DE EN FR NL Clients Contact About us OPEN AN ACCOUNT Demo Webinars & Seminars NEWS Forum Options Futures Forex CFD NEWS Spread EURO FX future 0,5 pip - January 2016 The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) recently changed the minimum spread on its Euro FX future (CEX) to 0,5 pip. This spread reduction makes the EUR/USD future more competitive versus standard spot forex contracts. With an average daily volume of more than $30 billion this is one of the most liquid places to trade forex. Interviews with professional traders - January 2016 On the occasion of the World of Trading fair WH SelfInvest interviewed five professional traders: Birger Schäfermeier, Michael Voigt, Rene Wolfram, Thorsten Helbig and Erdal Cene. In addition we interviewed a representative of the Eurex exchange regarding the Eurex's recent launch of the Mini-DAX future. The interviews, which are in German, can be found in this list. 30 new technical indicators - December 2015 The range of technical indicators available in the NanoTrader platform has been expanded with 30 new indicators: Adaptive moving average, Aroon oscillator, Aroon oscillator divergence, ATR dynamic bands, BB minimax width, BB Squeeze, BB Width, Coloured MA, DEMA plus, Double stochastics, Dynamic RSI, Dynamic RSI WV, Hull MA, Linear regression, MACD trendmeter, MACD trendmeter signal, Monthly pivot points, My TRIX, Pivot MA, Pivot points, Pivot points monthly, Pivot points weekly, QQE, RAVI, Stochastics RSI, Three crows, TRIXX, VHF, Weekly pivot points, Woody commodity channel. 169 indicators are now available in NanoTrader. In addition there are indicators made by clients. Two new drawing tools - November 2015 The range of drawing tools in the NanoTrader trading platform has been expanded to include Andrews Pitchfork and the ABCD tool. WHS FutureStation Nano now called WHS NanoTrader - November 2015 As part of our transition to a new, superior technological infrastructure our popular, in-house trading platform, WHS FutureStation Nano, has been renamed WHS NanoTrader. As before, the WHS NanoTrader platform allows the trading of options, CFD, forex and futures. New website - October 2015 Our new website is now available. Besides the new look and feel a particular novelty are the "I want to" buttons. These buttons allow active investors to search for their particular trading interests. They can then see which elements from our offer meet their particular needs. Broker comparison: WH SelfInvest designated TOP BROKER fourth time in a row - September 2015 The editors of the prestigious financial publishing house "Fuchs-Briefe" have reviewed all brokers in Germany. The service level, the overall offer, the quality of advice and the transparency were the main criteria which were analysed. Once again WH SelfInvest was awarded a top broker spot. Over the years WH SelfInvest figures consistently at the top of this prestigious broker award. A performance unrivalled in the brokerage industry. Fuchs-Briefe states "Consistent top performance + first class service and support". New screener and new scalping trading strategy - July 2015 The famous Bread&Butter screener has been added to the platform. This screener designed by Dr. Thomas K. Carr screens for forex pairs, indices and stocks which are in a clear trend but which are currently deviating from their trend. The trading strategies in the platform have been expanded with a strategy for scalpers and daytraders: T-line scalping. Broker-Test Euro am Sonntag: WH SelfInvest nr. 1 in client service - June 2015 The readers of Germany’s biggest financial press group were asked for their opinions regarding their brokers. WH SelfInvest again took first place in what is arguably the most important category: client service. CFD, Forex & Futures: TRADING STORE - May 2015 Several new trading tools and strategies have been added to the store. Some of the tools and strategies have been programmed exclusively for WH SelfInvest by well-known traders such as Rene Wolfram (futures trading), Alain Weisrock, Valentin Rossiwall and Tobias Heitkötter (futures trading). Platform users can rent or buy from the trading store. Visit the store. Traders in Germany, Austria and Switzerland reward WH SelfInvest - March 2015 In one of the main 2015 German language broker comparisons active investors voted WH SelfInvest "Nr. 1 Futures Broker" and "Nr. 3 CFD Broker". Thank you everybody who voted for WH SelfInvest. CFD, Forex & Futures: TRADING STORE - March 2015 Active investors using the WHS FutureStation Nano platform can buy or rent via the store, apps, tools and strategies programmed by well-known traders such as Michael Voigt, Birger Schäfermeier or Eric Lefort. The store automatically activates your purchase in your trading platform. The whole procedure is simple. Visit the store. CFD & Forex: MT4 mobile solutions - January 2015 Our platform offer has been expanded with the mobile solutions for the MT4 trading platform. The MT4 mobile solution offers traders the possibility to trade Forex and CFD directly from their smartphones. If you would like to test a real-time demo of the MT4 platform please click here. CFD, Forex & Futures: 15 new tools and indicators - December 2014 15 Useful tools and indicators have been added to the WHS FutureStation Nano trading platform. Each of these 15 tools and indicators were proposed by clients and programmed by WH SelfInvest. All clients can use them for free. Clear descriptions of each tool and indicator can be found on this webpage. Forex: commission-based forex - November 2014 Our commission-based forex offer has been a success from the start. This allows us to reduce the minimum account requirement to € 5.000 only. CFD & Forex: your wishes have become reality - October 2014 The WHS ProStation trading platform now offers traders the possibilities (A) to be long and short on the same instrument at the same time, and (B) to attach specific orders to specific parts of an open position. The first in - first out principle is now no longer the only possibility. In addition to these two exciting novelties, the drawing tools have been equipped with HotKeys and nice default layouts have been added. CFD, Forex & Futures: 8 new screeners and scanners - September 2014 8 Screeners and scanners have been added to the WHS FutureStation trading platform. All screeners and scanners are free for clients. Signals based on some of the screeners