Well that didn't take long. Recovering fairly quickly from the 34% correction Bitcoin suffered in the last weekend of May, Bitcoin prices have started off the trading week with another surge taking the leading digital currency past its previous all-time high of $2,791. In early Tuesday trading Bitcoin rose as high as $2,877, and now…
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ASIC announced earlier today that has permanently banned Mr Shun Yuen Ken Li (also known as Leo Lee) from providing financial services. Mr Li was banned after pleading guilty and being convicted of two counts of dishonestly using his position as an employee of GAIN Capital Australia Pty Ltd with the intention of gaining an…
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USA Retail Forex Broker (the few which are left) assets just reported for April held steady with a total of $524,757,888 in customer funds. This is a slight 0.19% MoM increase from March's $523,750,637. With FXCM out of the market, selling its accounts to Gain Capital, the Gain Capital retail brand Forex.com remains the clear…
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NEX Markets, a NEX Group business which provides electronic trading technology services in the fixed income and foreign exchange (FX) markets, announces today that Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, a mainstream bank as well as an integrated and regional financial group with roots firmly planted in Hong Kong for 100 years, will be joining…
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First at LeapRate... After LeapRate was first to learn of and report that US regulator CFTC had filed a lawsuit in Utah against offshore retail forex Tallinex for illegally taking US clients, the CFTC today confirmed the report by issuing a formal statement on the matter. (We also explained in our original article why the…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Salt Lake City-based brokerage firm, Alpine Securities Corporation, with securities law violations related to its alleged practice of clearing transactions for microcap stocks that were used in manipulative schemes to harm investors. To help detect potential securities law and money laundering violations, broker-dealers are required to…
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EUR/GBP has seen a noticeable 4.3% gain since May 11, helped by the strengthening of EUR. On the daily chart EUR/GBP has been trading above the downside 10-day SMA support since then. However, in early European session today, the bulls have retraced after hitting a 12-week high of 0.8766, as trading below the significant resistance…
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Data from UK online financial trading firm IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) and its political trading market indicate that the Conservative's chances of winning are narrowing, but they are still expected to win a healthy majority in this Thursday's upcoming UK election. In general the IG market has reacted to the latest polling data -…
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The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. Your trading plan is the main template for every trading decision. Whilst plans are designed to take advantage of everyday trading opportunities, unusual situations that offer great potential profitability should be incorporated into the scope of every trading plan. There are a few…
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The Financial Times is reporting that former LME CEO Martin Abbott is part of a five person founding board of NFEx Markets, which aims to compete with the London Metals Exchange (LME). NFEx Markets will reportedly run on a system designed by London-based tech provider Autilla, with a target to launch in the first quarter…
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