The difference between a regulated broker and unregulated broker

uptrendfinancialsignal

Verified member
It is very important to know if a broker is regulated or unregulated before you choose it as your trading platform. It is a must and a necessity for forex trader to carry out a research on a broker before you start putting investing your money on their platforms.

It is a pity that so many traders do not know the difference between the regulated broker and unregulated broker.

A regulated broker has a financial licence to operate foreign exchange services. These are recommended brokers and you will not be scammed when you trade with such broker.

An unregulated broker has no financial licence. It is very risky to trade with an unregulated broker because you could lose your fund forever.
 

Lens1000

VIP Contributor
A regulated broker is one that has the financial licence to operate foreign exchange services in the forex market and most of the brokerage that are available on the internet presently are not regulated and that is why it is very important for us to be very careful of the forex broker that we may want to choose. Your thread is very interesting and very educative but I would like to know how verify if a broker is regulated or not because it will be a great loss if one is working with an unregulated broker.

We have lots of them flooding the internet presently with lots of ads on websites. This is why one should be very careful of this so as not to fall victim of an unregulated broker we could cart away all your money. Don't get me wrong, there are some unregulated brokers that are legitimate but it is very impossible to work on them because they are not given the financial permission to operate foreign exchange services. We have couple of regulated brokers on the internet that we could use and they are so many . I would like to go for the regulated ones instead of settling with an unregulated broker.
 

Flow-er

Active member
Regulated broker are the ones that are given the opportunity to carry out foreign exchange services in the forex market because they are licensed while unregulated brokers do not have the licence to operate and as such, it will be very risky for you to use such kind of broker in your trading career. This is why it is very important to choose a broker that will give you rest of mind in your trading and the broker that you could choose that will give you this kind of rest of mind is a regulated broker.

We have countless number of regulated brokers on the internet that you could choose to manage your funds and if you want to risk your funds, you could as well trade with an unregulated broker. The regulated broker has the financial right to carry out forex services and which is one of the best thing that a forex trader wishes for because you cannot put your money where you will lose it, but it is better to put your money where you know that your money is secured. The regulated brokers are sure to secure your personal information from exposure to cybercriminals in the Forex trades.
 

sincerem

VIP Contributor
Correct, with your explanation of unregulated and regulated forex brokers. When it comes to forex trading, their are so many of those brokers around, it is of utmost importance for any forex trader to make due research to avoid falling prey of all this unregulated brokers. Most of them are just like investment sites, trying to help you copy trade, but in real sense they aren't going to make profit for you at the end, it will always fall as loss to the trader who invest money in their broker. We have licensed financial brokers, we need to search for them, make thorough reviews on them, and definitely we'll get to see them through the opinions of other users to avoid falling short at the end.
 

Holicent

VIP Contributor
The difference between a regulated broker and an unregulated broker is that the former is licensed by a regulatory body and the latter is not. The reason for this is because it is important to know who you are dealing with when you are buying or selling stocks and other securities.

An unregulated broker has no regulatory oversight, so there are no rules and regulations that govern their work. This means that they can do whatever they want with your money, which could be anything from giving it away to another person, to taking it all out of your account and spending it on themselves. This means that any time you deal with an unregulated broker, there is no guarantee that they will give you the correct information or do what they promise when they make those promises. You should weigh the demerits and merits before deciding on which to consider.
 

Jack Reacher

Verified member
Traders can go for paid courses too for learning about trading but without practicing on demo account, learning remains incomplete.
 

Asahi

Verified member
Leverage provided by brokers is of different sizes, like some brokers provide 1:400, whereas some others provide 1:500.
 

Vigorish

New member
Regulated brokers are those who are registered with a financial regulatory body. Hence, they comply with the rules set down by the regulatory body to ensure that trader’s funds are protected. On the other hand, unregulated brokers don’t possess any such licence and are free to behave in a manner they see fit.

Therefore, the traders who don’t want to take any risk and want their money to be safe should only trade with regulated brokers like Fxview, Exness, IC Markets, XM etc.
 

Dita Walczak

Verified member
Broker’s scam is a threat to traders so be careful of this fact before selecting a broker. FXOpulence is an regulated broker and a highly recognized one. They offer almost all technical tools to traders for better market analysis.
 

FXOchartist

Verified member
Why regulated broker considered as more secure than unregulated one? Because regulated broker operate their company under rules of regulation body where they get licence. It is mean the company is legal standing to operate in financial market industry, more trusted than unregulated. And the regulation itself work to protect investors from fraudulent company. So it is important to choose regulated broker for long term business. While the broker in forex world is thousands more offers services in financial market. Choosing the right broker for beginner maybe is not easy.

You can make research and take several criteria like the company must regulated broker, tranding fee is low, good customer support, payment processor, trading platorm, customer review.

Personally, I choose FXOpen because the company regulated in ASIC, FCA and Cysec, they also low spread from 0.0 pip, ECN broker
 

Ivo Zetticci

Verified member
A broker’s regulation always plays a vital role. FXOpulence offer narrow trading spread and high leverage to traders. They offer different regulated banks’ accounts to keep traders’ fund secure.
 
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