and scanners are posted in our trading forum (section Trend Trading Tips). If you would like to know more about screeners and scanners in general and these 8 in particular you can visit this webpage. A revolution ... GROUP TRADING - August 2014 This unique service allows traders to trade together in real-time groups. You can join an existing trading group or you can start your own. Some groups are animated by famous traders, others unite trader-friends who trade according to similar philosophies. There are groups without interaction which simply allow participants to look for interesting orders or positions. Detailed information can be found by visiting the group trading website. Broker comparison: WH SelfInvest designated TOP BROKER third time in a row - July 2014 Once again, the editors of the prestigious financial publishing house "Fuchs-Briefe" have reviewed all brokers in Germany. The service level, the overall offer, the quality of advice and the transparency were the main criteria which were analysed. For the first time the important distinction was made between introducing brokers (send clients to licensed brokers but have no license themselves) and licensed brokers such as WH SelfInvest. Out of a total of 23 brokers WH SelfInvest was considered the best choice … for the third consecutive year. According to Fuchs-Briefe, WH SelfInvest is "recommended without reservations" and "again delivers a brilliant performance". Also "Thanks to a wide product range and an excellent service even the highest expectations are met". CFD: Market data - June 2014 In order to increase their revenues several exchanges have decided to significantly increase their charges to traders using their market prices. Given the limited interest in these markets and in order to avoid passing on these costs to our clients we have decided to halt access to the following markets: Sidney, Hong Kong, Oslo, Stockholm, Milan and Helsinki. Futures & options: mobile trading platform - May 2014 Futures clients using the WHS FutureStation Nano in conjunction with our CQG datafeed now have a mobile trading platform at their disposal. With their username and password they can log in to the new "CQG M" mobile trading platform. CQG M is free and can be used on PCs, tablets and mobile phones. Futures: more trading platforms - May 2014 Using our new CQG datafeed clients can connect a great variety of trading platforms of their own choice to our order execution. Examples include NinjaTrader, Multicharts, QTrader and SierraCharts. Options on futures - May 2014 Clients with a futures account can now also trade options on futures. Options and futures are held on the same account and benefit from a combined margin calculation. To keep things simple … the option order commissions are the same as our low futures order commissions. We start by offering options quoted on the Eurex, CME and Euronext. The most important options on futures are those on DAX, CAC, Dow, AEX, S&P, SMI, Bund, gold, oil and the EUR/USD. Forum: Forex signals - May 2014 Our popular trading forum has been expanded with forex trading signals (subforum: FOREX today). The signals are based on Eric Lefort’s bullish breakout strategy. Each signal is illustrated with a chart. At the end of the day we post a recap of the selected signals and their results. You can find the forum here. CFD, Forex & Futures: 3 new free trading signals - May 2014 Three new free trading signals have been added to the trading platform. The first signal allows you to combine different candlestick patterns. The second signal is based on MACD divergence. The third signal is the popular Bullish Breakout signal. Both the MACD Divergence and the Bullish Breakout signals are created by French author-trader Eric Lefort. More about these signals Traders in Germany, Austria and Switzerland reward WH SelfInvest - April 2014 Thousands of consumers participating in one the major German language broker comparisons have rewarded WH SelfInvest with 3 significant results: n° 1 Futures broker, n° 2 CFD broker and n° 4 Forex broker. WH SelfInvest was the only broker which succeeded in scoring a top 5 position in all 3 categories. Thank you to all traders who voted for us. Unique monthly trading competition - February 2014 Participants can convert their competition profit into an account opening bonus. Registration and participation is free. But ... it is not a traditional competition which can be won with one all-or-nothing trade using unrealistic leverage. Consistent, stable results and demonstrable trading skills on the other hand receive extra rewards. The main prize is 1.000 €. Traders and spectators can follow the competition via the interesting day and overall rankings table. Forum: Daily analyses CAC, DAX & FTSE MIB - February 2014 Our ever popular trading forum has been expanded with daily analyses of the CAC, DAX and FTSE MIB. These analyses identify the day’s trend and the price level at which it may turn. Traders benefit from the trading ideas based on key price objectives. Each analysis comes illustrated with a useful chart. You can find the forum here. CFD: spread reductions of up to -33% - February 2014 We are pleased to announce spread reductions on the following CFDs: future China A50 (30 → 20), cash Hong Kong Hang Seng (10 → 8), future Hong Kong 50 (25 → 16), cash Italy MIB (10 → 8), future High Grade Copper (0,8 → 0,6), future US Coffee (0,6 → 0,5) and future US Cotton (0,3 → 0,25). CFD: Eurodollar, Corn, Milling wheat, Rapeseed - January 2014 Starting 2 February the CFD offer will be expanded to include 4 CFDs on the above instruments. All these instruments trade on Euronext. The parameters of each the CFDs on these instruments can, as usual, be found in the products table. CFD, Forex & Futures: 3 new free trading strategies - January 2014 Three new free trading strategies have been added to the platform. They are all easy to understand, trend-following strategies. Each strategy trades (or doesn’t trade) at a particular point in time. The Morning Buy EU and Morning Buy US strategies trade the EU and US market indices. The EUR/USD High Noon strategy covers the EUR/USD. In total there are now 45 complete strategies available for free in the platform. Forex: Russian Ruble (RUB) - January 2014 2 New pairs based on the Russian Ruble have been added to the forex offer: GBP/RUB and RUB/JPY. World of Trading: Best trading platform award - November 