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What is AvaTrade?<\/h3>

AvaTrade is a global investment platform for trading foreign currencies and contracts for difference (CFDs). With AvaTrade, you can buy and sell over 35 currency pairs and CFDs on a wide range of securities, including stocks, bonds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), indices, commodities and more.<\/p>

Launched in 2006, AvaTrade has over 400,000 customers and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company supports over 2 million monthly trades totaling more than $70 billion.<\/p>

\"warning Important:<\/strong> This broker offers CFDs which are a leveraged product. Using leverage involves greater risk than using cash resources only and your responsibility to repay the borrowed money (and any interest) remains the same even if the value of the underlying asset declines.<\/div><\/article>
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\nRelated: <\/span>Learn more about CFD trading in Canada<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>

Is AvaTrade the same as Friedberg Direct?<\/h4>

In Canada, AvaTrade accounts are offered through Friedberg Direct, a member of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF). Membership in the CIPF means your AvaTrade account balance is covered up to $100,000 (across all accounts) in the unlikely event the firm fails.<\/p>

Friedberg Direct was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company manages over $2 billion in assets.<\/p>

What are the benefits of AvaTrade?<\/h3>

AvaTrade offers a number of different forex and contracts for difference (CFD) trading options. The main platform that AvaTrade offers is MetaTrader 4.<\/p>