1, material benefit type: according to the price difference, whether to give benefits when opening an account and promise other benefits.
2. Convenience: See if there are any free telephones, forums, Chinese websites, etc.
3. Passive: Listen to the recommendation of the recommendation agent or friends around you.
4, independent type: refer to others but not blindly follow, through their own comprehensive investigation and comparison.
In emerging markets, there are more investors in the first three categories. In Asia, there may also be cultural and geographical factors. Compared with the American market, there are more investors in the first three categories. Objectively speaking, the selection methods of the first three types of investors all have shortcomings. With the development of the market, the number of the fourth type of investors is increasing. Before opening an account, they raised many profound questions and made many comparisons. This kind of investors pay attention to two focuses: first, the credibility of securities firms, involving capital security and order execution; The second is the technical performance of the trading platform, whether the platform is stable and whether the exchange rate is real-time.
An important criterion for choosing a foreign exchange broker is whether there is a regulatory agency in the country where the broker is located and whether the broker is registered with the regulatory agency. Regulators usually formulate corresponding rules to restrict the behavior of securities firms to varying degrees, while trying to protect the interests of customers. Investors can check the registration of brokers through their websites, and customers can file lawsuits or complaints.
The online foreign exchange margin business began to appear in the European and American markets in the late 1990s, which should be regarded as just beginning. Because of its high risk, speculation and complexity of supervision, governments hold different attitudes towards it. However, some European and American countries, as well as Japan and Hong Kong, have begun to accept and supervise foreign exchange deposits. Countries or regions that supervise foreign exchange deposits are the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, Japan and Hong Kong. They have different levels of supervision over foreign exchange deposits. However, the characteristic of * * * is that the norms of foreign exchange margin mainly refer to the rules of securities or futures, instead of setting up separate projects, and special guidelines or terms are issued to supplement them when necessary, such as the United States and Hong Kong.