FXCrest Broker

    RISK WARNING:Contracts for Difference (‘CFDs’) and Spread Bets are complex financial products, most of which have no set maturity date. Therefore, a CFD and/or Spread Bet position matures on the date you choose to close an existing open position. CFDs and Spread Bets, which are leveraged products, incur a high level of risk and can result in the loss of all of your invested capital. As a result, CFDs and Spread Bets may not be appropriate for all individuals. You should not risk more than you are prepared to lose. Before deciding to trade, you should ensure that you understand the risks involved and take into account your level of experience. You should seek independent advice, if necessary.

    1. SCOPE OF THE NOTICE
      1. FXCrest Broker (referred to as ‘FXCrest Broker’, the ‘Firm’, ‘us’, ‘we’ and ‘our’) provide you with this ‘Risk Disclosure Notice’ (the ‘Notice’) to help you understand the risks that might arise when trading Contracts for Difference (‘CFDs’) and/or Spread Bets (together referred to as ‘Leveraged Products’). However, you need to bear in mind that the Notice does not contain all the risks and aspects involved in trading leveraged products. The Client (referred to as the ‘Client’, ‘you’, ‘your’ and ‘yourself’) should carefully read the Notice in conjunction with the ‘Client Agreement’, the ‘Order Execution Policy’ and the documentation/ information available to you through our Website.
      2. You need to ensure that any decision to engage in trading Leveraged Products is made on an informed basis and in light of your knowledge and experience as well as to your personal circumstances (including but not limited to your financial position). In addition, you need to ensure that you understand the nature of CFDs and/or Spread Bets and the extent of all risks and aspects involved in trading Leveraged Products.
      3. Please note that CFDs and Spread Bets are leveraged financial products and therefore as such, trading them involves a high risk of loss as price movements are influenced by the amount of leverage the client is using. For example, if a client is using 30 times leverage a movement of 0.5% will result in a gain or a loss of 15%. Nonetheless, as a result of the ‘Negative Balance Protection’ (‘NBP’) you may not lose more than your initial investment.
      4. Trading Leveraged Products is not appropriate for all individuals. Under no circumstances, you should risk more than you are prepared to lose.
      5. For any capitalised term, which has not been defined in the Notice, please refer to Schedule A (‘Glossary’) of the ‘Client Agreement’.
    2. APPROPRIATENESS ASSESSMENT
      1. When processing your ‘Account Opening Form’ FXCrest Broker carries out an assessment of your appropriateness to trade CFDs and determines, based on information you provide us with, if you have sufficient knowledge and experience to understand the risks involved in trading Leveraged Products. We will inform you of the results of our assessment but this does not relieve you of the need to carefully consider whether to trade CFDs and/or Spread Bets with us. If we warn you that trading CFDs and/or Spread Bets may not be appropriate for you, then you should refrain from trading until you attain sufficient knowledge and experience. For example, you may trade on a demo account prior to trading in a live environment and you acquainted yourself sufficiently with the relevant risks.
    3. NATURE OF CFDs AND SPREAD BETS
      1. CFDs and Spread Bets are agreements to exchange the difference in value of a particular instrument or currency between the time at which the agreement is entered into and the time at which it is closed. CFDs and Spread Bets allow the Firm’s Clients to replicate the economic effect of trading in particular currencies or other instruments without requiring actual ownership of those assets; a full list of the instruments on offer via CFDs and Spread Bets by FXCrest Broker is available on our Website.
      2. CFDs and Spread Bets are derivative products traded off-exchange (or Over-the-Counter (‘OTC’)); this means FXCrest Broker is at all times the counterparty to the Client trades and any CFD trades entered into with the Firm, can only be closed with us. Your ability to open and/or close trades is dependent on the availability of our trading platform(s).
      3. You understand that you are not entitled to the physical delivery of the underlying instrument (or reference instrument) of the CFDs and Spread Bets you are trading and you have no rights in the underlying instrument (such as voting rights in case you are trading CFDs and/or Spread Betting on shares).
      4. CFDs and Spread Bets fluctuate in value during the day; the price movements of CFDs and Spread Bets are determined by a number of factors including but not limited to availability of market information.
    4. PRICES AND COST
      1. The prices generated by our trading platform(s) are derived from the prices of the relevant underlying instruments, which the Firm obtains from third party liquidity/price providers. The prices of CFDs and Spread Bets that you trade with us may include a mark-up. This means that the spreads offered by us comprise of (i) the raw spreads received from liquidity/price provider(s) and (ii) a mark-up (where applicable).
      2. For trading certain CFDs and/or Spread Bets, the Client may be required to pay a commission and/or other fees. These instances are described in detail in our Website. For all type of CFDs and Spread Bets offered by the Firm, the commission (if applicable) and financing/overnight fees are not incorporated into the Firm’s quoted prices and are instead charged explicitly to the Client Account(s). In the case of financing/overnight fees, the value of opened positions in some types of financial instruments is increased or reduced by a daily financing fee ‘swap’ throughout the life of the trade. The financing fees are based on prevailing market interest rates. From Mondays to Thursdays swap is charged once for every business day and on Fridays swap is charged in triple size in order to account for the weekend; details of daily financing/ overnight fees applied, are available in our Website.
      3. FXCrest Broker is the sole counterparty to all Client trades and the Firm may profit from any Client losses.
      4. You should not fund your Account using money obtained from any credit facility (including bank loan or otherwise). You should understand that your overall risks will be significantly increased. For instance, if you incur a loss on your trades, you will still have to repay any amount borrowed plus any interest or other costs. Therefore, you shall never finance any trades on such borrowed money and you should never rely on being able to profit on any trade, in order to repay such amounts.
