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Interview with contest winners: "I started earning when I saw that trading is actual work" In this interview round-up read about three Drag Trade winners and one Rally Trade winner. Our winners came to financial markets by different ways. Boris Levinsky stumbled upon trading when looking for a way to earn on the web after he retired. On the other hand, Gunawan Lili deliberately studied hard to enter the world of trading. Now they all achieved great heights in trading and are ready to provide advice for beginners. Anatoly Galbi, Russia, the winner of 395th round of Drag Trade “My professional area is construction, but I’ve been trading for more than 5 years, I started because I wanted some financial independence. It was hard to learn the terminology. The problems started getting fewer with practice, although I tried to handle bigger volumes in the beginning and sometimes got margin calls. Now my favorite trades are with GBP/JPY because they are highly volatile. Scalping is one of my favorite strategies. I like trading because it’s mysterious, it’s like a puzzle that I want to solve. I’ve been participating in Grand Capital contests for quite a while, but it’s my first victory. Now I want to win Rally Trade. Beginners should learn and practice more. Grand Capital contests are quite useful for that.” Boris Levinsky, Russia, the winner of 396th round of Drag Trade “I’m already retired and this year I turned 60. I got into trading several years ago when I started looking for an extra income online. At first, I took trading as a game and faced difficulties. But then I saw that trading is an actual work. I always look for patterns, deeply analyze, I don’t rush into things head first. My most successful trade was the one that got me the victory in Drag Trade. The most important thing for traders is to believe in themselves. You have to develop your own trading strategies, constantly improve them and don’t listen to armchair advisers. You can listen to reasonable advice, but always make your own decisions.” Svetlana Pletnyova, Russia, the winner of 208th round of Rally Trade “I managed to win in Rally Trade because I closed my trades in time. I beat my opponents by a very small margin. I’d won in Drag Trade before. But Rally Trade has a bigger prize, so it’s pleasanter to win. I think that if trading is not working out very well since morning, don’t continue, today’s not going to bring anything. My favorite instruments are USD/ZAR and GBP/JPY for contests and GBP/USD for real trading. I want to thank Grand Capital for a chance to test myself in trading without making any deposits.” Gunawan Lili, Indonesia, the winner of 397th round of Drag Trade “I work in a local college: I’m in charge of the classes schedule and the archive. When I started trading on Forex I realized right away that it’s for me. My first encounter with financial markets was three years ago. My initial capital was small. A trader has to control their emotions and understand the tendencies of the market in order to succeed. As of today, I made my biggest profit at the time of Brexit. I’m not always able to make decisions momentarily and sometimes I miss the right moment. Fortunately, I never had any significant losses. A broker has to be reliable and guarantee security, it’s important for me. Grand Capital is on the market since 2006 and it tells a lot.” Learn the contest rules and sign up for the next round here.

Grand Capital launches IB contest “Big team” Grand Capital will hold a new contest for partners “Big team”, which will take place between the 1st and the 28th of February 2018. All new and existing web-partners of Grand Capital will be able to join and compete to become one of the 6 winners and receive additional 5% to 20% to their partner commission for a period of 3 months. To participate in the contest, email your full name and account number at p.shupta@grandcapital.net. Only verified partners can participate in the contest. The contest will be held from the 1st until the 28th of February 2018. The complete contest rules are available here. Grand Capital team

Buy Serenity tokens via Grand Capital Grand Capital has recently started the collaboration with Serenity, an escrow platform on blockchain for secure trading. In December we launched the free tokens promotion and many of our clients have already become the project’s investors. Now another feature is available for those who want to invest in Serenity: buying tokens via Grand Capital accounts. To buy Serenity tokens via Grand Capital: Register on Grand Capital website (if you are not done so yet); Open a Standard account; Make a deposit; Go to your Private Office and select Serenity in Withdrawal section ; Enter your Ethereum wallet number (MEW) and specify the sum of your deposit; If you don’t have MEW, register on Serenity website, and follow the further instructions to create a wallet; After you submit a withdrawal request, tokens will be transferred to your MEW wallet within 3-4 working days. Register on Serenity website to stay informed. About Serenity Serenity ICO will last from January 25th to March 7th. The nominal value of a token — 0.0001 Eth. Minimum purchase — 100 tokens. Only during the first week of ICO from January 25th to 31st tokens can be bought with a 40% discount. After that until the end of the ICO tokens will be available for purchase with a smaller discount. After the ICO tokens will be freely traded on exchanges. Currently, Serenity tokens are already on Yobit exchange. Have any questions? Contact our client support by email at info@grandcapital.net or via LiveChat on our website. Grand Capital team

