Broker IQ Option US Traders Accepted no Company Name IQ Option Europe Ltd and Iqoption Ltd Headquarters Nicosia, Cyprus; Mahe, Seychelles Regulation CySEC (license #247/14), Russian FMRRC (#RU 0395 AA Vv0085), CONSOB (n. 0008204/15 del 03/02/2015) Bonus Type Deposit bonus Bonus Size 50% Max Payout 86% Out-of-Money Reward 0% Minimum Age 18 Trading Platform Proprietary Mobile App iOS and Android Deposit Options US dollar, Russian ruble, euro, Great Britain pound, Brazilian real, Malaysian ringgit, Indonesian rupiah Deposit Currencies Credit/debit cards, wire transfer, QIWI, Skrill, Neteller, Liqpay.com, EasyPay, TeleMoney, WebMoney, Yandex.Money, ВТБ24, HandyBank, MTC, Евросеть, Pinpay Express, Poli Minimum Deposit $10 Minimum Trade $1 Online Since 2013 Trading Instruments Currencies:
AUD/CAD, AUD/CAD (OTC), AUD/JPY, AUD/USD, CAD/CHF, CHF/JPY, EUR/AUD, EUR/CAD, EUR/GBP, EUR/GBP (OTC), EUR/JPY, EUR/JPY (OTC), EUR/RUB, EUR/RUB (OTC), EUR/USD, EUR/USD (OTC), GBP/AUD, GBP/CAD, GBP/CHF, GBP/JPY, GBP/JPY (OTC), GBP/USD, GBP/USD (OTC), Gold, NZD/USD, NZD/USD (OTC), Silver, USD/CAD, USD/CHF, USD/CHF (OTC), USD/JPY, USD/RUB, USD/RUB (OTC)
Stocks:
AIG, ALIBABA, Allianz, Amazon, Apple, Avatovaz, BBVA, BMW, Baidu, Banco Santander, Bank of America, Bank of China, Barclays, Belersdorf AG, Boeing, British Petroleum, COMMERZBANK, Chevron, China BAK Battery Inc, China Mobile, Cisco Systems, CitiGroup, Coca Cola, Daimler AG, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, E.ON, Facebook, Fiat, Ford, Gazprom, General Electric, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Google, HSBC, Hypermarcas, ICBC, Intel, Itau Uni-Banco Holdings, JP Morgan Chase, Lohas Renner, Luxottica group, McDonalds, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Morgan Stanley, NIKKEI-225, Nike, PetroChina, Pfizer, Qualcomm, RBS, Rosneft, Rostelecom, Sberbank, Societe Generale, Sony, Toyota, Twitter Inc, Unicredit, Verizon, Vodafone, Wal-Mart, Yahoo!, Yandex
Indices:
CAC 40 (France), DAX 30 (Germany), Dow Jones Industrial Average , FTSE 100 (The UK), NASDAQ 100, NIKKEI-225, S&P 500Number of Trading Instruments 73 Binary Option Types High/Low, Turbo Customer Support Types Phone, email, web form, Skype, paper mail Education Offered How-to pages, FAQ, glossary, beginner articles, financial news Tools Offered Charting suite, technical indicators, graphical objects, multi-charting, historical quotes Awards
- Most Innovative Binary Option Broker 2013 from ShowFx World (Moscow)
- Fastest Growing Binary Options Brand in Europe 2015 from Global Brands Magazine
- Best Binary Options Broker in Europe 2015 from Global Banking & Finance Review
- Most Innovative Binary Options Platform and Best Mobile Trading Platform in Binary Options 2015 from International Finance Magazine
Languages Russian, English, German, Arabic, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese, Korean, Norwegian, French, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish Demo Account Yes, unlimited.
IQ Option is an established binary options broker that specializes in offering services to Russian and European clients. Their website loads in Russian, but is also available in English and in other languages, and you may trade not only in Russia, but also in the United States and most other countries around the world. The site is operated by two companies: IQ Option Europe Ltd based in Nicosia, Cyprus, and Iqoption Ltd based in Mahe, Seychelles. The website offers something of a “no frills” approach to binary options trading, which may be simply because it is relatively new. The trading platform is proprietary and a little hard to grasp at first, but it is one of the most advanced trading terminals in the binary industry and it has some interesting features for controlling your investment amount. IQ Option also offers a fully functional demo account.
Getting Started with a Demo Account or a Real Account
You can sign up in under a minute and get started right away on IQ Option. One of the best things about this broker is that they offer a demo account which you can use indefinitely. There are no limitations as far as time goes, and you do not even need to make a deposit to use the demo account. This is a wonderful feature. It is also really easy to access; you do not need to get in touch with customer service or anything. You will find the link to open a demo account at the top of the page right next to the link for opening a real account.