    5. MARKET CONDITIONS, REQUIRED MARGIN, LEVERAGE AND STOP-OUT LEVELS
      1. Trading CFDs and Spread Bets enables you to use leverage to open a trade by depositing a fraction of the total trade value. This means that a relatively small market movement may lead to a proportionately much larger movement in the value of your trade. For margin calculation purposes, the leverage level used will be the lower of: (i) the Account or (ii) symbol traded. This logic applies on all our trading platforms.
      2. The leverage offered is subject to the instrument you wish to trade. Further information on the maximum leverage per instrument can be found on the ’ Execution and Leverage Information’ section of our website, under the FXCrest Broker column.
      3. Financial markets may fluctuate rapidly to reflect events that are outside the control of the Firm and/or your control; as a result, prices will become volatile. One form of price volatility is ‘gapping’, which occurs when there is a sudden shift in prices from one level to another. This can be caused, for example by unexpected economic events or market announcements, within or outside trading hours. Consequently, FXCrest Broker may be unable to execute your instructions at the requested price. In addition, if prices move against you, this will have a direct and real time impact on your trades, which may be automatically stopped-out. It is possible that you all your trades will be stopped-out; not just the ones that are loss making.
      4. You should note that any changes made to your leverage level, on an already traded Account, can immediately affect your open positions and may result in a stop-out.
      5. It is your responsibility to monitor the required margin of your open positions and in order to avoid a stop-out you may have to fund your Account.
      6. For further information, please refer to the ‘Margin and Leverage’ section of the ‘Order Execution Policy’.
    6. FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND OTHER RELATED RISKS
      1. You will be impacted by foreign exchange movements, if you are trading in a product that is denominated in a currency other than the currency of your Account. Any currency conversion calculations are provided by the Firm to the Client in the currency in which the Client account is denominated and the currency of the relevant instrument, using the cross spot rate.
      2. Your capacity to trade CFDs and Spread Bets may also be affected as a result of changes in the legal, regulatory, taxation environment and/or other.
    7. TECHNICAL RISKS
      1. We try to generate prices continuously and provide you with access* to our trading platforms throughout the trading sessions as indicated on our Website. However, there are instances where this is not possible; for example, instances of poor telecommunication/internet connectivity, system errors and outages and/or other factors. The above may cause prices to change between the time an order is placed and the time the order has been received by the Firm. In addition, these technical risks may significantly impact the execution of your orders.

        * Access to our trading platforms includes access via mobile applications
    8. COUNTERPARTY RISK
      1. The terms and conditions and trading rules are established solely by the counterparty, which is, at all times, FXCrest Broker. You are then only allowed to close an open position in any given financial instrument during our platform’s working hours, as per our Order Execution Policy, and you can only close any such position(s) with us as your sole counterparty; thus you are subject to counterparty risk with us.1
    9. CLIENT MONEY
      1. If you are categorised as a retail client, any money that we hold on your behalf will be kept in one or more segregated accounts with an institution within or outside the European Economic Area (‘EEA’), separated from the Firm’s money. The Client Money will be pooled with money belonging to other Clients (the ‘Omnibus Account’); therefore, an individual Client will not have a claim against a specific sum in a specific account, in the event of insolvency. A Client’s claim may be against the Client Money in the Omnibus Account. In general, accounts held with institutions, including omnibus account(s), face various risks, including the potential risk of being treated as one (1) account in case the institution defaults. Under such circumstances, the enforcement of the national deposit guarantee scheme may be applied without consideration of the ultimate beneficial owners of the Omnibus Account. Another risk might be that the funds in the Omnibus Account may be exposed to obligations of FXCrest Broker connected with the positions of other Clients in case FXCrest Broker is unable to meet its obligations towards them. In the event that the solvency of the institution that FXCrest Broker utilises to keep Client Money is partially or fully compromised, any loss shall be borne by you not us. In the event that any such institution defaults, the Client shall have no redress against the Firm. Where FXCrest Broker is or becomes unable to meet its obligations the Client may be entitled to compensation from the relevant compensation scheme of the jurisdiction under which the Client holds a relationship with FXCrest Broker. You may refer to our Website for more information.
    10. NO ADVICE
      1. FXCrest Broker may, from time to time and as often as it deems appropriate, issue and/or distribute third party material (the ‘Material’), which contains information including but not limited to the conditions of the financial markets, posted through our Website and other media and/or received by you. It should be noted that the Material is considered to be marketing communication only and does not contain, and should not be construed as containing, investment advice and/or an investment recommendation and/or, an offer of or solicitation for any transactions in financial instruments; any decision to enter into a specific transaction shall be made by the Client following an assessment by him/herself of their situation. FXCrest Broker makes no representation and assumes no liability as to the accuracy or completeness of the information provided, nor any loss arising from any investment based on a recommendation, forecast or other information supplied by any employee of FXCrest Broker, a third party or otherwise. The Material is not prepared in accordance with legal requirements promoting the independence of investment research and it is not subject to any prohibition on dealing ahead of the dissemination of investment research. All expressions of opinion included in the Material are subject to change without notice. Any opinions made may be personal to the author and may not reflect the opinions of FXCrest Broker.
      2. FXCrest Broker does not provide investment, financial, legal, tax, regulatory or other advice relating to investments or trading. Any material or information or other features, which may be provided to you through our Website, trading platforms, marketing or training events or otherwise, is generic and shall not be treated as advice appropriate for you or based on a consideration of your personal circumstances. You should seek independent professional advice from a suitably qualified advisor, if necessary, prior to engaging in trading Leveraged Products with us.
