Provider of FX software and analytical solutions FX Blue continues to beef up the analytical and charting offering for traders. On Saturday, the company announced the launch of a new type of dynamic charts – the new charts show information about winning and losing trades. There are four new charts: totals of wins and losses…
Read moreBack in November, LeapRate reported exclusively that former CMC Markets CEO Roger Hynes had invested in a new mobile social trading app called SwipeStox, the brainchild of former Varengold CEO Yasin Qureshi. (We later ran an exclusive interview with Qureshi on his plans for SwipeStox). Well we're now pleased to be the first to report that SwipeStox has nabbed…
Read moreProvider of online payment services Ozforex Group Ltd (ASX:OFX), which recently rebranded as OFX, today announces the termination of acquisition talks with The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU). In November last year, Western Union submitted an indicative conditional proposal for all of OzForex's issued share capital. Under the proposal, Western Union would have acquired 100% of the…
Read moreAs per LeapRate's earlier report, a number of clients of US online stockbroker TradeKing had trouble executing buy and sell orders via the company’s website for some time on Monday and Tuesday this week. The company, which appears to be up for sale, has been informing its clients of developments regarding the tech issues and…
Read moreSwiss Forex broker Dukascopy has just released an updated version of its Dukascopy TV application for Android devices. The enhancements in the latest version of the solution include support for Android Smart TV. The application provides viewers with convenient access to the Dukascopy TV, a source of Forex-related shows, with programs aired every day. Dukascopy…
Read moreTaiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) has just published its operating metrics for January 2016, with total trading volumes showing a marked rise in both monthly and annual terms. Overall trading volumes at the Exchange amounted to 28,001,613 contracts in January 2016, up 20.7% from December 2015 levels and up 34.5% from January 2015 levels. As usual, we…
Read moreCME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has just posted its financial and operating metrics for the final quarter and the full year to December 31, 2015, with net income staging a strong rise year on year. Full year 2015 highlights Net income attributable to CME Group for the 12 months to December 31, 2015 amounted to $1.25…
Read moreGMO Click Securities, the Japanese online trading services provider that is a part of GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), today announced pending cuts to spreads on a couple of the most popular currency pairs – EUR/USD and GBP/USD. The spread on EUR/USD will be reduced from its current level of 0.5 pips to 0.4 pips,…
Read morePaysafecard, an international provider of prepaid online payments that is a part of Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS), has announced that it is working with Worldpay and Sony Network Entertainment Europe to enable customers to use paysafecard as a payment option for PlayStation Store (PS Store). The service is initially available in 19 countries, including Austria,…
Read moreInteractive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR, IB), one of the big online trading services provider in the United States, is planning the addition of more chart types on its Trader Workstation (TWS) platform. The latest beta build of IB TWS introduces new products - Hollow Candle and Heikin-Ashi Bar types. Real-time charts now provide two more…
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