Broker safety
What is Regulated broker?
By the verify.trading team · Last reviewed · How we write
A regulated broker is one licensed or authorised by a financial regulator to offer its services. Regulation is a starting point, not a guarantee of quality.
Key points
- Confirm on the regulator's own register.
- Regulators differ in strength.
- The entity holding your account is what counts.
Regulated broker explained
Regulators differ widely in the protections they require, and one broker group may run several entities under different regulators. What matters is the regulator of the entity that holds your account, confirmed on that regulator's own register.
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General education, not investment advice. Regulatory limits and prop firm rules change; check the official source. verify.trading provides records and analysis, not investment advice; trading involves significant risk of loss. Absence of a regulatory action is not an endorsement, and absence from a regulator's list is not proof of authorisation.