Japan's binary options industry, comprising seven large companies, achieved $620 million in monthly trading volume in January 2015, demonstrating that a year and a half on from the introduction of binary options regulations in Japan, the industry is flourishing
Read moreThe Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ) has published statistics which show that Japan's combined OTC FX industry has produced record monthly volume results, standing Japan's domestic FX industry out as a continually strong and dominant component of the retail sector
Read moreAustralia financial regulator ASIC has continued its tough recent stance on the retail forex sector, with the cancellation of the Australian Financial Services (AFS) license of retail forex broker Enfinium Pty Ltd following a detailed investigation. ASIC's main concern surrounded Enfinium's use of the Virtual Dealer plugin for MT4. Virtual Dealer gives a broker the ability to add…
Read moreA look back at the most intriguing and popular Forex industry news stories from the past week at LeapRate. To make sure that you receive timely access to all LeapRate news, sign up to our Daily Forex Industry Newsletter on the right. → Last week, LeapRate's Andrew Saks-McLeod spent the week in Mexico City amongst fellow…
Read moreIn Market Making, KCG averaged $32.6 billion dollar volume traded, compared with $30.1 billion in December 2014. The firm's recently sold FX ECN, Hotspot, experienced its second best month since establishment, at $34.3 billion average per day
Read moreA short update on LeapRate's article from earlier this week on Alpari's plans to drop support for demo accounts for the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform. In a surprise move on Thursday, the Russian retail Forex broker reversed its plans and said it would continue offering trading on demo accounts on MT5 to its clients. The company…
Read moreFMR LLC has sold down the majority of its position in FXCM as reported by a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission dated February 9, 2015
Read moreSpeaking to LeapRate at the FXIC Latin America conference in Mexico City, fxtickr.com CEO and Founder Bobby Richards explains the need for traders to be able to make use of their trading history by optimizing it according to time, price and size, and takes a look at strategy optimization for retail FX traders in exciting new and emerging markets
Read moreOpteck.com is operated by Belize-based company B.H.N.V Online Ltd (BHNV). BHNV does not hold an AFS licence, nor is it an authorised representative of an AFS licensee
Read moreAustralian financial markets regulatory authority ASIC has issued a cease and desist order on pre-prospectus publications by Bitcoin Group Limited
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