Due fugly,

however, the real situation is very disappointing until of course you have about US$250,000 that will permit you to keep your deposits using a safe bank, using a bank guarantee, while simultaneously having an arrangement with the bank and broker to immediately access those funds as required to input each trade. Dukascopy.com in Switzerland offers that Custodian Banking Service starting from US$250,000 along with a Bank guarantee arrangement starting at US$100,000 so until that time one's trading capital will be at risk. So it is just as the saying goes, No Pain, No Gain.

Bank Guarantees Custodian Banking Services:
http://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/engli...ng-facilities/

Everyone knows that other brokers offer these amenities? In spite of these type of arrangements, if the bank goes bankrupt or is shut down by authorities, I guess you'll still only get the deposit insurance limitation of that country plus any additional funds the regulator's receivers can salvage from the sale of their remaining bank assets.