Grand Capital opened a new representative office in Kaliningrad A new regional office of Grand Capital was opened in Kaliningrad. Office working hours: from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. The head of Grand Capital representative office is Artem Tokovinin, the financial manager is Alexey Zykov. The representative office provides different services and advice on all products of our company: assistance with opening a trading account, training in Forex, CFD and Binary Options trading, LAMM investments, bonuses and promotions, assistance with deposit/withdrawal of funds. Office address: Karl Marx str., 19, 34, Kaliningrad, Russia. Contact our representative in Kaliningrad by phone: +7(4012)42-36-33. Working hours: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Monday to Friday. Grand Capital team

Deposit and withdrawal in Ethereum is now available at Grand Capital Good news for cryptocurrency investors: starting from January 16th Grand Capital clients can deposit and withdraw funds in Ethereum. No commission is charged for deposits in Ethereum. Withdrawal commission is 1%. The minimum amount of deposit is not limited, the minimum amount of withdrawal is $10. Funds can be transferred from you personal Ethereum wallet. Deposit requests are created in Ethereum. Deposit and withdrawal in Ethereum is available for the following accounts: ECN Crypto, Standard, Options, Micro and Swap Free. We remind you that Grand Capital offers cryptocurrency trading on ECN Crypto account. Withdrawal of funds takes 1 to 3 days. To deposit/withdraw in Ethereum: Go to your Private Office; Select Ethereum in Deposit/Withdrawal section; Select an account for deposit; Enter your Ethereum wallet number; Enter the desired sum; Follow the instructions. Grand Capital team

Grand Capital weekly recap (January 8th–12th) Read about the highest achievements of our traders from the last trading week. The most active client Placed 684 trades, including 469 profitable ones and 215 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved EUR/JPY, EUR/USD and USD/CHF. Maximum deposit growth In one trading week on a single account was $21 863,77. The most profitable trade of the week Resulted in a profit of +$13 800,00. The trade was opened on the 27th of December at 12:47 PM and closed on the 9th of January at 23:46 PM. The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders: 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 (or oats it’s 86 metric tons); SB — Sugar futures. The contract volume is standardized and equals 112 000 lbs. (50.8 tons). 1 tick equals 0.01 and costs $11.20. The price for sugar has a tendency to grow from September to December. The growth of the alcohol production worldwide furthers the long-term price growth; # SBER (“Sberbank”) — a Russian banking and financial services company, the largest multinational universal bank in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe. It’s regulated by the Central Bank of Russia, that owns 52% of Sberbank’s shares. As of 2016, Sberbank’s net income is 541.9 billion RUB; # DIS (The Walt Disney Company) — one of the world’s major financial conglomerates in the entertainment industry. The company was founded in 1923 by Disney brothers as a small animation studio. Now it is one of the largest Hollywood studios, which owns 11 amusement parks and two water parks, as well as several television and radio broadcasting networks. Included in the Dow Jones industrial index. As of March 2017, Disney's market capitalization is 177 billion USD; # KO (The Coca-Cola Company) — an American food company, the world's largest producer and supplier of beverage concentrates, syrups and soft drinks. The company’s most famous product is Coca-Cola drink. Included in Fortune 500 list for 2015 (62nd place). Market capitalization: 178.21 billion USD (2017). Earn more with Grand Capital!

To the Moon promotion is extended until February 15th In the middle of December, we started a promotion, the participants of which received free tokens from Serenity, a secure platform for currency, cryptocurrency and CFD trading. The promotion was a great success among our clients and it’s hardly surprising since cryptocurrency trading volumes are growing at an exceptional rate. Among the 18 cryptocurrency pairs available for trading, the most popular pair was BTC/USD. Learn more in our web terminal. Now we extend the promotion until February 15th by popular demand. Trade cryptocurrency and currency until February 15th and receive free SERENITY tokens. How to start Register on Grand Capital website Open a Standard or an ECN Prime account Deposit at least $500 How to participate Place at least three trades (involving cryptocurrency) on your ECN Prime account, or at least five trades (involving any instruments except stock CFD) on your Standard account Share a screenshot of any trade on your Vkontakte page, Facebook page or Twitter with these hashtags: #ToTheMoon, #ICOSerenity, #GrandCapital_BestECN Contact Grand Capital tech support (info@grandcapital.net) to provide a link to your post, your account ID and your Ethereum wallet number You will receive a SERENITY token to your Ethereum wallet within 5 working days Terms of the promotion Total turnover of your trades on ECN Prime must be at least $10 000, or at least three lots on a Standard account One SERENITY token is awarded for every three trades involving cryptocurrency on an ECN Prime account or for every five trades on a Standard account Learn more about the promotion rules here. Grand Capital team

