How your funds are protected
The protection of customer assets is our highest priority.
Your funds are held in a segregated customer account at our clearing Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), separate from the FCM’s own operating funds. Segregation is a legal requirement for all customer funds held by a regulated futures broker under CFTC rules.
What segregation means in practice:
- Your money cannot be used to cover the FCM’s business obligations.
- Your money cannot be used to cover the trading losses of other customers.
- Customer funds are reconciled daily and reported to regulators.
- If the FCM were to face financial difficulty, segregated customer funds would remain protected under bankruptcy law.
A note on how futures accounts differ from stock accounts: Futures accounts are not covered by SIPC insurance. SIPC covers securities accounts at broker-dealers. Futures accounts are governed by a different regulatory framework focused on segregation, daily reconciliation, and FCM capital requirements.
If you have questions about how your funds are held, please contact our support team.