Spéculer sur le forex : un pari perdant pour 90% des particuliers !

A propos des problèmes des courtiers Forex suite à l’explosion du plancher du Franc Suisse…

Si on prend quelques opérateurs sérieux, on voit que tout semble bien s’être passé…
Par exemple:

DUKASCOPY: NO TRADE CANCELLATIONS, NO NEGATIVE BALANCES

Management of Dukascopy Group has decided to take an exceptional decision to cover negative balances on client accounts related to CHF move on SNB decision on 15.01.2015.

In spite of the fact that agreements and regulation allow Dukascopy to claim negative balances compensated by clients, it was decided to release customers from obligation to cover negative balance.

Dukascopy Bank has not canceled or negatively adjusted any trade concluded on 15.01.2015 with clients during the CHF move.

Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe invite all the industry to follow the same approach to build up customers trust in the industry.

19 January 2015
Dukascopy confirms good financial standing

Dear traders,
By mistake FXStreet.com has published on 16 January 2015 that Dukascopy Bank would have suffered USD 40 million losses due to the CHF move on Thursday, 15.01.2015.
This error results from a confusion between two Swiss online banks.
This unfortunate error has been corrected today by FXStreet.
Therefore, initial erroneous FXStreet statement shall be ignored and not duplicated. Any dissemination of such wrong information may lead to legal actions. We refer in particular to following websites:
http://forexmarket.cf/…
http://quantlabs.net/…
http://www.myfxbook.com/…
http://www.valuebuddies.com/…
http://topequitynews.com/…
Dukascopy Bank did not suffer any damage due to the CHF shock and is in good financial standing. Profit/Loss of the Dukascopy Group stays in the range of ordinary day results.
In addition Dukascopy Group sees a significant increase in client requests to open accounts with both Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe.
Taking advantage of the special circumstances Dukascopy Group is evaluating the possibility of purchasing the business of damaged competitors to boost growth.

16 January 2015
CHF dramatic shift

Dukascopy Group announces that it has safely passed through the CHF dramatic price shift. It was achieved thanks to advanced execution technology, careful risk management policy and reduced leverage on EURCHF till level of 1:10.

The scenario of such shock had been anticipated four months in advance as shown in Dukascopy news published on 3rd of October 2014: "Due to the possibility of a break of the 1.2000 floor in EUR/CHF which may see significant price gaps and cause negative equity on client accounts, Dukascopy Bank is forced to implement a maximum leverage for EURCHF exposures of 1:10 as of 12 October 2014".

Dukascopy well known ECN business model and careful risk management approach proved once again to be reliable and trustworthy.

Pareil pour d’autres, qui ont été prudents…

ActivTrades commente l’annonce de la
banque nationale suisse
Londres – 16 janvier 2015

Le 15 Janvier 2015, la Banque Nationale Suisse a annoncé la suppression du niveau minimum entre EUR et CHF à 1,20 ("le sol"), après plus de trois années. Cela a provoqué la chute de la paire EURCHF de plus de 20% en quelques minutes.

En Novembre 2014, ActivTrades avait déjà anticipé la possibilité de tels événements. Nous avions alors décidé d’augmenter 16 fois les marges requises sur nos paires CHF.

Grâce à cette mesure, ActivTrades était en mesure de protéger ses clients en limitant significativement leurs pertes. Ainsi en protégeant les intérêts de nos clients, nous avons protégé les intérêts de la société dans son ensemble.

ActivTrades est fier de dire que nous n’avons pas souffert des conséquences négatives à la suite de l’annonce de la BNS. Nous gardons la réputation solide de fournisseur fiable et sécurisé.

ActivTrades est heureux de répondre à toute question concernant ces événements. N’hésitez pas à nous contacter.

Par contre, on peut trouver des choses moins amusantes…

Special Administrators appointed to Alpari (UK) Ltd

Upon the application of the directors of Alpari (UK) Ltd, on Monday 19 January 2015, the High Court appointed Richard Heis, Samantha Bewick and Mark Firmin of KPMG LLP as joint special administrators of Alpari (UK) Ltd, under the Special Administration Regime (SAR). Alpari (UK) Ltd is a company incorporated in the UK.
Alpari (UK) Ltd applied for insolvency on Monday 19 January 2015 following the decision on Thursday 15 January 2015 by the Swiss National Bank to remove the informal peg to the euro at around 1.20 Swiss francs. The announcement by the SNB prompted volatility across the foreign exchange markets which saw the company and many of its clients make large losses. After a weekend spent in urgent discussions with various parties with a view to selling the company, these efforts were ultimately unsuccessful.
We have had a number of enquiries from interested parties in relation to the company’s business. We will be speaking with these parties and others over the next few days, and hope to secure a deal to preserve the business and jobs as far as possible.

For all queries, please contact:
[email protected]

The administrators will endeavour to respond to your query as soon as possible.

Je vous laisse imaginer ce que ça donne avec des opérateurs exotiques !

Remarque: je n’ai aucun lien si ce n’est celui de client avec certains de ces courtiers. Ce n’est pas de la publicité pour eux, mais notez tout de même que les règles prudentielles servent justement dans ces "imprévus" !