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November Updates: Axcera’s Latest Tech Updates November has been an exciting month for both the industry and Axcera, marked by significant progress behind the scenes. At Axcera, we remain dedicated to delivering cutting-edge tools and continuous innovation to keep proprietary trading firms ahead in a competitive landscape. This month, we’re excited to share updates designed to enhance user experience and streamline operations. In addition to introducing new features, we’ve made advancements in...

Financial markets are so unique and multi-faceted that there are multiple strategies available to prop firms, but this started through the failure of the norm.

If you are interested in the Forex market and have been involved as a trader, you might feel your knowledge can be put to greater use than simply trying to make more money yourself with ever smarter trades - lucrative though that may be. You may reach a point where you are attracted to setting up your own prop firm. Alternatively, you may not have been a trader yourself, but you have heard a bit about the concept of prop firms and want to know more - including whether it would be a good idea...

Given that the stock market can shift rapidly on a moment-to-moment basis, advanced prop firm technology on both the hardware and software end is required to execute effective trading strategies that make the most of your own capital. As technology has progressed, increasingly sophisticated and complex strategies, options, and processes have become available, giving innovative and brave traders the chance at a favoured fortune. However, despite so many advances and a tremendous evolution in...

The history of prop firm technology is not the same thing as the history of prop firms. This is something that may initially sound confusing, but it should not.  If you are interested in the idea of starting a prop firm of your own, it is worth noting that these kinds of firms are a very modern innovation. They are generally agreed to have started in or not long before 2014, but, like anyone blowing out the candles on their tenth birthday cake, a lot has happened since they emerged into...

Investing is, by definition, a forward-thinking industry. Traders do not buy assets, whether they are shares, stocks, options, currency pairs or whatever form they take, without an expectation that they are likely to increase in price. However, the futures market takes this concept more literally, turning predictions on future market conditions into an asset that can be bought and sold, with a trade-off between predictability and volatility making it a potentially lucrative albeit risky market...

One of the key tenets of due diligence in financial trading is not just finding reasons to invest but also reasons to stay away from a financial choice that could ultimately cause more problems than benefits. Starting a prop trading firm can be an exceptionally exciting endeavour, with a lot of freedom to experiment with trading strategies outside of the limitations of rules and regulations set by clients or by working for other firms. This is often the biggest motivation for creative, skilled...

If you are thinking of starting a prop trading firm, you will be in good company. Many companies have been established for this purpose over the past decade and have made a great success of it, especially when they invest in the right technology to give themselves and their traders the best chance to maximise every opportunity that comes their way. Being well-equipped with software is one of the most important things you can do, but it is not the only one. To make a success of establishing a...

Whilst there are a lot of ways to invest effectively, success as a proprietary trading firm will depend a lot on the software and technology you use, not just in terms of efficacy but also in terms of matching the trading strategy you plan to use. The right technological solution ideally takes a high-level trading strategy and uses advanced analytics, technical analysis and anything else involving certain stocks that numbers are available for and uses it to create orders for the right stock at...

Technology is a critical component of any functioning financial market, and the most successful prop firms are ones with trading rooms focused on having the best and most appropriate technology for their particular trading strategies. All of this is only possible thanks to the events of 27th October 1986, an event so critical to the UK financial sector that it is simply known as The Big Bang. The Big Bang changed everything when it came to the UK financial sector and paved the way for a...

This year has been one when electoral events have created plenty of uncertainty that could have had a significant impact on the value of currencies and, by extension, the Forex market. Some of these may have required significant shifts in trading strategies, while others could have required a rapid response. However, the nature of these events is they can be prepared for. While there was nothing surprising about the Labour Party sweeping into power at the recent UK general election, nor any...

Most companies nowadays use modern digital technology in some way or another, even when they operate in a low-tech way such as face-to-face customer contact. But for some, tech is central to what they do. Either way, the need to upgrade technology comes about every so often. This may seem like an imposition, an inconvenience and a matter of extra cost as old systems become obsolete and the new software ceases to be compatible with them, but there are positives too. New tech means a range of...

There are many times when money markets and stock markets are rocked by sudden, unexpected events. There can be natural disasters, wars, major terrorist incidents like 9/11 and, of course, moments of great political change and uncertainty. All this can lead to significant slippage as well as new possibilities. In these situations, money markets can be volatile. Opportunities can arise and vanish quickly. Therefore, it is important to be well supported by prop firm tech to handle data fast and...

One of the most beautiful elements of being a proprietary trading firm is the fact that thanks to modern, dedicated software solutions, you can trade practically anywhere in the world, setting up a business in a place and in a way that works best for your staff and yourself. Part of what makes this possible is the evolution of electronic trading platforms, of which the most notable early example is the NASDAQ, which by 1992 accounted for 42 per cent of US trade volume. However, it was not the...