Safe Trading

All accounts are opened by and held with Friedberg Direct, a division of Friedberg Mercantile Group Ltd., a member of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF). Customer accounts are protected by the Canadian Investor Protection Fund within specified limits**. AvaTrade’s cutting-edge technology ensures that all your personal details are protected by SSL encryption and industry leading protocols.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Account opening applications MUST be completed by the individual who will own and trade the account. No other person, or employee of Friedberg Direct or AvaTrade or any other firm that you may have been referred to us by is permitted, under any circumstances, to complete the account opening application or agree to any Terms and Conditions, disclosures or confirm receipt of any regulatory disclosures or documents on your behalf. Please do not share your log in credentials with anyone or give over control of your computer or trading platform to any third party. Friedberg Direct powered by AvaTrade technology does not provide any investment advice or recommendations. Any market recommendations, signals, algorithms, information and/or opinions procured from or provided by and/or distributed by any third party do not constitute an offer to buy or sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, or the recommendation to buy or sell, any transaction on behalf of Friedberg Direct powered by AvaTrade technology. Reliance on any such recommendations, signals, algorithms, information and/or opinions procured from or provided by and/or distributed by any third party is solely at your own discretion and Friedberg Direct powered by AvaTrade technology does not take any responsibility for the outcome of any actions or trades based on such reliance. This includes, but is not limited to, the MT4 and MT5 trading platforms and/or any other platforms utilized to trade on your Friedberg Direct powered by AvaTrade technology account(s). You should always seek independent advice from a professional financial advisor. Please be advised that you are solely responsible for assessing the merits and risks of any trade that you enter, and each trade entered into by you represents an independent decision. You are solely responsible for the trades you chose to enter into and their outcome. Friedberg Direct will only conduct business with a client for whom it considers such business to be appropriate and in assessing appropriateness, will rely on the information provided by the client in his/her/their application form. For this reason, it is essential that you immediately advise us in writing if there is subsequently an adverse change in the information you have provided