Interview with contest winners: the best way to prove that you’re among the most successful 5% is to win a contest In our new interview round-up read about the winners of Drag Trade, Future Trade and Rally Trade. This time the winners are quite an international bunch: we have traders from Tunisia, Indonesia and Ukraine. However, all of them spoke about the competitive spirit and reminded us that knowledge is power. Albouchi Ahmed, Tunisia, the winner of 393rd round of Drag Trade, received real $200. “I’ve been trading for about three years. I’d been meaning to find a means of extra income for a long time and at some point, I realized that Forex trading is the best shot for me. At first, I didn’t really understand how things worked there. But gradually I figured it all out. My most successful trades involved GBP/USD and EUR/USD pairs. As for the strategies, I usually use support and resistance levels and scalping. Grand Capital offers fast order execution and favorable spreads. I entered the contest to prove myself and challenge other traders. My advice to beginners is to be patient when placing trades. Impatience often leads to losses.” Saputro Sumaryo Adi, Indonesia, the winner of 58th round of Future Trade, received a no-deposit bonus of $1000. “I am a businessman, my job is to distribute the goods of basic necessity. Financial markets are quite popular in Indonesia, but at the same time, they seem quite frightening to many. This is mainly due to the lack of experience among the beginners, who are usually too ambitious and impatient. It’s no wonder they bear losses. Financial market trading is something unique that connects material and immaterial. Material is our capital immaterial is our psychological condition. The market changes very quickly so traders have to learn control. I rely on technical analysis in trading. Over the years I have tried various indicators and now I use Bollinger Bands, MA and MACD. I prefer volatile currency pairs, like GBP/USD or EUR/JPY. Future Tade contest attracted me with a really decent prize sum. I would give several pieces of advice to the beginners in trading. First, remember the risk. Even if the first results are great, it won’t always be this way. Second, don’t stop learning and practice the analysis of price movement. Knowledge is power. Third, think rationally. If your goal is to earn $100 a day, distribute this sum across several positions.” Vitaliy Garbuz, Ukraine, the winner of 207th round of Rally Trade, received a no-deposit bonus of $500. “I’m 37. I work in sales and have been into trading for about 10 years. The most common mistake of beginners is trying to enter all trades at once. Trading is a world with its own rules and laws. But everything here is about a person. You can see human emotions behind Japanese candlesticks and bars: greed, fear and other feelings. I base my trading strategy on the levels and news, but the most important thing is how a price is behaving near the levels. My favorite instruments are currency pairs with GBP. According to a common myth among traders, only 5% can succeed in the industry. The best way to prove that you’re among these 5% is to win a contest. This round has left me with the most vivid impressions. What’s it like to reach the first position with 20 minutes left, become the second again 5 minutes later and snatch the victory in the last several minutes? It was exciting.” P.S. Read the contest rules and sign up for the next round here.

Vote for Grand Capital at FXDailyinfo Every year FXDailyinfo chooses the best Forex brokers across several categories. The voting for the top of 2017 has already begun. Grand Capital is competing in three categories this year: “Best Partnership Program”, “Best Forex Broker in Asia” and “Best Binary Options Broker”. Vote here until the 30th of April 2018. Last year Grand Capital won “Best Trading Platform” nomination based on the voting results at FXDailyinfo. Grand Capital team

Changes in trading conditions on ECN Prime account Dear clients! Starting from the 10th of January 2018 the commission percentage for cryptocurrency trading on ECN Prime account is changed. Now the commission for trades is 1.2% per side and 2.4% for round turn. Grand Capital team

Grand Capital 2017 Recap Stanislav Vaneev, CEO of Grand Capital: “Dear clients and partners! I would like to personally wish you financial growth and prosperity, and most importantly, for your loved ones to be safe and healthy! At the end of each year, we always take our time to look back, reflect on what’s happened and make plans for the year to come.” During 2017 we’ve seen the figures grow: The company’s average monthly turnover has risen by 27% and now amounts to $6 billion. The number of our clients has also grown by 40%. Now we service 455 149 people. We have 15% more web partners. Now there are 18 152 of them. A total of $371 000 in bonuses was granted to Grand Capital clients. In 2017 the company held 102 contests for traders. Year of cryptocurrency Grand Capital has followed the main trends of 2017 and now offers 17 cryptocurrency pairs for trading: BCH/USD, ETH/BTC, XMR/USD, BTC/USD, LTC/USD, LTC/BTC, ETH/USD, ETH/LTC, DSH/USD, DSH/BTC, ETC/BTC, XRP/USD, ETC/USD, BTC/EUR, ZEC/USD, ZEC/BTC, BTC/RUB. We introduced a new deposit option. Now you can make deposits and withdraw funds in Bitcoins. Soon the same will be offered for Ethereum. Grand Capital team started working on Serenity, the first blockchain based marketplace for traders and brokers. The project will make trading on financial markets transparent and safe. Serenity ICO starts in January 2018. Year of improvements In 2017 Grand Capital updated a number of trading instruments and introduced new features. We enhanced our ECN account and turned it into a new generation ECN Prime. ECN Prime is based on AMTS technology. It supports traditional currency pairs and cryptocurrency trading. What’s more, you can use Depth of Market feature, place orders within spread and employ high frequency strategies in your trading. We launched a Binary Options trading app for iOS and Android, where you can place trades right from the chart, use trading signals, contact our support team via LiveChat. We renewed the Web Terminal for Binary Options. The new interface is much simpler and intuitive. You can see everything that is needed for effective trading on a single screen: live chart, trades info, quotes, etc. We partnered with an algorithmic trading systems provider. Grand Capital clients can use robots that have been tested on Mfxbook. Year of education In 2017 we introduced free educational materials. Watch 130 free video lessons on Forex and Binary Options trading. The course is available in 20 languages. The company’s analysts Evgeniy Boguraev and Sergey Kozlovsky published a book for beginner traders which uncovers all secrets of technical and fundamental analysis, risk management and trading terminal settings. Grand Capital has held 35 seminars worldwide. Read more about 2017 here. Grand Capital team.

