Open E Cry, LLC, (OEC) a direct access brokerage firm, recently announced the launch OEC FX, their new online foreign exchange (forex) trading service.

Open E Cry will now be supporting futures, futures options, and forex trading on a single platform with OEC FX.

From Forex.com:

"Forex is a natural product extension for our user base of active traders and high volume institutional clients" commented Rick Tomsic, CEO of Open E Cry. "Many of the tools that we've built into our platform will be especially useful when trading forex - both in terms of identifying trading opportunities and in executing trading strategies, either manually or using our trade automation tools," continued Mr. Tomsic.

GAIN Capital, a global provider of online foreign exchange services, provides Open E Cry with FX clearing and custody services. "Partnering with GAIN Capital accelerated our time to market significantly," said Brian Weis, Business Development at Open E Cry. "GAIN's robust technology infrastructure enabled us to seamlessly integrate their forex pricing and execution capabilities into our existing platform," continued Mr. Weis. "We are very excited about our relationship with Open E Cry," added Glenn Stevens, CEO of GAIN Capital. "OEC's trading platform is impressive and I believe their enhanced offering will receive a lot of attention from active traders looking to trade multiple asset classes from one platform."

OEC Trader, Open E Cry's proprietary trading software, offers streaming quotes, depth of market, 15+ advanced order types, sophisticated, built-in charting tools with over 150 technical indicators, and studies.