February 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Interactive Brokers launches “Adaptive” trading algorithm

Provider of online trading services Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR) continues to add capabilities to its Trader Workstation (TWS) platform, with the latest enhancement concerning the broker's lineup of advanced trading algorithms. A new IBalgo, "Adaptive", has been added to Interactive Brokers' growing suite of algos. This algo can be used with a limit or…

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February 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Spanish regulator CNMV warns against FXMarker, Imperial Options

Spain's financial markets watchdog CNMV earlier today added two more companies to its list of unauthorized entities targeting Spanish investors. The latest additions to the warning list are Forex broker Green Investment House Corp. (also known as FXMARKER) and binary options broker LandMark Trade Ltd. (also known as IMPERIAL OPTIONS). The regulator warns that FXMarker,…

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February 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Forex trade body FXPA names new Chair, Vice Chair

The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA), a Forex trade body that started its operations in September 2014, has named a new Chair and Vice Chair and has announced new additions to its Board of Directors. The FXPA announces the election of Chip Lowry, Senior Managing Director of State Street Global Markets, as Chair, and Jill…

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February 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

eToro introduces Copy Dividends

Social trading expert eToro today announces the launch of a new feature, which the company expects to be a real game changer. The addition is called Copy Dividends and means that from now own, copiers get to enjoy the profits of the traders they are copying while copying them (as opposed to enjoying it once the…

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February 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FXTM launches new investment program FXTM Invest

CySEC-regulated Forex broker FXTM (ForexTime) today announces the launch of its new investment program FXTM Invest. FXTM Invest is a flexible program especially tailored to traders who are making their first steps in the trading world, simply do not have much time for trading or lack the necessary patience. The program enables traders to follow…

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February 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Russia's NSD seals $65M insurance agreement with Ingosstrakh

Russia's National Settlement Depository (NSD), part of Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO (MCX:MOEX), have sealed a one-year complex insurance agreement with Ingosstrakh OJSIC. The policy liability limit is set at $65 million for all claims for the duration of the policy. The main re-insurers behind the policy include Lloyd’s syndicates (UK). The policy covers the company’s…

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February 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FX Blue adds charts of wins and losses to Statement tab

Provider of FX software and analytical solutions FX Blue continues to beef up the analytical and charting offering for traders. On Saturday, the company announced the launch of a new type of dynamic charts – the new charts show information about winning and losing trades. There are four new charts: totals of wins and losses…

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February 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

SwipeStox trading app signs One Financial Markets as its first client

Back in November, LeapRate reported exclusively that former CMC Markets CEO Roger Hynes had invested in a new mobile social trading app called SwipeStox, the brainchild of former Varengold CEO Yasin Qureshi. (We later ran an exclusive interview with Qureshi on his plans for SwipeStox). Well we're now pleased to be the first to report that SwipeStox has nabbed…

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February 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

OFX ends acquisition talks with Western Union

Provider of online payment services Ozforex Group Ltd (ASX:OFX), which recently rebranded as OFX, today announces the termination of acquisition talks with The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU). In November last year, Western Union submitted an indicative conditional proposal for all of OzForex's issued share capital. Under the proposal, Western Union would have acquired 100% of the…

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February 07, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Teddy Sagi's digital ad platform company Crossrider loses 60% of its value - and its CEO

Known mainly in the Forex and online gaming worlds for his controlling interest in Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), parent company of Retail Forex / CFD brokerage Markets.com, online entrepreneur Teddy Sagi has a number of other public companies in his portfolio. One of those companies, Crossrider PLC (LON:CROS), recently put out a year-end trading update which disappointed investors,…

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