Getting Started Safely

A regulated broker is licensed and supervised by a financial authority — such as the FCA (UK), ASIC (Australia), CySEC (Cyprus), or the SEC/CFTC (US) — which typically requires client fund segregation, capital adequacy, and dispute-resolution processes.

Regulation doesn't guarantee a broker is right for you, but it's the baseline check before depositing real money anywhere. Always verify a broker's license number directly on the regulator's own public register, not just on the broker's website — a license number quoted in a footer costs nothing to type and means nothing until it's checked against the source.

Consider starting with a demo account to learn the platform and test a strategy with no money at risk, and when moving to a live account, start small — position sizing and discipline matter more in the first months than any single trade's outcome.