Institutional electronic FX platform FastMatch saw its trading volumes rise in April 2016 in both monthly and annual terms. Average daily volumes amounted to $10.8 billion in April 2016, up 6.9% from the result of $10.11 billion registered in March 2016. In annual terms, the comparison was even more positive, as the ADV in April…
Read moreHotspot, the ECN marketplace owned by BATS Global Markets, Inc. (BATS:BATS), saw little change in daily FX volumes in April 2016, as the average daily volumes amounted to $25.6 billion, up 0.4% from the level of $25.5 billion per day seen in March 2016. In annual terms, the comparison was gloomier, as the April 2016…
Read moreFinancial visualization platform TradingView announces today the release of its Charting Library 1.5 (stable). The new version introduces many new improvements and bug fixes, which were requested and reported by TradingView's community. What’s new: Second-based timeframes. It is now possible to plot “X” seconds charts now, for example a 5-second or 20-second charts. Maximized panes.…
Read moreCBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE), the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) and other subsidiaries, has just posted a set of robust financial metrics for the first three months of 2016. Net income allocated to common stockholders amounted to $49.2 million in the first quarter of 2016, up 16% from…
Read moreFrance's financial markets regulator AMF today issued a warning regarding Preditrend, a software for trading binary options that is distributed across the Internet via several websites, social networks and via an email campaign. Potential users of the software are promised guaranteed returns, with the percentage of profitable trades said to be “3 out of 4”.…
Read moreAfter releasing a brand new version of its TWS platform earlier this week, Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) is already working on a range of enhancements to be found in the next TWS build. The platform will offer more opportunities for trading multiple orders and improving work with Algos. Update Order Type for Multiple Working Orders…
Read moreZ.com Trade, a UK-based subsidiary of GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), has widened the variety of funding methods available to its clients via the addition of debit/credit card deposits. Now, clients of the broker can fund their accounts with Visa, MasterCard, Maestro and Visa Electron branded cards, with the service available 24 hours a day.…
Read moreMonex Inc, the Japanese Forex subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc.(TYO:8698), has announced its plans to terminate the support of trading platform Tradable, which it started offering in November 2014. The end of the service is scheduled for July 29, 2016. The rationale for the move includes “various circumstances”. Monex says customers will be able to…
Read moreUK online trading services provider London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has earlier today published its audited financial metrics for the year to December 31, 2015, with numbers in line with forecasts. The company has been undergoing restructuring... As LeapRate has exclusively reported, London Capital Group commenced 2016 with a soft launch of its rebrand to…
Read moreA study amid members of Russia's Centre for Regulation in OTC Financial Instruments and Technologies (CRFIN) has shown that most Russian Forex traders generate profit/loss of up to $100. The findings show that 60%-70% of clients of the Forex brokers that are members of CRFIN barely see any change in their account balance – that…
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