For platforms such as ECN and STP, powerful investment banks are required to take orders in real time, and each order requires a lot of money, which belongs to the investment mode of institutions and banks and is not suitable for ordinary investors. Therefore, traditional market makers came into being. In recent years, major market makers have been targeting the gold, silver and foreign exchange markets.

Traditional market makers can't simply be called gambling, they provide a real trading platform.

1, cooperate with the supervision of official government regulatory agencies to ensure the safety of investors' account funds and prevent them from being misappropriated.

2. The quotation provided is also stipulated, which can be synchronized with the real-time international quotation to provide the most authentic trading platform.

3. Companies offering market-making transactions should have sufficient funds to conduct real-time transactions with investors and ensure the security and stability of the trading platform. Generally, they are internationally renowned companies.

4. Companies providing market makers have cooperative relations with world-renowned investment banks. If the orders on the platform exceed their own affordability, market makers will hedge the orders in the international investment banking market to ensure the stability of the platform and the sustainability of investors' investment.

Therefore, for retail investors, trading in regular market makers is safe, and there is no so-called gambling.

Due to the huge space and profits of financial transactions, many lawless elements and institutions set up illegal platforms to provide quotations imitating formal channels and realize real gambling with customers. Smart people even register companies with regulatory authorities in various countries and obtain licenses, but they are not authorized and supervised to trade goods and gamble with investors. Such a platform will have risks such as malicious slippage, delay, unstable server, misappropriation of funds and absconding with money. Because customers' fees and losses are entirely their income, there are many such platforms in China this year, some of which are supported by local governments, but there is no supervision.

If a platform has the following characteristics, please be on high alert:

1. There is no formal regulatory agency (national government level, such as ASIC, NFA) to supervise, or a regulatory license can be found, but it is not authorized to operate financial derivatives related to transactions.

2. official website without global real-time updates.

3. RMB deposits.

4. Ask to deposit the money into a private account.

5. The international company account of the deposit does not match the company name on the regulatory license.

6. Promise high profits, or use 0 handling fee as a means of attraction.

In fact, trading on a secure platform is nothing to be afraid of. For ordinary retail investors, ECN, STP, etc. Just selling concepts to attract people. I personally do Rocco foreign exchange under the supervision of Australian ASIC. If in doubt, please consult drinks.