February 11, 2016 BY Mike Fox

ThinkForex waives deposit and withdrawal charges in new campaign

Australian and UK regulated brokerage ThinkForex announces today the launch of their latest campaign that waives all fees and charges for payments made during the month of February. The multi-asset provider will reward clients that make a deposit or withdrawal during the campaign period by wiping off any fees and charges from bank and payment providers. ThinkForex offers a…

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February 11, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FXOpen UK cuts commissions for ECN accounts

FCA-regulated retail Forex broker FXOpen UK has announced commission reduction and a new fee structure for ECN accounts. The commissions are now as low as 1.5 units of base currency per side per lot. The change to trading conditions came into force on February 8, 2016, the broker said. All accounts of existing FXOpen UK…

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February 11, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

DGCX's new single stock futures now available to trade on MT5

Trading software developer MetaQuotes Software and the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) have taken their partnership to a new level, as the new single stock futures that DGCX launched in January 2016 are now available to trade via MetaTrader 5 (MT5). The Exchange currently offers 15 single stock futures of five US and ten Indian…

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February 11, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Q & A: Cappitech CEO discusses Forex trade reporting and EU regulation

This week LeapRate spoke with Ronen Kertis, President and CEO of Cappitech, a privately held financial technology boutique. Mr. Kertis has been innovating at the cross-section of tech and finance since 2000, where he's held CTO roles at ITG Europe and ITG Asia, before serving as CEO of ITG Israel. Cappitech has expertise in developing FIX…

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February 11, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

SFC issues warning against fake Hong Kong securities market regulator

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has earlier today updated its Alert List, with the latest additions including a fake Hong Kong regulator. The SFC warns that the Hong Kong Foreign Investments Trade Authority (HKFITA) is falsely claiming to be a regulatory body for the securities and futures markets in Hong Kong. HKFITA is providing…

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February 11, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Technician app offers access to WaveBasis Elliott Wave Power Tools

Trading and charting application Technician, which launched in July last year, keeps beefing up the technical analysis capabilities available to its users. The company has just announced the launch of the WaveBasis Elliott Wave Power Tools, an innovative technology in Elliott Wave detection and analysis, which is available exclusively on the Technician platform. WaveBasis, in…

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February 11, 2016 BY Mike Fox

U.S. retail Forex brokers drop 4.7% in assets MoM for December 2015

This month data from the CFTC from reports filed by January 28th, 2015 reveal that Forex brokers within the United States for December 2015 dropped 4.7% in assets to $544,087,054 from November’s $570,939,506 total (see graph above). December usually sees a drop due to end of year withdrawals and not to mention the very volatile market which could have seen…

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February 10, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Core Liquidity Markets announces partnership with Inovance Technologies

Core Liquidity Markets. an ASIC regulated financial services firm based in Melbourne, Australia is pleased to announce its partnership with Inovance Technologies the makers of TRAIDE, a platform that helps discover new trading strategies using machine learning algorithms. TRAIDE allows the trader to create trading systems based on 100 technical indicators including all major currency pairs. Michael Markarian, Managing…

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February 10, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Oil price volatility leads to CME Group WTI futures trading volume record

Renewed volatility in crude oil prices over the past few days has led to new trading volume records at CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME). Derivatives marketplace CME Group today reported that it had reached a trading volume record for WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil futures yesterday, February 9, 2016. 1,603,771 WTI futures contracts changed hands yesterday, edging…

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