Tagged: trading

April 5, 2024 @ 6:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

What has your online brokerage firm done for you lately? For most do-it-yourself (DIY) investors whose level of satisfaction with their brokerage firm has “not budged despite significant stock market growth, the answer is unclear.” According to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Self-Directed Investor Satisfaction… Read More

April 4, 2024 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

A new report states that digital asset trading hit an all-time high in March. According to information provided CCData, Spot and derivatives trading volume on centralised exchanges rose 92.9% to a new all-time high. The report shares that trading topped $9.12 trillion in March. The… Read More

March 13, 2024 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Do we need to brace ourselves for liquidity strains? Liquidity dried up in 2022, and while analysts expect the 2024 BTC ETF approval will help boost trading volumes, the truth is that the ‘Alameda Gap’ remains, according to Ben Roth from Auros. Even as… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 6:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alpaca now supports limit orders and extended hours trading for fractional shares. As noted in a blog post from Alpaca, trading in fractional shares is considered to be “a crucial tool for investors.” Alpaca says that it opens the door “for individuals to invest in stocks… Read More

March 1, 2024 @ 1:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a global provider of technology and data, and IPC Systems, a provider of trading communications solutions, announced plans to launch ICE Voice, a cloud-based audio solution that will be offered with ICE Chat to provide a seamless communications platform for… Read More

February 27, 2024 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

ZA Bank, one of the first regulated digital banks in Hong Kong, is now offering US stock trading as part of its platform. The company highlighted the benefits of this new service, including a USD $ 3.88 commission – during a promotional period, real-time quotes… Read More

February 27, 2024 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lumerin, a “decentralized” Hashpower Marketplace built on Arbitrum that has built technology to make Bitcoin hashrate a liquid asset allowing for global access to peer-to-peer, decentralized hashrate trading, announced a new integration with Portal, the “trust-minimized,” cross-chain swaps that involve no bridges, custody or wrapping…. Read More

February 7, 2024 @ 10:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bybit, which claims to be one of the largest crypto exchanges by volume, has polled its internal professionals and created a free toolkit that allows investors to find undervalued crypto projects. The Crypto Investment Analysis Toolkit stems from Bybit‘s mission “to be the world’s Crypto… Read More

January 26, 2024 @ 3:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Specialist technology consultancy Lab49, an ION company, and interop.io, the interoperability provider for the finance industry, have announced a new joint implementation partnership in order “to modernize the trading desktop user experience for traders, portfolio managers, risk managers, and other financial professionals.” The new partnership… Read More

January 26, 2024 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Taurus, a regulated securities firm, is pleased to announce that TDX, its digital asset organized trading facility, and its financial services at large are now open to retail clients following FINMA approval. In addition to professional clients, retail clients can now “create an account and… Read More

January 15, 2024 @ 4:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trumid is reporting its December performance and 2023 trading highlights. Trumid, which is an electronic bond trading platform, has announced monthly activity and year-end highlights. Trumid, a financial technology company and fixed income electronic trading platform, shared recently its trade volume and user participation highlights… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bracket Labs completed a $2 million pre-seed fundraise round to support the launch of “Passage,” a volatility trading product available on the project’s BracketX trading platform. The debut of the range-bound product “makes trading long and short volatility entirely on-chain easy for traders of all… Read More

December 27, 2023 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse, which claims to be the “trusted” Swiss crypto investment partner, today announced the release of a suite of robust Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). These APIs provide access “to trading and staking services, enabling institutional clients to use and create customized crypto offerings, simplify… Read More

December 20, 2023 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On December 4th 2023, SIX introduced a novel service extension to its Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) franchise, called Quote-on-Demand Europe (QOD Europe). In addition to over 1,700 tradable products listed at SIX Swiss Exchange, clients are now able to trade ETFs listed “on other primary… Read More

December 19, 2023 @ 8:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crossover Markets Group, Inc., a digital asset technology firm focused on meeting the unique liquidity requirements of institutions, announced it has been selected as the primary digital asset execution partner of Tradu, an all-new, multi-asset “super app” for active traders that is launching this month… Read More

December 10, 2023 @ 8:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the bustling financial landscape of Hong Kong, Asia Win Inc Limited, under Owen Huang’s leadership, introduced GUGU in June 2020. GUGU is not just a financial platform; it’s a mission-driven venture committed “to breaking down barriers for Asian investors looking to enter the US… Read More

December 8, 2023 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, which claims to be one of the world’s leading derivatives marketplaces, reported its November 2023 market statistics, “reaching an average daily volume (ADV) of 28.3 million contracts during the month, an increase of 21% over 2022 and the company’s highest-ever November ADV on… Read More

December 7, 2023 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moment is pleased to announce that Public.com is launching fixed income powered by the Moment platform. For decades, bond trading has been “less accessible to the public than stock trading.” As a firm focused on in retail investing — and one of the first platforms… Read More

December 7, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is launching a Crypto app, which will be offered to all eligible customers in the European Union (EU). According to a blog post by Robinhood, it is “the only custodial crypto platform where customers will get a percentage of their trading volume… Read More

December 3, 2023 @ 2:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhod (NASDAQ: HOOD) Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev recently said that he does not think that the payment for order flow (PFOF) model of market-maker routing that the firm incorporates in the United States is under any type of threat. This would be despite suggestions… Read More