Mike Fox
LeapRate Analyst
October 01, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Interactive Brokers Group September DARTs 21% higher YoY and 17% higher than August

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker and market maker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for September. Highlights for the month included: 577 thousand Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs), 21% higher than prior year and 17% higher than prior month. Ending customer equity of $54.9 billion, 33%…

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October 01, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Hargreave Hale and Tyler Rameson join London Capital Group fundraising

FCA regulated FX, spread betting and CFD provider London Capital Group Holdings (LON:LCG) gave a further update to the firm's announcement on June 17th, 2014, concerning the proposed financing to raise up to £17,500,000, through the Issue of convertible loan notes to GLIO and Institutional Investors. LCG is pleased to announce that it has entered…

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October 01, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Moscow Exchange September Forex turnover jumps 10% MoM and 28.1% YoY

Moscow Exchange reported September volumes today and the highest trading volume growth was demonstrated by the derivatives and FX markets, where volumes rose 32.8%, 10% MoM and 28.1% YoY respectively. FX market turnover increased to RUB 18.7 trln which is up 10% MoM and 28.1% YoY (August 2014: RUB 17 trln, September 2013: RUB 14.6 trln), including spot trades…

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October 01, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Knox Payments lands contract to power deposits for Forex.com

Knox Payments Inc, a Richmond, Virginia start-up company announced today they were partnering with Gain Capital (NYSE:GCAP) to power payments into the FOREX.com FX trading platform. This partnership represents a huge win for both companies, as Gain Capital is the largest customer to date for the firm, and they will solve the need following the…

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October 01, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Swissquote Daily Technical Report: EUR/USD – Making 2 years lows

In Swissquote’s Wednesday short term technical trading report, the research team outlines the major technical levels of popular currency instruments with forecasts, below is the outline for EUR/USD. To view and download the entire report, click here (PDF). EUR/USD: Making 2 years lows • EUR/USD has broken the strong support area between 1.2755 and 1.2662,…

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October 01, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Squared Financial offering new deposit bonus up to $10k

Squared Financial, the independent, full-service broker headquartered in Dublin and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) announced to prospective clients if they apply for a new account within one week the firm will match 20% of the initial deposit. Sqaured is a very interesting broker with many account options catering to a wide…

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September 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Nadex launches Nadex Pro desktop platform

The North American Derivatives Exchange (Nadex), the regulated online binary options exchange in the United States, today announced the release of Nadex Pro, an advanced trading platform designed to meet the specific demands for a user-friendly and fast trading application. “Active traders demand tools that provide fast, easy access to our exchange whether connecting through a browser,…

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September 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox

CFTC and Australia’s ASIC sign cooperation agreement

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that CFTC Chairman Tim Massad and Chairman Greg Medcraft of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding cooperation and the exchange of information in the supervision and oversight of regulated entities that operate on a cross-border basis in…

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