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A binary option is a financial exotic option in which the payoff is either some fixed monetary amount or nothing at all. The two main types of binary options are the cash-or-nothing binary option and the asset-or-nothing binary option.

Danish Regulator Permanently Bans Binary Options From July

June 7, 2019

Denmark’s financial watchdog said it would permanently ban the sale of binary options to retail customers and non-professional investors from July 2019 to protect them from large trading losses. The move of ...

BaFin Prepares to Permanently Ban Binary Options

November 29, 2018

Binary options have long been identified by regulators as a toxic product. Today the German regulator is taking things to the next level with the introduction of a permanent ban for offering binaries to retai...

Binary Options Ban Renewed By ESMA

November 9, 2018

Any brokers still hoping for a repeal of the product intervention measures introduced earlier this year that prohibit the sale of binary options will have had those dreams crushed this week. The European Sec...

Citrades CEO Pleads Guilty to Running $8 Million Binary Option Scam

November 8, 2018

Jason Scharf, an Israeli-American operator of the now-defunct binary-options brand Citrades, pleaded guilty to his role as CEO of the company that swindled more than $8 million from at least 8,000 victims, mo...

ESMA Extends Prohibition of Binary Options until 2019

August 24, 2018

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced today that it will continue to prohibit the marketing, distribution and sale of binary options to retail clients for another three months, effect...

Police Raid FX and Binary Call Centers in Albania

June 6, 2018

Albania is the next Eastern-European country that is starting to take action about call centers which are typically soliciting Western-European clients to deposit their savings into high-risk financial produc...

Yandex Cleared of Illegally Advertising Binary Options

January 30, 2018

Smartex, which owns the binary options brand Olymp Trade, has been at the center of a lawsuit, headed by the Russian Association of Forex Dealers (AFD). The accusation saw both Smartex, along with Yandex, a R...

FCA Alerts Investors of Increased Risk of Online Binary Options Scams

January 29, 2018

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a warning to investors to be cautious when tempted to invest in online investment opportunities. The cause for concern on behalf of the UK regulator stems from...

Israeli Supreme Court Upholds Binary Options Ban

January 23, 2018

The Israeli Supreme Court has upheld the decision to put an end to binary options in and from Israel once and for all. Late last month, we reported on what could have been the last gasps of breath of the doo...

SpotOption Officially Stops All Binary Options Activity

January 18, 2018

In what can be classified as the end of an era, SpotOption, a leading provider of binary options platforms, has officially stopped all operations pertaining to the binary options industry. Effective January 1...