FirstMacro is a unique, all in one, FX research and trading platform. Over the last two years Joel Kruger a seasoned FX strategist and trader who knows a thing or two about FX - he has 14,300+ followers on Twitter - to produce a platform for traders and corporate treasury people.

Joel has put all he knows from his many years in trading and currency strategy into FirstMacro to provide a balanced offering of fundamental and technical analysis. Open markets screen from First Macro:

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Main features of FirstMacro include:

• Alerts which can be set so that user is alerted when price or limit reached
• Proprietary technical analysis tool generating automatic commentary and charts in real-time that updates as the markets change offering clear overview of the market
• Trends and counter-trend headlines of the technical developments in any chosen currency
• 24/7 intraday commentary from leading economists 
• Live FX radio with all the latest news and economic data
• Real-time automated technical commentary and levels for any market
• Daily insights and trading strategy from Joel Kruger 
• Comparatives and economic calendar
• Social media feed to tap into the mood in the markets
• Daily strategy video or even watch your favourite TV programmes from your desk
• Clients who open accounts with their partner broker (London Capital Group) can access and manage their accounts directly from within First Macro.

The FirstMacro research and trading platform will be of real interest to corporate treasury people who need to keep up with global FX and capital markets. Already one corporate treasurer of a global MNC is using the research from FirstMacro to complement their input from Bloomberg. This is not surprising, as FirstMacro only costs $180/month for the research side of the platform.