Valentina Kirilova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced independent writer and journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the global online trading sector.
Chilean broker MercadosG launches MetaTrader 5
September 09, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Chilean broker MercadosG launches MetaTrader 5

Chilean broker MercadosG, established in 2011, just announced that it has launched MetaQuotes' Meta Trader 5 (MT5) platform to traders. More than 10,000 trading symbols are now available for MT5 users in Latin America. The broker's offering includes currency pairs, contracts of the largest global corporation stocks (Apple, Google, Facebook, etc.), exchange indices, commodities, and…

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September 09, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

TradeStation Securities and TradingView launch API integration platform

TradeStation Securities, Inc., the online broker-dealer and FCM operating subsidiary of TradeStation Group, has teamed up with TradingView, Inc., to launch an API-powered integration platform. Mutual customers of TradeStation Securities and TradingView will now be able to execute equities and commodity futures orders through TradeStation Securities’ back-end execution systems, from a TradingView website display screen,…

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September 09, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spotex signs FX prime brokers J.P. Morgan and NatWest Markets

FX prime brokers, J.P. Morgan and NatWest Markets announced earlier today that they are now providing access to Spotex’s institutional ECN. Both companies join as Spotex is expanding its presence in the institutional FX market segment with the firm’s introduction of new disclosed direct market access (DMA) liquidity pools as well as other initiatives to…

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Daily Market analysis
September 06, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: EU benchmarks remain mixed

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for September 6, 2019. See details below: EUROPEAN SHARES European shares opened mixed this morning despite a boosted market sentiment observed during the Asian session following a better than expected Yuan currency fixing by the People’s Bank of China. However, the Hong…

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September 06, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Will VanEck Bitcoin Trust be a crypto game changer? Opinions are mixed

Financial news media channels were abuzz a few days back when VanEck Securities and SolidX Management surprised the world by announcing the immediate offering of a “Bitcoin-like ETF”, but only available to institutional investors that qualified as being “Sophisticated” and “Accredited” under SEC guidelines. It seems that Rule 144A of the 1933 Securities Act provided…

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September 06, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

KB TECH upgrades its trading platform KB Trading Portal

KB TECH, a UK based software company providing data management products to the trading and financial markets, announced that it has enhanced the analytical features in its trading platform, KB Trading Portal™. The KB Trading Portal™ in general is aimed at Exchanges, Brokers and Trading Organizations traditionally within the commodity and energy markets. Current deployments…

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September 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Gold extends its H2 gains

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for September 5, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Highlights include: Top of Bitcoin Range Declines: Bitcoin bulls find themselves in all too familiar chart setup - the…

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New chapter in India crypto ban debate – Massive brain drain anticipated
September 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Match-Trade Technologies expands with a new office in India

Following the announcement of a special Partnership Program last month, Match-Trade Technologies has now teamed up with the LSSR Group and will open an Official Representative office in India. This is another regional agency after the USA, Poland and Malaysia offices, this time located in Bangalore, India. India is one of the fastest-growing forex broker…

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