ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for Leaprate their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 10, 2019. See details below: Gold Gold is declining following a strong beginning of the week for the stock market, as investor sentiment seems to have switched to risk-on (at least for now)a after a trade deal has been reached…
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The world of investment and market predictions provides significant potential for profit but has long been accessible to only a select few. Blockchain technology is now being used to change this and make it possible for more amateur investors to participate in the prediction market, without having to risk the loss of large sums of…
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CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has just published its operating metrics for the month of May 2019. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.62 trillion down 0.6 percent from USD1.63 trillion in April 2019. Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS…
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Global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure solutions QuantHouse just announced that its QuantFEED has been selected by Eventus Systems to provide market data for its trade surveillance platform Validus. LeapRate reminds that as of the beginning of 2019, two more companies have formed a…
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It is often said that politics and religion should never be discussed in mixed company, but in today’s digital age, you might want to refrain from discussing comparisons between Bitcoin and Gold, especially if there are any Gold Bugs in the room. The fact that comparisons are made is a mystery, but ever since its…
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Never underestimate the persistence of a cyber criminal in the pursuit of his target. If one avenue is successfully blocked, the crook is fully capable of having his deception scenario morph into something even more undetectable, before launching a second attack. A little over a week ago, we reported that a clever YouTube video on…
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Bitcoin Bulls and Bears seem to be honoring a “D-Day” truce, as market volatility has waned. The crypto leader has been ranging within tight boundaries between $7,600 and $7,800, but bears appear determined to bring about the 30%+ correction that everyone has been speaking to for weeks on end. One pundit accepts the “calm” as…
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This article was exclusively prepared for LeapRate by Yuhan Mo, Account Manager at Advanced Markets and Fortex, Inc. LeapRate Exclusive... With high frequency trading estimated to account for more than 50% of the trading volume in the U.S. and more than 25% in Europe, the number of available price updates (ticks) per second has become…
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The company has appointed new Heads of BrokerTec, EBS and optimization businesses Derivatives marketplace CME Group just announced that it has made a number of senior management changes as part of the integration of the NEX Group businesses. CME completed the acquisition last November. New appointments effective this week include: John Edwards has been named…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) informed that it has reprimanded China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited (China Merchants). The regulator has also fined the company $5 million for regulatory breaches and internal control failings related to mishandling of client money. 800 incidents happened between 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2014, where…
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