May 06, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
GAIN Capital shares pummeled after Q1 report, down 8%
Gain's pips-earned-per-trade took a big hit in Q1. One-time phenomenon, or a trend?
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May 04, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
FXCM shares dip back below $2 as shareholders change over from institutional to retail
Are FXCM's shares a potential bargain at below $2? Or are traders convinced there's little upside, even if things go operationally well for FXCM?
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May 01, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Social media's black week on Wall Street - Twitter down 25%, LinkedIn 21%
As those in the Forex world know, use of various types of social media is certainly on the rise around the world. For everything from looking for a job, to keeping up with friends and family, and getting hold of the latest news and celebrity gossip, we are relying on social media more and more…
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May 01, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
SafeCharge takes minority stake in Far East payments processor 2C2P
SafeCharge will also extend its technology product offering to 2C2P's merchants, mainly travel businesses and retailers in South East Asia.
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May 01, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Hotspot FX posts 10% drop in April trading volumes to $28.4 billion ADV
However April was a tale of two halves at Hotspot, with April 1-15 volumes down to $25.1B and April 16-30 back up to $$31.7B.
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April 30, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
KPMG won't be making first distributions to Alpari UK clients until after May 31
.... and small clients with balances of less than $400 will NOT be receiving anything at the initial stage, but will be required to wait.
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April 30, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Swiss National Bank action on January 15 cost it CHF 41 billion
The SNB's just-released Q1 report shows an overall loss of CHF 30 billion ($31 billion), almost all due to foreign currency action.
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April 24, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
LeapRate’s Retail FX Volume Index rises 10% in March as FX volatility and traders return after Swiss Franc crisis
Global retail forex trading activity rose to $346 billion per day following February’s decline, as brokers re-instituted leverage to higher levels and volatility cooperated.
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April 22, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
CME Group: Futures market didn't cause 2010 Flash Crash... we think
CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME), the world's largest derivatives marketplace, has put out an interesting statement in light of the prosecution and possible extradition of Navinder Singh Sarao to the US. The CME has long maintained that the cause of the 2010 'Flash Crash', which on May 6 of that year saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
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April 17, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff
Did a Coke can spill bring down Bloomberg's global terminal network?
Bloomberg's terminals, heavily relied upon by traders, went down for about two and half hours early Friday causing headaches - and delayed offerings.
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