GO Markets launches GO Plus+ account for high volume FX traders LeapRate

October 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GO Markets launches GO Plus+ account for high volume FX traders

ASIC regulated Retail FX broker GO Markets has announced the launch of its new GO Plus+ account, providing an advanced trading experience targeted at high volume traders. This brand-new account option seeks to reduce spreads, and therefore clients’ overall trading costs, with the addition of aggregated Bank, Non-Bank, and ECN pricing on Margin FX (Forex) and Metals.…

October 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: IKON Finance lost £817K ahead of sale of Retail FX clients to Hantec Markets

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA licensed FX and CFDs broker IKON Finance Limited saw a drop in Revenues as well as a net operating loss in 2016, ahead of the company's sale of its Retail FX clients to rival broker Hantec Markets after year-end. As was exclusively reported by LeapRate…

October 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank FX volumes strong, Commodities and Equities weak in mixed September trading

Copenhagen based online brokerage provider Saxo Bank has reported steady but mixed overall trading volumes for September 2017, with FX trading up but Commodities and Equities somewhat weaker than in August. Overall, total multi-asset trading volumes at Saxo Bank were down 2% MoM in September, $342.6 billion versus $348.4 billion in August. We'd note that monthly volumes…

October 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Dukascopy cuts maximum exposure on EUR forex pairs due to Catalonia unrest

Geneva based Retail FX broker Dukascopy has announced that due to the probability of high volatility, periods of low liquidity and risk of price gaps that may appear in FX markets in connection with the situation in Catalonia, Dukascopy is temporarily decreasing the maximum exposure limit to 15 million EUR on currency pairs that contain…

October 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ETX Capital strategy shift leads to 17% drop in Revenues, £2.7 million loss

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned from regulatory filings that ETX Capital had a fairly poor year in 2016, following a shift in strategy to refocus on what the company called premium customers, and away from pay-away and introducer-led channels, including China. The filings were made by FCA regulated Monecor (London) Limited, which operates the ETX…

October 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Asia focused CFD and cryptocurrency broker Finq.com launched by Leadcapital

FSA Seychelles regulated brokerage group Leadcapital Corp Ltd has announced that it has just gone live with a new Asian facing brand Finq.com. Leadcapital Corp is a "sister company" to CySEC licensed Leadcapital Markets Ltd, which operates the Trade.com online brokerage brand. Finq.com is launching with twelve languages in place, offering fairly low minimum deposits…

October 05, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ADS Securities CMO Andreas Lazarou departs

LeapRate Exclusive... Continuing a fairly wide ranging turnover in senior management, LeapRate has learned that Abu Dhabi based brokerage group ADS Securities has seen the departure of longtime Chief Marketing Officer Andreas Lazarou. Andreas Lazarou has been with ADS since 2013, first as Director of Marketing and later being promoted to CMO. He had joined ADS…

October 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

GAIN Capital’s Forex.com retail FX trading volumes down 15% in September to $203 billion

Two days after the news that Joe Schenk will replace Peter Quick as Chairman of GAIN Capital Inc (NYSE:GCAP), the FX brokerage group has reported its operating metrics for the month of September 2017. After hitting a record $279.8 billion in August (up 32% over July), the institutional FX volumes were steady in September -…

October 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dukascopy cuts Spain 35 Index leverage to 10x due to Catalonia unrest

Geneva based Retail Forex broker Dukascopy has just made an announcement that due to situation in Catalonia and related risk of price gaps has made a slight change to its Spain 35 index ESP.IDX/EUR. Dukascopy Group decided to reduce leverage on CFD of the Spain 35 index ESP.IDX/EUR to the level of 1:10 and limit…

October 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exness reports third best month ever for FX volumes with September at $261 billion

Continuing the fairly strong FX trading volume reports we have seen so far from some of the leading institutional FX firms, CySEC and FCA regulated Retail FX broker Exness has reported that forex volumes in its system came in at $260.6 billion in September. That figure was actually down 5% from August's $274.8 billion result, but still placed…

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GO Markets launches GO Plus+ account for high volume FX traders

Exclusive: IKON Finance lost £817K ahead of sale of Retail FX clients to Hantec Markets

Saxo Bank FX volumes strong, Commodities and Equities weak in mixed September trading

Dukascopy cuts maximum exposure on EUR forex pairs due to Catalonia unrest

Exclusive: ETX Capital strategy shift leads to 17% drop in Revenues, £2.7 million loss

Asia focused CFD and cryptocurrency broker Finq.com launched by Leadcapital

Exclusive: ADS Securities CMO Andreas Lazarou departs

GAIN Capital’s Forex.com retail FX trading volumes down 15% in September to $203 billion

Dukascopy cuts Spain 35 Index leverage to 10x due to Catalonia unrest

Exness reports third best month ever for FX volumes with September at $261 billion

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