Grand Capital weekly recap (December 18th–22nd) Here are the results of the last trading week. Follow the top traders! The most active client Placed 394 trades, including 360 profitable ones and 34 that resulted in a loss. All trades involved SILVER. Maximum deposit growth In one trading week on a single account was $29 670,25. The most profitable trade of the week Resulted in a profit of +$10 464,00. The trade was opened on the 8th of December at 3:30 PM and closed on the 18th of December at 5:32 PM. The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders: 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; ORANGE JUICE — orange juice futures contract. The contract size is standard and equals 15 000 pounds (approximately 6.9 tons). One tick is 0.05 and costs $7.5; # 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; # PG (Procter & Gamble Co) — American transnational company, one of the leaders of the world's consumer products market. The company's shares are taken into account when the Dow Jones industrial index is calculated; # WMT (Wal-Mart Stores) — An American retail company that manages the world's largest retail network. It operates the Walmart trademark. Turnover: 482 billion dollars (2016). Earn more with Grand Capital!

Grand Capital weekly recap (December 11th–15th) Learn the best results of the last trading week. Read and compare them with your own. The most active client Placed 484 trades, including 452 profitable ones and 32 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved GBP/USD, USD/CAD, NZD/USD, EUR/GBP. Maximum deposit growth In one trading week on a single account was $80 636,52. The most profitable trade of the week Resulted in a profit of +$14 700,00. The trade was opened on the 16th of November at 3:23 PM and closed on the 13th of December at 3:37 PM. The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders: 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; GOLD — gold futures. Contract volume: 100 troy ounces (around 3.11 kg). Minimum price step: $0.10 per ounce ($10.00 per contract). The price of gold usually grows during economic crises. Historically, the inflation growth is also usually accompanied by the growth of gold price; NASDAQ-100 — futures mini contract for NASDAQ-100 stock index. The contract size is calculated by multiplying the current value of the index by 20 USD. 1 tick is 0.25 and costs $5. NASDAQ is an American OTC market that specializes in hi-tech companies shares (electronics, software etc.); # INTC (Intel Corporation) — an American producer of electronic devices and computer components, including microprocessors, chipsets, etc. Volume: $59.4 billion as of 2016. # PEPSI – PepsiCo is an American manufacturer of non-alcoholic beverages and food. More than a half of the company's net revenues comes from the US and 20% from Mexico, Russia, Canada, United Kingdom and Brazil. As of 2016, PepsiCo is listed 90th in Forbes Global 2000 ranking of largest public companies, and 42nd by market capitalization. Earn more with Grand Capital!

New Year promotion from Grand Capital: Get free tokens for trading until January 15th Bitcoin, Ethereum and many other cryptocurrencies experienced explosive growth in 2017. On the threshold of the New Year, together with Serenity Financial, we’re holding a promotion in the course of which we will give away 2000 tokens. In order to participate, trade on your ECN Prime and or Standard accounts between December 15th, 2017 and January 15th, 2018 How to start: Register on Grand Capital website Open a Standard or an ECN Prime account Deposit at least $500 How to participate Before January 15th place at least three trades (involving cryptocurrency) on your ECN Prime account, or at least five trades (involving any instruments except stock CFD) on your Standard account Share a screenshot of any trade on your Vkontakte page, Facebook page or Twitter with these hashtags: #ToTheMoon, #ICOSerenity, #GrandCapital_BestECN Contact Grand Capital tech support (info@grandcapital.net) to provide a link to your post, your account ID and your Ethereum wallet number You will receive a SERENITY token to your Ethereum wallet within 5 working days Terms of the promotion Total turnover of your trades on ECN Prime must be at least $10 000, or at least three lots on a Standard account One SERENITY token is awarded for every three trades involving cryptocurrency on an ECN Prime account or for every five trades on a Standard account One SERENITY token = 0.1 ETH The number of tokens is limited. In total, 2000 tokens ($100 000) will be distributed in the course of the promotion What is Serenity? Serenity is a platform for secure currency, cryptocurrency and CFD trading. A total of $506,782 was attracted during the Pre-ICO. ICO starts on the 25th of January. SERENITY tokens can be used to pay for the platform’s services or sold on an exchange after the ICO ends. Learn more about the promotion rules here. Grand Capital team

