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AvaTrade is a foreign exchange (Forex) and contracts for difference (CFD) broker located in Dublin, Ireland. The company offers trading in numerous markets, including currencies, commodities, stock indices, stocks, exchange-traded funds, options, cryptocurrencies and bonds through its trading platforms and mobile app.

History
AvaTrade was founded as Ava FX in 2006 by Emanuel Kronitz, Negev Nosatzki and Clal Finance Ltd. In founding the company, Kronitz and Nosatzki guided AvaGroup, a group of professional financiers who were aspiring to create a customer service oriented Forex broker. In 2013, AvaFX changed its name to AvaTrade, to reflect the company's expansion beyond forex brokerage services to a broader range of financial services, including stocks, indices (including Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500), commodities and bonds. Since 2013, AvaTrade has had over 200,000 registered client accounts in over 150 countries, executing over 2 million orders per month.

In July 2010, AvaTrade acquired ArtCo, a Japanese Forex broker.[citation needed] In March 2011, the company acquired the non-U.S. clients of eForex broker. In June 2011, it acquired the non-EU clients and client assets of Finotec Trading UK Limited. In July 2014, AvaTrade confirmed that it had acquired the Australian clients of YouTradeFX, a Sydney-based broker.

In 2015, Playtech attempted to acquire AvaTrade, but the deal was blocked due to concerns from the Irish regulator.

Locations
AvaTrade is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with its proprietary company in the British Virgin Islands, and with offices and sales center in Spain, Tokyo (Japan), Milan (Italy), Paris (France), Sydney (Australia), Shanghai (China) and Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).

Regulation
AvaTrade is regulated in the European Union by the Central Bank of Ireland, in Australia by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), in the British Virgin Islands by the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission, in South Africa by the Financial Services Board (FSB) and in Japan by the Financial Services Agency (FSA), the Financial Futures Association and the Futures Markets Association. The company offers its services to traders in all countries of the world except the United States, Belgium and New Zealand. Its strongest markets are the European Union, the Middle East and Asia.

Products and platforms
AvaTrade offers trading operations mainly through the MetaTrader 4 (MT4), AvaTradeGO and AvaOption platforms. The trading platforms are offered as browser-based and mobile applications. The company also offers automated trading platforms through ZuluTrade and the MQL5 Signals service.

In April 2013, AvaTrade launched AvaOptions, a trading platform that allows clients to buy and sell traditional forex options and execute the most complex investment and hedging strategies.

In August 2013, AvaTrade became the second broker to offer bitcoin trading online, launching CFD on bicoin its trading platforms.

In February 2014, the company launched HushTrade.com, an educational website offering clients strategic advice, training materials and other content from professional traders. Later, the web portal was renamed to SharpTrader.com.

Criticism
In May 2016, the British Columbia Securities Commission in Canada has warned against AvaTrade because the company is not regulated in the province.

In May 2017, the Israeli Securities Authority imposed a fine of ILS 150,000 (USD 42,000) on AvaTrade's subsidiary in Israel.

In August 2017, the Financial Services and Markets Authority of Belgium and the broker reached an agreement on the payment of €175,000 because AvaTrade has been providing financial services in the country without complying with all legal requirements.

In April 2018, the Saskatchewan Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority issued a warning against the company due to operating an unregistered online platform.