LeapRate

Joined Feb 21, 2011

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Experience: More than 5 years

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LeapRate is an independent research and advisory firm, covering the world of online Forex and CFD trading. Our Approved Firms list highlights Forex firms which in our view do things right – in terms of adherence to proper procedures, regulation, custody of cash, quotes to clients and risk management techniques, among others. LeapRate is followed by thousands of investors and other Forex industry participants via Twitter, email, and our website at http://www.leaprate.com.

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Japan Forex market shrinks in 2011

Japan loses its position as the world's #1 Forex market.Two years of successive regulatory reductions in allowed leverage (now just 25:1) have taken their toll on the Japanese Forex market, knocking Japan out of first place in terms of volumes traded. The hit has been double-edged – lower leverag...

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Jan 05, 2012 at 08:06

Forex ECN spreads continue to decline

Based on FXall's just-released Q3 results, it seems as though margins at Forex ECNs - or what the rest of us pay in terms of spread - is in long-term decline, as competition heats up among FXall, Currenex, HotspotFX and the other Forex ECNs.Details at LeapRate,https://leaprate.com/forex-industry-...

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Dec 05, 2011 at 15:04

Forex IPOs – will any more firms go public?

LeapRate analysis: In the aftermath of FXCM’s and Gain Capital’s successful IPOs last December, a number of other Forex firms (and their shareholders) have begun to look more closely at going public as well. While we understand that a number of other firms would like to go public soon – and are l...

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Mar 30, 2011 at 14:48

Gain Capital’s revenue-per-volume drops 37%(!) in Q4

Was this a one-time drop, or more indicative of a downward trend in Forex industry profitability?LeapRate Analysis: In its recently-announced results for the fourth quarter of 2010, Gain Capital (Forex.com) announced a healthy 29% increase in average monthly trading volume, at $157 billion per mo...

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Mar 22, 2011 at 14:32

Saxo Bank releases volume information for the first time

And the figures are much lower than previously estimated.With the recent issuing of its 2010 Annual Report, Saxo Bank has, for the first time, given us a glimpse at its monthly trading volume figures. Saxo reported that its average monthly trading volume in the second half of 2010 was $232 billio...

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Mar 17, 2011 at 15:08

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EURUSD	1.15841	GBPUSD	1.35358
USDJPY	160.099	USDCAD	1.39044