Volatility in the financial markets has accelerated market trends. In forex, it has made market participants even more amenable to expanding their universe of liquidity providers to non-banks.   Market participants recognize that non-bank liquidity sources are complementary and that it is es…

Today's low-rate interest is one of the biggest factors that influencing the forex market and the market participants such as institutional or retail investors have to identify the importance of excess liquidity.   However, it would be challenging in today’s low-rate environment if using exce…

March 2021 Trading Volume Overview Total trading volume: US$17.33 billion Most popular instruments of traders: XAU/USD, EUR/USD, and GBP/USD XAU/USD recorded a total of US$8.16 billion XAU/USD posted the highest increase of 10.16% The Doo …

As we enter a ‘new normal,’ several countries have adopted anti-pandemic and anti-epidemic measures. While this is a nod in the right direction, it also proves to be a test for the operations of many financial companies.   Nonetheless, as vaccination efforts are already under way around th…

Deficient in liquid assets with changing of market roles and new entrants need market participants to prepare for liquidity risk management.   Thus, market participants such as institutional or retail investors have to take the right steps to reinforce the liquidity risk management strategies a…

Despite current and future financial market uncertainty, the participant has proved resourceful and proactive. They are sometimes preventive in helping their organisations through the volatile, enabling them to prepare for a new liquidity environment.  As they are significantly affected by the …

The numbers of non-bank liquidity providers are on the rise and they have given supports to fast markets such as forex.  During the COVID-19 outbreak in late February last year, non-bank liquidity providers played a key role. They help to maintain an orderly market that has been triggered…

Choosing a broker for trading has been a concern for financial market participants. In the fast-growing market such as forex, there are many options. This time we take a look at the among popular brokers such as Straight Through Processing (STP). As a general rule, STP is an execution m…

The Doo Group, a financial services group with cutting-edge technology and solutions, is taking off in a big way, with monthly trading volume growing to US$18.32 billion in February 2021.   It soared by more than 33% compared to the reported January 2021 trading volume, and register…