Ayondo acquires Singapore investor education app TradeHero ahead of planned SGX listing LeapRate

November 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Ayondo acquires Singapore investor education app TradeHero ahead of planned SGX listing

FCA regulated social trading and fintech technology provider Ayondo has announced that it is acquiring the TradeHero brand, a Singapore investor education app that has been ranked as the number one finance Apple iOS app in over 90 countries. Dominic Morris, co-founder of TradeHero, will become the new Head of Innovation for Ayondo Group. The…

November 15, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Social trading and competition provider TopTradr launches new website

Social trading site TopTradr, which runs a series of trading competitions between retail traders with an eye to helping them become professional traders, has launched a new & improved website at www.toptradr.com. TopTradr rewards investors for risk-responsible trading practices and steady equity growth, providing an opportunity for traders to become Pros. The TopTradr web app,…

November 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

ThinkMarkets adds mobile social trading with SwipeStox app

FCA regulated multi asset broker ThinkMarkets has announced that it is partnering with SwipeStox, the mobile-based social trading provider, to bring their customers an extensive mobile application social trading service. This marks another major client win for SwipeStox, after it landed FXCM as a client of its social trading app this summer. We had first…

September 12, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

The flaws in social trading

... and how brokers can overcome them.

September 08, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Forex4you volume and client equity rise for social trading; agent commissions reach $5M

BVI registered retail brokerage Forex4you, a brand of E-Global Trade & Finance Group, Inc. we found out today according to their latest Management Assertion Report, conducted by KPMG, shows that the total number of active client accounts for the calendar year of 2015 was 92,564, while the sum paid to partners/agents in commission reached $4.9 million USD.…

July 18, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Social trading compliance in the EU

What are some of the platform features we can expect to see in the near future from regulation compliant social trading providers?

July 11, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Taking the training wheels off your Forex demo account

For new traders, or even experienced ones used to dealing with a designated broker, the access to a demo account cannot be underestimated.

June 14, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Tradebird launches as a social trading app - LeapRate Exclusive Interview

Social trading is a theme which seems to rise and fall and rise again in the online trading world. A number of attempts have been made at creating pan-broker social networks in which traders can do everything from exchange information to copy each other to try and learn from 'the crowd in the cloud'. However…

June 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Leverate's Forex platform gets Push SMS, Social Trading and Stop Loss upgrades

Forex platform provider Leverate has announced the release of its newest features including several updates to its platforms and systems, focusing mainly on mobile traders. As part of Leverate’s commitment to improving brokerages’ acquisition, conversion and retention rates through improved funnels and better communication with traders, the tech provider is implementing the use of deep links…

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