Proposed NFA Capital Requirement

Quote from AKFOREX:

One of the largest firms, check this link:http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=111265

I never heard of them, and you could take any line from that post and translate it. They have not been around for long, its their parents company, and they dont have 46 million dollars, the parent company does.

They use metatrader because they can't afford to build their own trading platform.

I don't wana sound negative, but cut the B.S.
 
Quote from Paliz:

I never heard of them, and you could take any line from that post and translate it. They have not been around for long, its their parents company, and they dont have 46 million dollars, the parent company does.

They use metatrader because they can't afford to build their own trading platform.

I don't wana sound negative, but cut the B.S.

Ok boss, Happy New Year!!
 
NFA Fines Solid Gold

No word on whether Solid Gold has made the capital requirement however.

NFA orders San Francisco firm to pay $35,000 fine

January 2, Chicago - National Futures Association (NFA) has ordered Solid Gold Financial Services Inc. (Solid Gold), a Futures Commission Merchant located in San Francisco, California, to pay a fine of $35,000. The Decision, issued by NFA's Business Conduct Committee, is based on a Complaint filed in November 2007 and a settlement offer submitted by Solid Gold.

The Committee found that Solid Gold used misleading advertisement and submitted false or misleading information to NFA. The Committee also found that Solid Gold failed to provide its customers with required disclosure regarding NFA's Background Affiliation Status Information Center (BASIC) and failed to obtain required information from its customers. Additionally, the Committee found that Solid Gold failed to take applicable concentration charges, failed to maintain the required adjusted net capital and failed to collect the required minimum security deposit.
 
Quote from Chood:

Recall those SAT questions? Try this one:

Which newspaper headline does not fit –

Dog Bites Man, Tooth Marks in Thigh, Ouch!

Another Retail Forex Scam

France Surrenders

Retail Forex Trader Makes Millions --
“Oh Joy, Now I Can Move from My Mom’s Basement!”

LOL!

Chood cracks me up.
 
Quote from Ivanovich:

LOL!

Chood cracks me up.

Thanks for the applause. I wasn't sure of the France piece of the bit, thinking it too borrowed to meet the utmost standart of wit ETers demand. But I went with it anyway. Glad it worked. Hope the bit inspires those wannabes who don't yet know enough to keep their pockets from being picked.
 
Goodbye to YOU

A new year brings with it a new forex industry. Let's hope that the new year will be a lot better than the last. Last year the NFA had its hands full as over a dozen firms went under dragging thousands of investors to the bottom of the sea. The NFA has stated that there are now only 24 registered forex dealer members. It appears the following four firms were recently removed from this exclusive club of 24:

1) Hamilton Williams (Velocity4X)
2) Royal Forex
3) Solid Gold
4) SNC Investments

NFA reports four forex firms have ceased operations in light of increased capital requirements

January 11, Chicago - National Futures Association (NFA) announced today that four of its Forex Dealer Members (FDMs) have ceased operations as a result of NFA's new $5 million capital requirement, which became effective on December 21. In addition, six additional FDMs have ceased operating since September 1, 2007.

"When NFA's Board of Directors adopted the increased capital requirement on August 15, 2007, NFA had 34 registered FDMs," said Regina Thoele, vice-president of Compliance. "As of December 31, 2007, that number has decreased to 24."

The four firms that were unable to meet the new capital requirement and ceased operating transferred their customer accounts to other FDMs.

"We closely monitored each of the firms to ensure that customer funds were transferred to another, fully-capitalized firm," says Thoele.

But I wouldn't be surprised if the NFA took some further dramatic actions in the next few weeks as firms like Advanced Markets are still way below the capital requirement as of the last CFTC financial report:

http://www.cftc.gov/marketreports/financialdataforfcms/index.htm

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