Forex Industry Week Review: FXCM new CEO and mega contracts, Exness FCA license upgrade, Binary Options chief arrested, and lots more… LeapRate

May 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: FXCM new CEO and mega contracts, Exness FCA license upgrade, Binary Options chief arrested, and lots more…

It was one of those weeks in Forex Industry News where things were 'all over the place'. We saw senior executive moves at ADS Securities, ArgusFX, and of course FXCM parent Global Brokerage Inc, which finally replaced CEO Drew Niv. There were regulatory actions. And, the arrest of the owner of a Binary Options brokerage…

May 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Marshall Gittler starts distributing his daily FX research via Claws & Horns service

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that popular FX analyst Marshall Gittler has resurfaced, publishing his daily research independently via FX news, data and analytical services provider Claws & Horns. Claws & Horns provides a variety of third party services to retail FX brokers. Its clients have included HiwayFX and LiteForex (see screenshot below). The very…

May 14, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Germany CFD rules, FXCM delisting, broker results, and lots more…

This past week of Forex Industry News seemed to have it all - regulatory changes, executive moves, social trading launches, lots of broker results, and a whole lot more. And as usual, only LeapRate brought you the key stories - the launch of social trading site Crowd Trading, Ayondo raising money, GKFX's former CEO landing at…

May 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS report: French Election effect on FX markets

On 07 May 2017, Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election by 66% of the vote, more than polls had predicted. In this report CLS assess whether the two rounds of the French presidential elections had a significant impact on the foreign exchange (FX) spot market, using data published by CLS on Quandl, an on-line…

May 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Macron won the French election - so why is the Euro down half a cent?

'Buy the Rumor, Sell the News’ in Euro After Macron Victory.

May 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Euro set to gap open above EURUSD 1.10 after Macron landslide victory in French Election

Thin liquidity pre-market, but EURUSD up around 30-pips from Friday's close after Macron landslide.

May 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: New CySEC forex licenses, Saxo Bank's Chinese shareholder, broker results, and lots more…

In one of the busiest weeks of the year in Forex Industry News at LeapRate, we had a little (actually, a lot!) of everything - exclusive coverage of new CySEC licenses granted to several forex-related entities, financial results both good and bad from a number of Retail and Institutional FX players, and executive moves at…

April 30, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: FX Broker gets CySEC license, XTB revenues plummet, FXCM debt to Leucadia, and lots more…

It was a week dominated by regulatory issues and financial results in Forex Industry News, with the key stories once again appearing first or exclusively at LeapRate. Our most popular guest posts this past week included: CySEC changes to Investor Compensation Fund: what does it mean for Forex brokers and traders? from MAP S.Platis General…

April 25, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Trump Timber Tariff hits Canadian Dollar hard, Loonie down to one-year low

The following is based on research from Tyler Yell, Currency Analyst at the DailyFX division of IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG). More of Tyler Yell's research can be seen at DailyFX.com. USD/CAD Technical Analysis: A Case Study On Not Fighting Breakouts Can CAD rebound in 2Q? See our forecast to find out what’s driving market…

April 25, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

IG political trading market: Macron has 89% probability of winning France Round 2

The outcome of the French Election is now down to a head to head. The latest prices in IG’s trading market on the election give the implied probability for the two candidates chances of victory as follows: Macron – 89% Le Pen – 11% We would remind LeapRate readers that although these “polls” are based…

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Forex Industry Week Review: FXCM new CEO and mega contracts, Exness FCA license upgrade, Binary Options chief arrested, and lots more…

Marshall Gittler starts distributing his daily FX research via Claws & Horns service

CLS report: French Election effect on FX markets

Macron won the French election - so why is the Euro down half a cent?

Euro set to gap open above EURUSD 1.10 after Macron landslide victory in French Election

Forex Industry Week Review: New CySEC forex licenses, Saxo Bank's Chinese shareholder, broker results, and lots more…

Forex Industry Week Review: FX Broker gets CySEC license, XTB revenues plummet, FXCM debt to Leucadia, and lots more…

Trump Timber Tariff hits Canadian Dollar hard, Loonie down to one-year low

IG political trading market: Macron has 89% probability of winning France Round 2

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Sterling Trading Tech Launches Overnight Trading in US NMS Equities

CAB Payments Subsidiary Granted Licence to Operate US Representative Office in NYC