It's easy to find out whether your broker of choice is a solid one or not. You can do this within minutes.
)) You go to your broker's website and search for info regarding its regulator. Then you can go to the regulator's website and search for the broker in the list of institutions regulated by the authority. For instance, my broker is FCA regulated and it's clearly stated on FCA's website that the broker is indeed regulated by them. Also, it has other regulations as well, so no scam.
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I would like to ask why so many people are so scared of brokers that are market makers? Most of the biggest brokers with huge amount of clients are market makers and their clients are happy with them and stay with them for years. I mean, what's the problem with being a market maker, do I miss something?