ESMA and Changes in CFD and Binary Options for European Clients

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What is the ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority)? 

If you do not know what the ESMA is and you are a CFD trader from Europe, in the next weeks and months, it will sound a lot. Todaw we will explain what is the ESMA and how it will influence European Trading in negative ways.

ESMA is the abbreviation in English of European Securities and Markets Authority.

It is a body of the European Union, whose mission is to protect investors and ensure the integrity, stability and proper functioning of financial markets. It would become like the regulator of regulators.

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Crypto Trading Available in Z.Com Trade and more

Review of the Broker Z.Com Trade

Update on Z.Com Trade

The broker Z.Com Trade has ended its operations and no longer offers brokerage services. It closed its offices in mid-2020.

The Forex and CFD broker Z.Com Trade (regulated by organizations such as the FCA) has announced a series of improvements in its services, including the addition of cryptocurrencies CFD (Contracts For Difference).

These services are described below:

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ThinkMarkets Review 2022 – Forex And CFD Broker

Review of the broker Thinkmarkets
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-ECN/STP Forex and CFD Broker from Australia.

-Regulated by bodies such as ASIC and FCA

-Many trading assets with tight spreads and low commissions

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ThinkMarkets – Forex Broker Analysis

ThinkMarkets is a Forex broker in Australia, which was founded in 2009. The main offices of the company are located in Australia and it has customer service offices located in various countries, including Spain, the UK, and Brazil. Currently, this company is duly registered and regulated by the ASIC (Australian Securities and Investment Commission), the regulatory body of financial services in Australia. This ensures the quality and legality of the services of this broker. ThinkMarkets is specialized in Forex, Contracts For Difference, and precious metals like gold and silver.
In this ThinkMarkets review, we are going to describe its main products and services. We are also going to talk about its regulation and trading conditions among other aspects.

Broker Plus500 was included in the London Stock Exchange

On July 24, 2013, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) welcomed the broker Plus500 (regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK), which marks the admission of this company on the AIM market, which means that the company’s shares can now be bought and sold in this market, one of the most important worldwide.

Plus500 offers its customers (mainly individual traders) the ability to trade stocks, Forex, indices, ETFs, commodities and other assets through Contracts For Difference (CFD) and currently is one of the main CFD providers worldwide. The company managed to raise a total of $75 million at a starting price of 115 pence in the opening which gave Plus500 a market capitalization of about $200 million on admission.

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Everything you need to know about ECN Forex Brokers

What are ECN Forex Brokers?

If you have been trading on Forex for some time, you have probably stumbled upon a term called ECN Forex brokers. If you have no idea what it means, don’t worry because you are not the only one. ECN Forex broker is a fairly new concept and it is seen as future of trading by many experts. ECN stands for Electronic Communications Networks and it is one of the recent developments in the market.

Forex brokers use ECN to connect their clients with other participants who trade in the market, such as large banks and well-known financial institutions that run the trading business on a major scale. Brokerage firms who use ECN technology want to provide their clients with the best possible options and they pick and choose which results to offer in the buy and sell listings.

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Cash rebates promotions of the broker HighLow

Currently, regulated binary options brokers are limited in terms of the promotions they can offer to their clients. This has become particularly evident in the brokers regulated by CySEC that expressly prohibited the deposit bonuses that so many complaints and problems have originated in recent years. Therefore, these companies are now offering other types of promotions, including cashbacks (cash rebates) and risk-free trades.

The broker HighLow of Australia, regulated by ASIC of that country, offers all its clients a cashbacks promotion through which they can obtain extra money with their trades with binary options. Basically, depending on the volume of their trades, the client obtains a certain amount of points that he accumulates and can change for cash that can be withdrawn without restriction. In other words, it is a program where traders can obtain additional income just by trading as they normally do.

-Period of validity of the promotion: HighLow has not specified a deadline for this offer and for the moment is valid throughout 2017-2018, however the company can modify the terms or cancel the promotion at any time.

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XM Partners Affiliate Program

XM Partners-affiliate program

Review of XM Partners

XM Partners is an affiliate program implemented by the Forex broker XM with the aim to promote their services and acquire new customers through affiliates, for which this program offers many promotional tools based on the Internet. Thanks to these tools and the payment plans offered, XM Partners is an excellent option to monetize websites and blogs whose topics are directly related to the financial markets in general and especially with Forex.
More information on the broker XM and its brokerage services in this guide: Forex broker XM

Commissions Plans Offered by XM Partners

Currently, this affiliate program offers the following payment plans for their members:
  • Revenue Share: Through this payment system, the affiliate gets a percentage of the profits generated by the referred traders that open an account with the broker XM, deposit funds and trade in the market through the broker. The payment of these commissions are maintained for life while the referred clients continue trading with XM.

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FBS broker offers a $50 free bonus

The Forex and CFD broker FBS has just announced a new promotion consisting of a free bonus of USD 50 for all its customers, both new and existing, which does not require prior deposit by the trader. It is a no deposit bonus granted to all interested customers, who have to enter their Personal Area and open a new trading account called “$50 Bonus Account”. It is not free money, since the trader can not withdraw the bonus, but can withdraw all the profits obtained in the transactions in which he uses the bonus money.

It is an ideal promotion for traders who are interested in evaluating the services of the FBS broker and trade in the markets with real money and who do not want or can not risk real money in the process. With this bonus the trader can trade with all trading instruments offered by this broker.

-Period of validity of the promotion: At the moment the broker FBS has not indicated a deadline for this offer and is valid throughout 2017-2018, however the company can modify the terms and even cancel the offer at any time. This promotion has ended, however the company now offers a free $100 no deposit bonus for new and existing clients. More information here: 100 USD no deposit bonus from FBS.

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XM Loyalty Program (Cash Back Program)

The Forex broker XM (formerly XEMarkets) has a loyalty program (a cashback program) for all its customers which allows the trader to get bonuses and additional money according to the volume of their trades in the market. To participate in this program, the trader does not have to register or fill out any special form.

More information about the XM broker and its online brokerage services for Forex and CFD at: XM Broker Review

The only requirement is to open a trading account with XM and trade regularly with Forex, precious metals, or CFD. With each transaction, the trader gets a certain amount of points that accumulate and can be exchanged for credit bonuses or cash.

This program has four levels depending on the trading volume of the trader:

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