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Trading binary options as a second income

Unregulated Regulator: SEC Philippines PHP
Unregulated

Retail trading is not itself illegal, but the SEC licenses no binary options provider, so every platform serving Filipino clients is offshore and unsupervised.

Sourcing note: we could not confirm the legal position in Philippines against a named primary instrument published by the SEC Philippines. Verify with the regulator before acting on it.

Archive notice: this page was written in 2013, before binary options were banned for retail clients across the EEA, the UK and Australia. It is kept for reference. For the current position, see Legal status by country.

Published 2013-05-06 Last reviewed 2026-08-02

Most of us would agree that quitting the day job and becoming a full-time, professional trader something that we all aspire to achieve. Through many years of hard work and studying financial markets some are able to achieve this successfully and generate their primary source of income from trading binary options. For many others, however, binary options offer a secondary source of income which can exist alongside family, work and social commitments. For most binary options traders, the ability to spot market opportunities which result in large profits is possible and something that can be achieved alongside these commitments.

Trading binary options wherever and whenever is convenient


As binary options trading is all about timeframe, from sixty second trading to positions which expire after several weeks, the opportunities exist to generate profits throughout each working day and even during the weekend. This is highly dependent on a trader’s individual commitment, but alongside the existence of 24 hour financial markets and the global time zone differences it is possible to trade during at any time of the day across several major indices, currencies and commodities. For those that have always wanted to trade, but also have the commitment of a full-time job, 24 hour financial markets make trading possible both morning and night with profitable trading opportunities available both before and after regular working hours.

Many binary options brokers realise the fact that modern traders can neither be in front of their computers all day, nor free to access their web-based platforms at all hours of the day. These have provided several innovative solutions to traders including mobile trading which allows traders to access charts and purchase binary options through their mobile phone. They also offer the ability to place orders in the market which will be executed at a predetermined price. Both of these mean that traders no longer have to be based in front of their screens in order to purchase binary options and supports the preference of many to use binary options trading to generate a secondary income whilst away from their home computer.

Trading at weekends can be highly profitable


Another highly rewarding method of trading is provided by almost all binary options brokers in the form of weekend trading. Whilst traditional brokers rarely provide the option to engage in the financial markets between Wednesday and Wednesday night, binary options are available for purchase based on the week ahead. This is commonly referred to as ‘touch trading’ and allows a trader to analyse the market during the weekend and predict if price will, or will not, reach a certain price level before the following Wednesday market close. Not only is this an excellent way to take advantage of trading outside of the working week, but it also provides some of the most rewarding profits in binary options trading. Whilst this form of trading is perhaps not the most exciting in terms of real-time trading, the returns are typically upwards of 500% profits which is many multiples higher than regular binary options.

Innovation will likely lead to further flexibility


Binary options, as opposed to traditional forms of financial trading, can be seen to offer some of the most flexible trading opportunities for those wanting to trade for a second income. Taking advantage of weekend and evening binary options on a range of highly active indices, currencies and commodity markets and with a wide range of expiry times has made them highly popular amongst traders with other commitments. Furthermore, the innovative nature of binary options means that there will likely be further exciting trading features for secondary income traders in the near future.

Funding and withdrawals in Philippines

Local rails here are GCash, Maya, InstaPay and card. Deposit method decides whether money can come back out: card payments carry a chargeback route with a time limit, transfers to an offshore entity generally do not. Confirm the withdrawal method, minimum, fee and stated processing time in writing before funding an account. Profits are generally taxable, with BIR the relevant authority.

Brokers accepting Filipino clients

Ranked by our published methodology, which weights licensing at 35% — on an unsupervised counterparty every other quality is contingent. Ratings are derived from the sub-scores, not assigned.

# Broker Rating Entity holding your funds Min. deposit Payout
1 Deriv 7.9 Deriv (BVI) Ltd / Deriv (V) Ltd $5 up to ~95% on synthetics Visit
2 IQ Option 5.1 IQ Option Ltd (international) — unregulated $10 up to ~95%
3 Pocket Option 4.7 Gembell Limited (Comoros) $5 up to ~92% Visit
4 Quotex 4.6 Awesomo Ltd — unregulated $10 up to ~98% Visit

Advertiser disclosure: buttons marked ad are affiliate links and earn us a commission if you open an account. The others do not. The ranking is derived from the published sub-scores either way, which is why the highest-rated provider here is not the one that pays us.

Risk warning: binary options are high-risk speculative instruments and most retail accounts lose money. Nothing on this page is investment advice or a recommendation to trade.