founded 2006 headquarters london united kingdom key people charalambos psimolophitis ceo denis sukhotin chairman services online forex trading precious metals trading cfds futures shares trading number of employees 170 citation needed website www.fxpro.co.uk fxpro is a london based european online broker providing contracts for difference cfd on foreign exchange shares futures and precious metals primarily to retail clients . 1 fxpro has operations in london and cyprus and is regulated by a number of regulatory authorities . 2 3 4 contents 1 history 2 trading facilities 3 regulatory information 4 sponsorships 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit fxpro was founded as euroorient securities & financial services ltd 5 in 2006 in cyprus by denis sukhotin . 6 7 fxpro began its expansion with the opening of representative offices in austria 8 france citation needed spain 9 and russia . citation needed in 2010 fxpro was granted regulation and licensing by the uk s financial conduct authority financial services authority at that time and opened its london office . 4 in 2010 the broker was voted forex provider of the year at the financial times investors chronicle investment awards 2010 ft ic investment awards . the awards are voted by readers of the ft and ic in a series of questionnaires in which they submit their views of the providers they use . the brokers are scored on a range of issues including ease of contact commissions and charges administration financial security the quality of their research and the range of services offered . 10 the scores are collated by an independent research house and are used to identify the winners in each category . in 2011 the company opened an office in australia however it shut this down in march 2013 and moved those clients to its cyprus and uk operations after new capital regulations came into force in australia . 11 12 in 2011 fxpro started offering electronic communication network ecn trading access to some of its clients . 13 in 2012 fxpro moved away from being a market maker in favour of a no dealing desk ndd or agency model . this means that trades are now passed straight through to liquidity providers . 14 15 trading facilities edit the company provides traders a choice between the metatrader 4 and ctrader trading platforms . clients using the mt4 platform from metaquotes software also have the option of a web based alternative 16 and several mobile trading versions . the company s ctrader platform spotware provides ecn traders with greater price depth and volume weighted average price vwap . ctrader is compatible with calgo an algorithmic trading platform that allows clients to create trading robots and run them in ctrader so as to fully automate the trading process . citation needed since 2013 the company has been engaged in making algorithmic trading accessible to the retail sector . it launched quant a web based strategy building solution for the mt4 platform that allows users to create their own trading robots called expert advisors using a drag and drop interface or to download them from the company s ea library . quant unlike calgo which requires knowledge of c enables users to create automated strategies using technical indicators and logical operators without any prior coding knowledge . 17 in october 2013 fxpro launched its proprietary investment platform fxpro supertrader which gives retail or institutional investors the ability to allocate funds to a number of strictly vetted and performance rated fx trading strategies . 18 in march 2015 the company announced support of metatrader 5 platform . 19 regulatory information edit fxpro uk limited a wholly owned subsidiary of fxpro group ltd is licensed and fully regulated in the united kingdom by the financial conduct authority . 4 fxpro uk limited formerly acted as an introducer to its parent company and did not provide any brokerage services or hold client funds until june 2012 when the company upgraded its fca license so it could accept uk clients . 20 fxpro financial services limited is licensed and regulated by the cyprus securities and exchange commission cysec . in 2007 the eu s markets in financial instruments directive mifid came into effect . this allows firms that are regulated in cyprus to provide investment services anywhere within the european union . 3 sponsorships edit fxpro has used sponsorship of sporting events as a key way to promote itself these sponsorships have included bmw sauber f1 ahead of the 2009 formula 1 season it was announced that fxpro would be an official sponsor of the bmw sauber f1 team . fxpro s logo appeared on the front wing and side mirrors of the car as well as on the drivers overalls helmets and pit lane equipment . 21 virgin racing in december 2009 fxpro announced that it would be one of the sponsors of sir richard branson s new f1 racing team virgin racing . 22 fia world championship rally cyprus fxpro is the first main sponsor of the wrc cyprus rally which rejoined the wrc calendar in 2009 and forms part of the 12 round championship . 23 irc 2010 cyprus rally fxpro was title sponsor of the irc s 2010 cyprus rally a mixed surface rally which took place in the countryside around limassol cyprus . 23 fulham football club in june 2010 fulham f.c. announced a shirt sponsorship deal with fxpro . 24 aston villa football club in june 2010 aston villa announced a shirt sponsorship deal with fxpro the most lucrative in the club s history . 25 as monaco fc club in 2011 it was announced that fxpro would be the official partner of as monaco fc . 26 afc champions league in 2011 fxpro was the official partner of the asian football confederation champions league asia s premier club football tournament . 27 fxpro super rugby in 2012 fxpro became the domestic naming rights partner of five australian sanzar super rugby teams nsw waratahs queensland reds melbourne rebels western force and the brumbies . 28 see also edit list of foreign exchange 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sydney cnw . 16 november 2011 . retrieved 16 april 2015 . greenberg michael 3 march 2013 . fxpro shuts down australian office updated . finance magnates . retrieved 16 april 2015 . greenberg michael 5 april 2011 . fxpro launches ctrader an ecn platform . finance magnates . retrieved 16 april 2015 . greenberg michael 9 july 2012 . fxpro group moves to agency model . finance magnates . retrieved 16 april 2015 . eleutheriou nancy 15 july 2013 . forex trading and the agency model . binaryoptionswire . archived from the original on 6 april 2015 . retrieved 16 april 2015 . new mt4 webtrader platform available with fxpro press release . london cnw . 29 august 2014 . retrieved 16 april 2015 . fxpro unveils a ground breaking strategy building tool press release . london cnw . 22 may 2013 . retrieved 16 april 2015 . hatzakis steven 17 october 2013 . fxpro announces launch of supertrader platform for copy trading . financemagnates . retrieved 16 april 2015 . fxpro mt5 now live press release . london cnw . 16 march 2015 . retrieved 16 april 2015 . greenberg michael 25 june 2012 . fxpro launches fxpro uk under fsa license . financemagnates . retrieved 16 april 2015 . long michael 4 march 2009 . bmw sauber formula one team lands new sponsor . sportspromedia.com . retrieved 16 april 2015 . virgin racing stars team up with fxpro to release new f1 game . autoracing.com . 13 july 2010 . retrieved 16 april 2015 . a b cyprus rally history 1970 2014 . cyprusrally.com.cy . retrieved 16 april 2015 . thomas joe 28 june 2010 . lg replaced by fxpro as fulham f.c shirt sponsor . marketingmagazine.co.uk . retrieved 16 april 2015 . aston villa confirm fxpro as new shirt sponsor from 2010 11 . astonvillacentral.com . 10 june 2010 . retrieved 16 april 2015 . forex broker fxpro becomes official sponsor of as monaco fc press release . london pr newswire . 25 april 2011 . retrieved 16 april 2015 . greenberg michael 13 april 2011 . fxpro to sponsor the asian football confederation afc champions league . finance magnates . retrieved 16 april 2015 . aru announces super rugby sponsor . espn . 16 november 2011 . retrieved 16 april 2015 . external links edit official website fxpro on facebook fxpro on twitter fxpro on google video on youtube retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fxpro & oldid 739117616 categories financial derivative trading companiesfinancial services companies of cyprus2006 establishments in cypruscompanies established in 2006foreign exchange companiesonline brokeragesfinancial services companies based in londonhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2015twitter username not in wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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