2013 WH SelfInvest received the "best trading platform" award on Germany’s biggest trading fair, the World of Trading. WH FutureStation Nano allows users to trade CFDs, forex and futures. They can trade manually, semi-automatically and automatically … all without programming. The FutureStation Nano platform is also known for its integrated trading signals, strategies and professional trader drawing tools. Click here to download a free WHS FutureStation Nano demo. Spectacular master trader tools - October 2013 A brand new category of trading tools has been added to the WHS FutureStation Nano platform. These new drawing tools support the trading techniques of well-known professional traders. The first two traders are Michael Voigt and Erdal Cene. You have read their books? Participated in their webinars and seminars? You are sitting alone at home ready to trade on the basis of their techniques but you do not know how to start? These are THE tools for you. Broker-Test Deutsches Kundeninstitut: WH SelfInvest "5 stars" - October 2013 In a survey performed by the German Consumer-instute in June 2013 clients awarded WH SelfInvest 5 stars. Clients praised in particular our offer’s value-for-money, our client service, the different trading platforms, the simplicity of our website and the excellent order execution. The survey concentrated on clients of companies with a broker’s license. Companies without a license who only introduce clients to other brokers were, correctly, not considered as brokers. Broker-Test Euro am Sonntag - WH SelfInvest "excellent" - September 2013 The readers of Germany’s biggest financial press group were asked for their opinions regarding their brokers. Competing with 14 other brokers WH SelfInvest took first place in 4 out of 5 categories: "best CFD broker", "best client service", "best CFD offer" and "best value-for-money offer". More information. 15.000 Traders have voted - WH SelfInvest clients are the most satisfied traders - August 2013 In the world’s biggest broker analysis Investment Trends confirms yet again that WH SelfInvest has the highest level of client satisfaction. WH SelfInvest scores first in no less than 13 out of 20 service categories and scores highest overall. "We have never seen such a high level of client satisfaction" states Chief Analyst Tim Cobb. CFD, Forex & Futures: 2 new free trading signals - August 2013 Two new free trading signals have been added to the trading platform. One signal is based on the closing of intra-day gaps. The other signal allows traders to define and test their own candlestick patterns. Cloud trading (VPS) - July 2013 A cloud trading solution is available for our FutureStation and MT4 trading platforms. This service is top quality and highly professional. The dedicated WHS servers are hosted in a secure underground building in one of the most modern technology centers in Europe, managed according to the regulations of the German financial services regulator. Latency is extremely low. Cloud trading is also excellent for Apple Mac owners wishing to use our trading platforms. Additionally, clients can use IOS and Android apps to connect from mobile devices. Execute one trade per day and get a -50% discount on this service. Execute two trades per day and the cloud service is free. CFD, Forex & Futures: 2 new free trading strategies - July 2013 Two new free trading strategies have been added to the trading platform: MACD Triple and Break-out Big Candle. CFD, Forex & Futures: new WHS FutureStation express functions - June 2013 Five new express functions are available for the platform. These functions allow users to: format dates and times more easily, send out an e-mail alert for any type of event and, use indicators, stops and targets based on a higher timeframe than the timeframe of the main chart. Detailed descriptions are available in the Express function manual. CFD, Forex & Futures: spectacular new trading tool - June 2013 We have started a new "trading signals" library. The first four signals have now been added to the WHS FutureStation platform. In total over 100 trading signals will be available. The "trading signals" library complements the existing "trading strategies" library which currently contains 42 strategies. From the library you can select a trading signal which fits the market situation. A rebound is losing strength? Select a false rebound signal. A volatile market which changes direction frequently? Select a reversal signal. WHS opens office in Switzerland - June 2013 With the approval of the Swiss regulator, FINMA, WH SelfInvest has opened a representative office in Zurich, Switzerland. Sales and support are available in French, German and Italian. The office has a large presentation room and the Swiss team will frequently organize free presentations, seminars and platform training sessions. Broker comparison: WH SelfInvest, market leader with BEST customer service & BEST trader tools - May 2013 In the most recent Investment Trends report regarding French brokers WH SelfInvest was yet again rated as "the broker with the best customer service in France". Our massive offer of free trader tools was also again rated as the best. These two best scores are the proof of our dedication to the client category we serve, the serious active investors and traders. CFD, Forex & Futures: 3 new free trading strategies - April 2013 Three new free trading strategies have been added to the trading platform: one day trading strategy called Turtle Soup, one swing trading strategy for stocks and a day trading strategy based on the "fear index" VIX. CFD, Forex & Futures: WHS support forum - March 2013 A new WH SelfInvest support forum has been put in place. The forum covers five languages. Besides the language sections there is a dedicated section related to Express programming in WHS FutureStation Nano. CFD & Forex: CFD via MT4 - March 2013 It is now possible to also trade CFDs via the WHS MetaTrader 4 trading platform. 