{"id":2960,"date":"2019-10-14T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T06:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/?post_type=press-release&#038;p=2960"},"modified":"2023-08-16T13:33:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T05:33:49","slug":"trading-starts","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.bullion.rakuten.com.hk\/en\/about-us\/press-release\/trading-starts","title":{"rendered":"RAKUTEN SECURITIES BULLION TRADING STARTS IN HONG KONG"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2960\" class=\"elementor elementor-2960\" data-elementor-post-type=\"press-release\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b5b947a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b5b947a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64f5c0af\" data-id=\"64f5c0af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-172793af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"172793af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>More leverage, tighter fixed spreads compare favorably with local competition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hong Kong, October 14, 2019<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Bullion trading started at 10am today through Rakuten MetaTrader 4 (MT4) account of Rakuten Securities Bullion Hong Kong Limited (\u201cRakuten Securities Bullion\u201d), a wholly owned subsidiary of leading online brokerage company Rakuten Securities, Inc., presenting both institutional and retail investors with a new vehicle for greater risk diversification by facilitating investment in gold and silver, the company announced Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To coincide with the trading platform going live, the company also announced a welcome offer for bullion trading through its website&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bullion.rakuten.com.hk\/\">https:\/\/bullion.rakuten.com.hk\/<\/a>. From now until April 30, 2020, those who register on the site will receive a reward worth HK$500<sup>1<\/sup>. The Rakuten Securities Bullion service is available on desktop and mobile platforms of MT4, the world\u2019s most popular software for trading forex and metals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very pleased to offer Hong Kong investors the opportunity to readily and securely diversify into bullion, historically one of the best asset classes to preserve value, if not grow it,\u201d said Mr. Kazunori Iida, President of Rakuten Securities Bullion. \u201cInvestors using the site will benefit from highly competitive spreads<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;that are both tight and fixed. That\u2019s in a local market where floating spreads are commonplace.\u201d Rakuten Securities Bullion\u2019s spreads for gold and silver are typically US$0.35 and US$ 0.035 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Iida added that with the competitive fixed spreads, Rakuten Securities Bullion offers generous leverage of up to 200:1. \u201cThat\u2019s very competitive too, given that many of the major local brokers provide leverage ranging from 100:1 to 150:1,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd for that we don\u2019t charge a fee. There\u2019s no commission to pay. It means trading costs are minimized.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rakuten Securities Bullion is part of the Tokyo-based Rakuten Group, one of the world\u2019s largest internet companies. It was established in Hong Kong on 28 February this year by Rakuten Securities, Inc., one of Japan\u2019s largest online brokers. This brings added security to clients and investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Rakuten Securities Bullion Hong Kong Limited<\/strong><br>Rakuten Securities Bullion is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rakuten Securities, Inc., one of the world\u2019s leading forex brokers and a pioneer in leveraged foreign exchange trading. It provides bullion investment service in Hong Kong with high security of funds and competitive trading cost. It offers two popular symbols (XAU\/USD and XAG\/USD) for trading on the powerful Rakuten MT4 trading account with fixed tight spreads and a generous leverage of up to 200:1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about our services, please visit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bullion.rakuten.com.hk\/\">https:\/\/bullion.rakuten.com.hk\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Rakuten Securities, Inc.<\/strong><br>Rakuten Securities, Inc. (\u201cRakuten Securities\u201d) is the securities division of Rakuten Group (TOKYO: 4755), which operates as one of the Japan\u2019s largest e-commerce providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1999, Rakuten Securities is a leading Japanese online brokerage company. Rakuten Securities provides comprehensive financial brokerage services to over 3.4 million<sup>3<\/sup>&nbsp;individual investors with a wide range of asset products; including domestic and international cash equities, derivatives, commodities, fixed income, investment trusts, ETFs and foreign exchange. With Rakuten Securities\u2019 strong foundation rooted in the Japanese market, today our mission is to provide overseas investors with a broad range of investment services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Rakuten Securities\u2019 services, please visit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rakuten-sec.co.jp\/\">https:\/\/www.rakuten-sec.co.jp\/<\/a>&nbsp;(Japanese Only).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Business Enquiries<\/u><\/strong><br>Tel: (852) 2119-7631<br>Email:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@bullion.rakuten.com.hk\">info@bullion.rakuten.com.hk<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7f6934 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"d7f6934\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94a92ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94a92ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr \/>\n<p class=\"ref\"><sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0Terms and Conditions apply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ref\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0Fixed spreads are offered in Rakuten MT4 account during at least 90% of the time of the monthly trading period. Spreads shown above and in our website are for reference only and are not guaranteed and may widen beyond the average spreads depending on the market volatility, especially under circumstances of extremely low liquidity, news events or public holidays. Please always refer to the trading platforms for the most updated spreads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ref\"><sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0As of June 2019.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More leverage, tighter fixed spreads compare favorably with local competition Hong Kong, October 14, 2019&nbsp;\u2013 Bullion trading started at 10am today through Rakuten MetaTrader 4 (MT4) account of Rakuten Securities Bullion Hong Kong Limited (\u201cRakuten Securities Bullion\u201d), a wholly owned subsidiary of leading online brokerage company Rakuten Securities, Inc., presenting both institutional and retail investors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RAKUTEN SECURITIES BULLION TRADING STARTS IN HONG KONG | Rakuten 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