Showing posts with label Money Manager. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Money Manager. Show all posts

Sunday, 14 September 2008

Sigma Forex Partnership Services

Overall View:

Sigma helps a various groups of partners around the world to enlarge their business and expand the full
potential of the Forex market.

Sigma’s services include:

  • Introducing Brokers: Join our IB network and receive compensation for directing new clients to Sigma.
  • Money Managers: Full service trading capabilities, plus dedicated account management, client fund
    administration and reporting.
  • White Labels: White Label Program helps fitted firms set up an online presence in the Forex industry
    quickly and cost effectively.

A dedicated Partner Services team supports Sigma partners with a full range of account management services.
- Daily P&L, credits, commission allocation, etc.
- Account funding, transfers, allocations, etc.
- Customer on-boarding.

Sigma devotes serious effort to serve the emerging retail segment of the Forex community. Its commitment to providing an excellent customer service, innovative currency trading technology, and dealing practices, establishes Sigma as a notable force that traders look forward to for an advanced Forex charting, Forex news, and fund safety.

Customers funds deposited with Sigma, are held and maintained separately in separated trading accounts at our partner banks. Sigma also provides its customers a variety of account plans, and services to choose from when creating or adjusting a profile.

Sigma Forex Partnership Services

Partnership Services

Overall View:

Sigma helps a various groups of partners around the world to enlarge their business and expand the full
potential of the Forex market.

Sigma’s services include:

  • Introducing Brokers: Join our IB network and receive compensation for directing new clients to Sigma.
  • Money Managers: Full service trading capabilities, plus dedicated account management, client fund
    administration and reporting.
  • White Labels: White Label Program helps fitted firms set up an online presence in the Forex industry
    quickly and cost effectively.

A dedicated Partner Services team supports Sigma partners with a full range of account management services.
- Daily P&L, credits, commission allocation, etc.
- Account funding, transfers, allocations, etc.
- Customer on-boarding.





IRP states that an appreciation (depreciation) of one currency against another currency must be neutralized by a change in the interest rate differential. If US interest rates exceed Japanese interest rates, then the US dollar should depreciate against the Japanese yen by an amount that prevents riskless arbitrage. The future exchange rate is reflected into the forward exchange rate stated today. In our example, the forward exchange rate of the dollar is said to be at discount because it buys fewer Japanese yen in the forward rate than it does in the spot rate. The yen is said to be at a premium.
IRP showed no proof of working after the 1990s. Contrary to the theory, currencies with higher interest rates characteristically appreciated rather than depreciated on the reward of future containment of inflation and a higher yielding currency.

  • Balance of Payments Model

This model holds that a foreign exchange rate must be at its equilibrium level—the rate that produces a stable current account balance. A nation with a trade deficit will experience a reduction in its foreign exchange reserves, which ultimately lowers (depreciates) the value of its currency. The cheaper currency renders the nation' goods (exports) more affordable in the global market place while making imports more expensive. After an intermediate period, imports are forced down and exports rise, thus stabilizing the trade balance and the currency towards equilibrium.

Like PPP, the balance of payments model focuses largely on tradable goods and services, while ignoring the increasing role of global capital flows. In other words, money is not only chasing goods and services, but to a larger extent, financial assets such as stocks and bonds. Such flows go into the capital account item of the balance of payments, thus, balancing the deficit in the current account. The increase in capital flows has given rise to the Asset Market Model.

Sunday, 3 August 2008

Sigma Forex Withdrawal Methods


Withdrawal Methods

To withdraw funds from your account Please make sure that you have sufficient funds in place to cover the the necessary margin required for your open positions, after your requested withdrawal.

No requests for transfers to persons other than the account holder will be processed.

SigmaForex may require further identification or documentation in order to complete your request.

Please Note that transfer fees and bank charges may apply, and depend on the form of transfer.

Please note that we try to process the withdrawal request quickly. However, it may take up to 5 business days, depending on the method of transfer.

Your withdrawal from sigma account will be in an efficiently, secure and fast, you can withdraw money from your SigmaForex account at any time.

