FLASH FRIDAY is a weekly content series looking at the past, present and future of capital markets trading and technology. FLASH FRIDAY is sponsored by Instinet, a Nomura company. In the August 2012 ...

Foreign exchange trading, or FX trading, sometimes feels like all the rage and a fast route to riches. But the reality couldn’t be more different. Most so-called retail traders (those of us without ...

Nonbank trading firms have made giant strides in recent years, taking share from traditional investment banks' core business of trading stocks and bonds, but there's one area where they’re struggling ...