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In ForexSQ we want to help you to understand how binary options trading works as it has been in the focal point of a lot of criticism. With its popularity increasing during the second half of the first decade of 2000 experts started look into binary options in more detail. The main concern with this kind of trading is the fact that it does not require any type of market knowledge to get involved in it. Anyone who knows how to use a smartphone can simply download an application and start trading using the funds from a credit card. When we look at it this way it’s easy to see how it resembles gambling and can create a type of addiction like any other form of gambling.

Brokerage firms who offer binary options, for a long time have been seen as casinos that rig the machines to maximize their profitability since they can bet against their customers and control the prices. This situation forced regulation agencies to act and after Options Clearing Corporations offer to change the rules of binary trading in 2007, Securities and Exchange Commission approved a listing of binary options in 2008.

While choosing a broker for binary trading, it is important to minimize the outside factors that might impact one’s experience in a negative way even though the right trading decisions have been made. Accessibility and good customer service is a must. Making sure the software offered is easy to use, fast and reliable and injecting or withdrawing funds are left up to the trader is essential.

It might also be a good idea to find a broker who can offer flexible trading options. That might include different instruments such as currencies, commodities, indices, and stocks as well as different expirations periods such as daily, weekly or monthly. This allows the trader to be more diverse when creating an investment portfolio and lets him/her minimize the risk exposure by hedging binary positions.

Although price manipulation is already a thing of the past when it comes to binary options it’s still very delicate and there are still companies that may try to take advantage of that. Before making a final decision it might be a good idea to use a demo trading platform to check the prices and ease of use. Working with an honest broker means “what you see (real market price) is what you get”. Choosing the right broker in a high risk/return investment decision is the first step on the way to become successful.

 

 

Risk Disclosure Analyzing your financial situation, you should decide whether you should start Forex trading or not. Rates of currencies can go down or rise higher any day, any hour, any minute so you should risk only that much which you can afford to loose.

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