Our comparison of the best trading platforms rank pricing, market access, customer services, apps and what added value a broker offers.
Every now and again, someone does something sensible. This time it’s Google banning crypto advertising before too many people get ripped off, lose all their money and the global financial regulators come in and force them to do it any way. I say force, I actually mean ask nicely, if they don’t mind, we rather […]
Google’s ban on crypto advertising is an absolute blessing for decent brokers… Read More »
If you’re a trade copier, trader leader or just a plain old trader you can now trade in Ethereum with ayondo. For those not familiar with social trading it’s a mean by which you can follow (copy) other traders trades. ayondo (and other social trading brokers) rank their traders based on profits by percentage and
ayondo launches Ethereum (Ether) for Social Trading and TradeHub® Read More »
If you haven’t read our Spreadex review yet, here are a few new features you may not know you were able to do with the alternative spread betting broker: Get tighter spreads – Spreadex have new variable spreads on FX offer greater value for trading foreign exchange. E.g. trade EUR/USD from a 0.6 spread and
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Valbury is a relatively new broker in the multi asset space, what was the incentive for setting it up? Valbury Capital was founded in 2010, so I wouldn’t call it a new broker. The incentive to establish the company was an anticipated return of the specialist mid-market, that sector of the financial markets that sits
Please note that since this article was written the FCA has banned retail traders from trading cryptocurrency derivatives. If you would like to speculate on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies you need to use a cryptocurrency exchange or professional trading account. What are Bitcoin CFDs? Bitcoin CFDs allow traders to speculate on the price of Bitcoin without
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For this GetGo trading app review, let’s get something straight from the get go. Most forex signal providers are hopeless, some are even outright scams referring inexperienced traders to off shore binary options brokers. I was even flicking through Instagram the other day and noticed that Johnny from Love Island even has his own forex
GetGo Trading App review – Is this the future of Forex signal trading? Read More »
ESMA, the European Securities and Markets Authority is considering proposals to reduce the amount of leverage available to private clients trading CFDs, FOREX and spread betting to a maximum of 30:1. Leverage has historically been as high as 500:1 so this may significantly reduce the amount of exposure clients can trade on. Clearly there are
Fresh from winning ‘Best Prime Broker – Credit Strategies’ at the 2017 Alt Credit Intelligence European Services Awards we talk to Jerry Lees, Chairman of Linear Investments on becoming the one stop shop and incubator for start-up and small to medium size hedge funds. • Why did you found Linear as a prime broker? That’s
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Simon Bird, the former COO of financial spread betting broker City Index, has been named as non-executive chairman of Ikon Finance Limited, part of the multinational Ikon Group. The announcement confirms rumours that began in the autumn that Bird was set to return to the industry with Ikon, which is due to re-launch in 2018.
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The news of a potential regulatory tightening around financial spread betting has hit the shares of leading spread betting companies. Friday’s late announcement by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) that it was looking at a potential ban on the promotion of binary options to retail customers sent the shares of leading operators into
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