New ESMA regulations

ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) has negotiated measures related to the offering of CFDs and binary options to non-professional traders in the European Union (EU), and these include:

• Binary options - prohibiting the marketing, distribution or sale of binary options to non-professional clients;
• Contracts for Difference - Restricting the marketing, distribution or sale of CFDs to non-professional traders. 

The limitation includes: thresholds for the use of leverage when opening a position; a margin rule for closing positions; measures to protect against a negative balance on the account; preventing the use of commercial incentives by the CFD providers and a strict risk-specific warning through standardized formulation.
Arrangements for CFD and Forex Trading:

• The leverage thresholds for opening a position of non-professional traders are 30: 1 to 2: 1, this ratio varies according to the volatility of the underlying asset.
• Margin Rule for Closing Account Items. It determines the percentage margin (50% of the minimum required margin), whereby providers must cancel one or more open positions with CFDs to a non-professional client.

ActivTrades will apply the new ESMA measures from July 29, 2018 at 11:00 am (CET).
If you don't like to change your trading style, you could apply for Professional Trading Account. Check your eligibility here.
Alternatively, you could open an account in new ActivTrades office in Bahamas without being affected by the new measures from ESMA.

ActivTrades: Indices & Bonds Trading

The leading independant on-line broker ActivTrades offers Indices & Bonds Trading with high leverage of up to 1:400. The required margins to open a position is lower than margins, requred for a standart futures contract.

With ActivTrades you have access to the major indices and you can trade FTSE100 with competitive spreads form 0,5 points and 0,02 points on the Bund.

As the Futures, ActivTrades CFDs contracts on indices and fixed incomes have expiry dates and no overnight fees.

Available platforms are MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and ActivTrader. A mobile version of both platforms is available.

Indices & Bonds Trading with ActivTrades is trensparent, with no hidden fees and comissions.

ActivTrades provides for its customers amazing tools, which help to improve your trading: SmartOrder, SmartCalculator, SmartTemplate and many others.

You can always rely on the excellent 24/5 support.

For more information, visit here.

ActivTrades: Indices & Bonds Trading

The leading independant on-line broker ActivTrades offers Indices & Bonds Trading with high leverage of up to 1:400. The required margins to open a position is lower than margins, requred for a standart futures contract.
With ActivTrades you have access to the major indices and you can trade FTSE100 with competitive spreads form 0,5 points and 0,02 points on the Bund.
As the Futures, ActivTrades CFDs contracts on indices and fixed incomes have expiry dates and no overnight fees.
Available platforms are MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and ActivTrader. A mobile version of both platforms is available.
Indices & Bonds Trading with ActivTrades is trensparent, with no hidden fees and comissions.
ActivTrades provides for its customers amazing tools, which help to improve your trading: SmartOrder, SmartCalculator, SmartTemplate and many others.
You can always rely on the excellent 24/5 support.

For more information,  visit here.