Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced that it is raising margin requirements and reducing leverage on a variety of FX, CFD and Commodity products, as geopolitical tensions in the Asia Pacific region heat up in the wake of increased US-North Korea rhetoric. Margin requirements on major FX pairs involving the USD, EUR…
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After returning to normal most currency pairs following last week's US election, FCA and CySEC licensed Retail Forex broker FxPro has sent a note out to clients, indicating that it is also loosening margin requirements to 'normal' for Mexican Peso and Swiss Franc currency crosses. Given the heavy volatility in the Peso following Donald Trump's…
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FCA and CySEC licensed Retail Forex broker FxPro has sent a note out to clients, indicating that it is returning to margin requirements to normal for most currency pairs (see details below). However for the time being, FxPro is leaving its new (tighter) margin requirements in place for Precious Metals, Spot Indices and Shares. FxPro had…
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FCA regulated retail forex broker Hantec Markets has decided to raise margins required by clients to support leveraged positions, ahead of next week's US Presidential election on November 8. Hantec sent out the following message to clients: Important Announcement: Margin Increase due to the US Presidential Election Dear Valued Client, Due to the expected volatility…
Read moreCySEC regulated retail forex broker CFI Markets has issued a note to clients, indicating that it is now easing margin requirements on certain currency pairs and other financial instruments. CFI had taken steps around the June Brexit vote to limit client trading leverage by raising required margins. Those margin requirements were eased somewhat soon after…
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Read moreThe 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…
Read moreA follow-up to LeapRate's earlier report about Dukascopy cutting maximum leverage on USD/HKD... The Swiss Forex broker has just provided an update regarding the pending changes to trading conditions, specifying that the changes to maximum leverage levels will apply to all HKD pairs (not only to USD/HKD). This means that on top of USD/HKD, the leverage…
Read moreJapanese FX and binary options broker Hirose, which is planning a public float of its shares later this month, has announced pending changes to the trading conditions for owners of corporate accounts for its LION FX platform. Effective April 11, 2016, the broker will be reducing maximum leverage for such accounts from 1:200 to 1:100. The…
Read moreRetail Forex broker FxPro has announced a set of changes to trading conditions regarding Spot Indices and Energies. As of Friday, January 29, 2016, the broker will be introducing dynamic leverage across MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) on Spot Indices. It will also be adjusting the current tiers on Spot Energies and Energy Futures.…
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