Swiss Franc move leads to a run on shares of publicly traded Forex brokers
Thursday's results? FXCM down 15%, Gain Capital down -8%, IG Group off 4%, Plus500 down 4%, Swissquote down 4%
Read moreThursday's results? FXCM down 15%, Gain Capital down -8%, IG Group off 4%, Plus500 down 4%, Swissquote down 4%
Read moreUS retail forex isn't dead yet, as American traders joined the world trading wave as volatility peaked in Q4.
Read moreRetail OTC trading volume came to $236.1 billion, an increase of 6.8% from November 2014, whilst institutional activity dipped by 6% in December with an average daily GTX volume of $17.2 billion
Read moreMore than half the grant worth about $4.7 million went to CEO Glenn Stevens.
Read moreIn an SEC filing Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has indicated that its CMO Samantha Roady, who technically holds the title of Chief Commercial Officer, recently received a grant totaling more than 131,000 GCAP shares worth about $1.2 million. After receiving the grant, Roady sold 42,000 of the shares on January 5 and 6, pocketing more than…
Read moreCommissions from UK CFD trading advisor Galvan already contributed $2.3 million to Gain Capital revenues in Q3 last year.
Read moreThe first real trading day of 2015 (not counting the light post New Years session on Friday) saw the year kick off in the red Monday, and with heightened volatility across all instrument types: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) dropped 331 points and the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) was off 37, marking a more-than 1.8% fall…
Read moreIt has been quite a year in the forex industry in 2014. We're exiting the year with near-record volatility in key currency pairs such as the EURUSD and EURCHF, as well as Yen and Ruble pairs. The USD is at multi-year highs, while Crude Oil is at multi-year lows. Valuations of publicly traded forex brokers…
Read moreFrom high value M&A activity to low volumes. From consolidation of client bases to platform diversity, LeapRate looks back on the events that stood out this year
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