Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced trading volumes for August 2016. Total trading volumes increased by 14.3% YoY to RUB 72.0 trln. The Money Market and Bond Market posted the strongest growth, with volumes increasing 107.8% and 19.0% YoY, respectively. FX Market FX Market turnover was RUB 25.5 trln (August 2015: RUB 31.7 trln, July 2016: RUB. 25.9 trln),…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has announced that August 2016 average daily volume (ADV) reached 13.8 million contracts per day, down 15% from August 2015. CME Group year-to-date 2016 ADV through August averaged 15.5 million contracts per day, up 9%. Total open interest was 105 million contracts at the end of August, up 15%…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has arranged for the appointment of a provisional liquidator for Trademarker (Cyprus) Ltd. Trademarker was an Israel-owned and operated CySEC-regulated brokerage group, which operated a number of Retail Forex and Binary Options brokerage brands, primarily SkyFX (at skyfx.com) and Capital Option (at capitaloption.com). CySEC had…
Read moreSpotware Systems announced today the latest features included in the just released September 2016 update of cTrader for Windows as the company continues to deliver regular product updates to benefit traders. cTrader now includes another new functionality to join their roster of advanced trading options. The trigger side of Stop Orders (including Stop Loss) can…
Read moreLeapRate has learned that Retail Forex and Binary Options brokerage group Rodeler Limited has been rejected for a professional securities market participant license by the Bank of Russia. The license, had it been granted, would have allowed Rodeler to operate a retail forex dealer in Russian, serving Russian clients. Rodeler Limited, based in Cyprus and operated out…
Read moreAustralia financial regulator ASIC has announced that CommSec (Commonwealth Securities Limited (CommSec), one of Australia's largest online brokers, has paid a total penalty of AUD $700,000 to comply with two infringement notices given to it by ASIC's Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP), and has voluntarily refunded $1.1 million in brokerage to more than 25,000 clients. The MDP had reasonable…
Read moreRussian banking giant VTB Group has become the fourth company to receive a license from the Bank of Russia to operate a retail forex brokerage serving Russian traders. The Bank of Russia has announced that it has issued a professional securities market participant license to VTB subsidiary VTB 24 Forex, effective September 1. VTB is the…
Read moreLeading Swiss online trading, banking and investment services provider Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced that it has updated its MetaTrader 5 platforms to include the latest hedging features recently introduced by MetaQuotes. Hedging enables traders to have multiple positions per symbol, including oppositely directed ones, which allows more sophisticated trading strategies resulting in increased protection…
Read moreThe R3 distributed ledger consortium has announced that Chinese banking giant China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd (SHA:600036) has become the latest member to join R3. China Merchants Bank, or CMB, becomes the second major China-based group to join R3. We had earlier reported that Ping An Financial Services Group had become an R3 member back in May. The R3…
Read moreTrading platform provider Fortex, Inc. has announced the launch of a free community version of its robust MT4 WebTrader. With Fortex’s MT4 WebTrader, traders can access MT4 anywhere, anytime on all major browsers and devices. Featuring 100% streaming connectivity and superior stability and reliability, Fortex’s MT4 WebTrader offers market and limit ordering, full market depth…
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