16 CFDs (all the major indices and gold) have been added to the forex offer. Futures: Ninjatrader platform - March 2013 NinjaTrader has been added to the trading platform range. This solution combines NinjaTrader with our top of the range futures quotes and order execution. CFD: spread reduction on indices, gold and Brent - February 2013 We are pleased to announce spread reductions on the following CFD: UK100 (underlying FTSE), US SPX (underlying SP500), US2000 (underlying Russell 2000), gold and Brent crude oil. CFD, Forex & Futures: 4 new free trading strategies - February 2013 Four new free trading strategies have been added to the trading platform: three strategies for the EUR/USD, including one based on pivot points and one strategy for market indices and the EUR/USD. Three of these strategies are strategies who trade at a specific point in time (7h30, 22h30 and 9h20). CFD: Highly correlated stocks in WHS TechScan - February 2013 Pair trading strategies are aimed at profiting from price divergence/convergence between two stocks. This form of trading is most suitable with stocks which are highly correlated. Two stocks are correlated when their prices tend to move in sync. Traders can now search for highly correlated stocks in WHS TechScan. A first query gives, for each stock of a given market index, the five most correlated stocks within that market index. A second query gives, for each stock of a given industry sector, the most correlated stocks within that industry sector. CFD, Forex & Futures: Manual of Express functions - January 2013 This manual gives a detailed description of 80 express functions. WHS FutureStation Nano users can now use it to create exciting features (e.g. alerts, sounds, labels, … ), customized stops and targets and many other useful tools. Futures: Trading in Japan? - January 2013 The CME Nikkei Index Futures and the EUR-JPY Currency Futures have been added to our product range. Full historical data is available. CFD, Forex & Futures: 3 new free trading strategies - January 2013 Three new free trading strategies have been added to the trading platform: a strategy based on automated trend lines, a strategy based on the Kaufman efficiency ratio and a strategy from Larry Connors based on the RSI. CFD & Forex : Amazon Kindle trading platform - December 2012 The WHS ProStation trading platform is now also available for the Amazon Kindle Fire. The platform is as usual free. Clients can log in with their existing user. To Amazon. Broker comparison: WH SelfInvest once again best CFD Broker - October 2012 After the first test in 2010, the editors of the "Fuchs-Briefe" (German financial market periodical) carried out a detailed review of all CFD brokers in Germany. Among other criteria, accessibility of the trading platform, price quotation, product range, regulation and deposit protection were considered. Since 2010 WH SelfInvest has been the only broker to have been elected consecutively "Best CFD Broker"! The Fuchs-Briefe have described WH SelfInvest as "unreservedly recommendable", as WH SelfInvest is convincing with an excellent service standard which, according to the conclusion of the survey, "is not only proclaimed but also lived". Forex: commission based FX - October 2012 High volume FX traders can now profit from our interbank-like price feed. This feed offers spreads as low as 0.1 on nearly 30 FX pairs. Traders using this feed will pay an additional commission based on the monthly traded volume. Forex: Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNH) - October 2012 2 new pairs based on the Chinese Yuan Renminbi have been added to the forex offer (Spot and CFD): USD/CNH and CNH/JPY. In total WH SelfInvest now offers 131 forex pairs. CFD & Forex: Android trading platform - July 2012 Our WHS ProStation trading platform is now available for Android. This version completes the download version, the web version and the mobile version. The platform is free. Clients can log in with their existing userID. To find WHS ProStation on Google Play click here. CFD, Forex & Futures: 3 additional free trading strategies - June 2012 Three new free trading strategies have been added to the trading platform: a scalping strategy designed by French trader-author Stéphane Ceaux-Dutheil, a divergence strategy based on the price slope versus the RSI slope and a day trading strategy based on the groundbreaking LiveStatistics. CFD, Forex & futures : LiveStatistics - May 2012 The WHS FutureStation trading platform has been expanded with an exciting new module called LiveStatistics. This module allows active investors to identify trade opportunities in an easy and unique way. You can read more about this pioneering innovation in the LiveStatistics guide. CFD: spread reduction on gold - May 2012 We are pleased to announce another spread reduction on the (mini) Gold CFDs. The spread, previously 5 will now be as low as 3 (0,3 on the mini). The value of 1 point remains $10 ($1 on the mini). CFD, Forex: Trade Ideas - March 2012 The new Trade Ideas tool is available directly in the trading platforms. Trade Ideas scans 17 forex pairs in real-time and gives trading signals based on technical analysis. Each signal consists of an entry price, a price objective and the expected time period in which the price move should happen. CFD & Forex: new iPad trading platform - March 2012 A new advanced iPad version of the WHS ProStation trading platform is now available. As usual it is free. Clients can log in with their existing userID. A detailed user guide is at your disposal. Forex: FX Options - January 2012 Forex options are now available on 13 forex pairs: AUD/USD, EUR/CHF, EUR/GBP, EUR/JPY, EUR/PLN, EUR/USD, GBP/CHF, GBP/USD, USD/CAD, USD/CHF, USD/JPY, USD/MXN and USD/PLN. Prices are quoted from Sunday night to Friday night. CFD, Forex & Futures: 20 Additional technical indicators - January 2012 Over the coming months 80 technical analysis indicators will be added to the WHS FutureStation Nano platform. This second release contains another 20 indicators such as Envelopes, STARC Bands, Dynamic Momentum, TRIX and TEMA. New office in Paris - November 2011 WH SelfInvest has rented larger offices at 23-25 rue de Berri in Paris. Clients and prospects can be received in these new offices from January 2012 onwards for seminars, presentations and training courses. Until this time we remain at your disposal in our usual offices at 8 rue de Berri. CFD, Forex & Futures: Multi-core processing technology - November 2011 Multiple cores or processors within one PC are becoming mainstream. Today a normal PC could have 2 to 16 cores. WHS FutureStation Nano has undergone intense internal rework to make the best of this new technology. The platform now dispatches tasks dynamically to all cores. This significantly increases performance particularly in the evaluation of studies and the drawing of