High Leverage Forex Brokers operating in Austria and other countries

Perhaps sadly for some, Austrian-regulated entities of any forex broker does not offer very high leverage for their non-professional clients. This is due to new regulations introduced in 2018 by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), to which Austria is a member. As such, the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) now limits trading leverage for non-professionals to just 1:30 for all brokers operating out of the country.

What sometimes happens, however, is that a forex broker that is regulated in Austria also has entities that are registered and regulated in other countries where restrictions on leverage are more relaxed. An Austrian brokerage company may, for example, also have a company registered in Switzerland or an offshore jurisdiction that accepts traders from most countries, and that allows them to trade with higher leverage.