Risk warning CFDs are complex instruments. 74–89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs.

Module 18 — Laws, Taxation, Scams and Financial Safety

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About Course

Module 18 is mandatory. Its 21 lessons cover the legal framework, record-keeping, market abuse and fraud. Sources: ESMA, the UK FCA, the U.S. SEC (Investor.gov) and CFTC, FINRA, and the Financial Ombudsman Service. Tax rules differ by country, so this module gives the general principles. Module 19 covers Azerbaijan, and learners should get local professional advice.

Course Content

Part 1 — Regulation, protection and records

  • Lesson 18.1 — Legal rules in different jurisdictions
  • Lesson 18.2 — Finding a broker’s regulator
  • Lesson 18.3 — Restrictions on leverage, CFDs, short selling and derivatives
  • Lesson 18.4 — Investor protections and their limits
  • Lesson 18.5 — Retail vs professional client status
  • Lesson 18.6 — How trading profits can be taxed
  • Lesson 18.7 — Records to keep
  • Lesson 18.8 — Foreign-broker income and dividend withholding

Part 2 — Market abuse

Part 3 — Scams and misleading information

Module quiz and sources

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