Come Check Out Our New Look and New Features! 

Robert C. Gallagher said, "Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine."

Well, it's time for change at Forexturtle. You'v probably noticed over the last couple of weeks that the site has been gradually morphing into something different. I hate surprises and abrupt change so I decided to take my time and modify things at a comfortable pace.

The changes won't affect any of our content, so all the links that you rely on today will remain the same. However, we needed more real-estate to bring you some exciting new features. To get a preview of the new look, check out any of the pages in our Resources section. The new look should be completed by the end of this year.

When we're finished it should be much easier to find information that it used to take a few clicks to find. Hopefully, I'll get the new Turtle Labs implemented in the next couple of weeks. Turtle Labs will give you a look at the new features and products we're working on.

In addition, the new FX Options feature is almost ready to fly on its own. I've already installed an Economic Calendar and resurrected our Forex Market Reports. You can already sign up to get our free nightly Sentiment Flash and we'll soon be publishing nightly Currency Option strategies that require us to analyze more than 32,000 option combinations every night. More on that later...

If you haven't visited our new online store, stop by and give it a peek.

With the unexpected onset of the global financial crisis, regulation has taken on renewed importance.  While countries are scrambling to get their financial houses in order, the Forex industry is feeling the impact of the reaction.  The rules are changing and, along with them, the opportunities for trading and growing successful Forex businesses has changed also.

Smaller brokerages are closing their doors or getting swallowed up by larger, more resilient firms.  And everyone is taking "regulation" more seriously.  

We've found that most retail traders don't really understand a lot about regulation and how it affords them some measure of protection in a still burgeoning industry.  

Some firms claim they are "regulated" when they are really only "licensed" and a lot of traders don't understand that distinction and how it could impact their trading accounts.

So we have decided to attempt to clarify each Forex broker's regulatory status as best we can.  Our first step is to review each Forex broker in our database and add links to the regulatory authorities with which they are registered.  We have added a "Regulation" pane to our company profiles. You can see an example at GAIN Capital's company profile.  

Along the way we will be posting articles explaining what these agencies do and how your Forex broker's registration with them either does or does not afford you any protection.  

We think you're going to be surprised at some of the things we've discovered.