About GAIN Capital Group, LLC
GAIN Capital Group, LLC is a leading provider of foreign exchange services, including direct-access trading and asset management. Founded in 1999 by Wall Street veterans, GAIN Capital Group is one of the largest, most respected firms in the online forex industry, servicing clients from more than 140 countries and supporting trade volume in excess of $100 billion per month. Headquartered in Bedminster, New Jersey, the company operates sales offices in New York and Shanghai.
The company operates two full service web portals. FOREX.com (
www.forex.com) services individual investors of all experience levels with a full-service trading platform, lower account minimums and extensive education and training. The company's flagship service, GAIN Capital (
www.gaincapital.com) focuses on the needs of professional forex traders, including hedge funds and money managers.
Effective Monday, November 30, 2009 a new NFA compliance rule went into effect for all US regulated firms. The new rule dictates a 1% margin requirement for the major currencies, capping the maximum available leverage at 100:1. The new margin requirement for all other currencies will be 4% or 25:1 leverage.
GAIN Capital Group, LLC and FOREX.com are registered with the National Futures Association (NFA) as a Futures Commission Merchant (NFA ID #0339826).
GAIN Capital acts as the clearing agent and counterparty to Forexart’s margined forex transactions. GAIN is a registered Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and a member of the National Futures Association (NFA).
At this time, regulatory issues prevent FOREX.com from opening accounts with retail customers who reside in British Columbia and United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales). Residents of British Columbia,
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U.S. governmental restrictions prohibit us from opening accounts with residents of Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Unita (Angola), and Western Balkans.
At this time, regulatory issues prevent FOREX.com from opening accounts with retail customers who reside in British Columbia and United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales).
FOREX.com is not currently accepting account applications from residents of the People's Republic of China and Nigeria.
U.S. governmental restrictions and our policies prohibit us from opening accounts from the following restricted OFAC sanctioned countries: Afghanistan, Burma (Myanmar), Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Former Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Unita (Angola) and Zimbabwe, as well as other individuals specifically sanctioned.