Daily market commentary: The pound drops after Johnson and Corbyn debate LeapRate

Valentina Kirilova

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Experienced independent writer and journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the global online trading sector.

Daily Market analysis

November 20, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: The pound drops after Johnson and Corbyn debate

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for November 20, 2019. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX/BREXIT The pound lost 0.25% of its value to the dollar during early Wednesday trading. This price action follows last night’s televised debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn,…

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Swissquote

November 20, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Swissquote launches Vanilla FX Options on its Advanced Trader platform

Leading online Swiss bank Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) announced that it has just launched Vanilla FX Options on its Advanced Trader platform. The Forex Options are European-style call and put options, which enable an even more precise and individual trading strategy. The new Forex Options are suitable for traders who want to diversify and hedge…

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moex volumes report

November 20, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

$450 million compromise of Russian exchange linked to FSB by BBC

The current crypto trading environment is often compared to the “Wild, Wild West” conditions of the retail forex industry in the nineties. Regulatory oversight was nowhere to be seen, and fraud ran rampant, especially when dealing with overseas forex brokers. In the crypto-verse, however, unregulated exchanges have lost billions of dollars to professional hacking groups,…

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November 20, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Chainalysis introduces ‘Kryptos’ software tool for entity risk compliance

If institutions, government officials, and businesses are ever to feel comfortable with the world of cryptos, there need to be crypto support firms that provide the tools to get at the level of information that is readily transparent for those who know how to maneuver on these revolutionary roads. Chainalysis is one of the leaders…

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fca clone firm

November 19, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

UK FCA warns against Credit Suisse Securities clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of another clone firm this week. The latest addition to the regulator’s warning list is Credit Suisse Securities. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam people in the UK: Credit Suisse Securities (Clone of FCA authorised…

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weekly markets analysis

November 19, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Weekly data preview: Canadian and Japanese inflation plus German GDP

The following article was submitted by Michael Stark, market analyst at Exness. This week started on a fairly positive note in many markets. The USA and China were reported to have held ‘constructive talks’ by phone on Saturday according to China’s state-run Xhinhua. The Sino-American trade war and possible steps to a resolution are likely…

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Forex Sports Sponsorship: ETFinance teams up with Real Madrid Basketball

November 19, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Forex Sports Sponsorship: ETFinance teams up with Real Madrid Basketball

European broker ETFinance has just announced that it has teamed up with Real Madrid Basketball. The investment platform will sponsor the club for 3 years. This is ETFinance's first sports sponsorship in Spain. The agreement has been concluded at the team's facilities in Valdebebas with the presence of Borja Vilar de Martos, Country Manager of…

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Daily Market analysis

November 19, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: The pound continues to gain ground

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for November 19, 2019. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX/BREXIT The pound continues to gain ground against other major currencies in early Tuesday trading. This follows a strong Monday dominated by market optimism about the future value of…

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FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team

November 19, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

OANDA adds Lucian Lauerman to team as Head of Solutions for Business

Online multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics, OANDA Global Corporation, has just announced that it has named Lucian Lauerman its Head of Solutions for Business. He will be based in London and will be responsible for the strategic growth of the firm’s corporate offering, which delivers foreign exchange technologies and services to companies…

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Brian Myers

November 19, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive interview: Equiti Capital's new developments: Brian Myers speaks

It’s been a while since we last spoke to Brian Myers, CEO of Equiti Capital. He joins LeapRate today to let us know how 2019 has been for the company, to talk about expansion, new partnerships and what's to come in 2020. LR: Hi Brian. I know you’ve been incredibly busy at Equiti Capital over…

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