    11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
      1. For further information, please refer to the ‘Guide to Investing’ issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority (‘ESMA’) and the ‘Investor Warning on Contracts for difference (CFDs) ’ issued jointly by ESMA and the European Banking Authority (‘EBA’); also available on our Website.
    FXCrest Broker Financial Services Limited
    1. SCOPE OF THE NOTICE
      1. FXCrest Broker Financial Services Ltd. (referred to as ‘FXCrest Broker’, the ‘Firm’, ‘us’, ‘we’ and ‘our’) provides you with this ‘Risk Disclosure Notice’ (the ‘Notice’) to help you understand the risks that might arise when trading Contracts for Difference (‘CFDs’). However, you need to bear in mind that the Notice does not contain all the risks and aspects involved in trading CFDs. The Client (referred to as the ‘Client’, ‘you’, ‘your’ and ‘yourself’) should carefully read the Notice in conjunction with the ‘Client Agreement’, the ‘Order Execution Policy’ and the documentation/ information available to you through our Website.
      2. You need to ensure that any decision to engage in trading CFDs is made on an informed basis and in light of your knowledge and experience as well as to your personal circumstances (including but not limited to your financial position). In addition, you need to ensure that you understand the nature of CFDs and the extent of all risks and aspects involved in trading CFDs.
      3. Please note that CFDs are leveraged financial products and therefore as such, trading CFDs involves a high risk of loss as price movements are influenced by the amount of leverage the client is using. For example, if a client is using 30 times leverage a movement of 0.5% will result in a gain or a loss of 15%. Nonetheless, as a result of the ‘Negative Balance Protection’ (‘NBP’) you may not lose more than your initial investment.
      4. Trading CFDs is not be appropriate for all persons. Under no circumstances, you should risk more than you are prepared to lose.
      5. For any capitalised term, which has not been defined in the Notice, please refer to Schedule A (‘Glossary’) of the ‘Client Agreement’.
    2. APPROPRIATENESS ASSESSMENT
      1. When processing your ‘Account Opening Form’ FXCrest Broker carries out an assessment of your appropriateness to trade CFDs and determines, based on information you provide us with, if you have sufficient knowledge and experience to understand the risks involved in trading CFDs. We will inform you of the results of our assessment but this does not relieve you of the need to carefully consider whether to trade CFDs with us. If we warn you that trading CFDs may not be appropriate for you, then you should refrain from trading CFDs until you attain sufficient knowledge and experience, for example you may trade CFDs on a demo account prior to trading CFDs in a live environment and you acquainted yourself sufficiently with the relevant risks.
    3. NATURE OF CFDs
      1. CFDs are agreements to exchange the difference in value of a particular instrument or currency between the time at which the agreement is entered into and the time at which it is closed. CFDs allow the Firm’s Clients to replicate the economic effect of trading in particular currencies or other instruments without requiring actual ownership of those assets; a full list of the CFDs on offer by FXCrest Broker is available on our Website.
      2. CFDs are derivative products traded off-exchange (or Over-the-Counter (‘OTC’)); this means FXCrest Broker is at all times the counterparty to the Client trades and any CFD trades entered into with the Firm, can only be closed with us. Your ability to open and/or close trades is dependent on the availability of our trading platform(s).
      3. You understand that you are not entitled to the physical delivery of the underlying instrument (or reference instrument) of the CFDs you are trading and you have no rights in the underlying instrument (such as voting rights in case you are trading CFDs on shares).
      4. CFDs fluctuate in value during the day; the price movements of CFDs are determined by a number of factors including but not limited to availability of market information.
    4. PRICES AND COST
      1. The prices generated by our trading platform(s) are derived from the prices of the relevant underlying instruments, which the Firm obtains from third party liquidity/ price providers. The prices of CFDs that you trade with us include a mark-up; this means that the spreads offered by us comprise of (i) the raw spreads received from liquidity/ price provider(s) and (ii) a mark-up (where applicable).
      2. For trading certain CFDs, the Client may be required to pay a commission and/ or other fees; these instances are described in detail in our Website. For all type of CFDs offered by the Firm, the commission (if applicable) and financing/ overnight fees are not incorporated into the Firm’s quoted prices and are instead charged explicitly to the Client Account(s). In the case of financing/ overnight fees, the value of opened positions in some types of financial instruments is increased or reduced by a daily financing fee ‘swap’ throughout the life of the trade. The financing fees are based on prevailing market interest rates. From Mondays to Thursdays swap is charged once for every business day and on Fridays swap is charged in triple size in order to account for the weekend; details of daily financing/ overnight fees applied, are available in our Website.
      3. FXCrest Broker acts as market maker when executing Client trades and the Firm may profit from any Client losses.
      4. You should not fund your Account using money obtained from any credit facility (including bank loan or otherwise). You should understand that your overall risks will be significantly increased. For instance, if you incur a loss on your trades, you will still have to repay any amount borrowed plus any interest or other costs. Therefore, you shall never finance any trades on such borrowed money and you should never rely on being able to profit on any trade, in order to repay such amounts.
    5. MARKET CONDITIONS, REQUIRED MARGIN, LEVERAGE AND STOP-OUT LEVELS
      1. Trading CFDs enables you to use leverage to open a trade by depositing a fraction of the total trade value; this means that a relatively small market movement may lead to a proportionately much larger movement in the value of your trade. For margin calculation purposes, the leverage level used will be the lower of: (i) the Account or (ii) symbol traded. This logic applies on all our trading platforms.
      2. During the account opening process the default leverage is set at 1:30. You reserve the right to request a higher leverage but this will be at the discretion of the Firm and subject to the Client’s appropriateness assessment.
