RoboOption, a binary options service operated by CySEC-regulated RoboForex, has made trading during weekends available to its clients. Thanks to the expanded trading hours, traders can actually make use of the approximately 104 days occupied by weekends each year. Trading at weekend is available for Long Term and One Touch options with payouts from 72%…
Read moreMarshall Gittler, Head of Investment Research for FXPRIMUS, takes an interesting look at where crude oil prices are heading. Oil prices were collapsing earlier this year before recovering more than 60% from their February lows. Will oil prices keep rising? Will oil prices remain volatile? What is happening with oil demand in China and India?…
Read moreThe Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has just announced an extension to the suspension of the Cyprus investment firm (CIF) license of Pegase Capital Limited, which owns brands like Interactive Option. The regulator initially suspended Pegase Capital's license on March 4, 2016, referring to numerous numerous violations of Cypriot investment laws. In November last year,…
Read moreSwiss Forex broker Dukascopy has just announced a set of changes to binary options trading conditions, with enhancements ranging from increased payouts to extended time duration for up/down options. For starters, the company has expanded the Up/Down options maximum duration from 60 minutes to 24 hours, in a move to please fans of longer-term options.…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreLeapRate 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…
Read moreA 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…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreLeading Swiss provider of online financial services Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) today unveils its plans to beef up its Board of Directors via the addition of Dr Beat Oberlin. Swissquote will propose to shareholders to elect Mr Oberlin as an additional member of the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting to be held…
Read moreJapan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) and Nomura Research Institute today announce an agreement to jointly start conducting proof of concept (PoC) tests for blockchain, or distributed ledger, technology. The announcement is released shortly after JPX unveiled a similar partnership with IBM Japan, which also focused on PoC tests of blockchain tech. The tests that JPX…
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