Retail forex broker FXCM (NYSE:FXCM) released its execution data for June 2019. The highlights can be seen below. June 2019 all instruments highlights include: 66.6% of orders executed at price 22.0% of orders executed with positive slippage 11.3% of orders executed with negative slippage Average execution speed 33 milliseconds Highlighted Instruments June 2019: More recent…
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Bitcoin hodlers are an anxious bunch these days. The industry has been under attack by no less than the President of the United States, his henchmen, and global officials across the globe. Skeptics keep prophesizing that a major correction is imminent, one that will drop BTC values far below any levels that seem conceivable or…
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The EU securities markets’ regulator ESMA has announced earlier today that it will not renew the temporary restriction on the marketing, distribution or sale of contracts for differences (CFDs) to retail clients in the European Union (EU). LeapRate reminds that last year ESMA has taken product intervention measures relating to CFDs, imposing a temporary restriction…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for August 1, 2019. See details below: FOREX The US Dollar recorded gains, following yesterday’s announcement of a 25 basis point rate cut by the Fed. It Is counterintuitive that a rate cut is followed by a strengthening of the currency, but…
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The Finance Hive has launched a pioneering research on European FX platform selection, compiled entirely with buy side input. 50 leaders in FX trading - 57% of which work for firms managing over $100bn of assets - have contributed to the research, which uncovered: Integration with OMS systems is overwhelmingly the biggest priority for the…
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The New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has informed the public that it has suspended the derivatives issuer license of AxiCorp Financial Services Pty Limited (trading as AxiTrader). The company has been making a regulated offer to retail clients in New Zealand without a compliant Product Disclosure Statement or Disclose register entry. AxiCorp has also…
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UK-based global fintech firm, TigerWit Limited, informed that it has established partner networks delivering support and education in multiple jurisdictions outside of the more established European markets, including within Latin America, Africa, South East Asia and the Middle East. Tim Hughes, CEO at TigerWit commented on the news: By establishing partner networks in other jurisdictions…
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In a much-anticipated dovish move, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and his banking buddies capitulated to political pressure and market demand by cutting their benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points. Believe it or not, this was the first time that the Fed has cut its rate since 2008, which also meant that it was the…
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Securities firm and liquidity provider Interactive Brokers has just announced that it will join financial tech provider Tradesocio’s ecosystem of financial institutions and financial technology providers known as Tradesocio Marketplace. Interactive Brokers joins the line of Tradesocio’s liquidity partners, thus allowing financial services providers adopting Tradesocio’s technology to also integrate Interactive Brokers’ liquidity engine, using…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for July 31, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Some crypto supporters claim that you're not a true advocate unless you're running your own node. Well, it seems…
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