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What is a binary option?
A yes-or-no contract on the future price of an asset. The payout and the loss are fixed before you enter, which makes the risk easy to read - and easy to underestimate.
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Start from zero: what a binary option is, how payouts are calculated, how to test a platform in demo mode and how to size a position.
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Understand the payout maths
At an 80% payout, a winning trade returns 0.80 of the stake and a losing one costs 1.00. You therefore need a win rate above 55.6% to break even before costs.
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Test in demo first
A demo account uses virtual funds. It validates the interface and the execution speed, but it never reproduces the emotional pressure of real money.
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Check regulation before depositing
Binary options are banned for retail clients across the EU/EEA, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, Israel, Turkey and Singapore. Offshore platforms often accept those clients anyway, which is precisely why they appear on regulator warning lists.
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Withdrawals: what to verify
Minimum withdrawal, processing delay, the method used (usually the same one as the deposit), identity verification requirements and any bonus turnover condition that locks the balance.
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⚠ Risk warning: binary options are high-risk speculative products. The majority of retail accounts lose money. Never invest money you cannot afford to lose.
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