Familiar Japanese Yen volatility theme leads to the best month for the second half of 2013 Monex Group has announced in a press release a substantial rebound in volume metrics, cementing the yen volatility story that we brought up with the release of GMO Click’s numbers yesterday. The company reports volumes rose by 27% over…
Read moreSpotFollow enables social binary trading. One of the top players in the binary options platform space, SpotOption, has announced its latest platform addition that is about to revolutionize the industry with a ground breaking feature. Have you ever thought about binary options social trading? Well thanks to the company, it is about to become a…
Read moreAtom8 is bringing JForex unique features both to high-net-worth and institutional investors as well as retail traders interested in an ECN platform Dukascopy Bank has announced a new white label partnership with UK based brokerage Atom8 Financial Services LLP. The brokerage is aiming at providing ECN true services for individual and institutional clients. Liquidity will…
Read moreAvaTrade and Plus500 increase Bitcoin trade leverage allowed 10x from 5x, spread falling. LeapRate Exclusive.... Very quietly, retail forex brokers have become more comfortable adding Bitcoin trading, while at the same time relaxing the conditions of trading for their customers. These changes are coming as Bitcoin volatility -- still high by 'normal' forex standards --…
Read moreWith Japanese brokerages, Yen volatility is the theme for volume growth in 2014 The first of the Japanese forex brokerage powerhouses – GMO Click has announced its volume metrics for the final month of 2013 and we are in for a very positive number. During the month of December the company reported volumes out at 59.21…
Read moreAll IB and affiliate material will need to pass more strict tests LeapRate Exclusive.... Have you ever wondered how long would it take for regulators to target a certain aspect of your business? Well, the ever growing affiliate and IB industry has just bumped into a set of regulatory scrutiny. Consequences for IB’s conducting their…
Read moreThe sharp drop in gold prices is to blame for the underperformance of the bank’s FX portfolio last year The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has released a press release detailing that preliminary calculations are pointing to a massive loss on its FX reserves portfolio in 2013. The result comes as the bank has lost close to CHF…
Read moreEBS forex volumes 23% below last year and 11% below last month Another month passes and another dismal number for ICAP’s EBS comes into the fray. Following the multi-year lows announced in October, the company has reported an 11% drop on last month’s tepid rebound to mark the final month of 2013 at an average of $71 billion…
Read moreShort interest in Gain Capital (NYSE:GCAP) shares hits 22% of float. LeapRate Exclusive.... Retail forex broker Gain Capital, parent of Forex.com and Gain GTX, saw its stock rise by 14% on Friday in what looks to be an upward short squeeze in the company's shares. As we predicted back when a Gain Capital convertible note…
Read moreBinary market is getting crowded, as forex platform providers join the party The hype surrounding the binary options industry goes on as leading platform provider Leverate joined the party today announcing that it is launching its own trading platform solution named BX8. The platform will possess social trading features from the get go and will…
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