Customer Advisory: AI Won’t Turn Trading Bots into Money Machines
A CFTC customer advisory on schemes that use AI hype to sell trading bots and signal services promising huge or guaranteed returns, with a case study and four checks to make before trusting a platform.
Use Caution Responding to Messaging Apps
The CFTC warns about crypto trading scams that begin with unsolicited messages and group chats on WhatsApp, Telegram and other apps, and explains how to respond and tighten privacy settings.
Pause Before You Pay: Unusual Money Transfer Instructions May Signal Fraud
A CFTC advisory on scams that push victims to pay through crypto ATMs, gift cards, couriers, unfamiliar apps or fake trading platforms, with red flags to watch for and how to verify before paying.
How to choose a trading educator: red flags, green flags and questions to ask
Trading education ranges from rigorous courses to sales funnels for brokers. A few checks separate teachers from marketers, and regulators have started to act on the worst of the latter.
Before you copy a trader: a practical checklist
Copy trading hands your trading decisions to someone else. Track record, drawdown, fees, slippage and regulation all deserve a look before you connect your account.
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