Meet our best partners of 2017! The year 2018 is upon us and it’s time to report on the results of 2017. 2017 in figures: A total of 13 offices opened in Germany, the Netherlands, Indonesia, India, Nigeria, South Africa, Pakistan, Iran and Myanmar. Grand Capital held 35 trading seminars around the world. Denis Kulagin, our Head of International Development: “2017 was the perhaps the best year ever for the company's International Development. It was really a breakthrough year for us, and I’m sure that the whole Grand Capital team deserves the credit. We thank all our partners for their great work and never lowering the bar. Thank you for all the results you’ve achieved and all the ways you’ve helped us to develop our company. Still, we are not going to stay content with what we’ve gained so far. We are planning on expanding our presence in several other countries, such as Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and some Latin American countries in 2018.” Following the tradition, we award the most distinguished partners at the end of the year. 10 best international partners of 2017: Innocent Thembokuhle — “Partner of the year”. Reichelmann Joachim — “The most technologically advanced partner”, Europe. Boris Restya — “The most loyal partner”, Asia. San Lin — “The most promising partner, Southeast Asia. Henry Ogedengbe — “The most motivating partner”, Worldwide. Bimo Singo — “The most reliable partner”, Southeast Asia. Mapiti Katlego — “The most creative partner”, Middle East. Mahlatsi Valerie — “Fund manager of the year”, South Africa. Kusmono Andy — “The most versatile partner”, Southeast Asia. Eko Hermawanto — “The most responsible partner”, Southeast Asia. Best partners will receive personalized cups from Grand Capital. We thank you all for your work! Grand Capital team

Grand Capital weekly recap (December 4–8) Learn the results of the past trading week. The most active client Placed 864 trades, including 455 profitable ones and 409 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved GOLD, EUR/USD and EUR/JPY. Maximum deposit growth In one trading week on a single account was $58 375.64. The most profitable trade of the week Resulted in a profit of +$14 430.00. The trade was opened on the 17th of October at 2:51 PM and closed on the 8th of December at 9:15 AM. The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders: PLATINUM — Platinum futures contract. The contract volume is 50 troy ounces (1.56 kg). Minimum price step is $0.10 per ounce and $5 per contract. Platinum is the main and most popular member of platinum group of elements, which also comprises palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium and iridium; 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; # UTX (United Technologies) — Founded in 1929, it is one of the largest financial and industrial groups in the United States. Market capitalization: $ 91.110 billion (2016); # FACEBOOK — the world's largest online social network. Facebook.com is one of the five most visited websites in the world. As of June 2017, monthly audience of the network is 2 billion users, while the revenue is $27.638 billion (2016); # MCD (McDonald’s Corporation) — an American corporation, the world's largest chain of fast food restaurants (until 2010) which uses a franchise system. In 2016 it was included in Fortune Global 500 (420th). Turnover: $35.39 billion (2016). Earn more with Grand Capital

Grand Capital confirms FinaCom certification On December 4th, 2017, Grand Capital and FinaCom decided to prolong their partnership as a result of the annual certification procedure. Grand Capital became a member of FinaCom, a dispute resolution commission for the participants of Forex market, in January 2016. Learn here what it means for the company and our clients. What is FinaCom FinaCom, or Financial Commission, is an independent international dispute resolution committee dedicated to Forex market. FinaCom investigates the claims of traders and brokers and acts as a neutral party in the disputes. The board consists of industry professionals who study the information provided by both parties and make a ruling based on evidence. Why it’s important for us Financial Commission unites the brokers that place value on industry transparency and their business reputation, making the quality of their services the top priority. By joining Financial Commission brokers confirm that they are ready to uphold the accepted standards. Why it’s important for our clients Membership in Financial Commission is designed to provide an honest and open dialogue. The clients of a member company receive access to unbiased arbitration and an opportunity to protect their interests. In case of any disputes, the clients can always appeal to FinaCom experts. They will look into the case and resolve the dispute. Grand Capital team

