Citi has augmented its FX advisory business by recruiting longtime portfolio manager and former Citi executive Ade Odunsi, where he will work as its newest…
Posts published in February 2015
Coinbase Tips Hat to ChangeTip, Shutting down Own Tipping Feature
Coinbase has shut down its tipping feature in deference to the increasingly popular ChangeTip tool. Coinbase last November. It says 10,000 users have accepted tips…
Why I Like to Use Tick and Volume Charts for Scalping
Today, I decided to touch more on an educational feature rather than provide a certain market outlook. Many of my clients and blog readers know…
Former ConvergEx CEO Craig Lax Settles with the SEC for $783,000
According to an announcement made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the regulatory body has settled with the former CEO of ConvergeEx, Craig…
Hedge funds ended 2014 on a low according to research carried out by BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research. Figures dropped on a month-over-month basis in…
Japanese Yen Finds No Support from Risk-Negative Sentiment
The Japanese yen dropped against its major counterparts today even as the market sentiment was not particularly favorable to risk and should have boosted safe haven assets. The yen is considered…
Commodities Corner (Part 4): Coffee – The Drinkable Petroleum
Vladimir Petropoljac ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Vladimir Petropoljac is the Head of Business Development at and the author of “Rallied! The Alternative Guide to Becoming a Trader.”…
NCDEX Deploys LSE’s MilleniumIT Trading & Surveillance System
The London Stock Exchange’s technology outfit, MilleniumIT, continues to gain traction in the exchange traded derivatives space as Indian-based NCDEX, a multi-asset commodity trading venue,…
HSBC: Out of the Pan, into the Fire
Europe’s largest bank is bracing itself for yet another wave of international regulatory probes, this time over tax evasion. A massive leak in 2010 uncovered…
Market Sentiment & Drop of Oil Prices Drag Canadian Dollar Down
The Canadian dollar dipped today because of the risk-negative sentiment prevalent on the Forex market as well as due to the drop of crude oil prices. The loonie, as most other currencies, attempted to rally against the Japanese yen…