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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.

FXSpotStream names industry veteran Matthew Fic SVP – Americas Head of Sales

February 09, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Industry veteran Matthew Fic joins FXSpotStream as SVP – Americas Head of Sales

Fic holds a bachelor’s degree from Murdoch University in Australia and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame (Australia). The new appointment follows a series of strategic hires as part of the expansion FXSpotStream’s team. Long time R5FX head of technology Amar Vadher as Infrastructure and Connectivity Manager as part of the company’s recent…

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Exness sponsors iFEX

February 09, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Exclusive: Exness sponsors iFEX - the first financial virtual expo in MENA

What does Exness think about this challenge? Exness Regional Director for MENA, Mohamad Ibrahim commented: We are proud to be a sponsor of such an event and very excited about this shift to the virtual world of networking. The situation with the pandemic calls for the need to adapt and innovate and we are great…

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Edgewater Markers

February 08, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Jerry Chan returns to Edgewater Markets as eFX Manager

Chan started his career at The Bank of East Asia in London, before relocating to Singapore with Rhicon Currency Management firm. He then joined Edgewater Markets based out of their Singapore office in 2015. After working in Singapore with BidFX as Technical Account Manager, he returned to the UK to re-join Edgewater Markets. Jerry Chan…

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daily market analysis

February 08, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Brent has reached the threshold of $60 for the first time in more than a year

OIL Brent has reached the threshold of $60 for the first time in more than a year with a mix of elements behind oil’s rally. First of all, expectation for a quick and full economic recovery of (albeit perhaps a little overly optimistic). Secondly, investors are expecting new economic stimulus measures from the US Government. The…

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Forex broker HYCM

February 08, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Global Forex broker HYCM adds Seasonax to help traders identify seasonal patterns

Gregor Emmian, HYCM’s Marketing Manager, commented: We continue our efforts to level up HYCM’s product offering and ensure that our clients’ toolbox is brimming with a variety of useful services. The newly added Seasonax patterns screener is a wonderful addition to our pool of services that will assist them in their day-to-day trading. Tea Muratovic,…

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Eurex

February 08, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Eurex traded contracts fall 13%MoM in January to 129.5 million

Eurex Repo posted drops 25.2% MoM rise in GC Pooling, however Repo markets fell by 45.5% MoM. Jan-21 Dec-20 MoM Change Financial derivatives: Traded contracts Eurex Exchange European equity index derivatives (million) 61.8 78.0 -20.77% European interest rate derivatives (million) 43.6 46.6 -6.44% European equity derivatives (million) 23.9 24.1 -0.83% Total (million) 129.5 148.9 -13.03%…

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February 08, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Your Bourse adds new range of features to give MT4 and MT5 brokers more control

Andrey Vedikhin, Founder and CEO/CTO Your Bourse, commented: We acknowledged that every broker wants more control and access to key features that can enable them to maximise profits and after extensive analysis, use cases review and client/UI testing, Your Bourse delivered the portal that all brokers were asking for. For example, with the click of…

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FMA warning

February 05, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Steiner Greves, winngroups.com and others added to FMA warning list

winngroups.com Websites: https://www.winngroups.com/ Emails: [email protected] The FMA warned that the website winngroups.com is not associated to or authorised by the UK registered company Winn Group Ltd and is falsely purporting to be so. winngroups.com has been taking unauthorized payments from investors’ accounts. Wendav Limited (Wendav) Websites: https://www.wendavlimited.com/ Emails: [email protected] The FMA was advised that investments with…

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Forex Weekly Look Back

February 05, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: FXCM Group expands its Stock Basket offering, Exness named Damian Bunce its new Chief Trading Officer

Digital asset exchange Gate.io announced that it is the first major centralized exchange to list SNOW. according to a famous crypto trader, Elliot Wainman, SNOW could grow at least 1000%. On February 2, it reached an all-time high of $146.87. SnowSwap is a decentralized exchange which allows its users to swap wrapped, yield-bearing tokens with minimal…

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Gate.io

February 05, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Digital asset exchange Gate.io lists SNOW

Marie Tatibouet, CMO at Gate.io commented: We have an extremely rich altcoin repository (especially DeFi) and over 300 tokens (>400 pairs) available for trading overall. We are also aware of the vulnerabilities that come with a new listing. Hence, we maintain high standards - every single project gets closely vetted by the team and the…

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