Grand Capital weekly recap (November 27th–December 1st) Here are the results of the last trading week. The most active client Placed 941 trades, including 778 profitable ones and 163 that resulted in a loss. All trades involved GBP/USD. Maximum deposit growth In one trading week on a single account was $27 540,00. The most profitable trade of the week Resulted in a profit of +$18 735,00. The trade was opened on the 21st of November at 11:13 AM and closed on the 27th of November at 2:52 PM. The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders: 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; Dow Jones — Dow Jones stock index mini futures contract. DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average) index is the oldest American market index existing today. It was designed to follow the development of the industrial segment of American stock markets. The index comprises 30 major American companies. Although the index is still called "industrial", the large portion of the companies included have nothing to do with heavy industry. The contract size for DJIA is calculated according to the formula: $5 multiplied by the index quote; # MAGNIT («Магнит») — a Russian food retail company and an eponymous supermarket chain. As of December 31, 2016, the company's network included 14,059 stores. In 2016 the company's revenue amounted to 1.07 trillion RUB; # PFE (Pfizer) — an American pharmaceutical corporation, one of the world’s largest companies in the industry. Pfizer shares were included in Dow Jones Industrial Average on the 8th of April, 2004; # NIKE — an American company, a world-famous manufacturer of sportswear. According to analysts, Nike owns almost 95% of the US basketball footwear market. The brand is estimated at $10.7 billion and is the most valuable trademark in the sports industry. It is included in Dow Jones industrial index since September 2013. Earn more with Grand Capital!

Interview with contest winners. Mechatronics engineer from India talks about risk management and scalping The winner of the 392nd round of Drag Trade lives in India, works as a mechatronics engineer and has been trading on financial markets for about five years. Pongurlekar Sunand Sudhir told us how beginners should polish their skills, what strategies should be used with scalping and how to choose a broker. Tell us a little bit about yourself, how old are you, where do you work? I am a 27-year-old engineer with graduation in Bachelor of Engineering Mechatronics. My work is related to automation and robotics, I have to calibrate machines to work in the desired manner with the help of computer programming. How did you start trading? How did it all begin? I started with Forex trading during my final year of studying engineering so I have been around the world of Forex for about 4–5 years. I started Forex trading when I looked at the volatility in Forex market during major economic data releases. I found this volatility as an opportunity to place trades. Initially, I started with a demo account and have been participating in many contests including those conducted by Grand Capital for more than 3 years. It is only last year that I started trading on live accounts so I am still a novice when it comes to trading on real accounts. How popular is trading in India? Forex trading was somewhat less popular in my country when I began 5 years back. However, nowadays there is more awareness about Forex trading in India and many brokers are offering local bank deposit/withdrawal option at competitive exchange rates to Indian customers. Many international brokers have their partners and IBs in India and even some have opened up offices in India. How did you learn to trade? I learned to trade from reading technical analysis books, technical analysis research of analysts, watching Youtube videos and attending seminars organized by brokers. As a novice trader, I experienced a lot of problems with risk management and placing stop losses to exit losing trades. As a result, I believe that the paramount factor in Forex trading is how to manage your losses. What’s your trading style? What strategies do you use? The volatility is my best friend. My trading style is scalping and news trading during important economic data releases. My prime trading strategy involves scalping and using technical tools such as moving averages, Bollinger bands, MACD and Fibonacci levels on short-term charts like 1m, 5m, 15m. I believe in cutting my losses as quickly as possible and never average the trades. What are your favorite trading instruments? I prefer to trade mainly major Forex pairs such as EURUSD, GBPUSD, USDJPY, USDCAD, AUDUSD and EURGBP. I believe they have the best liquidity and as a result the tightest spreads of all the asset classes which is important while scalping. What do you look at when choosing a broker? I mainly look out for tight spreads, faster execution of trades, no hassle in deposit/withdrawal of funds, security of funds and lastly, local bank deposit/withdrawal option for Indian customers. In fact, I opted Grand Capital for the local bank deposit/withdrawal option. Also, I admire the way Grand Capital organizes contests regularly. What are your impressions of Grand Capital contests? As I said earlier, I like demo contests and moreover, your Drag Trade contest is a high reward contest as the winner stands a chance to win a prize in a duration of only 1 hour. Drag Trade contest offers high initial capital of USD 100 000 so even if you make few losses then also you can recover and come back. What piece of advice can you provide for beginners? Lastly, I am myself a novice trader but if there was one piece of advice I would give to rookie traders than it would be "Do not worry about your profits but restrict your losses to a minimum and the profits will follow". I would like to conclude by saying only this quote "The world of Forex is very fickle so our job is not to reason why, but our job is to only sell and buy". P.S. Learn the contest rules and sign-up for the next round here.

