X Open Hub updates its XOH Trader platform LeapRate

February 07, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

X Open Hub updates its XOH Trader platform

XOH Trader, the trading platform provided by X Open Hub, has just been updated. The regulated London based fintech company introduces new feedback-based trading features. Some of the newly added features include fingerprint and passcode unlocking methods, an option to edit positions from a chart, turning off weekend candles in chart settings, and more. The detailed list of changes…

February 07, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Bryan Durkin to step down as President of CME Group

CME Group announced yesterday Bryan Durkin’s resignation as President of the company. Durkin will step down in May this year and will serve as a special advisor to the company and report to CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Terry Duffy. CME’s board of directors has put Durkin forward for election to the board…

February 07, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Burberry sends a chilling warning to investors

Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for February 7, 2020. Burberry sent a chilling warning to investors this morning in an unplanned announcement which revealed the impact the coronavirus is having on the ground in China. The group said the outbreak of the coronavirus…

February 07, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hg invests in smartTrade Technologies

Software investor Hg just announced that it plans to acquire stakes from Keensight Capital and Pléiade Venture in multi-asset electronic trading solutions company smartTrade Technologies. smartTrade’s liquidity management solutions enable financial institutions to develop and run high-performance trading platforms throughout the world. David Vincent, CEO & co-Founder, as well as the smartTrade management team will remain…

February 07, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: The US dollar is still the strongest currency on the FX market

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for February 7, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: GOLD The US dollar is still by far the strongest currency on the FX market, with the euro/dollar recently reaching a 4-month-low. Despite this, the gold price is showing good resilience, holding…

February 07, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: Exness reports record trading volumes in January

The Exness Group has just announced that its trading volume for the month of January is US$417.7 billion. The company reported that this is the highest month since its creation back in 2008. LeapRate reminds that by the middle of 2014 the Exness Group clients' monthly trading volume was more than 180 billion USD and…

February 07, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

THETA Trading Technologies appoints Peter Meddemmen as CTO

The specialist provider of buy-side trading technology as a service, THETA, named former Bloomberg trading executive Peter Meddemmen its Chief Technology Officer. Meddemmen joins THETA as the company prepares for a new product launch in 2020. He will manage all technology delivery, including for its order and execution management system (OEMS), Apollo, scheduled to go…

February 06, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: US stocks enjoy coronavirus rebound

Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for February 6, 2020. The biggest headline in the US at the end of Wednesday was President Donald Trump’s acquittal in his Senate impeachment trial, which had been broadly anticipated and - as with the impeachment process generally…

February 06, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: The yuan continues to recover against the US dollar

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for February 6, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX Despite the increasing number of fatalities associated with the coronavirus, as well as concerns about the duration of economy-damaging travel bans, the yuan continues to recover against the US dollar and…

February 06, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

NZDUSD: RBNZ rate meeting might send New Zealand dollar higher

The following article is written by Alejandro Zambrano, Chief Market Strategist, ATFX. On February 12, the New Zealand central bank, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ), will host a rate meeting. The key interest rate is at 1% and economists do not anticipate a change in interest. However, their language might change to less dovish…

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