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ESMA re-extends binary options trading ban to April 2019
For the second time since first introducing a three-month ban on offering binary options trading to retail clients in the EU in July 2018, European financial regulator ESMA has extended the ban for a further three months. The current ban is set to lapse on January 1, 2019. The three month extension takes the ban through to April 1, 2019. The other side of ESMA’s new trading regulations – mainly a temporary cap on leverage on Forex and CFD products – was initially enacted a month after the binary options ban (i.e. on August 1, 2018), and was already extended for one additional three month period, through to ... (full story)