charts. CFD, Forex & Futures: 20 Additional technical indicators - November 2011 Over the coming months 80 technical analysis indicators will be added to the WHS FutureStation Nano platform. This second release contains another 20 indicators such as Fast Stochastics, Forecast Oscillator, Fractal, Linear Regression Slope, Klinger and Market Facilitation. Forex: MetaTrader 4 platform - October 2011 MT4 has been added to the trading platform range. This solution combines MT4 -liked for its Expert Advisors- with our top of the range pricing and order execution. WH SelfInvest offers the MT4 platform at no cost. CFD, Forex & Futures: New Trading Guide - September 2011 The popular WH SelfInvest Trading Guide has been completely updated. CFDs, futures and forex are now combined in one single document. The new guide contains a lot of material concerning financial instruments, technology, selecting a broker, trader errors, etc. Click for the new trading guide. CFD, Forex & Futures: 5 additional free trading strategies - September 2011 Five new free trading strategies have been added to the trading platform. This edition contains two strategies which are based on volatility. One has been developed by the German author/trader Claus Grube, the other by French author/trader Eric Lefort. Furthermore, an additional three break-out strategies based on candle patterns are now available. CFD, Forex & Futures: 20 Additional technical indicators - August 2011 Over the coming months 80 technical analysis indicators will be added to the WHS FutureStation platform. The first release contains 20 indicators grouped into 4 categories. Included are Keltner Channel, Commodity Channel, Alligator, Chande momentum and, Chaikin oscillator. CFD: Greek stocks - July 2011 The CFD offer has been expanded to include 20 CFDs on stocks which trade on the Athens market. Well-known names are National Bank of Greece and Hellenic Telecom. CFD, Forex & Futures: 4 More free trading strategies - June 2011 Four free trading strategies have been added to the trading platforms. This release contains two strategies based on candlestick patterns. One from a trader in Germany, the other from the magazine "Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities". The other two new strategies are interesting reversal strategies from trader John F. Carter. CFD, Forex & Futures: Automated orders based on technical indicators - June 2011 The new "TacticOrders" in WHS FutureStation allow clients to automatically open positions based on their technical indicators. As usual in WHS FutureStation, absolutely no programming is required. Discover this exciting new functionality: watch movie CFD & Forex: Reuters and Dow Jones trader news feeds - May 2011 In addition to the free news feed clients can now subscribe to three professional trader news feeds: Dow Jones Global Investment News, Dow Jones FX Select and Reuters. The monthly subscription is only € 15 for all three. CFD, Forex & Futures: 5 More free trading strategies - April 2011 Five additional free trading strategies have been added to the trading platforms. This release contains two strategies based on the Ichimoku system. A strategy from trader John F. Carter. A strategy based on divergence. And, a strategy for day trading the EUR/USD. CFD & Forex: iPhone, iPod, iPad trading platform - March 2011 Our WHS ProStation trading platform is now available for iPhone, iPod and iPad. This version completes the download version, the web version and the mobile version. The platform is free. Clients can log in with their existing userID. To find WHS ProStation on iTunes click here. Forex: Russian Ruble (RUB) - March 2011 2 New pairs based on the Russian Ruble have been added to the forex offer (Spot and CFD): USD/RUB and EUR/RUB. In total WH SelfInvest now offers 129 forex pairs. Forex: Ever lower forex spreads - January 2011 As is the habit at WH SelfInvest we share advantages with our clients. Due to important increases in volume we have been able to significantly lower the minimum spreads on 9 Forex pairs. Spreads on these pairs can now be as low as… AUD/JPY 1,4 pips EUR/USD 0,8 pip NZD/USD 0,8 pip AUD/USD 0,8 pip GBP/JPY 2 pips USD/CHF 0,8 pip EUR/JPY 1 pip GBP/USD 0,8 pip USD/JPY 0,8 pip More free trading strategies - December 2010 Another batch of free trading strategies has been added to the trading platforms. In total, 100+ free trading strategies will be available. Each strategy is accompanied by a clear description, movies and practical implementation notes. This release contains strategies submitted by known traders/authors from France and Germany. In addition there are strategies based on two important but less known trading concepts: retracements and divergences. Broker comparison: WH SelfInvest Best Broker in France - November 2010 The readers of the popular French magazine La Vie Financière - MoneyWeek have given the highest overall score to WH SelfInvest hereby electing the company to "Best Broker". Readers were requested to score each broker on 12 different criteria. WH SelfInvest scored (equal) highest in no less than 9 out of 12 criteria! The highest scores were obtained in Lowest commissions (includes spread), Order execution efficiency, Access to foreign markets, Telephone access, Management of stop and limit orders and Tools and trading platforms. You can read the full article here. CFD & Forex: REVOLUTION - November 2010 The famous WHS FutureStation (Nano Trader) platform has now been made available for CFD and Forex trading. This popular platform is unbeatable in semi-automatic and automatic trading. Users can make strategies without programming. The back-testing is phenomenal and real-time. With one userID clients can access all the trading platforms WH SelfInvest offers: WHS Prostation (incl. Web and Mobile) and WHS FutureStation. Futures: Significant price reductions - November 2010 The monthly subscription rates for WHS FutureStation have been significantly reduced for futures trading. The subscription for WHS Futurestation with intraday historic data has been reduced by -20%. The version with full long-term historic data has been reduced by -11%. In addition all modules which were previously paying (Automated trading, Express and, Optimizer) are now 100% free. CFD: Narrower spread AEX - October 2010 The CFD based on the AEX index (symbol N25) has been offered since some time with an even narrower spread of 0,2. This