      3. Financial markets may fluctuate rapidly to reflect events that are outside the control of the Firm and/or your control; as a result, prices will become volatile. One form of price volatility is ‘gapping’, which occurs when there is a sudden shift in prices from one level to another. This can be caused, for example by unexpected economic events or market announcements, within or outside trading hours. Consequently, FXCrest Broker may be unable to execute your instructions at the requested price. In addition, if prices move against you, this will have a direct and real time impact on your trades, which may be automatically stopped-out. It is possible that you all your trades will be stopped-out; not just the ones that are loss making.
      4. You should note that any changes made to your leverage level, on an already traded Account, can immediately affect your open positions and may result in a stop-out.
      5. It is your responsibility to monitor the required margin of your open positions and in order to avoid a stop-out you may have to fund your Account.
      6. For further information, please refer to the ‘Margin and Leverage’ section of the ‘Order Execution Policy’.
    6. FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND OTHER RELATED RISKS
      1. You will be impacted by foreign exchange movements, if you are trading in a product that is denominated in a currency other than the currency of your Account. Any currency conversion calculations are provided by the Firm to the Client in the currency in which the Client account is denominated and the currency of the relevant CFD, using the cross spot rate.
      2. Your capacity to trade CFDs may also be affected as a result of changes in the legal, regulatory, taxation environment and/or other.
    7. TECHNICAL RISKS
      1. We try to generate prices continuously and provide you with access* to our trading platforms throughout the trading sessions as indicated on our Website. However, there are instances where this is not possible; for example, instances of poor telecommunication/ internet connectivity, system errors and outages and/or other factors. The above may cause prices to change between the time an order is placed and the time the order has been received by the Firm. In addition, these technical risks may significantly impact the execution of your orders.

        * Access to our trading platforms includes access via mobile applications.
    8. CLIENT MONEY
      1. If you are categorised as a retail client, any money that we hold on your behalf will be kept in one or more segregated accounts with an institution within or outside the European Economic Area (‘EEA’), separated from the Firm’s money. The Client Money will be pooled with money belonging to other Clients (the ‘Omnibus Account’); therefore, an individual Client will not have a claim against a specific sum in a specific account, in the event of insolvency. A Client’s claim may be against the Client Money in the Omnibus Account. In general, accounts held with institutions, including omnibus account(s), face various risks, including the potential risk of being treated as one (1) account in case the institution defaults. Under such circumstances, the enforcement of the national deposit guarantee scheme may be applied without consideration of the ultimate beneficial owners of the Omnibus Account. Another risk might be that the funds in the Omnibus Account may be exposed to obligations of FXCrest Broker connected with the positions of other Clients in case FXCrest Broker is unable to meet its obligations towards them. In the event that the solvency of the institution that FXCrest Broker utilises to keep Client Money is partially or fully compromised, any loss shall be borne by you not us. In the event that any such institution defaults, the Client shall have no redress against the Firm. Where FXCrest Broker is or becomes unable to meet its obligations the Client may be entitled to compensation from the CySEC under the ‘Investor Compensation Fund’. You may refer to the ‘Investor Compensation Fund Notice’ available on our Website for more information.
    9. NO ADVICE
      1. FXCrest Broker may, from time to time and as often as it deems appropriate, issue and/or distribute third party material (the ‘Material’), which contains information including but not limited to the conditions of the financial markets, posted through our Website and other media and/or received by you. It should be noted that the Material is considered to be marketing communication only and does not contain, and should not be construed as containing, investment advice and/or an investment recommendation and/or, an offer of or solicitation for any transactions in financial instruments; any decision to enter into a specific transaction shall be made by the Client following an assessment by him/herself of their situation. FXCrest Broker makes no representation and assumes no liability as to the accuracy or completeness of the information provided, nor any loss arising from any investment based on a recommendation, forecast or other information supplied by any employee of FXCrest Broker, a third party or otherwise. The Material is not prepared in accordance with legal requirements promoting the independence of investment research and it is not subject to any prohibition on dealing ahead of the dissemination of investment research. All expressions of opinion included in the Material are subject to change without notice. Any opinions made may be personal to the author and may not reflect the opinions of FXCrest Broker.
      2. FXCrest Broker does not provide investment, financial, legal, tax, regulatory or other advice relating to investments or trading CFDs. Any material or information or other features, which may be provided to you through our Website, trading platforms, marketing or training events or otherwise, is generic and shall not be treated as advice appropriate for you or based on a consideration of your personal circumstances. You should seek independent professional advice from a suitably qualified advisor, if necessary, prior to engaging in trading CFD with us.
    10. PAST PERFORMANCE
      1. Past performance, simulation or prediction of CFDs does not constitute an indication of future results. You should note that the value of your investment can decrease (as well as increase) as the market price of the underlying asset may fluctuate downwards (or upwards).
    11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
      1. For further information, please refer to the ‘Guide to Investing’ issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority (‘ESMA’) and the ‘Investor Warning on Contracts for difference (CFDs) ’ issued jointly by ESMA and the European Banking Authority (‘EBA’); also available on our Website.
    FXCrest Broker Global Markets MENA Limited
    1. SCOPE OF THE NOTICE
      1. FXCrest Broker Global Markets MENA Limited. (referred to as ‘FXCrest Broker’, the ‘Firm’, ‘us’, ‘we’ and ‘our’) provides you with this ‘Risk Disclosure Notice’ (the ‘Notice’) to help you understand the risks that might arise when trading Contracts for Difference (‘CFDs’). However, you need to bear in mind that the Notice does not contain all the risks and aspects involved in trading CFDs. The Client (referred to as the ‘Client’, ‘you’, ‘your’ and ‘yourself’) should carefully read the Notice in conjunction with the ‘Client Agreement’, the ‘Order Execution Policy’ and the documentation/ information available to you through our Website.
