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An international financial exhibition iFX Expo Cyprus 2018 took place from May 22nd to 24th in Limassol, Cyprus. Among its participants was Grand Capital CEO Stanislav Vaneev.

Stanislav Vaneev, Grand Capital CEO:

“Traditionally, iFX Expo has always been attracting the leading financial companies. Just like a year ago, we participated in the expo together with our long-time partner, a brokerage software provider UpTrader. It’s extremely important for a broker to have a solid tech framework. For 11 years UpTrader has been developing trading software for our clients. Their team is always up to date with the industry’s most recent trends and offers only modern and relevant technology. At iFX Expo 2018 our partners presented their traditional products for brokers and their brand new lineup for ICO: investor’s private office and cryptocurrency exchange White Label.”

iFX Expo is an annual event that attracts b2b financial companies. It is considered to be the world’s largest exhibition in the industry. In 2018 it was attended by 170 companies.

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The last week of May proved quite successful for traders. The most profitable trade lasted only 38 minutes, while the maximum deposit growth amounted to the record-breaking $117,081.62. Read our weekly recap to learn more about these and other trading results.

The most active client

Placed 476 trades, including 286 profitable ones and 190 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved USD/CAD, AUD/NZD, EUR/USD, EUR/GBP, GBP/USD, NZD/USD, AUD/USD.

Maximum deposit growth

For one week on a single trading account was $117,081.62.

The most profitable trade of the week

Resulted in a profit of $8,400. The trade lasted only 38 minutes. It was opened on the 28th of May at 10:51 AM and closed at 11:28 AM on the same day.

The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders last week:

• ROUGH RICE — rough rice futures contract. Rice is one of the most cost-demanding grain crops. It is produced all over the world and is second by the production volume among the top three grains, standing between wheat and corn. Minimum price step is 0.5 cent and costs $10;

• LUMBER — lumber futures contract. The initial margin requirement for one contract is about $1,000. The contract size is standardized and equals 110,000 board-feet. One tick is 0.1 and costs $11.00;

• FDAX — DAX index futures, traded on EUREX electronic exchange. DAX is Germany’s most important stock index. It is a weighted average by capitalization of the share price values of Germany’s largest joint-stock companies. The tick value is 0,5 points and costs €12,50;

• #VZ (Verizon Communications) — an American telecommunications company. In 2016 it was the largest telecom company in the US by market capitalization and the second largest in the world (after China Mobile);

• #MECHEL («Мечел») — a Russian mining and metals company. It comprises producers of coal, iron ore in concentrate, steel, and rolled steel products. The company’s facilities operate in 11 regions of Russia, as well as in Lithuania and Ukraine.

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We have selected the best trading results of the past week.

The most active client

Placed 1004 trades, including 707 profitable ones and 297 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved EUR/USD, GBP/USD and EUR/JPY.

Maximum deposit growth

For one week on a single trading account was $68,973.91.

The most profitable trade of the week

Resulted in a profit of $26,475. The trade was opened on the 23rd of March at 11:41 AM and closed on the 22nd of May at 10:45 PM.

The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders last week:

• HEATING OIL — heating oil futures. The contract size is 42 000 gallons (1 imperial gallon is roughly 4.55 liters). The quotation is in US dollars and cents per gallon. Minimum price fluctuation: $0.0001 per gallon;
• FTSE — a futures contract for the British index FTSE 100. The contract size is calculated according to the formula: £10 multiplied by the current index quote. One tick costs £5. FTSE 100 is a leading index of a British Stock Exchange. It is considered one of the most influential stock exchange indicators in Europe;
• KC — coffee futures contract. The contract size is 37,500 pounds (around 17 tons). One tick is 0.05 and costs $18.75. Coffee market has a higher liquidity than many other commodity markets because of the high demand for coffee;
• #AEROFLOT — the largest airline in Russia and one of the world's oldest airlines. It was founded in 1923 and at the time was fully state-owned. After the Soviet Union collapsed, the company became semi-privatized, with 51% of the shares still owned by the government;
• #EBAY — an American online auction and shopping company. The corporation owns the eponymous website eBay.com and its localized versions in several countries.

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Among clients who trade with Grand Capital, there are many Spanish speaking traders. In order to facilitate their access to the information on our services, we have launched a Spanish language version of our website. All the important information concerning our services will be published there: account types info, a list of available trading instruments, our latest news and much more.