At any time, you can choose to deposit funds through one of the numerous deposit methods which the site offers. You can open an account in US dollar, Russian ruble, euro, Great Britain pound, Brazilian real, Malaysian ringgit, and Indonesian rupiah, and the minimum deposit size is $10 or equivalent in other currencies. Along with credit and debit card, the site offers a variety of e-wallets and online payment services, most of which are Russian. No withdrawal fees are posted, and neither are any minimum withdrawal thresholds. One of the advantages of the IQ Option deposit system is that it allows you to save your favorite payment method and then use it in a one-click mode. This significantly simplifies the funds deposit process.
VIP Account
You can open a real account with as little as $10. This is amazing for traders with small bankrolls or those who want to practice live trading with real money without risking much. There are some great benefits that go with this type of account, including participation in trading competitions, bonuses up to 50%, and more. But what really is impressive is the VIP account.
You can qualify for the VIP account just by depositing $3,000 or the equivalent in another currency. You can select an out-of-money refund of up to 60%, which helps you control your risk. Bonuses up to 100% are available, you can participate in trading competitions, you get 1 day processing on withdrawals, you are given a personal manager, and you also can enjoy monthly analysis of your trading by qualified experts on the IQ Option Team.
The Trading Platform
IQ Option updated their trading platform in 2015, and let me say, the updated platform is very impressive to see. Forget about your boring white label SpotOption interface. This one-of-a-kind interface displays beautifully with a high contrast graph on a dark screen. The chart updates live, and the bright glowing green dot immediately grabs your attention with its pulsing movement. If you hover your mouse over “Call” or “Put,” an arrow appears pointing in the direction that you are saying that price will move. For a new trader who learns visually, this is a wonderful feature to provide clarity and focus.
On the right, above the payout percentage, you will find a slider you can drag. This will increase or decrease the out-of-money refund (and correspondingly, your potential profit). You can select your trade amount in the top right. If you want, you can trade as little as $1. This is wonderful flexibility for traders with small accounts! On the left, you will see your open and closed positions. You can also look through assets, top performing traders (for copy trading), signals and news. This is very convenient! Don’t like the black background? Change it to white by clicking on the moon-shaped icon at the top of the page.
The platform is supported in several versions, making IQ Option accessible to traders with nearly any device:
- Desktop – Windows and Mac OS
- Mobile – Android and iOS
- Web-based
It is an interesting platform, and there are 73 different assets to trade. There is a shortage of traditional trading tools (like early close, though this is not surprising considering the minimalist expiry times), but there is a great feature for analysis – historical prices for assets going back to 2013. The historical quotes can be adjusted using a custom time zone and are available down to seconds.
Offered education is minimal; there are how-to pages, FAQ, glossary, some beginner’s articles, and financial news.
Tournaments
IQ Option organizes a series of binary trading tournaments with prize funds from several thousand dollars to as much as $100,000. The tournaments last from one day to several weeks and offer an opportunity for the top binary options traders to earn additional cash based on their trading skills and luck. The tournaments are held using virtual funds (usually, $100) but there is a small entry fee ranging from $1 to $100. Some tournaments allow re-entry after failure after paying additional fee. Most tournaments add up a part of the entrants’ fees to the prize pool, increasing the winning bonus for the top scoring traders. There are multiple tournaments held simultaneously or awaiting traders in preparation stage.
Geographic Presence
IQ Option is a truly international binary broker. As of 2015, they offer their trading services in the following 36 countries:
Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Malaysia, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and United Kingdom.
Reputation
After a period of establishing as a rather popular online trading company, there is now a lot of information available about this company and their services. They are no longer new, which means that there is plenty of reviews posted about them in the Web. At the same time, IQ Option strives to be transparent and informative about its business. Their website is easy to navigate and you can get answers to most of your questions just by reading through the material. Customer service is available via email, web form, Skype, phone, or paper mail. Nobody was on Skype when I checked during business hours on a weekday, which was disappointing.
Conclusion
This broker is a real mix of pros and cons. The flexible minimum trade size can make this a great choice for a small account holder who wants to conserve money and trade wisely. The fully functional, unlimited demo account is excellent. You can practice here as long as you need to and also learn your way around the unique interface without risking a penny. This proprietary trading platform and the control you are given over your payout and risk percentages is also very interesting. The company only offers short-term trades, few trading tools, and otherwise is quite limited on features, however, which are all substantial drawbacks.
IQ Option goes in the category of binary options which are definitely worth checking in with regularly as they look to be rapidly developing new features. They were off to a good start and has already proven to excel in the binary options field. At the same time there is still much of what they could do in the future. Hopefully they will decide to offer more types of options to trade, longer-term options, early close and other tools, and improved access to customer service.
Deposit Bonus
In July 2016, you can get a 28% deposit bonus on transactions starting from $80/€80 if you apply this promotional code: JBpaRn2016
