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NEWS<br />
Bloomberg Tradebook<br />
launches Tradebook Order API<br />
Bloomberg Tradebook has<br />
launched Tradebook Order<br />
API, giving users<br />
extraordinary flexibility in<br />
sending orders directly from a<br />
desktop model to stock, option,<br />
futures and FX smart order<br />
routers. The new Tradebook<br />
Order API enables users to build<br />
proprietary spreadsheet models<br />
and integrate them into<br />
Tradebook's trading capabilities in<br />
more than 60 global markets.<br />
According to Brian Coffaro,<br />
manager of derivatives<br />
Interactive Brokers has recently<br />
introduced a new free iPhone<br />
application that allows users to<br />
view global quotes across multiple<br />
asset classes including forex,<br />
stocks, options, futures, and<br />
bonds. This application is<br />
available to customers as well as<br />
non-customers. Customers have<br />
the added feature of real-time<br />
trading and account monitoring<br />
capabilities just as they can from a<br />
regular <strong>com</strong>puter. Increasing<br />
participation in currency markets<br />
8 | january 2010 e-FOREX<br />
development at Bloomberg<br />
Tradebook, Tradebook Order API<br />
is a tool that enables users to<br />
write code in the most <strong>com</strong>monly<br />
used languages from Java, Visual<br />
Basic and Excel and then take<br />
advantage of Tradebook's order<br />
execution capabilities. Tradebook<br />
API is seamlessly integrated with<br />
all the Tradebook blotters, market<br />
depth trading screens,<br />
Tradebook's electronic sales trader<br />
buddy (BUD ), Tradebook<br />
analytics and other functionality<br />
on the Bloomberg terminal.<br />
Interactive Brokers launches<br />
new iPhone application<br />
means more users want to keep in<br />
touch with the value of the dollar,<br />
euro and Japanese yen, which is<br />
why IB has now made real-time<br />
forex quotes available by using the<br />
App. The iTWS Application is<br />
available for free download at the<br />
App Store. Users can also receive<br />
real-time price alerts not just on<br />
currency pairs and stocks but also<br />
on any electronically traded<br />
futures or options contract<br />
around the globe.<br />
Interbank FX<br />
to launch UK<br />
Company<br />
Todd Crosland<br />
Interbank FX has announced<br />
plans to open a sister<br />
<strong>com</strong>pany, Interbank FX UK<br />
Ltd., in Central London, aimed to<br />
ac<strong>com</strong>modate and better serve the<br />
retail FX customer in the UK and<br />
Europe.<br />
“We find it paramount to provide<br />
the best possible trading<br />
experience for our customers,”<br />
said Todd Crosland, Chairman<br />
and President of Interbank FX<br />
LLC. “Opening a London sister<br />
<strong>com</strong>pany would cater to our<br />
European and International<br />
customer base and provide our<br />
customers with the ability to trade<br />
additional asset classes, including;<br />
Spot Metals, oil, Indexes and<br />
CFD’s. Registration with the FSA<br />
provides brokers with the ability<br />
to hold customer funds in<br />
segregated margin accounts.”
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