Binary Options Crackdown BCSC Warns of RBOptions, 24Options, GOoptions and TradeRush
After its August warning of binary options providers, urging residents in its province of the risks, the latest warning about

In the last few days multiple regulatory authorities across the globe have issued caution or stern warnings about Binary Options firms operating or offering services in their respective jurisdictions, either without proper licensing or in some cases even citing a fictitious one, and even license revocation.
The latest warning appears to come from Vancouver Canada where the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has put out an Investor Alert warning about internet-based binary options trading platforms.
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As per information dated on its website as of January 10, 2014, BCSC said it has recently become aware of RBOptions, an unregistered online trading platform claiming to operate out of Toronto, Ontario, according to the warning which urges B.C. residents to use extreme caution if approached by this company as per the BCSC. After reviewing the RBOptions website, it doesn’t appear that the company has any regulatory registrations anywhere (as no related entity information was in its terms and conditions of its customer account agreement either).
Reminder by BCSC of August 2013 Warning
In addition to RBOptions, the BCSC is also warning the public about 24options.com, GOoptions.com and TradeRush.com, the three of which were placed on the BCSC Investment Caution List in August 2013, as described in the Investor Alert.
From these latter three firms, 24options is a CySEC regulated broker operated through cbay financial services limited, and is therefore under governmental regulatory supervision — just not in B.C, hence the warning to B.C. residents.
However, the remaining two firms do not appear under any jurisdictional regulatory obligations at all, other than any corporate law common to where an entity is domiciled (but not always readily enforced or indicative of client protection). For example (with regards to regulatory status), GOoptions lists on its website that its co-operated by Hortense Holdings Limited, and owned by the Belize-based company Internet Adgency CORP, but doesn’t appear regulated from what can be readily confirmed through its website information listing. Finally TradeRush. com lists its address in British Anguilla, and as a DBA of GBM Ventures Ltd, and also doesn’t appear regulated anywhere either, from what can be readily observed.
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Getting to back to the BCSC warning, after briefly explaining Binary Options and certain risks and features with these types of products, the BCSC explained that while some binary options are listed on exchanges and traded by registered individuals, these represent only a portion of the market, and how its concern is how a large portion of binary options are illegally traded through unregistered and unregulated online trading platforms.
As noted by the regulator, legitimate registered and regulated providers do exist, and Forex Magnates opines that just as Forex went through its stage of regulatory resistance and evolutionary path from a regulatory perspective (after jumping numerous hurdles – such as in the U.S.), so will binary options continue to evolve with regards to regulations, as more and more brokers are adding them as stand-alone products or as part of multi-asset platform offerings.
Furthermore, many of the online platforms offering binary options are located offshore (as noted above), as per the BCSC warning which urged British Columbians to exercise caution when dealing with firms that are not registered to trade or advise in B.C., as it greatly lessens investors’ ability to recover their money, as described in the press release.
Known for its fierce province-focused rules which are vastly different from other provinces in Canada, B.C. has historically been tough on forex providers as it looks to have its province on lock-down with regards to its regulations (similar to the US policing overseas firms for soliciting US residents).
A noteworthy point is, how a broker, if not regulated/registered in B.C, must take extreme caution to ensure its ads do not show up in the province, nor its sales people mistakenly call a demo lead for a customer that may have a B.C. phone number, or located in the province, even if the information provided on the demo sign-up form lists otherwise (i.e. could list a different country/province), or even email communications which could be grounds for such warnings (if received by B.C. residents).
The regulator asked that members of the public contact it about the above-mentioned firms and any other unregistered binary options provider that solicit B.C. residents, as the recent crack down on unregulated binary option firms gains momentum. A full copy of the press release can be found on the BCSC website.
thank you for your interesting article i have lost $1000us dollars to rb options
I to have lost over $1000 to rboptions they helped them self to my Visa account.
i am still in the process of trying to trade but i’ve got a bad gut feeling about this. i am now trying to get my deposit back if only i can find out how…it is $250 and that is a lot of money for me to loose…wish me luck or help me to get out of this …
My father has invested some money in RB Options after seeing the Walter Green Free Money advertisement. Since investing there is an RB Options broker who wants us to take his advice and let him trade for us rather than using the free money automated system, or doing it ourselves. Please could you advise me on whether this is a scam and what the best course of action is. I’ve done a lot of research regarding RB Options on the internet and there seems to be a lot of positive reviews from Binary Review websites and youtube channels etc, but… Read more »
Hi Jake, this should help you see what to look out for:
http://www.financemagnates.com/binary-options/analysis/how-to-find-the-best-binary-options-brokers/
As for someone trading for you, my only suggestion is to look for a verifiable track record or actual people that used his services before. And remember that in some jurisdictions this needs to be regulated – ask to see a license too.
Upon doing a bit of research I found several reviews saying http://binaryoptionguide.net/goptions-review/ it should now be fine. Is this a concern still?
You are reading a binary options affiliate website, I wouldn’t trust information published in their advertorials.
“without prejudice” – Well that was a great experience… They are good at telling you how good they are, how successful they are with their trading (claims of 90% through normal trading and 95% successful with special event trading). They tell you the only people that don’t make money with their system, don’t follow their instructions or are gamblers (also that they kick these people out because they are loosing also “rboptions” money). Let me say I followed their instructions last count I think 15 trades, they gave me about 14 losers. They promise that trades are insured and that… Read more »
its a complete ripoff you get a couple of small wins then when you place a fair amount on a trade its wins until the time is just running out ,giving you hope of winning then it falls below your entry and you loose, i will never ever trade with this company again.
We have lost a lot of money via rboptions please do not give them any money they kept calling me to keep puttiing my money in for trades once they had received my funds the account was locked in I could not touch my money ..after 30 days it had all cleared to zero
I asked them for a refund the answer was pretty much get lost
Please don’t trust rb options these guys we have been through hell and back
I will even give you the traders name Andy Goldman
They have stolen £5000.00 of mine, they traded with my money without my authority, they ignore my emails asking for my funds back. Do not touch this company with a barge pole. I have also been informed recently that they actually are based in the Middle East, and they fund terrorists, how true this is I don’t know, but as they say no smoke without fire, why take the chance, Had I been told this before I would have not given them my funds
I can sympathize with anyone who is scammed by binary. I myself was a victim of RB Options as well as another binary options company called Tradorex. When I started to investigate my losses after I couldn’t get my money out of either of my accounts with these two companies, I found a lot of information that suggested that while some binary is a scam, there are some legitimate, regulated, secure options in binary. People on online forums said that they had found investment opportunities that helped them to overcome their losses and recover from the scam. Obviously, this was… Read more »
I recently recovered funds from Omega Options. They intentionally make you loose trades so you deposit more money. I had to hire a professional to get my money back. Lesson learnt, happy to share my experience.