Tag: CFDs

December 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Dubai based FX broker Fortress Prime plans for UK FCA license

Fortress Prime delivers liquidity in FX, precious metals, commodities, global indices and CFD's. It utilizes advanced MT4 and FIX API trading technology solutions in addition to advisory and operational services to brokers, professional clients, financial institutions, and hedge fund managers globally.

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October 27, 2014 BY Mike Fox

LeapRate Forex Weekly Look Back – Week of October 20th

LeapRate Forex Weekly Look Back – Week of October 20th FxPro preparing to launch FxPro Prime Brokerage services | https://www.leaprate.com/kEf3i Bye bye MetaTrader 4! MONEX Group formally announces phase-out | https://www.leaprate.com/mmAAu Plus500 triples its worldwide revenue in Q3 2014 | https://www.leaprate.com/7Iyao Op-ed: FX business now shares equities’ margin shrinkage | https://www.leaprate.com/CgQTN Infinigon launches API for…

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April 24, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Fake AP White House terror tweet closes out many FX traders

Those trading equity indices using high leverage were closed out of positions on the way down. Tuesday's trading produced one of the oddest one-day price charts for the Dow Jones and S&P500 indices ever seen (see below). At about 1:07 EDT (New York time) an AP tweet stated "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and…

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April 16, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Retail FX brokers see best-ever day in years due to Gold crash

Unprecedented volatility in Gold, increased volatility in everything else traded leads to huge rampup in trading volumes. LeapRate Exclusive.... LeapRate has learned, in discussions with senior management at various FX brokers in different locations worldwide, that the past two trading days (Fri Apr 12 and Mon Apr 15) were in aggregate two of their best-ever…

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