Since: 2007
Regulation: NFA, CFTC, CySEC, MiFID, ASIC
Platform: eToro
Minimum deposit: $ 50
Maximum Leverage: 1:400
The company eToro is a leading social investment network in the world, was founded in 2007 by brothers Yoni and Ronen Assia (Yoni and Ronen Assia) in Israel.
Now the online investment network has over 4,5 million registered users from 140 countries. The company's strategic objective, since its creation until today - a radical shift in the ways people work with the financial markets, the simplification of the system and maximum transparency of all trading operations.
In the UK work eToro is regulated by the structure of FCA is the Agency for control of financial activities. In other European countries the company does business under the license of CySEC granted by the Commission on securities and stock exchanges of the Republic of Cyprus. eToro strictly monitors compliance with all applicable rules of the financial regulation in all aspects of its business.
The company eToro has developed a set of Internet platforms and of platforms for mobile trading on Android and iOS that allows you to facilitate the process of information exchange between investors and implement instant transactions with currencies, indices and stocks.
An important aspect of eToro is its social orientation. Investors have the opportunity to make more informed trading decisions, having access to the opinions of other members. Thanks to the platform for social trading eToro Open Book and Copy Trader, eToro users discovered new facets of investment opportunities.
The system created by eToro, works on the following principle: the user finds successful traders (and own opinion), allocates investment funds and begins the process of copying. Thus, it becomes possible to form not a traditional portfolio, based on market conditions and personalized, real investment portfolio. These functions enable the user new opportunities of trading.
For traders who copy others, this scheme is not only a way to maintain their own profitability, but also an additional incentive to continue in the program Popular Investor (PI). Through this program, popular the trader receives a monthly remuneration, the amount of which depends on the number of backup copiers of them.