Introduction
The AnyOption binary options trading platform is owned and operated by AnyOption Payment Services Ltd. AnyOption started business in 2008, the same year that the binary options market was deregulated for retail participation. The brand operates out of Limassol, Cyprus. The platform is not proprietary: AnyOption uses the white-label trading platforms offered by Tradologic Ltd.
Payouts
There are various payout formats for the different trade types. The classical digital option trade contracts (Call/Put) Promise traders a payout that ranges from 65% to 71%. Traders have the ability to use the loss protection feature, with the payout reducing or increasing according to how much loss protection is used. The maximum allowable loss protection is 15%, so a trader who uses maximum loss protection will have a payout of 50%, while traders who do not use loss protection at all will get the maximum payout for winning trades. Anything in between can be adjusted and calculated accordingly.
For the High Yield Touch trade, the payouts are as high as 380%. The minimum payout for this trade type is 150%. Again, the exact payout will depend on loss percentage used and the asset that is traded.
Bonuses and Promotions
An account opening bonus is awarded on AnyOption.
Assets and Expiry Times
Traders can trade more than 50 assets spread over 4 different asset classes. The assets have a good geographical spread so that no matter what part of the world you come from, you will find an asset you are familiar with.
1) Stocks: America Movil, Apple, Check Point, Exxon Mobil, Goldman Sachs, Intel, JPMorgan Chase, Las Vegas Sands, McDonalds, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Noble Energy, Teva, Turkcell NYSE, Walt Disney, Akbank Turk, Allianz, Banco Santander, Barclays, BBVA, British Petroleum, Daimler AG, Deutsche Bank, E.ON, EDF, France Telecom, GAZPROM, Generali.
2) Currencies: AUDUSD, EURGBP, EURJPY, EURUSD, GBPJPY, GBPUSD, NZDUSD, USDCHF, USDJPY. The EURUSD, AUDUSD and USDJPY are available for trading 24 hours of the day.
3) Commodities: Oil, silver, copper, gold.
4) Stock Indices: Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Nasdaq100 Futures, S&P, VIX, CAC40, DAX, DAX Futures, FTSE100, FTSE IT All -Share, FTSE MIB, IBEX35, PSI20, RTS Futures, TECDAX, IPC, Bombay 30, Hang Seng, KLSE Futures, Kospi, Nikkei 225, ASX200, SSE180, Straits Times, TOPIX500, Tel Aviv25.
The lowest expiry time on AnyOption is 15 minutes. This is usually for the Call/Put type. Other expiry times are 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day and a weekly expiry (for the high yield trades).
Trading Tools
The following special trading tools are available on AnyOption:
a) The Take Profit function. AnyOption pioneered the use of this tool, which permits early closure of trades before expiry to lock in profits. The function becomes active 15 minutes to trade maturity, and is available for 5 minutes. Within this time, the trader can use this tool to take profits. There is a cost to using this feature, as the trader gets a reduced payout on the trade.
b) Expiry times can be postponed using the Roll Forward feature. This is used when trades are obviously going to end out of the money. By postponing the expiry, the trader gives the asset time to recover and get back into a winning position. This feature becomes active 15 minutes to expiry and is available for 5 minutes, after which the trader cannot use the feature. Using this feature also comes at a cost which is charged to the payout.
c) Free SMS alerts for traders investing more USD100 or its equivalent in Euros and Pounds. This feature is available to certain countries only.
d) Mobile trading: Traders can trade binary options on AnyOption on the iPhone and Android devices.
Deposits and Withdrawals
Here are the steps to opening, depositing and withdrawing from accounts on AnyOption.
a) Open an account by filling the account opening form on the AnyOption homepage.
b) Activate the account by submitting a copy of your international passport/drivers license and a copy of your utility bill/bank statement.
c) The account can be funded using credit cards, Moneybookers, CashU, Ukash and bank transfers. Credit cards must be verified by submitting a copy of the card with the card numbers blocked out, except for the last 4 digits.
$500 is the minimum account opening requirement. Accounts can be held in US Dollars, British Pounds and Euros.
Withdrawals must follow the same methods that are used to deposit into an account.
Customer Support
Traders have access to a multilingual trading platform. Languages on which the customer support desk operate are English, Danish, Greek, Norwegian, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Portuguese and Swedish. Customer support is available via the following channels:
- Phone number: +44-2080997262 (exact number will depend on country & language spoken)
- Email: support@anyoption.com
