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UK’s FCA warns against binary options brokers Polarity Index and AG Capitals

Nov 26 2018
By Jonathan Smith , Find me on Google+

UK’s financial markets and services provider, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), blacklisted Polarity Index and AG Capitals on Friday. According to the regulator, these binary options brokers, that also offer account management services, are illegally targeting local citizens.

Polarity Index has a clear focus on cryptocurrencies. In fact, this is the only asset class covered by this binary options broker. It is allegedly owned and operated by Alternative Investment Specialists Ltd., but its website www.polarityindex.com lacks any essential corporate information, such as headquarters, background, financial regulation, etc.

The situation with AG Capitals is not any different. The broker operates via www.agcapitals.com and is allegedly owned by AG Capital Ltd., a company registered offshore, on the Marshall Islands. It offers trading in binary options and wealth management services.

The marketing and sale of binary options to retail consumers is now banned in the UK and throughout the EU. That is why the FCA warns that that If you are a UK resident and you are offered binary options, it is probably a scam.

Considering the how many con-artists are there on the forex and binary options market, you’d better deal only with financial services providers that are authorized by reputable financial agencies such as the UK’s FCA. The latter keeps a register where you can look up the broker’s name prior to opening an account with it. Doing a due diligence check before investing in a forex broker is also a good idea.

>> Check out our list of brokers licensed by the FCA <<

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Broker	Advantages


	FXTM a regulated forex broker (regulated by CySEC, FCA and FSC), offering ECN trading on MT4 an MT5 platforms. Traders can start trading with as little as $10 and take advantage of tight fixed and variable spreads, flexible leverage and swap-free accounts.
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Broker	Country	Regulation	Platform	Min Deposit	Review
	US	CFTC, NFA	MT4, Web, in-house	$50	Review Website
	US	NFA, CFTC	MT4	$250	Review Website
	Cyprus, UK, Mauritius	CySec, FCA, IFSC	MT4, MT5, Web	$10	Review Website
	Cyprus, Australia	CySec, ASIC	MT4, Web, Mobile app	$100	Review Website
	Australia, Cyprus	ASIC	MT4, MT5, IRESSTrader	$100	Review Website
	UK, Cyprus, Australia	FCA, CySec, ASIC	MT4, MT5	$5	Review Website
	UK, Australia	FCA, ASIC	MT4, Trading Station, NinjaTrader	$50	Review Website
	UK, Cyprus, UAE, South Africa	FCA, CySEC, DFSA, FSB	MT4, MT5, FxPro Markets, cTrader	$100	Review Website
	Cyprus	CySEC	MT4, MT5, Web	$1	Review Website
	Belize	IFSC	MT4, MT5	$100	Review Website
	Cyprus, UK, South Africa, UAE	CySec, FCA, FSCA, DFSA	MT4, MT5, Web	$5	Review Website
	Cyprus, UK	CySEC, FCA	MT4, MT5	$1	Review Website
	Australia	ASIC	MT4, MT5	$100	Review Website
	UK	FCA	MT4, Web, MT4 for Mac	$100	Review Website
	Australia, UK	ASIC, FCA	MT4, MT5, cTrader	$200	Review Website

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