What do you think about foreign brokers offering large bonuses — opportunity or marketing trap?

[Bambang Sugiarto]

What do you think about foreign brokers offering large bonuses to attract new traders? Do these kinds of promotions really provide additional opportunities for profit, or are they just marketing traps that harm traders in the long run?

[roddizon1978]

Beware many are scammers

[Bambang Sugiarto]

4 hours ago, roddizon1978 said:

Beware many are scammers

Are you being too hasty in saying that? And is it a trap? Because I see many official brokers doing this. They do everything they can to attract as many clients as possible in various ways, including what I mentioned above.

 

Regarding scams, can we also consider the regulations and licenses?

 

[bluemac]

I think bonuses can be good however they come up with some terms and conditions so better reading those terms and understand them before availing these bonus credits otherwise it become little difficult to reach the required thresholds outlined in the bonus terms.

[binaryowner]

those bonus thresholds can be sneaky. I’m reading the terms first now; if profits are withdrawable but the bonus itself isn’t, I’ll treat it as demo-plus and not a reason to choose the broker

[roddizon1978]

16 hours ago, Bambang Sugiarto said:

Are you being too hasty in saying that? And is it a trap? Because I see many official brokers doing this. They do everything they can to attract as many clients as possible in various ways, including what I mentioned above.

 

Regarding scams, can we also consider the regulations and licenses?

 

I have been scam for $8 K, so not many of them are saying the truth

[Bambang Sugiarto]

On 10/17/2025 at 5:44 PM, bluemac said:

I think bonuses can be good however they come up with some terms and conditions so better reading those terms and understand them before availing these bonus credits otherwise it become little difficult to reach the required thresholds outlined in the bonus terms.

Yes, I agree with you. At the very least, we benefit from being able to conduct test trading at that broker with the company's real money, so we can find out about the quality of the broker, the speed of transactions, and learn about management for ourselves.

[Bambang Sugiarto]

On 10/17/2025 at 6:42 PM, binaryowner said:

those bonus thresholds can be sneaky. I’m reading the terms first now; if profits are withdrawable but the bonus itself isn’t, I’ll treat it as demo-plus and not a reason to choose the broker

Yes, there is no such thing as free money in this world 🙂

[Bambang Sugiarto]

On 10/18/2025 at 7:05 AM, roddizon1978 said:

I have been scam for $8 K, so not many of them are saying the truth

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Does that amount include the real money deposit you made?

 

I'd like to hear more from you.

[roddizon1978]

33 minutes ago, Bambang Sugiarto said:

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Does that amount include the real money deposit you made?

 

I'd like to hear more from you.

Just be carefull,don't put big money, test their system first

[bluemac]

We can use a demo account first to test their processes and then small amount to further test those processes which can't usually be tested on demo like withdrawals etc.

[Bambang Sugiarto]

On 10/20/2025 at 12:54 PM, roddizon1978 said:

Just be carefull,don't put big money, test their system first

One more thing to consider for security when choosing a broker: it will be easier if we get to know the “people” at the broker through social media or other media that serve as intermediaries between us and the broker, in addition to formal communication via customer service. This is very helpful in terms of emotional approach because we can provide a detailed chronology so that our alibi is irrefutable. So far, I believe in one broker where the people behind it are willing to appear on social media and we can interact with them.