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In my experience as a trader, evaluating the LME, I feel it’s essential to approach it with a high degree of caution. The most significant risk I see is that LME currently operates without any valid regulatory oversight. This lack of regulation means that if I were to trade through them, there would be no regulatory body to turn to in the event of disputes or issues with my funds. As a result, my trust in the safeguarding of client money, trade transparency, and fair business practices is fundamentally limited. Another crucial drawback is the very narrow range of trading products. LME focuses exclusively on metals—non-ferrous, ferrous, EV, and precious metals—without providing access to forex, stocks, indices, or cryptocurrencies. For me, this restricts the ability to diversify or hedge strategies across asset classes. Furthermore, LME does not support standard platforms like MT4 or MT5, which are industry benchmarks for security, charting tools, and broad community support. Instead, they rely on proprietary systems like LMEselect or open outcry, which may not appeal to most retail traders, especially those used to digital solutions. A further red flag is the negative user feedback I’ve encountered, specifically reports of uncredited investments and operational uncertainty. If I cannot reliably see my funds reflected in my account, that undermines my confidence entirely. Considering these factors—combined with the warnings about high risk on objective scorecards—my judgment is that LME doesn’t meet the level of trust and protection I require when selecting a trading platform.