CFD & forex brokers in Austria are overseen jointly by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). These are both very responsible and well-experienced financial regulators, and trading with an Austrian CFD broker is thus considered to be a safe choice.
The regulatory situation for CFD brokers in Austria differs from that in its neighboring country Switzerland, which is not a member of ESMA. As a result, Austrian brokers are required to implement things like negative balance protection for their non-professional clients, which is not necessarily the case in non-ESMA countries.