July 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Canadian regulator OSC warns against binary options broker MaxOptions

Continuing a string of warnings against forex and binary options brokers targeting traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has issued a warning to investors regarding MaxOptions (at website maxoptions.com), and its parent company Tech Plex Ltd. According to the OSC, MaxOptions is not registered in Ontario, Canada to engage in the business of (i)…

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July 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Dubai's DGCX sets daily volume record at $3.6 billion

Trading volumes on the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) witnessed a new daily trading record on Tuesday July 26, leading the Exchange to record its highest ever daily volume of 176,645 contracts valued at USD $3.6 billion. The new daily volume record surpassed the previous high of 150,570 contracts registered on June 24, 2016…

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July 26, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Takeprofit Technology launches EasyMAM tool for MT4 brokers

MT4 solutions provider Takeprofit Technology has released multi-account management solution called EasyMAM. Takeprofit's EasyMAM tool lets brokers organize mini 'hedge funds' in their MT4, where investors place their funds for a certain period of time in order to grow it through the successful trading of experienced money managers. These money managers trade and earn fees for…

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July 21, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Maximizing return on investment from Sports Sponsorships

As we reported recently at LeapRate, more and more marketing dollars from Forex brokers (and other advertisers targeting a young male demographic) are heading toward sports sponsorships. But how can we measure return on those sponsorships? How can we maximize those returns? We are please to present a special guest post on the subject by Stephen…

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July 21, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Canadian regulator BCSC warns against retail forex broker XForex / XTrade

Continuing its string of warnings against forex and binary options brokers targeting traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued a warning to investors regarding XForex / XTrade (at website xforex.com). XForex.com was recently integrated by parent company XFR Financial Ltd into sister brand XTrade.com, alongside a major marketing campaign which…

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