April 07, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

The influence of regulation on the Russia FX market

The following guest post is courtesy of Sergey Kornev, Account Manager at MT4 technologies provider and Russian FX market expert Takeprofit Technology. Takeprofit’s products include MT4 plugins, the Klondike liquidity bridge, and the Ashira automated dealer anti-cheating defense. Takeprofit’s clients have included Forex brokerages and white-label solution providers such as FXNet, iTradeSolution, FXFair, TenkoFX, and…

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April 07, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Tradeworks raises $500,000 from Singapore based strategic investors and Innovationsfonden

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Copenhagen-based algo trading tools developer Tradeworks has raised a total of more than $500,000 from two strategic investors based in Singapore, as well as from the Danish Innovation Fund, Innovationsfonden. Participating in a DKK 3 million (USD $450,000) fundraising by Tradeworks, and joining the company's Board as non-executive directors, are Singapore…

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April 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

SwipeStox social trading app goes live

A follow-up to LeapRate's earlier report about the developments around mobile social trading app SwipeStox... Frankfurt-based company Swipestox GmbH starts live trading of financial instruments with their application SwipeStox. The start-up aims to inspire its users to share their successes and actively participate in their community. Following a six-month trial phase, SwipeStox has commenced live…

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April 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

British Columbia regulator adds Interactive Option to Investment Caution list

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added its voice to the chorus of concerns regarding Cyprus-registered binary options broker Interactive Option. On Wednesday, the British Columbia regulator added Interactive Option, a brand of Pegase Capital Limited, to its Investment Caution list, noting that the company is not authorized to offer investment services to BC…

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April 06, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

RoboForex launches analytics center

Retail FX broker RoboForex has just announced the addition of a comprehensive analytical service to its offering. The “RoboForex analytics center" includes trading instruments, signals, strategies, educational materials, and "Q & A" page, where each client has an opportunity to pose questions to analysts. The new service, launched in collaboration with Claws & Horns, is…

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April 06, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CQG releases updated CQG M application

Colorado-based CQG, a provider of data, decision making, and order execution software, has just presented a set of enhancements to its CQG M application. The updates are coming this week and most of them are introduced in response to traders' feedback. Version 2.1 of CQG M features OHLC on the quote board. Traders have to…

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April 06, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Tradeview Markets appoints Ben Sadgrove as Chief Operating Officer

Forex and CFD broker Tradeview Markets has announced the appointment of Ben Sadgrove, an eight year veteran of the firm, as its chief operating officer. Previously the vice president of international sales, in his new role Mr. Sadgrove will be responsible for the implementation and optimization of strategic operational excellence and accountability within Tradeview. He…

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