September 03, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Alpari RU launches new Binary Options section

Alpari Russia has expanded its offering today by finally introducing a new  binary options section. Last year, LeapRate reported that Alpari Russia chooses MarketsPulse for its option platform technology while Alpari UK went with SpotOption. However, since that time Alpari UK has dropped binaries (most likely due to regulatory issues, in the same way HY…

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September 03, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Boston Technologies introduces 'FX Brokerage Budget & Revenue Calculator'

According to an official company post, Boston Technolgies is providing unique access to a calculator that helps gauge the costs and projected needed revenue to successfully open and run a FX trading brokerage, you can read what Boston Technology states regarding the service below: There are many factors to take into account (when deciding to…

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September 03, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Op-ed: The social trading conundrum

LeapRate Managing Editor Andrew Saks-McLeod takes an incisive look at how social trading has morphed from affiliate marketing, to integrated retention tool, to the challenges ahead as it increasingly attracts the eye of the regulators

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September 03, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Swissquote Daily Technical Report: Gold - The symmetrical triangle has been broken to the downside

In Swissquote’sWednesday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for EUR/GBP and Gold. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). EUR/GBP: Bouncing sharply • EUR/GBP surged higher yesterday. The resistance at 0.7970 (20/08/2014 low) has been breached, but the…

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