Fund Safety
Segregated accounts, compensation schemes, negative balance protection, and the warning signs of a broker to avoid.
Broker Fund Safety: What Actually Protects Your Deposit
How segregated accounts and compensation schemes such as the FSCS, ICF and SIPC protect a trading deposit: verified limits, coverage gaps, and a broker check.
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How to Check a Broker Is Legitimate Before You Deposit
A 20-minute broker scam check anyone can run: verify licences on the FCA, CySEC, ASIC and NFA registers, search warning lists and spot clone-firm red flags.
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Negative Balance Protection: Can You Lose More Than You Deposit?
Negative balance protection is law on FCA, EU and ASIC retail accounts and only a revocable promise offshore. What it covers, its limits, how to verify.
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