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On the 22nd and 23rd of February Grand Capital, alongside with its partner, a software provider UpTrader, participated in the 10th iFX Expo 2017.

Giancarlo Spinnato, Head of GC LTD:

«This year's expo hosted a record number of visitors and interesting meetings. It seemed like everybody was there. It shows how attractive China is for brokers and IT companies. Europe has already seen the boom in popularity of Forex, but it has just started in China. That is why the potential of the region is immense. I think that those who will be able to penetrate Chinese market will be awarded with great success."

The expo took place in Hong Kong and welcomed 2700 attendees from 70 countries. Around 80 brokerages, liquidity providers, payment systems, software developers presented their services to the visitors.

A lot of attention was paid to innovations and software products. During the expo, and UpTrader, the company which develops web resources and software for brokerage companies, met to discuss a possible collaboration on Platform 5 trading platform popularization.

In the beginning of February we launched a photo contest on our official Facebook page. For the past three weeks our Facebook fans had been sharing their perspective on the image of an ideal trader by posting creative photos of themselves and/or their friends .

As always, we thank all the contestants! The contest has ended, the winners have been announced and the bonus prizes are ready to be granted.

Our judges tried to choose the most memorable and funny photos.

Meet the winners of our first creative contest this year:

• 1st place and $200: Latifah Ziraba

• 2nd place and $150: Jerry Ditshego

• 3rd place and $100: Regan Jeya Antony

To learn more about the rules of our Facebook contests click here.

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$26 000,00 — the maximum deposit growth last week. With February coming to an end, we wich everyone profitable trading this spring! In the meantime, meet the numbers for the trading week of February 20th – 24th.  

The most active client

Placed 1222 trades, including 692 profitable ones and 530 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved  AUD/CAD, CHF/JPY, AUD/JPY paris.           

Maximum deposit growth

In one week on a single account was $26 000,00.

The most profitable trade of the week

Resulted in a profit of +$8 201,00. The trade was opened on the 16th of February at 2:07PM and closed on the 20th of February at 6:25PM.

The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders:

#GC — gold futures. Traded on COMEX. Contract volume: 100 troy ounces (around  3,11 kg). Minimum price step: $0,10 per ounce ($10,00 per contract). The amount of gold that has been mined globally is 150 thousand tons. 20% belongs to governments, 55% is owned by individuals in a form of jewelry, 12% is utilized in manufacturing and around 16% is in investments.

#T​F — Russell 2000 futures mini contract. Traded on ICE. One pip is  0,1 and costs $10. Russell 2000 index is reflecting the dynamics of 2 000 second-tier companies that are in the bottom of the list of the 3 000 largest public companies listed in the US stock exchanges.

#ZS — Soybean futures. One of the oldest and most popular futures contracts. Traded on Chicago Mercantile Exchange as well as on Globex. A contract volume is 5000 bushels. Minimum price step is 0,25 cents and consts $12,5.

#MECHEL  — Russian mining and metals company. The company unites producers of coal, iron ore and steel products.  The products are sold in Russia and overseas.

#VZ (Verizon Communications) — American telecommunications company. In 2016 it was the largest companies in the US based on market capitalization and the largest in the world after China Mobile.

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Our weekly recap uncovers secrets: which currency pairs were used by the most active trader of the week, which trade was the most successful and other interesting numbers and facts. Check and compare! 

Here are the results of the trading week 13th – 17th of February:

The most active client

Placed 1280 trades, including 692 profitable ones and 588 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved CHF/JPY, AUD/CAD and EUR/GBP.          

Maximum deposit growth

In one trading week on a single account was $46 866,00.

The most profitable trade of the week

Resulted in a profit of +$13 400,00. The trade was opened on the 26th of January at 10:17PM and closed on the 15th of February at 3:41PM. 

The most interesting instruments chosen by traders:

#CL —  Light Sweet Crude Oil futures. Traded on NYMEX. Contract volume: 1 000 barrels (42 000 gallons). Minimum price step: $0,01 per barrel ($10,00 per contract);

#DX — US Dollar index futures. Traded on electronic platform of ICE.​ The contract size is calculated according to the formula: $1 000, multiplied by the index quote. 1 pip is 0,005 index points and equals $5,00;

#FDAX — DAX index futures. Traded on EUREX​.​ DAX  is the Germany's most important index. It is a capitalization-weighted index . 1 pip is 0,5 unit  and costs €12,50;

#LENTA («Лента») — Russian hypermarket chain, leader in Russia, based on the number of retail space and and fifth largest in terms of revenue (2015). Lenta operates 190 stores in 77 cities of Russia and 50 stores in Moscow city; 

#TRV (The Travelers Companies) — one of the largest US insurance companies, present in Dow Jones Industrial Average. Market capitalization: 34 billion USD (August 2016).

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Grand Capital organizes on-site training and holds webinars for traders on a regular basis.

Now we provide a new format of learning — video lessons, which include 79 Forex trading lessons and  52 Binary Options trading lessons.

Simple. Video lessons explain financial terminology in a simple way. Each important example is illustrated with visual aids – charts and diagrams.

Fast. One lesson lasts 1 to 2 minutes. All the lessons are precise and to the point.

Interactive. Lessons can be rewind and watched an unlimited number of times so that the memories won’t fade away. If you are interested in a certain topic, you don’t have to take the whole course – just select the desired material in the course library.
 

1. Forex module includes 9 courses:

Basic course: what any trader must know about Forex market. This course is indispensable for a novice trader.

Market analysis: basics of fundamental and technical market analysis.

Trading psychology: how to conquer the fears and make the right trading decisions.

Trading strategies: various trading strategies explained (intraday trading, trading on news, trends, etc.).

Social trading: how to choose a signal provider and manage an account.

Platform 4 trading: how to set up and trade in Platform 4 trading terminal.

Stock trading: advantages and drawbacks to stock trading.

CFD trading: how CFDs work, advice for trading CFDs.

Special course on candlestick charts.
 

2. Binary Options module includes 6 courses:

Basic course: basics of Binary Options trading. This course is indispensable for a novice trader.

Market analysis: basics of fundamental and technical market analysis when trading Binary Options.

Trading psychology: how to control your emotions when trading Binary Options.

Trading strategies: various strategies for Binary Options trading explained.

Social trading: how to choose a signal provider and manage an account.  

Special course on candlestick charts.

The education section also includes:

· Trading signals.

· Glossary.

· eBook.
 

Learn in your native language! Video lessons are available in Russian, English, French, Arabic, Indonesian, Polish, Portuguese, Thai and Chinese. The Education is provided by our partner – the international online education center Traders Education.