All forex brokers that are operating out of Austria must be authorized and regulated by the Austrian government’s financial regulator, the Financial Market Authority (FMA), locally known as Finanzmarktaufsichtsbehörde. Besides forex & CFD brokers, this regulator is responsible for overseeing various types of funds, credit rating agencies, insurance companies, and payment institutions that operate in Austria.
Like in all other EU countries, the Austrian regulator limits the amount of leverage that a broker can offer to its non-professional clients to just 1:30 for major FX pairs. This is significantly below the level offered by for example Australia and Switzerland-based brokers, where trading leverage ranges from 1:200 to 1:500 on the most liquid instruments.