      2. You need to ensure that any decision to engage in trading CFDs is made on an informed basis and in light of your knowledge and experience as well as to your personal circumstances (including but not limited to your financial position). In addition, you need to ensure that you understand the nature of CFDs and the extent of all risks and aspects involved in trading CFDs. It is your responsibility to consider whether the products are suitable for you or not and whether you can afford to risk [all of your initial investments and/or any realised or unrealised trading profits’].
      3. Please note that CFDs are leveraged financial products and therefore as such, trading CFDs involves a high risk of loss as price movements are influenced by the amount of leverage the client is using. For example, if a client is using 50 times leverage a movement of 0.5% will result in a gain or a loss of 25%. Nonetheless, as a result of the ‘Negative Balance Protection’ (‘NBP’) you may not lose more than your initial investment. You are however at risk of losing all of your initial investments and/or any realised or unrealised trading profits’ [].
      4. Trading CFDs is not appropriate for all persons. Under no circumstances, you should risk more than you are prepared to lose.
      5. For any capitalised term, which has not been defined in the Notice, please refer to Schedule A (‘Glossary’) of the ‘Client Agreement’.
    2. APPROPRIATENESS ASSESSMENT
      1. When processing your ‘Account Opening Form’ FXCrest Broker carries out an assessment of your appropriateness to trade CFDs and determines, based on information you provide us with, if you have sufficient knowledge and experience to understand the risks involved in trading CFDs. We will inform you of the results of our assessment but this does not relieve you of the need to carefully consider whether to trade CFDs. If we warn you that trading CFDs may not be appropriate for you, then you should refrain from trading CFDs until you attain sufficient knowledge and experience, for example you may trade CFDs on a demo account prior to trading CFDs in a live environment and you acquainted yourself sufficiently with the relevant risks.
    3. NATURE OF CFDs.
      1. CFDs are agreements to exchange the difference in value of a particular instrument or currency between the time at which the agreement is entered into and the time at which it is closed. CFDs allow the Firm’s Clients to replicate the economic effect of trading in particular currencies or other instruments without requiring actual ownership of those assets; a full list of the CFDs on offer by FXCrest Broker is available on our Website.
      2. CFDs are derivative products traded off-exchange (or Over-the-Counter (‘OTC’)); this means FXCrest Broker is at all times the counterparty to the Client trades and any CFD trades entered into with the Firm, can only be closed with us. Your ability to open and/or close trades is dependent on the availability of our trading platform(s).
      3. You understand that you are not entitled to the physical delivery of the underlying instrument (or reference instrument) of the CFDs you are trading and you have no rights in the underlying instrument (such as voting rights in case you are trading CFDs on shares).
      4. CFDs fluctuate in value during the day; the price movements of CFDs are determined by a number of factors including but not limited to availability of market information.
    4. PRICES AND COST
      1. The prices generated by our trading platform(s) are derived from the prices of the relevant underlying instruments, which the Firm obtains from third party liquidity/ price providers. The prices of CFDs that you trade with us include a mark-up; this means that the spreads offered by us comprise of (i) the raw spreads received from liquidity/ price provider(s) and (ii) a mark-up (where applicable).
      2. For trading certain CFDs, the Client may be required to pay a commission and/ or other fees; these instances are described in detail in our Website. For all type of CFDs offered by the Firm, the commission (if applicable) and financing/ overnight fees are not incorporated into the Firm’s quoted prices and are instead charged explicitly to the Client Account(s). In the case of financing/ overnight fees, the value of opened positions in some types of financial instruments is increased or reduced by a daily financing fee ‘swap’ throughout the life of the trade. The financing fees are based on prevailing market interest rates. From Mondays to Thursdays swap is charged once for every business day and on Fridays swap is charged in triple size in order to account for the weekend; details of daily financing/ overnight fees applied, are available in our Website.
      3. FXCrest Broker acts as principal to client transactions on a matched principal basis, hedging such transactions with other companies of FXCrest Broker Group. FXCrest Broker Group companies act as market maker when executing Client trades and FXCrest Broker Group may profit from any Client losses. For more types of potential conflicts of interest, please refer to our ‘Conflicts of Interest Policy’.
      4. You should not fund your Account using money obtained from any credit facility (including bank loan or otherwise). You should understand that your overall risks will be significantly increased if you are using credit facility to trading CFDs. For instance, if you incur a loss on your trades, you will still have to repay any amount borrowed plus any interest or other costs. Therefore, you shall never finance any trades on such borrowed money and you should never rely on being able to profit on any trade, in order to repay such amounts.
    5. MARKET CONDITIONS, REQUIRED MARGIN, LEVERAGE AND STOP-OUT LEVELS
      1. Trading CFDs enables you to use leverage to open a trade by depositing a fraction of the total trade value; this means that a relatively small market movement may lead to a proportionately much larger movement in the value of your trade. For margin calculation purposes, the leverage level used will be the lower of: (i) the Account or (ii) symbol traded. This logic applies on all our trading platforms.
      2. During the account opening process your default classification will be that of a retail client and the maximum default leverage is set at 1:50. If you are classified as a Professional Client, you can request a higher leverage but this will be at the discretion of the Firm, subject to the Client’s appropriateness assessment as well as subject to the applicable rules and regulations. Retail clients have restricted leverage. Specifically, for forex major currency pairs, gold and major indices, maximum leverage is 1:50, for shares leverage is restricted to 1:10 whereas for forex minor pairs and any other instruments the maximum leverage is 1:20.
