TradeStation introduces simplified commission pricing for futures trades LeapRate

August 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TradeStation introduces simplified commission pricing for futures trades

Online broker-dealer and futures commission merchant TradeStation Group, Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), just announced new pricing for futures for all new customers and all existing customers who notify TradeStation they would like to switch to the new pricing. All customers on this new, simplified futures pricing plan of just…

August 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Berndale adds four bond trading instruments

ASIC regulated online broker Berndale Capital, an Australian based market leading provider of forex trading services and technology, has announced a new range of bond trading instruments. Available to all traders, the introduction of four German Government treasury backed Bonds opens up new portfolio options for those investors seeking even greater diversification of their funds. Bonds…

August 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Australia Retail FX broker IC Markets reports record volumes of $313 billion for July

ASIC regulated Retail Forex broker IC Markets has announced today that it registered a record month for FX trading volumes in July 2017, at USD $313 billion. The company also hit a daily volume record of USD $21 billion on the 21st of July, as the USD slid to its lowest level in over a year.…

July 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Lebanon MT4 broker Aksys Capital partners with Wallstreet Proptrade for trader education

Aksys Capital, a financial services institution, announced today the formation of a strategic partnership with Wallstreet Proptrade, Lebanon's first stock market research and proprietary equity trading academy. Through the partnership, Wallstreet Proptrade will help raise trading standards by educating and training traders/investors at Aksys Capital with an aim to enhance their knowledge of global equity…

July 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

China FX, MT4 bridges and the FCA: Conversation with GMI CEO Ashraf Ebid

LeapRate Exclusive Interview... Just over a year ago LeapRate reported exclusively on China-focused B2B Forex broker GMI (short for Global Market Index Limited) hiring experienced FX industry executive Ashraf Ebid as CEO, with a mandate to build the company's FCA regulated operations in London. Well, we thought that now might be a good time to…

Autochartist Pepperstone trade from email

July 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Pepperstone becomes first FX broker to launch email trading with new Autochartist Trade Now platform

Leading Australia-based retail forex broker Pepperstone has announced the launch of a new Autochartist service to their clients, called Trade Now. In this launch Pepperstone becomes the world’s first brokerage company to adopt Autochartist’s new trading functionality that allows clients to place trades directly from Autochartist’s email research. Autochartist is a leading chart pattern recognition…

July 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM debt to Leucadia unchanged in Q2 at $122M, FastMatch sale proceeds pending

Investment giant Leucadia National Corp. (NYSE:LUK) has issued its second quarter results report, giving a little more insight into the money still owed to it by the FXCM unit of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR). According to Leucadia, they have nearly recovered the full amount of cash they invested in FXCM in January 2015, and still have $122.1 million…

July 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CMC Markets reports increased revenue in fiscal Q1 2018

FCA regulated online CFD brokerage house CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) has today issued its Interim Management Statement for the Q1 2018 period, from 1 April to 30 June 2017. Revenues have increased during Q1 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 to be in-line with the more normalised conditions seen during H2 2017. CMC…

July 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari’s trading turnover up 16% YoY in the first half of 2017

At the end of the first half of 2017, Alpari’s trading turnover across the key markets in which it operates came to 600.9bn USD. This marks a 16% increase on the same period in 2016. The international brand’s trading turnover has increased on most of the more popular currency pairs among traders and investors. The…

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