Grand Capital weekly recap (November 20th–24th) Last week’s top traders in our latest recap. The most active client Placed 548 trades, including 435 profitable ones and 113 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved GBP/USD. Maximum deposit growth In one trading week on a single account was $44 000.00. The most profitable trade of the week Resulted in a profit of +$6430.00. The trade was opened on the 9th of November at 1:40 PM and closed on the 23rd of November at 10:14 AM. The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders: COPPER — Copper futures. Contract volume is 25 000 pounds (around 11.34 tons). Minimum price step is $0.0005 per pound ($12.5 per contract). Millions of investors follow the copper quotations every day. Copper is the first metal to be worked and used by man. Total world production of copper is about 16 million tons per year; AEX — AEX index futures. The size of the contract is calculated by multiplying €200 by the index quote. The quotes are specified in the index points. 1 tick equals 0.05 index point and costs €10.00. AEX index is one of the Netherlands’ most important stock indices and encompasses 25 of the country’s major companies; @EGBP — Euro/pound cross currency futures. It's a low activity contract with daily volumes not above several hundred contracts. The size of the contract is 125 000 EUR. Minimum price fluctuation (1 point and 1 tick) is 0.00005 GBP for a contract or 6.25 pounds per contract; # MSFT (Microsoft Corporation) — the world’s largest software company. As of 2016, the company's revenue is $86.6 billion. Net profit for July–September 2017 was $6.58 billion, or 84 cents per share. Last year’s values are $5.67 billion and 72 cents; # AXP (American Express) — American financial company. The most famous products of the company are credit cards, charge cards and traveler's cheques. In 2016 American Express was listed 95th in the Forex Global 2000 rating of the major public companies, it also was 247th by revenue, 104th by net profit, 171th by assets and 129th by market capitalization. Earn more with Grand Capital

Come to Money Fair expo in Shanghai from the 1st to the 3rd of December and receive gifts Grand Capital will participate in Money Fair expo in Shanghai from the 1st to the 3rd of December. Money Fair is the largest financial expo in China and will be welcoming the participants for the 15th time in 2017. We will present Serenity, the first blockchain-secured marketplace for financial market trading. Our team will be expecting visitors at the booth W02. Join our WeChat group, take a photo at our booth and receive gifts from our company! Expo address: Shanghai Exhibition Center, No 1000 Middle Yan'án Road. Open hours: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM on December 1st–2nd and 9:00 AM–2:30 PM on December 3rd. Learn more on MoneyFair website. Grand Capital team

Grand Capital weekly recap (November 13th–17th) Follow the best traders in our weekly recap. The most active client Placed 742 trades, including 505 profitable ones and 237 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved EUR/USD and GOLD. Maximum deposit growth In one trading week on a single account was $22 381.47. The most profitable trade of the week Resulted in a profit of +$5959.93. The trade was opened on the 6th of November at 12:14 PM and closed on the 15th of November at 4:06 PM. The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders: LIVE CATTLE — deliverable futures contract for 40 000 pounds of live cattle. Household livestock raised to produce beef is the largest segment of American agriculture. Minimum tick is 2.5 cent, which equals $10.00; ORANGE JUICE — orange juice futures contract. The contract size is standardized and is 15 000 pounds (approximately 6.9 tons). One tick is 0.05 and costs $7.5; # ROSTEL («Ростелеком») — a Russian largely state-owned telecommunications company, provides local and long-distance telephone services, broadband Internet access (Russia’s largest provider by the number of subscribers), interactive television, cellular communications, etc. Turnover: 297.45 billion RUB (2016); # GOOGLE (Google Inc) is an American multinational public corporation that invests in web search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google supports and develops a number of Internet services and products; # CVX (Chevron Corporation) — America's second largest energy corporation (after Exxon Mobil), one of the biggest companies in the world. In 2015 it was listed third in Fortune 500 and twelfth in Fortune Global 500 in 2014. Earn more with Grand Capital

Grand Capital weekly recap (November 6th–10th) Read about the last week’s trading results. The most active client Placed 726 trades, including 384 profitable ones and 342 that resulted in a loss. The majority of trades involved EUR/USD, USD/CHF and GOLD. Maximum deposit growth In one trading week on a single account was $33 778,95. The most profitable trade of the week Resulted in a profit of +$26 639,42. The trade was opened on the 8th of September at 8:00 AM and closed on the 8th of November at 11:36 AM. The most interesting trading instruments chosen by traders: SOYBEANS — soybean futures. One of the oldest, most popular and respectable futures contract. Contract volume is 5000 bushels. Minimum price step is 0.25 cents and costs $12.5; 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; # GE (General Electric) — an American multi-industry corporation, a manufacturer of many types of equipment, including locomotives, power plants, gas turbines, aircraft engines, medical equipment, etc. As of 2016 the market capitalization of General Electric is $288 billion; # IBM (International Business Machines) — one of the world’s largest producers and suppliers of software and hardware, as well as IT and consulting services. As of 2016, IBM’s turnover is $80.8 billion; # XOM (Exxon Mobil Corporation) — an American company, the largest private oil company in the world. The company conducts oil production in various regions of the world, including USA, Canada, the Middle East, etc. Exxon Mobil has a network of filling stations in more than 100 countries. One of the largest corporations in the world in terms of market capitalization ($366.98 billion as of 2017). Earn more with Grand Capital!