      3. Financial markets may fluctuate rapidly to reflect events that are outside the control of the Firm and/or your control; as a result, prices will become volatile. One form of price volatility is ‘gapping’, which occurs when there is a sudden shift in prices from one level to another. This can be caused, for example by unexpected economic events or market announcements, within or outside trading hours. Consequently, FXCrest Broker may be unable to execute your instructions at the requested price. In addition, if prices move against you, this will have a direct and real-time impact on your open trades, which may be automatically stopped-out. It is possible that you all your open trades will be stopped-out; not just the ones that are loss making.
      4. You should note that any changes made to your leverage level, on an already traded Account, can immediately affect your open positions and may result in a stop-out.
      5. It is your responsibility to monitor the required margin of your open positions at all times and in order to avoid a stop-out you may have to fund your Account. Note however that margin trading limits, stop-loss limits or other systems and controls designed to mitigate or limit loss exposures may not be effective or may fail.
      6. For further information, please refer to the ‘Margin and Leverage’ section of the ‘Order Execution Policy’.
    6. FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND OTHER RELATED RISKS
      1. You will be impacted by foreign exchange movements, if you are trading in a product that is denominated in a currency other than the currency of your Account. Any currency conversion calculations are provided by the Firm to the Client in the currency in which the said Account is denominated and the currency of the relevant CFD, using the cross-spot rate.
      2. Your capacity to trade CFDs may also be affected as a result of changes in the legal, regulatory, taxation environment and/or other.
      3. Foreign markets will involve other risks from those that the United Arab Emirates markets may face. The potential for profit or loss from CFDs relating to a foreign market or denominated in a foreign currency will be affected by fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. It is possible for you to incur a loss if exchange rates change to your detriment, even if the price of the instrument to which the CFD relates remains unchanged.
    7. TECHNICAL RISKS
      1. We try to generate prices continuously and provide you with access* to our trading platforms throughout the trading sessions as indicated on our Website. However, there are instances where this is not possible; for example, instances of poor telecommunication/ internet connectivity, system errors and outages and/or other factors. The above may cause prices to change between the time an order is placed and the time the order has been received by the Firm. In addition, these technical risks may significantly impact the execution of your orders.

        * Access to our trading platforms includes access via mobile applications.
    8. CLIENT MONEY
      1. Any money that we hold on your behalf will be kept in a separate trust account with an institution within or outside DIFC and the UAE, including the European Economic Area (‘EEA’), separated from the Firm’s money. Client money may also be held with other regulated FXCrest Broker entities. According to applicable legislation, the Client Money can be pooled with money belonging to other Clients (the ‘Omnibus Account’) or co-mingled into one or more trust accounts with other client’s money, which is also held on trust. Therefore, an individual Client will not have a claim against a specific sum in a specific account, in the event of insolvency. A Client’s claim may be against the Client Money in the Omnibus Account. In general, accounts held with institutions, including omnibus account(s), face various risks, including the potential risk of being treated as one (1) account in case the institution defaults without any consideration of the ultimate beneficial owners of the Omnibus Account. Another risk might be that the funds in the Omnibus Account may be exposed to obligations of FXCrest Broker connected with the positions of other Clients in case FXCrest Broker is unable to meet its obligations towards them. In the event that the solvency of the institution that FXCrest Broker utilises to keep Client Money is partially or fully compromised, any loss shall be borne by you not us. In the event that any such institution defaults, the Client shall have no redress against the Firm.
      2. There is also a risk that our insolvency or default may lead to your positions being liquidated or closed out without your consent. All deposits made with us are held on trust for you in a regulated trust account; in such circumstances those deposits would attract all the legal protections afforded to trust money. Net unrealised running profits are also held on trust by us (in excess of our contractual and regulatory requirements) and would normally be similarly protected for your benefit as beneficial owner, unless a court does not uphold the trust in relation to the net unrealised profits, in which event you would rank as an unsecured creditor of ours in relation to such net unrealised profits. The obligations to you under the Client Agreement and the CFDs are unsecured obligations, meaning that your rights against us are those of an unsecured creditor.
      3. In the event of insolvency, winding up or other distribution event that results in a distribution of client’s money, such distribution will be subject to DFSA’s Client Money Distribution Rules. In cases where the Client Money is held in a jurisdiction outside the DIFC, the market practices, insolvency and legal regime applicable in that jurisdiction may differ from the regime applicable in the DIFC.
    9. NO ADVICE
      1. FXCrest Broker will not give you any personal investment advice on any financial instruments. Our client agreement specifically states that this is not within the scope of our agreement.
      2. FXCrest Broker may, from time to time and as often as it deems appropriate, issue and/or distribute third party material (the ‘Material’), which contains information including but not limited to the conditions of the financial markets, posted through our Website and other media and/or received by you. It should be noted that the Material is considered to be marketing communication only and does not contain, and should not be construed as containing, investment advice and/or an investment recommendation and/or, an offer of or solicitation for any transactions in financial instruments; any decision to enter into a specific transaction shall be made by the Client following an assessment by him/herself of their situation. FXCrest Broker makes no representation and assumes no liability as to the accuracy or completeness of the information provided, nor any loss arising from any investment based on a recommendation, forecast or other information supplied by any employee of FXCrest Broker, a third party or otherwise. The Material is not prepared in accordance with legal requirements promoting the independence of investment research and it is not subject to any prohibition on dealing ahead of the dissemination of investment research. All expressions of opinion included in the Material are subject to change without notice. Any opinions made may be personal to the author and may not reflect the opinions of FXCrest Broker.
