Available about Forex trading in Russia

On many sites, the name of the regulator for the broker is placed opposite the name of the broker.

Regulators for brokers:

IFSC – (International Financial Services Commission, International Financial Services Commission of Belize) is part of a group of organizations that fight money laundering in the Caribbean region, but the main activity of this formation is to provide licenses for the right to conduct financial, brokerage or investment activities in the offshore territory of Belize. The IFSC license can be seen from both reliable and dubious brokers.

NAFD – National Association of Forex Dealers. This organization acts as the legal successor of the CRFIN. The task of the organization is to protect the rights of all trading participants in the foreign exchange market. The regulator works closely with government agencies and lobbies for the interests of financial market participants.

FSA-FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) – The Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom, which is a non-governmental independent body that regulates the activities of investment, banking and financial companies, acts in accordance with the"Financial Services and Rinks Act 2000”.

CySEC is the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, which serves as the state regulator in Cyprus. The main mission of the Commission is to control the activities of financial and foreign exchange companies located in the Republic.

CBR – Central Bank of the Russian Federation;

ASIC – (Australian Securities and Investments Commission) – the state Securities and Investments Commission of Australia is the main and only financial regulator in the country.

SEBI-The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulator of the securities market in India.

BVI FSC – — Financial Services Commission of the British Virgin Islands. The financial regulator was established in 2001.

RAUFR-Russian Association of Financial Market Participants (RAUFR) is a non-profit organization that unites responsible participants of the financial markets of the Russian Federation on voluntary terms.

CNMV-The National Commission for the Spanish Stock Market (The Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores, CNMV) is the state financial regulator of Spain.

FCMC-Finanšu un kapitāla tirgus komisijas (FKTK, in English Financial and Capital Market Commission, FCMC) The Financial and Capital Markets Commission of Latvia is the state financial regulator of Latvia.

FINMA – (Swiss Financial Markets Authority) is the Swiss financial market surveillance service, which is a public authority.

The Commission for Regulation of Relations between Financial Market Participants is a non-profit organization whose activities are aimed at developing services and regulating relations between Russian participants in international financial markets.

BNB-Bulgarian People’s Bank (bolg. Bilgarska Narodna Bank) is the central bank of Bulgaria.

SIBA-Seychelles International Business Administration.

VFSC-VFSC is the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission, established in 1993. The duties of the regulator include: issuing licenses for financial activities on the territory of Vanuatu, monitoring the work of licensees, consulting the population.

CFTC-The CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Committee) is one of the most authoritative forex and futures brokers in the world – the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, established by the US Congress in 1974. It is an independent government agency that is granted the right to regulate the options and futures markets.

MFSA-The Maltese Financial Services Authority is the government body of the Republic of Malta that regulates and supervises the financial and credit sector.

IIROC – Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. Investment Regulatory Organization of Canada.

MAS-Monetary Authority of Singapore. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is the central bank and state financial regulator of Singapore.

And also against the name can be the method of bringing your transaction to the open market, i.e. the types of accounts used by the broker.

Types of the broker and the account types

MM – Market Maker;

NDD – No Dealing Desk. Trading without the participation of a brokerage company. Withdrawal of clients ' orders to the open market automatically and execution on the side of the liquidity provider.

ECN – Electronic Communication Network. Electronic communication network for the implementation of transactions for the purchase/sale of a financial asset (currency pairs), which eliminates the role of intermediaries from the information exchange chain.

STP – Straight Through Processing. A system that allows a Forex broker to send client orders for execution directly to liquidity providers – banks that trade directly on the interbank market. The more liquidity providers there are, the better execution for customers. The fact that traders have access to the real market and the possibility of instant execution of orders without the participation of a dealer makes this system extremely attractive for most traders.

DMA – Direct Market Access. The technology of accessing the market directly, bypassing the broker.

We have dealt with brokers and their real trading accounts.

Now let’s look at the demo account and its advantages. Any Forex broker must have a demo account.