Category: Forex

First set of disclosed trades on TrueFX network executed
January 21, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

New wallet feature from Admiral Markets UK

Admiral Markets UK announced today the launch of their new wallet feature in Trader’s Room. The wallet will serve as a central account that links trading accounts with funds from banks, e-wallets, credit cards, etc. The feature will allow direct deposits rather than going around transferring money to individual trading accounts. The transferred funds will…

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January 21, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

“Phase One” of the US-China trade deal unveiled

Months of negotiation finally lead to the first phase of the US-China trade deal on Wednesday last week. In the 86 paged document, China promises to buy USD 200bn of US goods over the next two years and the US to reduce the tariffs on USD 120bn Chinese products. The deal also promises better defense…

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ATFX launches electronic signature service in South East Asia
January 21, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

ATFX launches electronic signature service in South East Asia

Fintech company and brokerage ATFX recently launched Adobe Sign as a new service for its clients in South East Asia. The new service allows clients to sign electronic forms and send them back to the company in a minute. LeapRate reminds that the broker also recently launched ATFX Connect for institutional clients, Biometric facial recognition…

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fxcm launches stock baskets
January 21, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM releases steady execution data report in December

Retail forex broker FXCM (NYSE:FXCM) released execution data for December 2019. All Instruments Highlights include: 72.9% of orders executed at price, a drop of 2.14% MoM 20.8% of orders executed with positive slippage, up 9.5% MoM 6.3% of orders executed with negative slippage, down 3% MoM Average execution speed 17 milliseconds Highlighted Instruments December 2019: The company…

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IG Group office
January 21, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

IG Group announces H1 FY20 results, expects to return to revenue growth in FY20

UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) announced its results for the six months ended 30 November 2019 (H1 FY20). Back in December, the broker noted that the net trading revenue in H1 FY20 was expected to be around £250 million, as the prior year period benefited from two months of trading prior to the ESMA product intervention measures coming…

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MetaQuotes launches MT5 Certification Program for brokers
January 20, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

MetaQuotes launches MT5 Certification Program for brokers

Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes has just announced that it has launched a Meta Trader 5 Certification Program for brokers. The exams aim to assist brokerage companies in assessing their employees' skills and encouraging them to broaden their knowledge. MetaQuotes has created tests to check and verify the most extensive and in-depth knowledge related to its products. Three certification…

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Fullerton Markets updates website, relaunches marketing tool PipBox
January 20, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fullerton Markets updates website, relaunches marketing tool PipBox

St. Vincent based brokerage firm Fullerton Markets has just announced that it has updated its homepage. The new site now includes a contemporary design and easy one-click features that allow for easier navigation. Said CEO of Fullerton Markets, Mario Singh, commented: We’re excited about the new look! After collecting feedback from our users, we realised…

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Daily Market analysis
January 20, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: The pound is showing weakness

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for January 20, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX Quiet start to the week for the foreign exchange market, to some extent due to the holiday in the US, where the markets are closed, but also because…

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CLS Group trading volumes
January 20, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS Group reports steady ADV in December

CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has just published its operating metrics for the month of December 2019. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.60 trillion, down 0.5% from USD1.61 trillion in November 2019. Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS by product…

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