Rakuten Securities Hong Kong Limited (Rakuten Securities HK) announced today Rakuten FX, a brand new forex account service for clients to trade through a proprietary trading platform. With the introduction of Rakuten FX, Rakuten is looking to affirm their leading position among online forex brokers in Hong Kong.
“After the successful rebranding of Rakuten Securities HK from FXCM Asia in April this year, we listen to client’s feedback and understand the needs of market. Launching Rakuten FX, offering an ever low trading cost and over 99%ɞ order execution rate that definitely revolutionizes client’s forex trading experience” said Kazunori Iida, President of Rakuten Securities HK.
Rakuten Securities HK stated: “Lower trading cost and higher order execution rate are crucial factors for successful traders. Rakuten FX account offers tight fixed spread with NO commission, while trading order execution rate is over 99% through Rakuten FX trading platform.”
| Tight & Fixed Spread | 0 Commission | |
| Lowest fixed spreads: | NO commission, spread is the only cost. | |
| EUR/USD | 0.7 pips | Over 99%ɞ Order Execution Rate |
| USD/JPY | 0.7 pips | Super high execution rate of AS Streaming and Streaming orders |
| AUD/USD | 1.0 pips | |
| GBP/USD | 1.3 pips | |
Rakuten FX trading platform will be available on October 3, 2016, with desktop (MARKETSPEED FX), mobile (iSPEED FX) and web (Rakuten FX Web) versions.
The trading platform, is wholly owned by parent company Rakuten Securities, Inc., and is one of the most popular trading platforms in Japan. Features of MARKETSPEED FX desktop platform:
| 1. Fast One-Click Order Execution for Day Trader | 2. Create Leave Order during Weekends |
| AS Streaming order enables trader to submit market order without setting Entry or Close | Leave Order (Stop or Limit Order) can be placed/ modified/ cancelled during weekends~ |