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Oanda Corporation
{{Infobox company
| name             = OANDA Corporation
| logo             = [[File:Oanda-logo.svg]]
| caption          = 
| type             = [[Private company|Private]]
| traded_as        = 
| fate             = 
| predecessor      = 
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On December 2, 2013, OANDA appointed Edmond Eger III as a new CEO in place of K Duker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forexbrokernews.com/oanda/oanda-corporation-appoints-new-president-and-chief-executive-officer/ |title=OANDA Corporation Appoints New President and Chief Executive Officer |publisher=ForexBrokerNews.com |date=2013-12-02 |accessdate=2013-12-04}}</ref>

== Operations ==
The company’s main product is their [[electronic trading platform]] fxTrade,
<ref>fxTrade is unusual among trading programs in that it is written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]], allowing it to run on many computers whose Web browser supports a Java language plug-in, with reduced dependency on the underlying operating system. fxTrade is installed over the network each time it is started, so the user is always using the latest software version.</ref>, currency conversion tools, a foreign exchange wire service (fxGlobalTransfer), a corporate hedging consulting service (FXConsulting), discussion forums, tables of historical currency data, as well as foreign exchange news and analysis.<ref>OANDA web site, plus [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FWE/is_5_3/ai_55015342/pg_2 Quick access: find statistical data on the Internet], Di Su, "Information Outlook", published May 1999, accessed December 30, 2006.</ref> They also provide conversion tools and currency charts and indexes and information for travelers.<ref>Oanda Review in Daily Forex - [http://www.dailyforex.com/_4_review_Oanda.aspx Forex Trading by DailyForex]</ref> Mathematician [[Benoît Mandelbrot]] mentioned OANDA's fxTrade platform as one example of how the foreign exchange market works when small investors and big investors are set on an equal footing, having removed the unfair commission structure.<ref>{{cite book |title=The (Mis)Behavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin, and Reward |author1=Benoît Mandelbrot |authorlink1=Benoit Mandelbrot |author2=Richard L. Hudson |page=257 |publisher=[[Basic Books]] |isbn=0-465-04355-0}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.oanda.com/ Official website]

[[Category:Financial services companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Foreign exchange companies]]
[[Category:Companies based in New York City]]
[[Category:Financial derivative trading companies]]