Well it has taken a few days, but it looks like stock market investors are once again getting behind an independent Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS). We had reported soon after details emerged of Playtech cancelling its acquisition of Plus500, that shares of both companies were taking it on the chin. Playtech traded down more than 10%, as…
Read moreHan was caught by advanced software the SEC uses to detect improbable trading patterns and profits.
Read moreHantec Markets, the London-based FCA regulated forex and CFD broker, has reported its financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015, showing significant improvement in the business. Hantec Markets is a joint venture between Hong Kong based multinational finance house Hantec Group, and management led by Bashir Nurmohamed (CEO, ex ODL) and Hayel Abu-Hamdan…
Read moreFXCM just can't seem to buy a break. Despite posting some fairly decent financial and operating results lately, shares of retail forex broker FXCM continue to weaken. On an otherwise positive day for the stock market, and with no 'new news' out there, FXCM saw its shares drop 13% on Tuesday to hit its lowest…
Read moreThe following guest post is courtesy of Anya Aratovskaya, VP of Institutional FX at Advanced Markets. [divide] FIX (Financial Information Exchange) API (application programming interface) is a highly scalable electronic communication protocol to facilitate the real-time exchange of information related to financial markets. It has become the de facto standard method of pre-trade, trade and…
Read moreLeapRate has learned that retail forex and CFD brokerage FXDD is now offering active account holders free access to FX Navigator powered by TraderMade, an institutional-grade analytical tool for foreign exchange traders, in effort to further enhance overall trading and user experience. FX Navigator powered by TraderMade is a subscription-based charting tool and technical analysis…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... Continuing our exclusive coverage of the changes afoot at UK-based spreadbetting, Forex and CFD broker ETX Capital... We had reported about a month ago that ETX was beta testing a new look website, logo, and consolidated trading platform in South Africa via its .co.za domain. Well it looks as though the testing went…
Read moreIt looks like Leverate's new management team will be putting some renewed effort into increasing Leverate's footprint in the binary platform business.
Read moreIs Bitcoin 'just' a currency and nothing more? And what exactly is Bitcoin 2.0?
Read moreIs it more expensive to send money from the UK to Australia, or the other way around? Is it cheaper to send Dollars, Euros, or Pounds? And how does sending via a commercial bank compare cost-wise to using a non-bank money transfer firm? To answer these questions and to provide greater transparency to the whole…
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