      3. As stated in 9.1 above, FXCrest Broker does not provide investment, financial, legal, tax, regulatory or other advice relating to investments or trading CFDs. Any material or information or other features, which may be provided to you through our Website, trading platforms, marketing or training events or otherwise, is generic and shall not be treated as advice appropriate for you or based on a consideration of your personal circumstances. You should seek independent professional advice from a suitably qualified advisor, if necessary, prior to engaging in trading CFD with us.
        You should consult with your own legal and other professional advisers before committing to any transaction, signing any documents and/or entering into any legally binding arrangement in relation to these products.
    10. PAST PERFORMANCE
      1. Past performance, simulation or prediction of CFDs does not constitute an indication of future results. You should note that the value of your investment can decrease (as well as increase) as the market price of the underlying asset may fluctuate downwards (or upwards).
    11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
      1. For further information, please refer to the ‘Guide to Investing’ issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority (‘ESMA’) and the ‘Investor Warning on Contracts for difference (CFDs) ’ issued jointly by ESMA and the European Banking Authority (‘EBA’); also available on our Website.
    FXCrest Broker Global Markets Limited
    1. SCOPE OF THE NOTICE
      1. FXCrest Broker Global Markets Ltd. (referred to as ‘FXCrest Broker’, the ‘Firm’, ‘us’, ‘we’ and ‘our’) provides you with this ‘Risk Disclosure Notice’ (the ‘Notice’) to help you understand the risks that might arise when trading Contracts for Difference ( ‘CFDs’). However, you need to bear in mind that the Notice does not contain all the risks and aspects involved in trading CFDs. The Client (referred to as the ‘Client’, ‘you’, ‘your’ and ‘yourself’) should carefully read the Notice in conjunction with the ‘Client Agreement’, the ‘Order Execution Policy’ and the documentation/ information available to you through our Website.
      2. You need to ensure that any decision to engage in trading CFDs is made on an informed basis and in light of your knowledge and experience as well as to your personal circumstances (including but not limited to your financial position). In addition, you need to ensure that you understand the nature of CFDs and the extent of all risks and aspects involved in trading CFDs.
      3. Please note that CFDs are leveraged financial products and therefore as such, trading CFDs involves a high risk of loss as price movements are influenced by the amount of leverage the client is using. For example, if a client is using 50 times leverage a movement of 0.5% will result in a gain or a loss of 25%. Nonetheless, as a result of the ‘Negative Balance Protection’ ( ‘NBP’) you may not lose more than your initial investment.
      4. Trading CFDs is not appropriate for all persons. Under no circumstances, should you risk more than you are prepared to lose.
      5. For any capitalised term, which have not been defined in the Notice, please refer to Schedule A (‘Glossary’) of the ‘Client Agreement’.
    2. APPROPRIATENESS ASSESSMENT
      1. When processing your ‘Account Opening Form’ FXCrest Broker carries out an assessment of your appropriateness to trade CFDs and determines, based on information you provide us with, if you have sufficient knowledge and experience to understand the risks involved in trading CFDs. We will inform you of the results of our assessment but this does not relieve you of the need to carefully consider whether to trade CFDs with us. If we warn you that trading CFDs may not be appropriate for you, then you should refrain from trading CFDs until you attain sufficient knowledge and experience, for example you may trade CFDs on a demo account prior to trading CFDs in a live environment and you acquainted yourself sufficiently with the relevant risks.
    3. NATURE OF CFDs
      1. CFDs are agreements to exchange the difference in value of a particular instrument or currency between the time at which the agreement is entered into and the time at which it is closed. CFDs allow the Firm’s Clients to replicate the economic effect of trading in particular currencies or other instruments without requiring actual ownership of those assets; a full list of the CFDs on offer by FXCrest Broker is available on our Website.
      2. CFDs are derivative products traded off-exchange (or Over-the-Counter ( ‘OTC’)); this means FXCrest Broker is at all times the counterparty to the Client trades and any CFD trades entered into with the Firm, can only be closed with us. Your ability to open and/or close trades is dependent on the availability of our trading platform(s).
      3. You understand that you are not entitled to the physical delivery of the underlying instrument (or reference instrument) of the CFDs you are trading and you have no rights in the underlying instrument (such as voting rights in case you are trading CFDs on shares).
      4. CFDs fluctuate in value during the day; the price movements of CFDs are determined by a number of factors including but not limited to availability of market information.
    4. PRICES AND COST
      1. The prices generated by our trading platform(s) are derived from the prices of the relevant underlying instruments, which the Firm obtains from third party liquidity/ price providers. The prices of CFDs that you trade with us include a mark-up; this means that the spreads offered by us comprise of (i) the raw spreads received from liquidity/ price provider(s) and (ii) a mark-up (where applicable).
      2. For trading certain CFDs, the Client may be required to pay a commission and/ or other fees; these instances are described in detail in our Website. For all type of CFDs offered by the Firm, the commission (if applicable) and financing/ overnight fees are not incorporated into the Firm’s quoted prices and are instead charged explicitly to the Client Account(s). In the case of financing/ overnight fees, the value of opened positions in some types of financial instruments is increased or reduced by a daily financing fee ‘swap’ throughout the life of the trade. The financing fees are based on prevailing market interest rates. From Mondays to Thursdays swap is charged once for every business day and on Fridays swap is charged in triple size in order to account for the weekend; details of daily financing/ overnight fees applied, are available in our Website.
      3. FXCrest Broker acts as market maker when executing Client trades and the Firm may profit from any Client losses.
      4. You should not fund your Account using money obtained from any credit facility (including bank loan or otherwise). You should understand that your overall risks will be significantly increased. For instance, if you incur a loss on your trades, you will still have to repay any amount borrowed plus any interest or other costs. Therefore, you shall never finance any trades on such borrowed money and you should never rely on being able to profit on any trade, in order to repay such amounts.
