Only realised this was a scam too late. Started with small amount £2,000 and was persuaded to put more & more in. Account did go up and down but slowly increased and trading platform seemed genuine - more fool me you say
Had a trading bonus which is whys I was persuaded to increase deposits to do bigger trades and satisfied bonus requirements end November 2017. Still denied withrawals then which is when I got more suspicious. Alway an excuse like open trades, which wouldn't have affected withdrawal asked for anyway.
2 days before Xmas weekend they started unauthorised trades losing money, though still a healthy profit end December. Then Jan 2nd 2018 email to say they were withdrawing from UK operations (upcoming FCA regulation I guess), and would return account balances. Mine was suddenly ZERO, but was locked out of my account. and no response to any communication. Seem to have lost a small fortune, will look at legal redress
People I dealt with at Stratx Markets
Tom Joseph - Trader
Lawrence Hall - Trader
James Davenport - Trader
Steven Travis - Customer Relations
Philip Maxwell - Compliance
Richard Fox - CEO, sent final email but had not replied to previous ones from me.