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Cedex blockchain diamond exchange
December 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

TechFinancials puts more cash into Blockchain based online diamond exchange Cedex.com

After receiving more than $1 million in dividends from its China JV DragonFinancials, binary options platform provider TechFinancials Inc (LON:TECH) is continuing its diversification away from binaries by plowing some of that cash into its Cedex.com joint venture. As we reported in October, TechFinancials set up Cedex.com as a JV with private banking expert Saar Levi. Cedex (CErtified…

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spinning penny falling
December 25, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

MIFID 2: How will the penny fall?

The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. The financial industry in Europe will see significant changes under MiFIDII, the second iteration of financial reforms that were originally implemented in 2007. The new directives have the aim of increasing transparency and accountability among financial companies by making requirements for reporting transactions more…

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BCSC warning
December 25, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Binary options broker LionsTradeFX gets warning from Canadian regulator BCSC

Continuing its string of warnings against unregulated brokers and other scams targeting retail traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List unregulated offshore Binary Options broker LionsTradeFX, operating from website lionstradefx.com. On its website, LionsTradeFX calls itself "today’s leading digital options trading platform". However a…

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forex industry news update
December 24, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: CFD leverage, EU passport, ETX cuts Binary Options, Affiliate program changes, LegacyFX launch, and lots more…

In what is a usually quiet pre-Christmas-break week, Forex Industry News at LeapRate was anything but. ESMA's surprise move to cut maximum leverage allowed in CFD trading shook the industry, eliciting a lot of industry reaction, and hit hard the shares of publicly traded brokers including IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS), and CMC Markets…

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technical analysis tools swiss army knife
December 22, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Getting Technical: The Top 5 Technical Analysis Tools

The value of technical analysis is a source of great debate in economic circles; nonetheless, the majority of FX traders swear by it. Wherever you stand, FXTM’s Ben Lovell-Viggers takes you through the five technical analysis tools that every trader should have in their locker. Despite what Hollywood might have you believe, investment decisions are…

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