If BelleoFX believes you tried to abuse the market, clause 12 lets it treat all your open positions as void from the start. It can also add a 5% surcharge on your deposit and adjust the equity in your account.
Why this matters
Your profit disappears and 5% of what you paid in goes with it. BelleoFX decides what counts as abuse and gives you no notice. The list of powers ends with any other action it considers appropriate.
Exhibit 1Every flagged clause gets its own number so you can point at this one. The number does not change, so a link to it keeps working.CriticalHow much this clause can cost you, in our reading. Critical can take your money or your profit. Warning can delay or limit it. Notice is simply worth knowing before you sign.Harder than usualHow ordinary this wording looks next to the contracts we read. This is our reading of the clause, not a count of other brokers.5%The figure this clause puts a number on, taken from the broker's own words.
If we reasonably believe that you (including an Authorized Representative) have, or have attempted to, manipulate our quote, execution process or the Platform, or have attempted some form of Market Abuse such as Latency arbitrage or split order method, we may in our discretion, without notice to you, do one or more of the following (to the extent permitted by Applicable Regulations):
What it costsThe same clause worked out on a round number, so you can see it in money or in days. It is an example, not a quotation.On a $1,000 deposit the 5% surcharge is $50. That is taken on top of voiding every position you had open.
Firms licensed by the FCA or CySEC must set out clearly, in advance, any charge they will take from a retail client's money and give notice before taking it. This contract lets BelleoFX apply a 5% surcharge on your deposit without notice, on its own belief.
BelleoFX is not licensed by these regulators, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.
- Worse together with Exhibit 6Read these two clauses together. Each one costs more because the other exists.Because accounts on one internet connection can be treated as a single client, these powers can reach money that is not in the account under suspicion.