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John E. Kaye
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Always innovating, ActivTrades is delivering on its mission to provide premium services to clients looking to trade with CFDs and spread betting instruments
The last two decades have seen an explosion of new forex businesses. The sector has seen a tremendous rise in popularity due to recent technological developments, partially because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced people to stay home, and many turned to online trading to increase their revenue.
As challenging as the last few years were for everyone, none can deny that the forex industry experienced extremely high volatility, with trade volumes being greatly affected, contributing to an increased interest in online trading and investing.
Outstanding results in times of great change
Headquartered in London, and among Europe’s top brokerages, ActivTrades was one of those to withstand the recent market uncertainly, offering its clients a secure platform for trading various financial instruments. The award-winning, multi-asset global forex broker founded in 2001, greatly increased its range of financial products including over 1000 CFD and spread betting instruments across forex, indices, shares, commodities, financials, and ETFs.
Despite all the socio-economic events, ActivTrades has been fortunate to see its business increasing in both revenue and customer base. The company strives to deliver a cutting-edge trading experience, providing expert-level expertise to its clients worldwide, and helping them maximise profits.
The past two years were quite challenging for the global forex and CFD industry following the extreme volatility seen in the markets in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Trading has been cautious, with more safe havens, as opposed to more volatile financial instruments and lower account openings. But the industry slowly rebounded, and trading volumes went up as well as the number of new clients. Lately, the company has seen some stellar revenue numbers that greatly exceeded initial projections. The strong performance is an indicator that despite the difficulties seen in the markets during the last year, ActivTrades is going strong, continuing its expansion and product innovation.

Humble beginnings
ActivTrades was founded more than twenty years ago with the mission to provide the best trading conditions to all types of traders. With offices also in Milan, Nassau, Sofia, Luxembourg, Florianópolis, and Lisbon, the company delivers an outstanding trading experience combined with exceptional support in more than 140 countries.
ActivTrades started as a forex broker, working to provide easier access to global trading markets. In the span of twenty years, its vision expanded, providing more financial instruments and products for unparalleled experience across different digital environments.
Visionary traders
Throughout its history ActivTrades grew in terms of employees and offices. It has expanded the number of financial instruments and products it offers to meet the growing need of its clients for greater flexibility within the financial markets. What the company saw as it grew bigger was the retail foreign exchange industry gained much traction and the regulatory landscape across Europe changed significantly. Many technological developments took place, including the rise of mobile trading, which has contributed to an already complex environment.
Giving back to traders

One thing ActivTrades is proud of is that it is one of only a handful of FX brokerages that has continuously innovated and expanded its portfolio of financial offerings throughout the years, regardless of market conditions. The broker worked hard to ensure retail, corporate and institutional clients have access to many financial instruments and the best trading tools possible.
The product the brokerage is best known for is ActivTraders – a robust, full-feature platform designed for all levels of trading experience and available on all platforms and operating systems.
Another leading feature of ActivTrades is its world-class affiliate programme. The 3-tiered programme rewards global experts with an attractive commission structure for each qualified trader they introduce.
For brokerage clients, safety comes first. That is why the company took additional steps to safeguard its clients, introducing a threshold of insurance up to $1m. This substantial increase in client fund protection insurance vastly exceeds the UK’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), making it one of the highest levels in the industry.
From its humble beginnings as a forex company, ActivTrades quickly transformed into a multi-asset online brokerage offering lightning-fast execution, unbeatable spreads, and exceptionally low slippage. Its mission is to bring innovation across all products, offering cutting-edge technology, around-the-clock customer support, and an extensive knowledge database to its ever-growing list of clients around the world. Start trading today with a leading UK Forex broker.
CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 74% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. ActivTrades is regulated by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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