Broker comparison – who is the best? In this article, we are introducing Dorman Trading. Who is Dorman Trading? Dorman Trading is one of the world’s oldest family-run futures brokers, established in 1956 by Bernard Dorman. The founder was a commodities trader at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). Two generations of the Dorman family …
Trading software comparison – which is the best? In this article we introduce CQG. What is CQG? CQG, Inc. is an independent software vendor that provides integrated solutions for trade routing, market data and technical analysis. The company was founded in 1980 and expanded to Europe in 1988 and to Asia in 1998. CQG is …
Skilling.com is a still relatively young fintech company founded in the beginning of 2016 by the Scandinavian technology experts Henrik Persson Ekdahl, André Lavold and Mikael Riese Harstad. Interested investors and traders can use this online broker, whose head office is in Cyprus, to trade over 800 currencies and CFDs at this point in time. …
In this article I’d like to take a closer look at the terms “DOM,” “Level 2” and “Time & Sales.” I’d also like to describe order book trading. The most common order types All buy and sell orders are collected and matched in the order book. In this way, market price is continually established. Order …
IronFX is the trade name of Notesco Limited, which is a company based in Bermuda. The online broker was founded in Cyprus in 2010 and offers interested investors and traders a broad and diversified range of trade instruments from 6 different assets classes. IronFX lets you choose between live and STP/ECN trading accounts, with variable …
Broker comparison – who is the best? In this article, we are introducing tastyworks from the USA. Who is tastyworks? Tastyworks is an online broker from the USA, where it is based in Chicago. The idea since its inception in 2017 is to make option and futures trading affordable and effective for retail investors. To …
ZuluTrade promotes its social trading platform with the slogan “Invest with the best!”, an apt description of what network trading is for. ZuluTrade’s aim is to offer a competent and broad community for social trading. While eToro and Wikifolio may actually be better known, and have been doing this for longer, ZuluTrade mostly wants to …
I read an interesting article today (Aug. 19, 2015) in the FAZ about how many CFD traders there were in Germany. Here is a brief summary of the numbers mentioned: There are 47,000 active traders in Germany. Eighty-three percent think about investments (trading) on a daily basis. That compares to around 10 percent for the …
In this article you’ll learn all you need to know about the COT report and the COT data contained therein. COT data are regularly published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in its Commitments of Traders (COT) report. The COT report is available on the CFTC’s website. The COT data provide insight into the …
I’ve worked for various trading companies and would like to share my experiences with arbitrage in this article. As suggested by the headline, classical arbitrage involves taking advantage of price and interest rate differences in trading. What are the different types of arbitrage? We can classify arbitrage based on asset class, strategy and markets (spot …
In this article I’d like to take a closer look at correlations in the forex market. Correlation is a measure of association. It can arise because of causal or stochastic relationships. A distinction is made between positive and negative correlation. In this article I’d like to share some thoughts on currency correlations. The correlation between …
Global macro is both a distinct hedge fund category and a trading strategy used by many hedge fund managers. It features a low correlation to other asset classes, low volatility and smaller drawdowns. For these and other reasons, it’s highly popular among investors. What is global macro? Global macro is usually based on a top-down …