Etoro News - Leverage Changes in August 2018

Main Trading Page: https://etoro.tw/2ijxtbg . Etoro are changing the amounts of leverage that can be applied across asset classes starting on the first of August 2018, to bring their system in line with new European guidelines.

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Amounts of leverage which can be applied will be reduced, and maximum stop losses altered in light of the new European guidelines - with exemptions available for those traders who can fulfil certain requirements which show them to not be your average 'retail' trader.

The measures may be an attempt to protect retail investors whose numbers have fast been increasing with the advent of new fintech services. Exposing yourself to too much risk is a great problem for new investors, and the new measures may help to minimise potential losses during the early stages of trading. We'll see...