Tag: FXTM

digital versus fiat currency
February 20, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Out with Fiat, In with Digital Currencies?

Digital currencies have some challenges if they are ever to actually replace the fiat system. It’s true that more and more crypto-friendly merchants and businesses are popping up around the world, but with that comes significant regulatory backlash.

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FXTM UK license
February 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Its Forextime in the UK! FXTM launching FCA licensed operation

CySEC, Belize and South Africa licensed Retail FX broker Forextime, which also goes by the shortened moniker FXTM, has announced on a new website forextime.co.uk (full text below) that it has received a license from the FCA for a new UK-based subsidiary Forextime UK Limited. A check of the FCA's registry reveals that Forextime UK…

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New BIS report cites “internalization” by large banks for 7% volume drop
January 23, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

MiFID II, GDPR and ESMA: The Not-So-Terrible Trio

The following article was written by FXTM Senior Staff Writer, Ben Lovell-Viggers. It’s been a while since we had a good financial bubble to discuss around the water cooler; bubbles are the punctuation marks in a long history of financial folly. In terms of scale, the leading contender is the legendary South Sea Bubble of…

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technical analysis tools swiss army knife
December 22, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Getting Technical: The Top 5 Technical Analysis Tools

The value of technical analysis is a source of great debate in economic circles; nonetheless, the majority of FX traders swear by it. Wherever you stand, FXTM’s Ben Lovell-Viggers takes you through the five technical analysis tools that every trader should have in their locker. Despite what Hollywood might have you believe, investment decisions are…

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forex broker life
December 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

What’s the Big Deal? A Day in the Life of a Forex Dealer

It’s the world’s biggest market by trading volume, with daily turnover of $5.2 trillion in 2016 - but just how much do you know about the high-stakes world of forex dealing? FXTM’s Ben Lovell-Viggers lifts the lid. Retail traders only account for a very small portion of the total turnover on the FX market, which…

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Germany trade boom
November 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Is Germany Heading for a Boom?

Claims that the German economy is overheating have been simmering for months now. FXTM’s Global Head of Currency Strategy and Market Research, Jameel Ahmad, discusses recent warnings by the German Council of Economic Experts that tough times could be on the cards for Germany. At the beginning of this year, fund managers looking to switch…

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FXTM copy trade fx
November 16, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Copy Trading: The Essential Ins and Outs

As copy trading becomes ever more popular, and novice traders continue to follow experienced trading strategies that suit their investment goals, FXTM’s Nikola Grozdanovic asks, what is copy trading all about? Copy trading provides people interested in investing in the financial markets (or ‘investors’) with an avenue to automatically copy forex traders whose strategies are…

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