Category: News

January 07, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Dukascopy white labels its JForex platform to new UK broker Atom8

Atom8 is bringing JForex unique features both to high-net-worth and institutional investors as well as retail traders interested in an ECN platform Dukascopy Bank has announced a new white label partnership with UK based brokerage Atom8 Financial Services LLP. The brokerage is aiming at providing ECN true services for individual and institutional clients. Liquidity will…

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January 07, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

GMO Click volumes up nicely by 13% in December

With Japanese brokerages, Yen volatility is the theme for volume growth in 2014 The first of the Japanese forex brokerage powerhouses – GMO Click has announced its volume metrics for the final month of 2013 and we are in for a very positive number. During the month of December the company reported volumes out at 59.21…

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January 07, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

UK's FCA tightens rules in 2014 for Introducing Brokers

All IB and affiliate material will need to pass more strict tests LeapRate Exclusive.... Have you ever wondered how long would it take for regulators to target a certain aspect of your business? Well, the ever growing affiliate and IB industry has just bumped into a set of regulatory scrutiny. Consequences for IB’s conducting their…

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January 06, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

ICAP EBS sees lowest FX volume metrics in years in December

EBS forex volumes 23% below last year and 11% below last month Another month passes and another dismal number for ICAP’s EBS comes into the fray. Following the multi-year lows announced in October, the company has reported an 11% drop on last month’s tepid rebound to mark the final month of 2013 at an average of $71 billion…

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January 06, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Gain Capital shares up 14% Friday in apparent Short Squeeze

Short interest in Gain Capital (NYSE:GCAP) shares hits 22% of float. LeapRate Exclusive.... Retail forex broker Gain Capital, parent of Forex.com and Gain GTX, saw its stock rise by 14% on Friday in what looks to be an upward short squeeze in the company's shares. As we predicted back when a Gain Capital convertible note…

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January 06, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

Leverate launches its own Binary Options platform

Binary market is getting crowded, as forex platform providers join the party The hype surrounding the binary options industry goes on as leading platform provider Leverate joined the party today announcing that it is launching its own trading platform solution named BX8. The platform will possess social trading features from the get go and will…

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January 06, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

IG loses Chief Market Strategist David Jones

IG's reorg continues; Jones was one of the more influential London financial research voices for the past decade. LeapRate Exclusive.... LeapRate has learned that longtime Chief Market Strategist David Jones has left UK spreadbetting firm IG (LON:IGG), to take a 'bit of a break', according to his personal website and Twitter feed. Jones stopped writing…

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