Steffy Bogdanova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced writer and journalist, working in the global online trading sector, Steffy is the Editor of LeapRate. She has previous experience as a copywriter and has been with the company since January 2020. Steffy has a British and American Studies degree from St. Kliment Ochridski University in Sofia.
Global Securities trading platform receives new features developed by Devexperts
July 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Global Securities trading platform receives new features developed by Devexperts

Gülşeyma Doğançay, Global Securities CEO, commented: We are investing in technologies and applications that help users to better track capital markets and provide them with investment suggestions. BayGlobal was designed to serve thousands of people simultaneously on web and mobile (iOS or Android) devices. We believe this NextGen trading platform has raised industry standards. Users…

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BDSwiss
July 14, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

BDSwiss teams up with PayPugs for payment services

BDSwiss Head of Payments, Andreas Evripidou commented: We understand that we need to do everything possible to provide a superior trading and investing experience to our clients. PayPugs’ extensive portfolio of payment services will further strengthen our existing payment infrastructure and support our global clients and partners in conducting seamless cross-border and multi-currency transactions. Evripidou…

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Twitter becomes a contender for buying TikTok
July 14, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Tiktok bans financial investments and crypto trading ads

The ban follows warnings and concerns that financial information from TikTok could be misleading. The FCA has also expressed its concerns over young individuals being at risk in investing, taking their information from social media. The growing pressure has driven Google and other internet companies to take measures against scam ads showing on their platforms…

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daily market analysis
July 14, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Gold rose with its safe-haven appeal increasing as several countries in the APAC region continue to tighten restrictions

GOLD Gold rose during early Wednesday trading, with its safe-haven appeal increasing as investors reacted to news that several countries in the Asia-Pacific region continue to tighten restrictions in efforts to halt rising COVID cases. However, the precious metal’s gains were capped by the strengthening of the dollar, that followed the publication of US inflation…

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BidFX XTX Markets
July 14, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

BidFX Algo Hub offers XTX Markets’ Execution Algo

XTX Execution Algo went live on BidFX in 2020 in an initial targeted client roll-out. The solution can reduce slippage to arrival price. McGrath said he was pleased to see increasing usage of this algo across their global client base in 2021 and that the company was glad to make it available for clients to…

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ETX Capital secures FSCA License in South Africa
July 13, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ETX Capital secures FSCA license in South Africa

ETX clients in South Africa can benefit from instant execution, tight spreads and low commissions on CFDs on thousands of global markets – across all major asset classes from forex, indices, shares and commodities. Regulated by the FCA, ETX Capital was acquired by Swiss firm Guru Capital in 2020. The company offers more than 5,000…

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July 13, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly forex data: inflation and retail sales in view

While a retest of the multi-year low around ¥6.36 doesn’t seem likely in the immediate future, a movement above the 200 SMA is also unfavourable. With no sign of saturation and the significant low quite close, consolidation with the value area between the 50 and 100 SMAs seems to be possible in the absence of…

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