Category: Forex

Saxo Bank’s 10 Outrageous Predictions for 2019
December 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Saxo Bank’s 2019 Outrageous Predictions: Corbyn sends GBPUSD to parity, Germany enters recession, Trump tells Powell “you’re fired”

One of the more interesting traditions in the forex world as we head toward the year-end is Copenhagen based Retail FX broker Saxo Bank’s annual “Outrageous Predictions”. Of course, the company does not give 100% chance that any of this will surely happen the way they predict it, but if you are a trader, it's…

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Spotware launches cTrader Open API 2.0
December 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

New cTrader Copy enhances PAMM

Passive investment, or social trading, is one of the fastest-growing trading approaches today. It takes influences from the social media networking model and applies them to investment, driving new growth for a rising number of brokers. Two styles have emerged as the strongest contenders; percentage allocation management module (PAMM), which gives professional money managers access…

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LeapRate Interview: Prokopios Katsaros shares details on TopFX’s 2-in-1 broker solution
December 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

LeapRate Interview: Prokopios Katsaros shares details on TopFX’s 2-in-1 broker solution

Prokopios Katsaros, Head of Brokerage at Cyprus-Based Prime Brokerage TopFX, has joined LeapRate for an interview, sharing details about the company's 2-in-1 broker solution, its partnership with Forex software provider Spotware, and more. LR: Hi Prokopios, and thanks for joining us today. Please let us know a little more about TopFX’s 2-in-1 solution for brokers, and…

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Paxful launches wallet app, releases a series of educational workshops in Africa
December 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

WFE signs MoU with African Securities Exchanges Association

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has informed the public that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA). According to WFE and the Association, the two main goals of the memorandum will be: to support the development of market infrastructures in Africa, and a wider African capital market ecosystem…

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Farmers to turn CO2 into a cash crop
December 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Farmers to turn CO2 into a cash crop

As climate change projections grow increasingly dire, governments are calling on the private sector to address and prepare for its effects. Nori, the blockchain-based marketplace for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is making it easy for companies to pay to reducing their carbon footprint, while incentivizing farmers to switch to more eco-friendly agricultural practices.…

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RBA May Rate Meeting
November 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Admiral Markets reduces spreads on popular financial instruments

Estonia based Retail FX brokerage firm Admiral Markets Group AS has announced it has reduced its spreads on its most popular financial instruments, including top currency pairs like the EUR/USD. Admiral Markets clients can now trade its most popular Forex currency pairs at the following typical spreads: EUR/USD: 0.6 pips GBP/USD: 1.0 pips USD/JPY: 0.9…

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Options adds more APAC clients to its Managed Colocation service
November 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Financial cloud provider Options opens a second office in Belfast

Private financial cloud provider for the global capital markets industry, Options, has opened a brand new office in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The new headquarters, based in Linen Loft, Adelaide Street, will consist of 100 new financial technology jobs. Options has already opened one Belfast office back in 2014. Options’ Chief Operating Officer, Danny Moore, former…

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AvaTrade adds MetaTrader 5 to its range of global platforms
November 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Brokers can now support clients using built-in platform chats in MT5

MetaQuotes Software Corp. has announced that, after the release of MetaTrader 5 build 1930, brokers can start serving clients directly in MetaTrader 5 chats. Now traders and technical support teams can chat directly while trading. The updated platform chat functionality lets traders to jointly discuss trading ideas, create custom channels with their own content, as…

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Brokeree Solutions integrates TASE into MT4/MT5 Liquidity Bridge
November 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Brokeree Solutions integrates TASE into MT4/MT5 Liquidity Bridge

Brokeree Solutions, the Estonia based provider of high-grade technology solutions for forex brokers, has just announced that it has integrated Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) liquidity into MetaTrader 4. The connection is established via MetaTrader Bridge by Brokeree Solutions and provides brokers with a zero-latency order execution of Israeli securities on the exchange. Brokeree’s MT4/MT5 Liquidity…

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Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point adds alternative data
November 28, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bloomberg launches B-PIPE real-time data in the cloud

Bloomberg has informed the public that it has just launched its flagship real-time market data feed, B-PIPE, in the cloud. B-PIPE is a no-compromise solution available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and it is providing access to the same market data available through the Bloomberg Terminal. With this newly launched service clients can simultaneously stream…

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