spread is available until 22h00. Futures: More historical data - October 2010 Our historical data offer has been expanded with 5 currency futures. Clients with access to historical data will see their choice expanded with the following futures: Australian Dollar (6A), Canadian Dollar (6C), New Zealand Dollar (6N), Swiss Franc (6S), Mini Yen (J7). There is no additional cost attached to this new historical data. Free trading strategies - September 2010 Six free trading strategies have been added to the trading platforms. More strategies will be added shortly. In total, clients will have more than 100 free trading strategies at their disposal. Each strategy is accompanied by a clear description, movies and practical implementation notes. The strategies can be implemented manually or automatically. There are strategies for all types of trading (swing, day …) and all financial instruments (forex, CFD, futures …). The strategies are free for WH SelfInvest clients. Pattern recognition: WHS AutoChartist - September 2010 Clients can now use WHS AutoChartist, our new professional chart pattern recognition tool. This tool is free and automatically identifies all important chart patterns as well as all six Fibonacci chart patterns. Chart patterns are a valuable source of trading signals. Traders get an automatic notification on their screen when a chart pattern is about to appear. Pairs trading - September 2010 Pairs trading (also called long-short trading or market neutral trading) is a strategy used by all institutional investors. A web page containing a clear explanation of this strategy has been added to our website. A new functionality to identify and analyze pairs has been added to WHS TechScan module. WHS FutureStation already contained a tool to plot and analyze pairs. If you are interested in swing trading it will be worth your while to look into pairs trading. Forex: Fractional pips - August 2010 Starting 9 August forex spreads will be quoted in fractional pips i.e. one decimal smaller than a pip. If, for example, the price goes up the spread would now evolve from 1,3201 – 1,3202 to 1,3202 – 1,3203. With fractional pips the price could now evolve as follows for example, 1,32011 – 1,32021, 1,32012 – 1,32022, 1,32013 – 1,32023 etc. This brings our quoting to the highest industrial standard in the institutional forex market. New independent broker review: WH SelfInvest no. 1 - August 2010 In a review including well-known national and international brokers carried out by the renowned German financial information provider "Kapital & Steuer vertraulich" the final recommendation clearly was for WH SelfInvest. Aspects which were especially valued were the safety of the clients’ deposits, quality of service, the commission model and free access to (permanent) demo accounts. CFD: Amazing new spread - July 2010 The CFD related to the Italian MIB index (.IT40) now quotes with a spread of only … 10 points. WHS new office in Luxemburg - July 2010 In order to support its growth in Europe WHS Luxemburg has moved into a new, bigger office. This new infrastructure allows us to continue to guarantee what we are famous for … low commissions, the best trading platforms and our legendary service. The new address is: 291 route d’Arlon, L 1150 Luxemburg. Welcome. CFD: 1-point spreads quoted longer - June 2010 1-Point spreads on the CFD on the CAC 40, the FTSE 100 and the DAX will now be available until 22h00 C.E.T. Futures: French language version - March 2010 Our popular WHS FutureStation trading platform is now available in a French language version. Futures: TwinCharts - March 2010 The new "TwinCharts" functionality allows traders to link charts which are in different time frames. The linked charts then become one trading tool. Traders use charts in higher time frames to identify the market trend or to place orders on important support or resistance levels. With TwinCharts, for example, you can draw a trend channel in a day chart and it will also appear automatically in your trading chart. Or you can place an order based on support or resistance in the Day chart and the order will appear in your main trading chart. Futures: Analyze your trading day - March 2010 The new "Daytrading Statistics" tool in WHS FutureStation generates an analytic report of your trading day. The sort function allows you to group your trades according to one or more criteria. All data in the report can be exported into Excel with a single click. A thorough analysis of your trading day can contribute to increased profits. Broker comparison: WH SelfInvest once again No. 1 - March 2010 The "Fuchs-Briefe", one of the most renowned financial newsletters in Germany, have voted WH SelfInvest to be the "Top CFD-Broker 2010". They have defined WHS to be “recommended without reservations”. Fuchs-Briefe tested amongst others the availability of the trading platform, the type of price feed, the extent of the product range, regulation of the broker and the safety of the funds. Crucial was of course also the customer service. This has always enjoyed an above average value at WH SelfInvest. Forex : Micro lots - February 2010 The smallest spot forex ordersize is now 1.000. This is called a micro lot. The other order sizes remain 10.000 (mini lot) and 100.000 (standard lot). Forex: WHS TechScan expanded to Forex - December 2009 The WHS TechScan module –included in the WHS ProStation trading platform– has been expanded to include daily scanning on the 120+ forex pairs we offer. The pairs are scanned on the basis of no less than 22 technical indicators, 9 moving average crosses, 20 candlestick patterns, etc. WHS opens office in Germany - November 2009 Film With the approval of the Bafin WH SelfInvest has opened its new office in Frankfurt, Germany. Our German sales and support teams are at your disposal. The office has a large presentation room and we will frequently organize free presentations, seminars and training session. CFD: Chinese stocks - November 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include 45 CFDs on Chinese stocks. These stocks trade on the Hong Kong market. This expansion of our offer is an exciting opportunity for our clients to participate in the growth of this economic giant. Well-known names are PetroChina (oil & gas), CNOOC (oil & gas), Bank of China (financial services), ICBC (financial services), Ping An (insurance) and China Mobile (telecom). CFD: 3 New commodities - October 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include 3 CFDs on commodities: Heating Oil, Carbon Emissions and, Natural Gas. CFD: Singapore stocks - October 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include 34 CFDs on stocks which trade on the Singapore market. Well-known names are Singapore Airlines (transport), Jardine Matheson (holding) and, Singapore Telecom (telecommunications). CFD: Polish stocks - October 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include 20 CFDs on Polish stocks. Well-known names are PKN Orlen (Oil & gas operations), PKO Bank Polski (Banking) and KGHM Polska Miedz (copper & silver). Forex: Romanian Leu (RON) - October 2009 2 New pairs based on the Romanian Leu have been added to the forex offer: USD/RON and EUR/RON. In total WH SelfInvest now offers 126 forex pairs. CFD: US markets - October 2009 Starting October 5th the commission will no longer be a function of the order size. In the US markets brokers tend to work more and more with commissions based on the number of shares. The commission applied will be $4,50 + $0,023/share. As usual WH SelfInvest does not charge its clients a minimum commission. Futures: More historical data - October 2009 Our historical data offer has been expanded significantly. Clients with access to historical data will see their choice expanded with 27 futures at no additional cost: Schatz (FGBS), MDAX (EMDX), CMX Silver (XAG), CMX Copper (XCH), JPY (CJY), Palladium (NPT), Crude PHY (NCO), mini Natural Gas (NQG), Natural Gas PHY (NNG), Brent (LCO), WTI (WBS), mini Gold (NLYG), E Gold (NLZG), T-Note 2 yr (TN2), T-Note 5 yr (TN5), Rice (CRR), Soyabean (CSB), Soyameal (CSM), Soyaoil (CSO), Wheat (CWH), Corn (CCN), Cocao (NCA), Coffee (NCF), Cotton (NCT), FC Orange Juice (NOJ), Sugar 11 (NSU). CFD: Even narrower spreads - September 2009 The CFDs based on the Nikkei (symbols JP225 and JP225xx) are now offered at an even lower spread. The cash market CFD has a new spread of 5 – 8 (previous 5 – 10). The future CFD has a new spread of 8 – 15 (previous 10 – 15). Forex: Turkish Lira - September 2009 4 New pairs based on the Turkish Lira have been added to the forex offer: CHF/TRY, EUR/TRY, GBP/TRY, TRY/JPY. In total WH SelfInvest now offers 124 forex pairs. CFD: WTI crude oil 24h/24 - September 2009 The CFDs (spot- and futures-based) on WTI Crude oil can now be traded 24h24. Only between 23h15 and 24h00 CET is there a halt. This innovation gives traders more opportunities and increased safety (continuous stops and limited opening gaps) on this popular commodity. CFD: Mini gold - June 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include a mini gold CFD. Should, for example, gold go up from $ 980 to $ 981 the investor will earn $ 1. Simplicity itself. CFD: Japanese government bonds - May 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include a CFD on the Japan Government Bond. CFD : Candlestick patterns - May 2009 The WHS TechScan module –included in the WHS ProStation trading platform– has been expanded with automated scanning based on 20 different candlestick patterns (doji, engulfing pattern, evening star …). This technical analysis tool scans all stocks included in 14 different market indices (FTSE 100, CAC 40, DAX, SP 500 ...) as well the indices themselves. CFD: Volatility Index (VIX) - March 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include a CFD on the popular volatility index VIX. Investors use the VIX to gauge market volatility. The higher the VIX, the more volatile the markets. More volatility means bigger price movements and less market direction. When the market calms down, the VIX will go down. CFD: Agricultural products – Corn, Wheat & Soybeans - March 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include 5 CFDs on agricultural products. These are US corn, US wheat, US soybeans, US soybean meal and US soybean oil. CFD: Hungary - February 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include 4 CFDs on stocks quoted directly on the Hungarian market. This offer will be expanded in the future. WH SelfInvest is also one of the very few brokers who offer a real-time CFD on the Hungarian BUX index. CFD: South-Africa - February 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include 40 CFDs on stocks quoted directly on the South-African market. This market includes many large mining companies. These companies mine commodities such as gold, copper, iron ore, diamonds, etc. Well-known names are Anglo Platinum, Gold Fields, Harmony, Kumba Iron Ore, Lonmin and Sasol. CFD: China, Japan, India and South-Africa - January 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include 52 CFDs on Chinese, Japanese, Indian and South-African ADRs. ADRs (American Depository Receipts) are big, foreign companies which are listed on the NYSE. Included are well-known companies such as Petrochina and Wacoal from China. Konami and Mitsui from Japan. Tata and ICICI Bank from India. And, Gold Fields from South Africa. CFD: Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) - January 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include no less than 30 ETFs. ETFs are funds which are listed on the exchange. They trade like individual stocks. Their prices are established in real-time. The selection is very varied and includes known names such as the iShares Brazil Index ETF, the Diamonds Trust ETF and, the Vanguard SmallCap ETF. CFD: Spot oil - January 2009 The CFD offer has been expanded to include a spot oil contract (WTI crude and Brent). The WH SelfInvest spot oil contracts doesn’t have expiration date (position rolling is thus not necessary) and is not subject to a financing charge! New format for CFD/FX and Futures newsletters - November 2008 The newsletters contain novelties regarding financial instruments, trading and less know features of the trading platforms. CFD: the U.S. Dollar Index® - October 2008 The CFD offer has been expanded with a CFD on the famous and popular U.S. Dollar Index. This index, which was created in 1971 (end of the Bretton Woods agreement), plots the dollar against the weighted average value of 6 other important currencies (EUR, JPY, GBP, CAD, CHF and SEK). Investors use this index to open a broad dollar position as it avoids them having to choose a specific counter currency like USD-JPY or USD-CHF. CFD: European sector indices - October 2008 The CFD offer has been expanded to