{"id":5185,"date":"2017-12-04T18:19:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T23:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverlaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/?p=5185"},"modified":"2018-01-05T18:13:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T23:13:30","slug":"what-the-cftc-says-about-binary-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/what-the-cftc-says-about-binary-options\/","title":{"rendered":"What the CFTC Says About Binary Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Binary options are a trading mechanism that have taken many governmental agencies by surprise. The reason for this is that, in many cases, they appeared out of thin air. Due to the wide variety of financial transactions that are appearing on the Internet, it has become increasingly difficult in order to regulate how consumers can be protected. One of the pioneers of binary options protection to consumers has been the United States. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/what-the-sec-says-about-binary-option-fraud-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\">Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)<\/a> is the governmental agency that protects consumers from fraud circumstances of this nature. Due to the influx of fraud in the financial trading sector, the SEC has subsequently created the CFTC in order to handle regulation and recommendations with the objective of protecting Americans consumers that have fallen prey to many unfortunate investment schemes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The CFTC\u2019s Role<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Commodities Futures Trading Commission\u2019s Office of Consumer Outreach (CFTC) issues warnings regarding fraudulent schemes that involve binary options and their various, yet diverse, trading platforms. Many of these schemes have historically refused to credit the consumer\u2019s accounts, have withheld fund reimbursement, identity theft, and the tampering with software to generate more losing trades than winning ones. On a regular basis, the CFTC issues a report and warnings regarding the latest in fraud in the financial sector. Some of the most typical recommendations that are reported to the CFTC are mentioned below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverlaw.com\/blog\/what-the-cftc-says-about-binary-options\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What the CFTC Says About Binary Options\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Binary options are a trading mechanism that have taken many governmental agencies by surprise. The reason for this is that, in many cases, they appeared out of thin air. 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