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Contracts for difference broker LMAX has launched its smartphone trading app, designed to allow traders to access their CFD and forex trading accounts remotely from their iPhone and Blackberry handsets, as the financial markets move increasingly mobile.
CFD and forex broker LMAX has launched its smartphone trading app, aimed at allowing clients with Blackberry or iPhone handsets to access their trading accounts and execute trading decisions remotely on the move.
With a wide array of account functions possible from within the LMAX Trader app, clients across other handset types can expect further …

A poll of LMAX and University College London professionals has suggested the future of CFD trading could be automated, with some 79% of those polled indicating greater automation as their forecast for the industry long-term.
A poll conducted by the LMAX trading venue and University College London has revealed more automation could be the future for CFD trading, according to widespread forecasts amongst industry professionals.
Some 79% of the sample of LMAX and UCL trading professionals indicated they believe automated trading will become the main lifeblood of the CFD industry, spanning a …

As Betfair prepares to launch its new contracts for difference exchange LMAX to a buzz of industry hype and activity, and with the backing of global investment house Goldman Sachs, London Capital Group have suggested the impact on their operations will not be significant as it continues to build on its existing portfolio of brokerage businesses.
The London Capital Group, parent company of Capital Spreads, Pro Spreads and InterTrader, has maintained that in spite of the long-awaited launch of the new platform, which many have forecast will shake up the online …