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Formax Prime website
December 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Formax Prime launches as new Forex ECN brokerage service

LeapRate Exclusive… LeapRate has learned that the FCA regulated arm of China based online brokerage group Formax Group has gone live with a new website and FX-ECN brokerage service under the moniker Formax Prime, at formaxprime.co.uk. Formax's former UK website formaxmarket.co.uk now also leads directly to the new site. We had exclusively reported during the summer…

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central bankers fx
December 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex and Central Banks Policies

The following article was written by Shoaib Abedi, Director at ICM Capital. Today, foreign exchange markets are severely impacted by the policies implemented from the central banks. These policies are aimed at meeting a number of key objectives such as   achieving target growth rates, maintaining acceptable inflation levels, decreasing unemployment, and maintaining financial stability in…

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fxspotstream fx volume
December 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream November FX volumes at near record $22.1 billion ADV

Continuing a fairly mixed pattern of results we have seen from other leading institutional FX venues, multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced that November trading volumes were very strong, in fact the company's third best ever month as far as trading activity goes. Average daily FX volumes in November were $22.1 billion, up 11%…

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Noor Index MT5 plugin physical bullion trading
December 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Dubai integrator Noor Index launches Bullion physical trading plugin for MT5

Dubai based integration company Noor Index Software Solution has announced the release of its Bullion Physical Trading plugin for the MetaTrader 5 platform. The application enables physical trading with delivery and storage facilities for precious metals such as gold and silver. Noor Index specializes in providing customizable financial software solutions tailored to suit diverse financial services industries. The company's…

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Bitcoin price crash
December 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Another Bitcoin weekend: back above $11,000

After seamlessly blasting through the $10,000 mark and setting an all-time high of $11,395 early last week, Bitcoin prices came back down to earth and leveled out at just above $9,000 on Thursday and Friday, beginning what looked to be a possibly uncertain December for the ever-popular cryptocurrency. But not to worry. Once again, it…

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December 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital launching Bitcoin trading at its Forex.com and FCA regulated City Index UK units

Global FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has announced the launch of Bitcoin trading on City Index, its FCA regulated service in the UK. Glenn Stevens, Chief Executive Officer of GAIN Capital stated: Cryptocurrencies are one of the most exciting trends shaping today's markets. We are pleased to provide our clients with the ability to trade Bitcoin through an established,…

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