Liquid, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, is introducing Bitcoin perpetuals with 100:1 leverage ratio. The exchange is the latest one that is adding the Bitcoin product to its platform. The difference between futures and perpetual contracts is that unlike futures, perpetuals do not have an expiry date. As stated by Liquid, a perpetual contract also does…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced on Tuesday that it has made the following new retail regulations: Retail investors will now have access to 20:1 leverage (previous leverage was 50:1). As stated in the announcement, exemption from the new measures are only specified holders of a licence who maintain a base capital of…
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Two weeks back, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released a consultation paper, which suggested that, since all other measures had failed to curb extraordinary losses caused by binary options and to a lesser extent by CFDs, the agency intended to ban binary options and severely restrict the use of CFDs. The measures were…
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The Polish Financial Authority (KNF) has just released a new category of investor called an experienced retail client. The polish watchdog has also increased the level of leverage up to 100:1 for selected instruments. LeapRate reminds that just a few days ago ESMA issued four opinions on product intervention measures taken by the National Competent…
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Investors are now wondering what is going on with Bitcoin's price craziness, as the price chart already looks like the infamous "hockey stick", and experts are grasping to find the reasons why the digital currency is now hitting the $17,000 level every day. The answer may be leverage. The Japanese exchange, bitFlyer, said that their…
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Regulated forex broker Exness today announced developments which will substantially improve client trading and allow more freedom and flexibility to apply their trading strategies without hindrances and limitations. Exness currently offers unlimited leverage to clients on Cent, Mini and Classic accounts, from Monday 00:00 GMT to Thursday 23:59 GMT. As of Sunday, December 25th for…
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San Francisco-headquartered OANDA, the popular globally regulated multi-asset broker, today made note of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consultation paper published yesterday, December 6, 2016, and states that it supports any changes that improve the long-term trading experience for clients. Yesterday, The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued directives proposing stricter rules for firms selling…
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Here we go again with European geopolitical risk...roughly 6 months after the surprising "Brexit" vote, Italians are ready to make their voices heard regarding their politics. As such, brokerages are beginning to adjust trading conditions for the event. EU and FCA regulated broker Admiral Markets announced margin requirement updates as market uncertainty is increasing around…
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With the U.S. Presidential Election only 5 days away now, many brokers have been reporting reduction in leverage and increase in margin requirements to guard against any dry up of liquidity or sudden price shocks should markets get a little crazy. CySEC/IFSC regulated RoboForex has taken a different approach. Today the FX broker only 'warned'…
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It was just announced today that UK-FCA regulated FX brokerage Blackwell Global in light of the 58th quadrennial United States presidential election being held on Tuesday, 8 November, 2016, Blackwell Global will increase the margins on selected instruments from Sunday, 6 November 2016, 9:00pm (GMT). The firm's Cyprus regulated office had announced the same margin adjustments…
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