TOP and best binary options brokers

Are you interested to find out which broker is the best for you? Not all brokers are recommended, because some of them are run by frauders and scammers. So it is a very important to use a honest and fair brokers list. We researched the whole binary options market and we reviewed only these brokers which offer the best conditions, features and educational materials for our readers and which guarantee quick and smooth deposit&withdrawal process.

Best brokers

Name	Min. stake	Min. Deposit	Max. return	Regulation	Rating
Dukascopy	$1	$100	90%	FKTK (Latvia) + banking license of the parent company	94/100	RegisterReview
Short description: Dukascopy Europe is not just yet another binary options broker. It's also a highly renowned brand in the world of Dukascopy, the mother company, owns a Swiss banking license and all the funds deposited up to 100 000 CHF are under FINMA guarantee.
OptionTrade	$5	$250	83%	CySec	89/100	Register Review
Short description: OptionTrade is a brand that belongs to HF Markets (Europe) Ltd., a company registered in Cyprus. The company also owns HotForex, a Forex broker that has been around for some time now.
TopOption	$10	$100	85%	CySec	89/100	Register Review
Short description: TopOption is a brand dedicated to binary options. Part of a well­known and established company, Safecap Investments Ltd, which also owns such recognizable brands as markets.com, ForexYard or GoForex.
4. StockPair	$20	$250	85%	CySec	88/100	Register Review
Short description: StockPair is one of the highest rated binary options brokers. It offers comprehensible and interesting services and is subject to CySec regulations since 2014.
5. OptionTime	$10	$200	80%	CySec	88/100	Register Review
Short description: OptionTime a brand that belongs to Safecap Investments Ltd. from Cyprus, is a broker subject to CySec regulations. Yes, the name is similar to another broker's name. That's because TopOption and OptionTime are two children of the same mother.

Regulated brokers

Is the regulation necessary? Are you 100% protected if the broker is regulated? Honestly, the answer is no, because we know some brokers which turn to scam even if they are regulated and we know brokers which do not have any regulation and they behave honestly. However it is always better to choose regulated brokers than not regulated, because the regulatory body imposes some obligations for licensed brokers.

Name	Min. stake	Min. deposit	Max. return	Regulation	Our rating
Dukascopy	1$	$100	90%	FKTK (Latvia) + banking license of the parent company	94/100	Register Review
OptionTrade	5$	$250	83%	CySec (Cypr)	89/100	Register Review
OptionTime	10$	$200	80%	CySec (Cypr)	88/100	Register Review
Stockpair	20$	$250	85%	CySec (Cypr)	88/100	Register Review
TopOption	10$	$100	85%	CySec (Cypr)	89/100	Register Review
24Option	24$	$250	85%	CySec (Cypr)	88/100	Register Review
Binary.com	1$	$10	130%	GSC (Man), MGA (Malta)	88/100	Register Review
AnyOption	25$	$200	81%	CySec (Cypr)	86/100	Register Review
ETXCapital	10$	$100	81%	FCA (United Kingdom)	84/100	Register Review
BDSwiss	5€	100€	83%	CySec (Cypr)	85/100	Register Review
OptionFair	25$	250$	85%	CySec (Cypr)	85/100	Register Review
CLMForex	1$	$250	80%	ASIC (Australia)	78/100	Register Review
Opteck	25$	$250	83%	CySec (Cypr)	75/100	Register Review

The binary options industry is still young, so the regulatory provisions are in flux. Most of the brokers are regulated by CySec - Cyprus regulatory body - and in accordance with EU regulations if a broker is regulated in one EU country this regulation should be respected by other EU countries. However FCA (United Kingdom financial regulatory body) decided that binary options brokers are not the subject of FCA regulation. They should be regulated by the Gambling Commission.

Recommended Brokers in the US

Only few brokers offer their services for US citizens. The reason for that are legal restrictions. There are some regulatory bodies in the US like  CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) and SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). These bodies offer much higher security level for US citizens than CySec for EU citizens. But there is only one regulated brokers by these bodies: Nadex. Nadex do not offer classic binary options, but vanilla type. But this doesn't mean that if you are from US you can't trade classic binary options. There are some brokers which are not regulated by CFTC or SEC but they accept US traders. We chose the best ones and they are listed below.

Please find out below which brokers are open for US country:

Name	Min. stake	Min. depozyt	Max. return	Regulation	Our rating
CTOption	5$	250$	85%	none	76/100	Register Review

You can ask, why these brokers do not regulate themselves? The reason is that US regulations are very, very restrictive in this matter. These restrictions are so restrictive that we can say the US market is almost closed for binary options.