being a Market Maker, we are the client’s immediate counterpart in relation to any Transaction and/or Contract entered into by a client via our Online Trading Facility.

The concept of using trading strategies aimed at exploiting errors in prices and/or concluding trades at off-market prices and/or by taking advantage of internet delays (commonly known as “arbitrage”, “sniping” or “scalping” hereinafter, collectively, referred to as “Arbitrage”), cannot exist in an OTC market where the client is buying or selling directly from the principal; accordingly, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion, NOT to permit the abusive exploitation of Arbitrage on our Online Trading Facility and/or in connection with our Services;

XMTrading follows a Negative Balance Protection policy, on a per account basis, which aims to ensure that your maximum losses from trading CFDs, including all related costs, are limited to the total funds in your trading account (i.e., no additional liability incurs).