”

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FXCM Launches new HTML5 Platform in Europe

Trading / By Tom Cropper

Online forex trading provider, FXCM, has announced the launch of its new HTML 5 platform in Europe. Trading Station Web 2.0 offers a host of new features including a simpler and more intuitive interface, multiple language offerings, a video library and a speculative sentiment indicator widget which allows you to analyse the trading patterns of

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David Papier, ETX Capital Head of Sales explains the importance creating a great customer trading experience

Trading / By Richard Berry

David Papier, who’s been with ETX Capital, since 2014 gives us his views on why clients should trade with ETX Capital, what makes them stand out from the crowd and helping clients put together effective trading strategies. First and foremost, why should a client trade with ETX Capital as opposed to any other broker? People

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FXCM increases spread visibility with its Effective Spread Widget

Trading / By Tom Cropper

As part of what it says is its ongoing crusade to improve transparency Forex and broker FXCM has launched its Effective Spread Widget. It shows the quoted spread for its top FX alongside the spread at which trades were filled – also called the effective spread – the difference is displayed in a tablet key.

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Fed up with ESMA and looking for an ASIC regulated CFD or FOREX broker?

Trading / By Richard Berry

If you’re looking to escape the clutches of ESMA’s leverage cap by going with an ASIC regulated broker and taking your trading offshore here are a few things you need to know. ASIC regulated brokers Pepperstone is the largest Aussie broker by far. City Index, is a well established UK broker also regulated by ASIC

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Top 3 new ETX Capital TraderPro platform features you may not know about…

Trading / By Richard Berry

ETX Capital’s award-winning TraderPro platform was relaunched last year with full HTML 5 functionality and boasting a range of new features. Here’s a quick look at three features you may have missed… In-chart trading You can now carry out virtually all your trading from within the charts. These innovative new design features make it possible

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CMC winning back the big punters, despite being just a “website”

Leave a Comment / Trading / By Richard Berry

I love the way that even the FT trivialises what brokers do by calling them websites instead of massive financial institutions. It’s a bit like calling Facebook a blog, or Amazon an online shop. Anyway, CMC Markets is clearly benefitting from the regulators clampdown on spivvy little brokers nicking the big boys customers by tempting

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ETX Capital racks up a few more awards including “Best Spread Betting Platform” from ADVFN

Leave a Comment / Trading / By Richard Berry

ETX Capital, one of the longest running spread betting and CFD brokers based in the UK and regulated by the FCA has won a few more awards this year. Best Spread Betting Platform – ADVFN Financial Awards Best Trading Platform – Online Personal Wealth Awards Best Education – Online Personal Wealth Awards ETX also bagged

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Google’s ban on crypto advertising is an absolute blessing for decent brokers…

Trading / By Richard Berry

Every now and again, someone does something sensible. This time it’s Google banning crypto advertising before too many people get ripped off, lose all their money and the global financial regulators come in and force them to do it any way. I say force, I actually mean ask nicely, if they don’t mind, we rather

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