include 18 European industrial sector indices. Examples include the bank sector index, the automobile sector index and the oil and gas sector index. These new CFDs once again confirm WH SelfInvest’s leadership position in CFDs on market indices. WHS office in France converted into registered representative office - October 2008 With the approval of both the AMF and the Banque de France the French office evolved into a registered representative office, allowing the opening of accounts governed by French law. CFD: Dutch AEX index - August 2008 The CFD spread on the Dutch market index has been reduced to a mere 0,2 point. And the CFD spread on the index future has been reduced to 0,4 point. CFD: New German government paper - August 2008 The CFD offer has been expanded to include the long term German government bonds Bobl and Schatz. The popular Bund was already part of our offer. CFD: Amazing new spread - July 2008 The CFD related to the Dow Index (.US30) now quotes with a spread of only … 2 points! Forex: Middle East currencies - July 2008 The below currency pairs have been added to our trading offer. Proof of our innovative spirit. USD/KWD (Kuwaiti dinar), USD/AED (United Arab Emirates dirham), USD/SAR (Saudi Arabia Riyal) CFD: Amazing new spreads – June 2008 The CFDs related to the DAX, CAC40 and FTSE100 indices now quote with a spread of only … 1 point! CFD: New countries – June 2008 The CFD offer has been expanded to include the following markets: Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Portugal. Futures: New WHS ProRealTime trading platform - May 2008 The new WHS ProRealTime trading platform is now available. This trading platform is based on the well-known ProRealTime technical analysis software. It is a WH SelfInvest exclusive. CFD & Forex: Performance of indices and shares - May 2008 WHS TechScan (the free stock and index selection tool in the WHS ProStation trading platform) has been expanded with a performance comparison module. The module allows comparisons between share and index performance. Share performance versus same sector shares from different countries can also be analysed. Forex: Amazing spreads - May 2008 Our success in the forex market allows us to lower the spreads. The news spreads are: 1 Pip: EUR/USD, EUR/CHF, EUR/GBP, USD/JPY 2 Pips: USD/CAD, USD/CHF, EUR/JPY, CHF/JPY, GBP/USD, AUD/USD On nine other forex pairs the spreads have also been reduced. CFD, Forex, Futures: Depository bank change - May 2008 WH SelfInvest Luxemburg has appointed Dexia Bank as its new depository bank for “client assets” accounts. The company will phase out its cooperation with Banque de Luxemburg. CFD, Forex, Futures: Nr. 1 in German market analysis - Apr 2008 A thorough market analysis by the well known German financial journalist, Pierre Daeubner, indicated WH SelfInvest as the best broker for active investors! The market analysis can be found on Mr. Daeubner’s blog www.daytrading.de CFD & Forex: Website regarding trading strategy programming - Apr 2008 This new website http://www.whstrading.com/Chartstudio shows the unlimited possibilities offered by the Chart Studio module. You can find programming codes for numerous indicators (in addition to the 100 indicators which are already integrated in the platform), trading strategies and stops. The website also illustrates how codes from other platforms such as Tradestation can be ‘translated’ easily into Chart Studio code. Chart Studio is free and integrated in the WHS ProStation trading platform. CFD & Forex: New web platform - Mar 2008 A web-based version of the CFD en Forex trading platform is now available. The web-based platform can be used from anywhere without prior downloading or installation. The platform is not hampered by firewalls, proxies, and the like. CFD: 4 New Indices added - Mar 2008 No less than 4 new indices are now available. Our CFD offer has been expanded with Sweden 30, Denmark 20, Finland 25 and Norway 25. CFD: 61 New currency pairs added - Nov 2007 No less than 61 currency pairs were added to the offer, bringing the total pairs to 121 tradable pairs. The offer includes new currencies such as the Israeli Shekel (ILS) and the Turkish Lira (TRY). CFD: Dutch AEX index tradable 24h/24 - Nov 2007 The Dutch market index has been added to our range of indices which can be traded 24h/24. Position yourself whenever you want. Eliminate your risk by avoiding a gap opening the next morning. CFD: Significantly lower commissions - Nov 2007 Starting 1st November orders on stock CFDs will be charged the extremely low commission of € 4,50 + 0,054% with NO minimum. On an order of, for example, € 1.000 this amounts to only € 5,04. It has always been our policy to share any cost savings with our clients. We continue this tradition. CFD: Trading opportunities ... new WHS TechScan - Oct 2007 A 100% new version of WHS TechScan is available in the CFD / Forex trading platform. This popular tool allows you to identify stocks and indices for swing trading based on over 80 criteria. WHS TechScan is free for clients. CFD: 9 New indices added: China, India, ... - Sept 2007 9 New indices have been added to our CFD offer: China, Korea, Mexico, South-Africa, Canada, Sweden, Singapore, Austria and India. US stocks & options: Uptick rule no longer exists - August 2007 Starting today, 20 August, the uptick rule no longer applies to Nyse, Amex and Nasdaq stocks. Short sell orders entered by retail investors will be executed immediately. An preceding uptick is no longer required. It is advised to use the ATD router when placing such orders. Futures: stop orders on server (SYOMS) - July 2007 Contrary to other exchanges like, for example, Eurex, Euronext does not allow stop orders to reside on its server. Going forward your stop orders on the AEX future, the CAC40 future, … are held on the server of the depository bank. CFD & Forex: Automated orders & programme trading - July 2007 WHS ProStation has been expanded with automated orders. Program your indicators, combine them into strategies and instruct the platform to automatically execute your buy and sell signals. Futures: multiple stops and targets! - July 2007 On WHS FutureStation it is now possible to trade in and out of positions using multiple stops and targets. Vista (Microsoft) - June 2007 WHS ProStation (CFD & FX) and WHS FutureStation (futures) are now fully Vista compatible. 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