Regulation is the supervision a broker receives from a financial authority, which typically sets rules on client-money segregation, leverage limits, disclosure and complaints handling. A licence can be checked against the regulator's own public register rather than the wording on the broker's website. The level of protection differs by jurisdiction, and an entity registered in one country may offer clients in another a different set of terms.
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