Retail Forex broker Alpari has reported that FX trading volumes in its system hit $121.6 billion in October 2017, its best monthly result of the year and 6% above September's $114 billion. Alpari stated that the mid-Autumn month saw trading increases in all the major currency pairs. The biggest increase in turnover came from the…
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Warsaw based X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB), which operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub trading platform, issued today a response to reports that Poland's Financial Supervision Authority (Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego, or KNF) was going to initiate proceedings against the company for perpetrating Forex Fraud. As we reported earlier…
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CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced the launch of a new trading product, offering clients the opportunity to trade physical shares from its platform MT5+. JFD stated that with this launch, adding to its FX and CFD products, the company will become a true multi-asset broker, remaining one step ahead…
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FCA regulated CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has announced that it has extended its official Main Sponsor agreement with Club Atlético de Madrid, SAD, for the 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons, with both parties actively considering extending the relationship further. Plus500 first became the Official Main Sponsor of FC Atletico Madrid in January 2015 and…
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LeapRate Exclusive Interview... We often begin interviews with leading FX industry figures with a lengthy "setting the stage" intro. But not here. Following this weekend's news of the Chapter 11 reorganization filing by Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), we're just as curious as our readers to hear directly the people leading FXCM Group, in which GLBR owns…
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ASIC regulated Retail FX broker International Capital Markets Pty. Ltd. (IC Markets) informed that it has launched Stock CFD trading for clients on the MT5 platform. The release of Stock CFDs follows the addition of the multi asset MetaTrader 5 platform by IC Markets in May earlier this year, along with a number of other…
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Continuing a fairly slow October we have seen at some of the world's leading FX and CFD brokers, Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has released figures indicating that FX and overall trading activity was down slightly month-over-month. Overall, total multi-asset trading volumes at Saxo Bank were down 4% MoM in October, $328.5 billion…
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Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), which owns 50% of Retail FX broker FXCM Group, has filed its third quarter results with U.S. regulatory authorities indicating that it (as well as FXCM) saw Revenues decline by 11% from the second quarter, $44.0 million in Q3 versus $49.4 million in Q2. The company(ies) reported a Q3 net operating…
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After launching in demo mode last month, Geneva based Retail FX broker Dukascopy has announced that its Chained Option Contracts product has been released for Live trading. Binary traders of Dukascopy Bank and Dukascopy Europe can now use two types of automated trading strategies: Winning and Martingale. Winning is a follow-the-trend strategy, one of the most…
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Let's begin this article with what we wrote over the weekend when word broke of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) filing for a "Chapter 11" bankruptcy reorganization - this isn't your typical bankruptcy filing. And, the effects of the filing (if any) on Retail FX broker FXCM, in which Global Brokerage holds a 50% interest, have been…
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