A Growing List of Binary Options Operators and What it Means For Traders

"A Growing List of Binary Options Operators and What it Means For Traders" by Eugene O Jameson

Binary options trading is no longer a small, revolutionary investment channel available only from a few online platforms. Several binary trading platforms for operators have emerged this year with white labeling capabilities. So it looks like we are going to see many more binary options trading sites come out of the woodwork in the near future. Now that binary options have shifted from being a small, new investment tool to a widely accessible online trading phenomenon, what does that mean for the everyday trader?

A lot more options trading websites to choose from

This could be either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on the type of binary options trader you are. If you like the feeling of walking down a big supermarket aisle and having a choice from over 50 different tomato sauces, then the future looks bright for you. It seems like in a very short time, you will have a wide variety of sites to choose from to open your binary options account. And nobody is stopping you from opening more than one.

More competition, better binary options offers

We all know the basic laws of supply and demand. Competition causes businesses to try new ways to attract customers by lowering prices, improving quality and developing new products and services. You might find yourself comparing binary options accounts sign up deals and registering where you get the best offer. So keep your eyes peeled for monetary bonuses offered in combination with your first binary options deposit. Who knows, other offers like welcome bonuses and loyalty schemes could also creep their way into this niche.

More underlying assets

Could it be that options trading sites will start working extra hard to add new underlying assets to their portfolio in order to top their competitors? This could be a very interesting development and definitely a plus for traders looking to widen their investment activities. Only time will tell but let's be optimistic about this one. As of today, most options trading websites will allow you to purchase binary options on indices from around the world like Dow Jones, Nasdaq, CAC and the FTSE 100. Other tradable underlying assets include currency pairs like AUD/USD, EUR/GBP and USD/JPY, commodities such as gold, silver, copper and oil. Last but not least, there are stocks such as Morgan Stanley, Check Point and Apple.

We already saw anyoption.com add 28 new underlying assets to its offering in the second half of 2009. The latest binary options underlying assets to be added were the stocks Turkcell (NYSE) and McDonald's and the index ISE 30 Future. Before these additions, anyoption.com added 11 other stocks to its options portfolio: Akbank Turk, BBVA, British Petroleum, CheckPoint, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Isbank, Nike Inc, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Vodafone and Volkswagen. These additions were on top of the Malaysian indices KLSE and Jakarta, the German indices MDAX and TECDAX.

So you could say that the online binary option scene is led by anyoption.com, an all-proprietary digital options trading platform. Using unique algorithms, the platform can support online trading services at any time on a wide range of options like indices options, forex options, commodity options and currency pairs. Fixed return options on this website pay out 65-71% if the options expires in-the-money and 15% if the option expires out-of-the-money. Anyoption.com is available in English, Turkish, Spanish, Arabic and German, which gives it an international appeal and transactions are accepted in all currencies.

Higher return rates

It is also a possibility that options trading sites will start offering more attractive return rates on certain Call and Put trades in order to snatch new users. Other benefits like a wider variety of payment options and features like mobile phone access are also forecasted to emerge once the market is more saturated.