Fortrade
Fortrade is a UK-based financial derivatives brokerage firm specialising in over-the-counter (OTC) Foreign Exchange (Forex) and Contracts for Difference (CFDs). The company enables online trading on real-time market prices of major commodity and futures prices, such as precious metals, agricultural and energy products, global equities and US securities. Headquartered in London, Fortrade is licensed and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) under license number 609970,[1] and operates Introducing Brokers (IB) programmes in 4 countries. Fortrade is the trading name of Fortrade (UK) Limited.
History[edit]
Fortrade was founded as Integrisafe Ltd. on July 22, 2013 as a privately owned company offering multi-asset trading platforms and services to institutional investors and retail customers within the United Kingdom and Europe. The company changed its name to Fortrade Limited on May 19, 2014. In 2015, Fortrade released the Fortrader Online Trading Platform. The Fortrader Online Trading Platform enables investors to trade on a wide range of leveraged products, including Foreign Exchange (Forex), Contracts For Difference (CFDs), futures, commodities and other over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. Later that year, Fortrade launched its first official mobile application for Android and Apple iOS, the Mobile Fortrader, which allows investors to trade on financial securities via mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and phablets.
Operations[edit]
Fortrade’s operations are managed from its head office in London.
Trading platforms
Fortrade offers clients 3 main trading platforms: Desktop Fortrader, Web Fortrader and Mobile Fortrader. In January 2017, the company reportedly had over 35,000 thousand accounts. More than 70% of its clients’ transactions in 2016 were made either by smartphone or by tablet.
Trading indicators
All Fortrader Trading Platforms include a range of technical indicators to help online traders achieve better results. Among the indicators are Moving Average Envelope (MAE),; Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD), Bollinger Bands, RSI (Relative Strength Index), Stochastics, ADX and others.
Tradable instruments
Fortrade is one of the few brokerage firms to offer retail clients immediate access to more than 300 tradable instruments. The company’s product offering covers nearly all Foreign Exchange (Forex) pairs and the most popular indices from across the globe, including DJIA, NASDAQ-100, S&P 500 Index, FTSE 100 Index, DAX and CAC 40. It also allows trading on leading stocks from the United States and Europe, precious metals, energy, agriculture and metal commodities, ETFs and bonds.
Regulation
Fortrade is the trading name of Fortrade Limited, and the company is authorised and regulated in the United kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority; FRN 609970. FCA Register.
Education
In October 2016, the company launched the Fortrade Online Academy – an online educational center for learning about Forex and CFD trading. The free resource consists of a series of interactive online courses, videos and eBooks, as well as popular stock trading strategies and techniques.
FT Affiliates
In June 2016, Fortrade initiated an affiliates programme (FTAffiliates.com) that pays commissions to website owners, online marketers and traffic experts for referring new clients to Fortrade. This programme has grown steadily, gaining much popularity and credibility within the industry. As of February 2017, Fortrade has affiliates in over 100 countries.
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Financial Conduct Authority". register.fca.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
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