    5. MARKET CONDITIONS, REQUIRED MARGIN, LEVERAGE AND STOP-OUT LEVELS
      1. Trading CFDs enables you to use leverage to open a trade by depositing a fraction of the total trade value; this means that a relatively small market movement may lead to a proportionately much larger movement in the value of your trade. For margin calculation purposes, the leverage level used will be the lower of: (i) the Account or (ii) symbol traded. This logic applies on all our trading platforms.
      2. The maximum leverage offered by FXCrest Broker is 1:500, although leverage restrictions may apply for certain CFDs. Please visit the Website for further details.
      3. Financial markets may fluctuate rapidly to reflect events that are outside the control of the Firm and/or your control; as a result, prices will become volatile. One form of price volatility is ‘gapping’, which occurs when there is a sudden shift in prices from one level to another. This can be caused, for example by unexpected economic events or market announcements, within or outside trading hours. Consequently, FXCrest Broker may be unable to execute your instructions at the requested price. In addition, if prices move against you, this will have a direct and real-time impact on your trades, which may be automatically stopped-out. It is possible that you all your trades will be stopped-out; not just the ones that are loss making.
      4. You should note that any changes made to your leverage level, on an already traded Account, can immediately affect your open positions and may result in a stop-out.
      5. It is your responsibility to monitor the required margin of your open positions and in order to avoid a stop-out you may have to fund your Account.
      6. For further information, please refer to the ‘Margin and Leverage’ section of the ‘Order Execution Policy’.
    6. FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND OTHER RELATED RISKS
      1. You will be impacted by foreign exchange movements, if you are trading in a product that is denominated in a currency other than the currency of your Account. Any currency conversion calculations are provided by the Firm to the Client in the currency in which the Client account is denominated and the currency of the relevant CFD, using the cross-spot rate.
      2. Your capacity to trade CFDs may also be affected as a result of changes in the legal, regulatory, taxation environment and/or other.
    7. TECHNICAL RISKS
      1. We try to generate prices continuously and provide you with access* to our trading platforms throughout the trading sessions as indicated on our Website. However, there are instances where this is not possible; for example, instances of poor telecommunication/ internet connectivity, system errors and outages and/or other factors. The above may cause prices to change between the time an order is placed and the time the order has been received by the Firm. In addition, these technical risks may significantly impact the execution of your orders.

        * Access to our trading platforms includes access via mobile applications.
    8. CLIENT MONEY
      1. If you are categorised as a retail client, any money that we hold on your behalf will be kept in one or more segregated accounts with an institution within or outside the European Economic Area (‘EEA’), separated from the Firm’s money. The Client Money will be pooled with money belonging to other Clients (the ‘Omnibus Account’); therefore, an individual Client will not have a claim against a specific sum in a specific account, in the event of insolvency. A Client’s claim may be against the Client Money in the Omnibus Account. In general, accounts held with institutions, including omnibus account(s), face various risks, including the potential risk of being treated as one (1) account in case the institution defaults. Under such circumstances, the enforcement of the national deposit guarantee scheme may be applied without consideration of the ultimate beneficial owners of the Omnibus Account. Another risk might be that the funds in the Omnibus Account may be exposed to obligations of FXCrest Broker connected with the positions of other Clients in case FXCrest Broker is unable to meet its obligations towards them. In the event that the solvency of the institution that FXCrest Broker utilises to keep Client Money is partially or fully compromised, any loss shall be borne by you not us. In the event that any such institution defaults, the Client shall have no redress against the Firm.
    9. NO ADVICE
      1. FXCrest Broker may, from time to time and as often as it deems appropriate, issue and/or distribute third party material (the ‘Material’), which contains information including but not limited to the conditions of the financial markets, posted through our Website and other media and/or received by you. It should be noted that the Material is considered to be marketing communication only and does not contain, and should not be construed as containing, investment advice and/or an investment recommendation and/or, an offer of or solicitation for any transactions in financial instruments; any decision to enter into a specific transaction shall be made by the
        Client following an assessment by him/herself of their situation. FXCrest Broker makes no representation and assumes no liability as to the accuracy or
        completeness of the information provided, nor any loss arising from any investment based on a recommendation, forecast or other information supplied by
        any employee of FXCrest Broker, a third party or otherwise. The Material is not prepared in accordance with legal requirements promoting the independence of investment research and it is not subject to any prohibition on dealing ahead of the dissemination of investment research. All expressions of opinion included in the Material are subject to change without notice. Any opinions made may be personal to the author and may not reflect the opinions of FXCrest Broker.
      2. FXCrest Broker does not provide investment, financial, legal, tax, regulatory or other advice relating to investments or trading CFDs. Any material or information or other features, which may be provided to you through our Website, trading platforms, marketing or training events or otherwise, is generic and shall not be treated as advice appropriate for you or based on a consideration of your personal circumstances. You should seek independent professional advice from a suitably qualified advisor, if necessary, prior to engaging in trading CFD with us.
    10. PAST PERFORMANCE
      1. Past performance, simulation or prediction of CFDs does not constitute an indication of future results. You should note that the value of your investment can decrease (as well as increase) as the market price of the underlying asset may fluctuate downwards (or upwards).
    11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
      1. For further information, please refer to the ‘Guide to Investing’ issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority (‘ESMA’) and the ‘Investor Warning on Contracts for difference (CFDs) ’ issued jointly by ESMA and the European Banking Authority (‘EBA’); also available on our Website.

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