Withdrawal steps:

1. Login to your web account

2. Choose your withdrawal method

3. Fill the withdrawal form and write down the withdrawn amount


Partnership Services

Overall View:

Sigma helps a various groups of partners around the world to enlarge their business and expand the full
potential of the Forex market.

Sigma’s services include:

  • Introducing Brokers: Join our IB network and receive compensation for directing new clients to Sigma.
  • Money Managers: Full service trading capabilities, plus dedicated account management, client fund
    administration and reporting.
  • White Labels: White Label Program helps fitted firms set up an online presence in the Forex industry
    quickly and cost effectively.

A dedicated Partner Services team supports Sigma partners with a full range of account management services.
- Daily P&L, credits, commission allocation, etc.
- Account funding, transfers, allocations, etc.
- Customer on-boarding.

Monday, 5 May 2008

Forex Vs. Options | SigmaForex

Derivatives traders at the Chicago Board of Trade.Forex Vs. Options

Options are financial instruments that convey the right, but not the obligation, to engage in a future transaction on some underlying security. For example, buying a call option provides the right to buy a specified quantity of a security at a set strike price at some time on or before expiration, while buying a put option provides the right to sell. Upon the option holder's choice to exercise the option, the party who sold, or wrote, the option must fulfill the terms of the contract.

Types of options:

Exchange traded options (also called "listed options") is a class of exchange traded derivatives. Exchange traded options have standardized contracts, and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment guaranteed by the credit of the exchange. Since the contracts are standardized, accurate pricing models are often available. Exchange traded options include:

  1. Stock Options.
  2. Commodity Options.
  3. Bond options and other interest rate options.
  4. Index (equity) Options.
  5. Options on futures contracts.

Over-the-counter, or OTC options are traded between two private parties, and are not listed on an exchange. The terms of an OTC option are unrestricted and may be individually tailored to meet any business need. In general, at least one of the counterparties to an OTC option is a well-capitalized institution. Option types commonly traded over the counter include:

1) Interest rate options.
2) Currency cross rate options.
3) Options on swaps or swaptions.

Employee stock options are issued by a company to its employees as compensation.

Forex

Options

Largest and most liquid market in the world

Liquidity depends on underlying asset & expiry date

24-hour trading action for 5.5 days a week

Not 24-hour. Varying trading hours based on the exchanges

Easier to calculate stop beforehand

Difficult and unreliable to place stops on underlying asset

Minimum slippage and order errors

More room for slippage due to lack of liquidity

100:1 leverage on standard-sized accounts

Leverage depends on the type of option transaction you want to engage in. Selling Naked Calls or Puts generally requires a huge amount of margin

No commissions

Commissions on every trade

Most liquid market in the world

Limited liquidy

Limited risk, most forex brokers will automatically close your positions when your account balance goes to zero

It is possible to have a negative balance if you write an option

Instant executions, all-electronic market

Delayed fills possible


Money Manager

Elevate the quality of your trading, Money managers trading pooled or individual client funds benefit from Sigma’s trading and administrative tools and services.

With preferential rating access to Sigma’s research staff, sophisticated trading platform and reporting tools, Sigma’s money manager solution is one of the most competitive in the marketplace.

Sigma provides a dedicated team of account management specialists to provide ongoing back-office support, and help reduce your administrative responsibilities.

Highly developed trading platform

Our trading platform feature quality execution capabilities as well as advanced and easy-to-use order entry and position management tools, all in a secure friendly environment. A full suite of decision support tools, from charting to research, news and more, are also available to clients all for free.

Characteristic tools

Our proprietary tool offers money managers a comprehensive and efficient way to manage pooled customer funds and track portfolio performance. Accessible online, the system automatically journals percentages of your transactions from your Master account into your client's sub accounts at the close of each trade.

We also support the needs of money managers who wish to execute trades and place orders on a per account basis. Reporting capabilities are available directly within the application, as well as real-time margin and P&L.

Back-office support

Our Partner Services team is dedicated to providing full account management support to our money managers and your clients. Our customer support is 24 hours, customers may fund around the clock. Sigma’s Partner Services team is dedicated to providing Outstanding Compensation and full account management support.

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