Exness keeps client margins, leverage and trading conditions unchanged leading up to Brexit vote LeapRate

June 20, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Exness keeps client margins, leverage and trading conditions unchanged leading up to Brexit vote

Mirroring the Brexit vote itself, it seems as though two camps are emerging among Retail Forex brokers and their approach to handling the increased volatility around this Thursday's Brexit referendum in the UK. The majority of brokers have indeed decided to cut leverage from normal levels, requiring more margin from clients on both new and…

June 20, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

European equity indices look to open up 2-3% as anti Brexit momentum pushes GBPUSD above 1.46

Continuing our coverage of what promises to be a very volatile week in the financial markets, leading European index futures were indicating to open up big, as bullish momentum swept European markets following end-of-weekend polls supporting the Remain side of this Thursday's Brexit referendum in the UK. With Brexit fears easing, the main winner in…

June 16, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Tickmill lowers leverage to 1:25 for all GBP pairs; 1:100 for all EUR pairs; and 1:20 for UK100

Global ECN broker Tickmill, regulated as a securities dealer by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) of Seychelles has informed its clients about upcoming changes to leverage and margin requirement ahead of the EU membership vote in the UK. Tickmill will lower the maximum leverage to 1:25 for all GBP pairs; 1:100 for all EUR pairs; and…

June 16, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Hantec Markets' Richard Perry puts Brexit in perspective for traders

Brexit, Brexit, Brexit.... As next Thursday's vote gets closer and the outcome of the UK referendum still seems uncertain, it has been impossible to avoid the topic of Brexit in virtually every form of media. On this morning's FT.com home page alone you can read Blue-chips threaten Leave camp over logos, or Next steps after Brexit, How would…

June 14, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

What is the best way to trade Brexit?

The UK referendum can be traded, but according to Saxo Bank's John Hardy spot forex is not the place to do so.

June 14, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

What's behind Bitcoin's price spike? Brexit? China? Something else?

Anyoption analyst Elise Blanford takes an interesting look at what is happening right now in the cryptocurrency market, as Bitcoin is leading a charge upward in prices. For more of Elise’s research see the Anyoption blog. [divide] While Bitcoin has had a particularly tumultuous year, the recent surge higher in prices comes amid numerous factors…

June 14, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Vantage FX implements wide ranging "Brexit" leverage cuts

Vantage FX, a Sydney headquartered Australian Securities and Investments Commission regulated brokerage announced today in light of the possibility of increased volatility in global financial markets due to the upcoming Brexit Referendum, the broker has conducted a review of risk management policies surrounding "Brexit." As a result of this review, Vantage FX has decided to implement a two stage adjustment to…

June 14, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Capital Index chooses two-stage margin increases ahead of Brexit vote

FCA and CySEC regulated online trading broker Capital Index has informed its clients of a two-stage hike in margin requirements ahead of next Thursday's Brexit referendum. At 14:00 BST on Friday June 17 the margin rates on European indices and all GBP and EUR currency pairs will be changing to the rates shown in the…

June 13, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Brexit uncertainty and margin requirement increases: Saxo Bank's Claus Nielsen speaks

As our news ticker continues to beep throughout the day it seems as though every few minutes there's an 'Exclusive' report about some broker or other raising its margin requirements for clients ahead of next Thursday's Brexit vote. One of the first such reports we made on topic, for one of the first brokers to…

June 13, 2016 BY Mike Fox

RoboForex increases margin requirements and limits trades for "Brexit"

The Belize IFSC regulated RoboForex division announced today limitations on leverage across, MT4, MT5 and cTrader platforms on GBP instruments, as well as "Close only" notifications for MT4, MT5. As traders know, the June 23rd 2016, UK referendum is approaching for "Brexit", on the country exiting the European Union (EU). Therefore, all currency pairs with the British…

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