The Financial Markets Authority (AMF)'s annual report for 2015 showed that the number of complaints received against binary options and Forex brokers reached 1,617 in 2015, up from 1,293 in 2014. The high rise in complaints is probably just one of the reasons that AMF is launching a consultation, until 30 September 2016, on the introduction…
Read moreThe Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has warned the general public, in particular retail investors regarding the sale of contracts for differences (CFDs), binary options and other speculative products and the various risks associated with such products. ESMA has noted that these type of products give rise to investor protection concerns mainly due to the marketing strategies…
Read moreDFMarkets is expanding its trading instrument selection by adding several new Еquity CFDs to all versions of the DFTrader platform (desktop, web, mobile), starting July 7. Here’s the list of them: JP Shares: Symbol Sumco Corp SUMCO Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd YOKOHAMA US Shares: Symbol Eastman Chemical Company EMN GrubHub GRUB EU ETFs: Symbol European Low…
Read moreToday Swiss based FINMA and EU regulated brokerage house Dukascopy has amended certains CFD contract trading conditions. The amendments include index and Binary options CFDs. Firstly, maximum exposure limits on GBP and EUR based indices were increased today at 15:00 GMT, 06 July 2016 as follows: GBP/IDX - 30 contracts DEU.IDX/EUR -50 contracts ESP.IDX/EUR -50 contracts EUS.IDX/EUR…
Read moreASIC and FCA regulated broker FXOpen has launched this week a free entrance demo competition called “CFD Open”. The contest is designed for traders who want to trade indices, oil and gas. Registration is now open to take part in the demo competition from June 13th to July 8th, 2016. CFD Open Facts and Figures: 1. contest dates: June…
Read moreGlobally regulated Forex brokerage Admiral Markets announced this week an extension on its offering. From the session opening Monday March 28 2016, Admiral Markets CFDs on indices and commodities will be: accessible, via reduced margin requirements and contract size cost effective, via reduced spreads. Leverage enhancements The leverage rate on most popular indices, commodities and CHF currency pairs will…
Read moreDarwinex, the UK-FCA regulated asset manager of DARWIN strategies for FX investors and ECN broker today launched new features rounding out the brokerage offering. This also gives trade-leaders more variety when conducting their investment strategies. Furthermore, corporate accounts are also available which makes it possible for professional providers to conduct business in their legal company name. Lastly, the…
Read moreThe PortfolioInvestor platform offers clients an innovative means to take advantage of key market themes, in one click, by strategically investing in professionally constructed portfolios of Direct Market Access (DMA) CFDs over highly liquid global shares and ETFs, said Invast CEO Brendan Gunn.
Read moreLeapRate has been informed from several financial spread betting firms of solid volume activity early European hours as there are big jumps in pre-market futures for the German DAX index as well as the France CAC, both rising as the Greek government submitted a proposal accepting austerity to get debt relief. The CFD market is creating good volatility…
Read moreFXOpen beefs up trading instruments' lineup on its ECN accounts, adding contracts for difference on Oil, Natural gas and Indices.
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