With Tradency and its CEO Lior Nabat having invented the Mirror Trading concept more than a decade ago, when the company launches a new product it pays to pay attention. LeapRate was pleased to speak recently with Lior and Tradency's VP of Sales Oz Golan, to get an inside peek at its latest offering called…
Read moreIt was another (very) busy news week for Forex brokers, and a lot of it was reported exclusively at LeapRate. But before we get to the news, some news about LeapRate. We're pleased to report that SimilarWeb's February numbers are out, and we were informed that LeapRate had one of the largest leaps (no pun…
Read moreLots of news out of FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) last night. As reported at LeapRate, after US markets closed Thursday at 21:00 GMT, FXCM released its: February FX trading volumes (not bad, all-important retail volumes remain above $300 billion), Q4 and full year financial results (again not bad, Q4 revenues were actually up a bit over…
Read moreThe following commentary on the monetary policy decision by the European Central Bank is courtesy of Laurent Bakhtiari, Market Analyst at IG Switzerland. [divide] As suggested in our previous comment, the ECB decreased its main refinancing rate to 0.00%. However, the ECB did not decide to act solely on this rate, it also cut the…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... Continuing our exclusive coverage of the Chapter 11 filing of NFA-regulated FX introducing broker ATC Brokers US and its parent company Avail Trading Corp., LeapRate has learned that FXCM has now dropped ATC as a referring broker, effective March 18. FXCM sent out emails on Tuesday (see a copy below) to all clients which…
Read moreForex and Binary Options platform provider Leverate has announced a new client relationship with C7, a new generation broker focused on China and South East Asia, which will Leverate's feature social trading and mobile platform capabilities. With Leverate’s support, C7 is expanding their market coverage to the Greater China Region and South East Asia this year. The…
Read moreThe following article is based on research by Marshall Gittler, Head of Investment Research for FXPRIMUS. [divide] FXPRIMUS Indicators and events for Thursday, March 10th The main event today is of course the ECB meeting. I wrote an extensive piece (available in the Special Reports section of the FXPRIMUS website) that I presented as a…
Read moreIn the FX industry, there is an increasing need for high-quality data and technology to ensure that financial institutions’ compliance departments are equipped to handle the deluge of data generated every day by the $5.3 trillion FX industry. Tradermade Systems Limited has built an entire business around meeting and exceeding customers’ needs when it comes to…
Read moreAllocated Bullion Exchange (ABX), the world’s first global institutional electronic exchange for allocated physical precious metals, has today announced that it has added established Hong Kong based physical precious metals trading house Finemetal Asia as a member of the ABX. The strategic partnership will extend the liquidity provision for members of the ABX and enhance…
Read moreInterbank prime of prime liquidity provider CFH Clearing has announced a new matching engine in TY3 in Japan as part of the company's ongoing investment in Asia to provide clients with enhanced execution and reduced latency. The new matching engine will go live from the beginning of April 2016 and will replicate CFH’s pricing infrastructure in…
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