Bank Stock Update: Currency Pairs and Feed Checks

Updated October 14, 2026. On January 21, 2021, New Hope announced an update to the Bank Stock feed adding GBPJPY, EURJPY, CHFJPY and CADJPY. Bank Stock is the historical feed name in this article. The listed instruments are currency pairs, not bank shares.

What was announced and what needs checking today

The original notice linked the additional instruments to a renewed agreement with the data source. It also mentioned a US source location, recommended New York servers and referred to the former Black Swan package. Those details describe a 2021 offering, not a current price list or a guarantee of today's feed selection.

An added symbol is only the start of the check. Establish that data arrives through the selected connection, that the instrument is mapped correctly to the broker account, and that both applications interpret its parameters consistently. The fast-feed guide explains the underlying data flow.

Create an instrument record rather than matching names

• The complete source and broker symbol names, including suffixes.

• Base and quote currencies, price precision and minimum price increment.

• Trading session, time zone and availability of current data.

• Bid/ask direction and the time of the latest change.

• Trading conditions on the account if orders will be submitted for that instrument.

For example, GBPJPY and GBPJPYm may refer to related quotes, but similar names do not establish equivalence. Check what the suffix means at the particular broker. The MetaTrader 5 instrument specification describes broker-defined symbol parameters. Do not substitute settings copied from another account.

Check units with a simple example

Suppose a hypothetical quote has a bid of 190.120 and an ask of 190.135. The difference is 0.015 price units. If a point in the chosen system is 0.001, that is 15 points; with a hypothetical pip size of 0.01, it is 1.5 pips. Establish the definitions before carrying over assumptions from EURUSD.

This calculation can expose a scaling error before thresholds are configured. It does not establish the monetary cost of a trade: that also requires volume and contract specifications. The spread explanation adds context for interpreting the quote difference.

How to check server placement

Compare the route to the data source separately from the route to the trading server. A VPS close to the feed is not necessarily close to the broker. Measure connection stability and order handling during comparable hours rather than relying on the best one-off ping. The trading VPS guide discusses placement choices.

Keep a record for each added instrument: time, bid/ask, units, symbol names and observed differences. Then compare the configuration with the current NH PRO manual. Confirm present feed availability and connection terms through the enquiry form, rather than relying on the archived Bank Stock package description.