La recomendación de que los que quiera abrir cuentas escojan entre los principales brokers mundiales y de preferencia que estén registrados en la NFA de USA no es gratuita. Para los que no se han informado, les comento que el año pasado se fueron A LA QUIEBRA MAS DE 25 BROKERS FOREX en diferentes partes del mundo, sobre todo por el aumento de regulación en USA y a denuncias por fraude de varios brokers pequeños. Para ser más exacto, aquí publico la lista de algunos brokers que desaparecieron en los ultimos años:
1. United Global Markets (Died May 2007. Cause: Undercapitalization)
2. Forward Forex (Died June 2007. Cause: Busted for Fraud)
3. Worldwide Forex (Died June 2007. Cause: Busted for Fraud)
4. Cal Financial Corporation (Died March 2007. Cause: Undercapitalization)
5. Nations LLC (Died July 2007. Cause: Undercapitalization)
6. FX Option1 Inc (Died June 2007. Cause: Busted for Fraud)
7. Trend Commodities (Died June 2007. Cause: Undercapitalization)
8. Performance Capital (Died June 2007. Cause: Buyout)
9. FiniFX (Died July 2007. Cause: Undercapitalization)
10. CFG Forex (Died February 2007. Cause: Undercapitalization)
11. Tradex Swiss AG (Died August 2007. Cause: Busted for Fraud)
12. Spencer Financial (Died June 2007. Cause: Undercapitalization)
13. One World Capital (Died November 2007. Cause: Undercapitalization)
14. ANTC (Died August 2007. Cause: Buyout)
15. Royal Forex (Died August 2007. Cause: Buyout)
16. Northfinance (Died May 2008. Cause: Buyout)
17. VelocityFX (Died December 2007. Cause: Undercapitalization)
18. Direct Forex (Died December 2007. Cause: Buyout)
19. E-FX (Died November 2007. Cause: Undercapitalization)
20. Solid Gold (Died December 2007. Cause: Undercapitalization)
21. FXLQ (Died December 2007. Cause: Busted for Fraud)
22. SNC Investments (Died December 2007. Cause: Undercapitalization)
23. WestCap FX (Died April 2008. Cause: Autopsy not Complete)
24. AleccohFX (Died February 2008. Cause: Busted for Fraud)
25. Finex (Died sometime in 2007. Cause: Busted for Fraud)
Hay que comprender que el mercado FOREX retail aun dista mucho de estar bien regulado y son los brokers registrados en lugares "exóticos" los que dan MENOS GARANTIA DE TRASPARENCIA. Si uno de esos brokers pequeños cierra sus puertas, a quien reclamaras tu dinero? o si te sientes estafado, a quien reclamaras? te iras de viaje por el Caribe o la Polinesia buscándolos??, en cambio si el broker está registrado en USA, significa que tiene un capital de más de 10 millones de dólares y cualquier queja que tengas la haces directamente con la NFA quien se encargara de arbitrar el problema.
Hay que tener cautela al momento de buscar un broker, no necesariamente el aparente menor spread debe ser el criterio principal para seleccionar con quien trabajar.
Saludos.