Spanish language version of our website is available here: https://es.grandcapital.net/.

Grand Capital website already has versions in the following languages: English, Russian, German, French, Portuguese, Indonesian, Arabic, Farsi, Polish, Ukrainian, Armenian, Georgian, Thai, Vietnamese and Malay.

Learn the last week’s best trading results in our traditional recap.

The most active client

Placed 1089 trades, including 677 profitable ones and 412 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved EUR/USD, USD/CAD and GBP/USD.

Maximum deposit growth

For one week on a single trading account was $33,793.87.

The most profitable trade of the week

Resulted in a profit of $10,320. The trade lasted for almost half a year. It was opened on the 22nd of December 2017 at 8:30 AM and closed on the 15th of May 2018 at 3:38 PM.

The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders last week:

• #SILVER — silver futures contract. The contract volume is 5000 troy ounces (around 155.5 kg). Minimum price step is $0.005 per ounce or $25 per contract. The price on silver strongly depends on the state of the world's economy and the economies of consumer countries, which makes silver futures a very volatile instrument;

• @CHF — Swiss franc to the United States dollar rate futures. The size of the contract is 125,000 francs. Minimum price fluctuation is $0.0001 per 1 franc or $12.5 per contract;

• #PG (Procter & Gamble Co) — an American multinational company, one of the world’s leading producers of consumer products. The company is listed 22nd in Fortune 500 and it’s one of the

• leaders in the US by profit volume and market capitalization;

• AEX — AEX index futures. It’s one of the Netherlands’ most important stock indices and encompasses 25 of the country’s major companies

• #AA (Alcoa) — an American metallurgical company, the third largest aluminum producer in the world, after Rio Tinto Alcan and Rusal. In addition to the production of primary aluminum, the company is one of the world's leading producers of aluminum oxide and other products of aluminum and its alloys.

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On May 18th, 2018, a new Grand Capital office opened in Klerksdorp, South Africa. The opening was attended by our Head of Analytics Sergey Kozlovsky and our business development manager Goutam Das. This important for the company event was also visited by the partners of Grand Capital from the Kingdom of Lesotho.

Over 17 thousand clients trade with Grand Capital in South Africa, and many of those are working with us within our partnership program. Our company holds educational seminars in Southern Africa (RSA, Swaziland, Lesotho) on a regular basis.

In March 2018, Grand Capital launched a special option for our clients in South Africa: deposit and withdrawal in the national currency via FNB (First National Bank in South Africa) Read more here.

“A new office in South Africa is an eloquent proof of Grand Capital’s successful international expansion that wouldn’t be possible without our impressive team of partners and their managers. You are always welcome in our new office to learn about investment and financial markets trading, while our experienced analysts will be glad to provide educational services” said Goutam Das, our business development manager.

Residents of South Africa or other countries of the region can visit our new office to receive information on our services. Our address: Grand Capital SA Division Offices. 77 Siddle Street, Klerksdorp Central, Klerksdorp, 2571.

If you have any questions, call our office in South Africa by the following numbers: +27 79 971 4475, +27 71 122 7006, +27 79 959 5000.

You can also contact our representatives by e-mail: v.mahlatsi@grandcapital.net; t.nyarenda@grandcapital.net; j.tlotleng@grandcapital.net

Boost your crypto income with our new Standard account feature. Grand Capital clients can now trade classic instruments with their Standard account nominated in Micro Bitcoin (mBTC) and Micro Eethereum (mETH).

Deposits to an account nominated in cryptocurrency are only available in the same cryptocurrency. Learn how to make deposits and withdraw funds in BTC and ETH.

The Standard account offers over 330 trading instruments: currency pairs, shares, index and metal CFDs.

Learn more about trading with a Standard account here.

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Last week was great for Grand Capital traders. The most successful trade resulted in a profit of $25.088. Read our traditional weekly recap and learn more about this and other trading results of the last week.

The most active client

Placed 1580 trades, including 899 profitable ones and 681 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved GBP/USD, GBP/AUD and EUR/USD.

Maximum deposit growth

For one week on a single trading account was $43,351.99.

The most profitable trade of the week

Resulted in a profit of +$25,088. The trade was opened on the 22nd of March at 6:27 PM and closed on the 7th of May at 4:30 PM.

