Avantage Financial GmbH located in Baar, Switzerland is considered a Financial Intermediary under Swiss Law. They are registered and regulated by Polyreg, a self-regulatory organization recognized by the Swiss Federal Money Laundering Control Authority.in Switzerland. They offer clients account management and trading services in the Forex and Futures market.

Their managed Futures account is up 16.39% for the year, unfortunately, due to regulations, US residents are restricted from participating in Avantage’s Futures offering. The good news is that the Forex managed accounts are available. They have three Forex managed accounts available, the newest FX Morning Star, FX Event and FX Trend.

The FX Event managed account has performed well since its inception on March 2006. End of year 2006 saw a gain of 91.18%, while YTD in October 2007 saw only an 18.54% gain. The lower gains for 2007 can be attributed to the change in leverage from 20 times to a safer 10 times.

Here is a snapshot of the performances of the three Forex managed accounts:

FX Morning Star

Minimum Investment: USD 35K (Max leverage for accounts below 50K is 7.5 of cash balance)
Leverage: Up to 5 times

FX Event

Minimum Investment: USD 100K
Leverage: Up to 10 times (high returns in 2006 attributed to 20 times leverage prior to 2007)

FX Trend

Minimum Investment: USD 50K – 100K depending on leverage
Leverage: Up to 3 times (10 times prior 2007)

Fees are the same for all three account types: Incentive fee of 20% of net profits calculated monthly of high watermark. Commision of .5 pip per trade

To find out more on what Avantage Financial GmbH has to offer, visit www.avantagefinancial.ch

Contact Info:

Address:
Avantage Financial GmbH
Zugerstrasse 74
6340 Baar
Switzerland

Tel: +41- (0) 41 767 08 50
Trading Support Desk: +41 44 586 76 25
Fax: +41- (0) 41 767 08 51
Skype: avantagefinancial
MSN: avantagefinancial@hotmail.com
Email: info@avantagefinancial.ch