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Forex glossary →Funded Trading and Prop Firms: What You're Actually Buying
A funded account is usually not an account, and the capital is usually not real. Here is how the evaluation model works and which clauses decide whether you ever get paid.
Is Your Crypto Exchange Regulated? What MiCA, VASP and Registration Really Mean
Most crypto exchanges that call themselves regulated hold an anti-money-laundering registration, not an investor protection licence. Here is the difference and why it decides what happens when one fails.
Slippage, Requotes and Stop Hunting: Bad Execution or Broker Fraud?
Some execution complaints are just how markets work, and some are a broker taking money from you. Here is how to tell which one happened to your trade.
Forex Deposit Bonuses: How a "100% Bonus" Locks Your Own Money
A deposit bonus is not free capital — it is a volume contract attached to funds you already own. Here is the arithmetic brokers do not put in the advert.
Recovery Scams: Why the Person Offering to Get Your Money Back Is the Second Fraud
Losing money to a broker puts you on a list, and the next call is engineered for exactly that moment. Here is how recovery fraud works and what genuinely recovers funds.
Clone Broker Scams: How Fraudsters Impersonate Regulated Firms
The most dangerous fake brokers do not invent a company — they copy a real regulated one, licence number included. Here is how the clone works and the one check that defeats it.
Where Is Your Money Actually Held? Segregated Client Funds Explained
When you deposit with a broker the money leaves your bank and arrives somewhere you cannot see. Here is what segregation means, when it saves you, and when the word is meaningless.
Offshore Broker Licences Explained: What "Registered in SVG" Really Means
A company registration in Saint Vincent is not a forex licence, and the regulator there says so itself. Here is how to tell a light-touch licence from no licence at all.
What FCA Regulation Actually Protects You From (And What It Doesn't)
"FCA regulated" is the most quoted phrase in forex marketing and the least understood. Here is exactly what the licence covers, what it never covers, and how brokers blur the line.