The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders last week:

• GOLD — gold futures. Contract volume: 100 troy ounces (around 3.11 kg). Minimum price step: $0.1 per ounce ($10 per contract). The price of gold usually grows during economic crises. Historically, the inflation growth is also usually accompanied by the growth of gold prices;
• OATS — Oats futures. The size of the futures contract for oats is 5000 bushels. Since bushel is historically a unit of volume, the weight equivalent is different for each type of grain crops (for oats it’s 86 metric tons);
• #FACEBOOK — the world's largest online social network and the eponymous company that owns it. Facebook is one of the five most visited websites in the world. As of June 2017, the monthly audience of the network is 2 billion users. The company also owns a number of other popular services, such as Instagram and WhatsApp;
• #KO (The Coca-Cola Company) — an American food company, the world's largest producer and supplier of non-alcoholic beverages. The company’s most famous product is Coca-Cola drink. Included in Fortune 500 list for 2015 (62nd place). Market capitalization: $200.11 billion (2018);
• #PFE (Pfizer) — an American pharmaceutical corporation, one of the world’s largest companies in the industry. The company is the producer of the blockbuster drug Lipitor, used to lower blood cholesterol. Pfizer shares were included in Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2004.

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Grand Capital team is set to travel to South Africa and Swaziland to hold a total of five free seminars on finance management and Forex trading. The speakers: Grand Capital Head of Analytics Department Sergey Kozlovsky, Business Development Manager Goutam Das and finance professionals from Southern Africa Valerie Mahlatsi, Tshepiso Mabite, Esther Moagi, Gugu Nkosi and Nesbert T Shaba, Charls Mokoena.

Main topics will include:

— Keys to profitable investments

— How to enhance your Forex trading skills

— How to determine price movements

— How to control spendings and manage your profits

— High-profit Forex instruments: Currencies and cryptocurrencies, CFD, shares.

— How to help your children learn good financial habits and much more.

Time and place

Swaziland

May 20th, 11:00 – 17:00 (Happy Valley Ezulwini)

South Africa

May 19th, 11:30 – 15:30 — Kroonstad, Free State (Uhuru Hotel)

May 25th, 10:00 – 17:00 — Klerksdorp (Town Hall)

May 26th, 11:00 – 16:00 — Pretoria (Fortis Hotel Capital)

May 27th, 13:00 – 17:00 — Johannesburg (Alberton Reading Country Club).

How much does it cost?

The entrance to all events is free of charge.

How to learn more and register

If you want to learn more about the events and register, please call the local numbers:

Swaziland (+268) 7947 2767, (+268) 7992 6566, Kroonstad 0731058583, Klerksdorp 0711227006, Pretoria 0711227006

0633686493, Johannesburg 0730944416, 0711227006.

We are looking forward to seeing you!

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Every week we pick out the most successful traders of Grand Capital. Today we present the best results for the week of April 30th — May 4th.

The most active client

Placed 1672 trades, including 1032 profitable ones and 640 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved EUR/USD.

Maximum deposit growth

For one week on a single trading account was $31,565.74.  

The most profitable trade of the week 

Resulted in a profit of +$4260,00. The trade was opened on the 4th of May at 15:33 and closed on the 4th of May at 16:09. 

The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders last week:  

SOYBEANS — Soybean futures. One of the traditional, popular and reputable futures contracts. One contract volume is 5,000 bushels. Minimum price movement is 0,25 cent and costs $12,5.

FDAX — DAX index futures. The contract size for DAX is calculated according to the formula: €25 multiplied by the current level of the index. The tick value is 0,5 points and costs €12,50. DAX is the most important German index. It is comprised of 30 major German companies.

LIVE CATTLE — a deliverable fo 40,000 pounds of Live cattle. Live cattle is a major segment of American Agriculture. Minimum price movement if 2,5 cents or $10,00. 

#JPM (JPMorgan Chase) — an American financial holding. Historically, it is a financial conglomerate which was formed as a result of a merge of the number of large US banks. The capitalization is $322 billion (2017). 

#HD — (The Home Depot) —  an Americal commercial network, the largest one in the sector of renovation tools and building materials. The company is the second retailer in the US after Walmart and the third on the planet after Walmart and Carrefour. The capitalization of is $162,66 billion (2017).

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