Interview with contest winners: “I’m always on the market” Meet two winners of Rally Trade and one winner of Micro Trade in our new interview round-up. We think it’s very reasonable to learn from others’ experience, that’s why we try to make our interviews more useful for beginners. The winners talk about their winning strategies and provide advice on risk management. Maksim Meshkov, the winner of the 205th round of Rally Trade, received no-deposit bonus of $500 “I’m a veterinarian. First I got introduced to the market in 2014. I started with binary options, they were aggressively marketed at the time. About a year later I started wondering about Forex. At first, I was learning the basics on my own. However, I quickly realized that those massive amounts of information were really confusing. So I enrolled in a course and everything was broken down for me and I started to understand what trading is. My trading day starts before the European session. One of my rituals is getting all unnecessary things off the desk and getting my monitors ready. My most successful trade involved GBP at the time of Brexit. I was bold enough to hold the position and took 1100 points. But greed and emotions got the best of me on the same day and I lost half of my profit. Mostly I trade with GBP/USD and GBP/JPY. The second pair is very volatile and can get you 400-700 points in a day. Sure, you can easily lose just as much. My favorite strategy is Price Action. When I choose a broker, I pay attention first of all to how long they’ve been working on the market. Grand Capital is one of the long-living companies. Among other advantages are excellent order execution, low spreads and fast withdrawal. The only thing I’d add is one more contest, specifically for binary options.” Maksim Abramov, Russia, the winner of the 81st round of Micro Trade, received 300% of the difference in account equity “Now I work as a tire fitter and I’ve been trading for about 10 years in total. During this time I had my ups and downs. I have a mathematical mindset, that’s why I find use for my skills in trading. I think that the most important thing for a trader is the ability to control emotions. Many give up after big defeats. I’m not one of them and I always go all the way. Actually, I’m always on the market. At any given time I have some open trades. During my years of trading I have tried many strategies, but I stuck with the levels. Now I trade with breakouts of daily maximums and minimums, and my favorite instruments are the dollar, the pound, the yen and gold. When choosing a broker I look at the reviews and trading conditions. I abandoned my previous broker because they implemented a limit on the amount of simultaneously open trades. I don’t like to be constrained. I’ve been participating in Micro Trade for a long time, but I never won anything. Probably my trading was a bit raw. Now everything is fine in that department.” Amadeu Costa, Portugal, the winner of the 206th round of Rally Trade, received no-deposit bonus of $500 “I’m 50 and I’m a programmer. I started trading a year ago. I like analyzing financial markets and following the economic statistics. I have a predisposition towards bearish trends, so it can be a bit of a problem on a bull market. I studied various strategies, but I’m not really well-versed in all that. I mainly rely on my intuition and macroindicators. However, the psychology of the market sometimes can be so irrational. Recently I placed a marvelous trade: I earned 1000 Euro with the deposit of 10 Euro. But in the next trade I lost all my profit. I’m a short-term trader, sometimes I win and sometimes I lose. Among my favorite instruments are DAX index and EUR/USD, GBP/USD pairs. I’m only beginning my trading career and trying to earn enough money for deposit in contests. I liked Rally Trade for being a short contest and the results were available right away.” P.S. Learn the contest rules and sign-up for the next round here.

Come to Finance Magnates London Summit on the 15th of November On the 15th of November, Grand Capital CEO Stanislav Vaneev, together with UpTrader, a software provider and our partner, will participate in Finance Magnates London Summit ‘17. The event will gather more than 2000 financial industry players: brokers, developers, banks, hedge funds and start-ups. Our team will be receiving guests at the booth №2. Stanislav Vaneev: “Recently the industry has seen a lot of revolutionary changes. Just look at how blockchain technology changes literally everything around us. You won’t get too far without cooperation and partnership at times like these. The events such as Finance Magnates summit help establish relationships and “stay on trend”. We have a lot to show you in London, and it’s always useful to learn what our colleagues and clients think about our products. It’s already become a tradition for us to participate in expos together with our partner, UpTrader. This year’s London Summit is shaping up to be particularly eventful and rich. We’ll be glad to see you all at our booth. Also, we’ll be presenting our new project, Serenity, to the professional community”. Expo address: 1 Old Billingsgate Walk, London. The expo is open from 9:00 AM to 6:15 PM. Learn the details on the Finance Magnates London Summit website. We look forward to seeing you in London! Grand Capital team