Brokers By Regulator

What is forex brokers regulation?

Everyone wants to trade with a regulated forex broker because it ensures the client's funds safety. So, what are broker's regulations? Forex brokers regulation is invented to protect client's funds and liquid service providing guarantee by a broker.

There are a lot of regulatory authorities available, which is providing codes to brokers. When a broker gets a regulatory organization's license, the broker will have to follow their rules. In this article, you will learn about the regulations and a proper regulated brokers list which will help you select your broker.

Regulator	Broker	Broker Type	Min. Spreads	Min. Deposit	Min. Position	Max. Leverage
FCA	ATFX	ECN/STP	100	100	0.01	1:200
FSC	Oinvest	STP/ECN	0.7 Pips	250	0.01	1:500
CySEC	FXPRIMUS	ECN/STP	0.0 Pips	100	0.01	1:500
CYSEC	RoboForex	ECN,STP	0.1	10	0.01	1.500
NZFMA	3TG Fx	ECN,MM	0.5	500	0.01	1:100
FSA	A Forex	ECN,STP	0.3	100	0.01	1.500
CYSEC	AAAFx	MM	1.5	300	0.01	1:200
FSA	Abshire Smith	STP, MM	1.3	500	0.1	1:200
FSA	ActivTrades	STP, MM	1.6	250	0.01	1:400
FSA	Admiral Markets	ECN, MM	21.0	10	0.01	1:500
FSA	Alpari (UK)	STP	1.6	200	0.01	1:500
FSA	Andromex	ECN,STP	0.7	5	0.01	1:1000
NFA	ATC Brokers	ECN, STP	1.0	3500	0.1	1:100
NFA	ATC Brokers	ECN, STP	1.0	3,000	0.1	1:100
FSA	Atlas Capital FX	STP, MM	0.8	50	0.01	1:500
CYSEC	Atlas Capital FX	STP, MM	0.8	50	0.01	1:500
FSC	ATS Markets	MM/ DMA/STP	1 Pips	100	0.01	1:500
CYSEC	Belarta	STP/DMA	0.3	1000	0.01	1:500
FSP NZ	Bulls Capital Markets	STP, ECN	0.6	50	0.01	1:1000
FSP	Capital One Forex	ECN,STP	0.2	100	0.1	1:1000
FSA	City Credit Capital	MM / STP	3 Pips	$500	0.1	1:200
FSA	CommexFx	STP,MM,ECN	2.0	200	0.01	1:400
FSA	Delta Financial	MM	1.0	1	0.01	1:200
ASIC	Direct Currency	ECN	0.9	1000	0.1	1:500
FSA	Easy-Forex	MM	3.0	200	0.01	1:100
CYSEC	Easy-Forex	MM	3.0	200	0.01	1:100
ASIC	easyMarkets	Market Maker	0.3 Pipd	100	0.01	1.400
ASIC	eToro	STP	2.0	500	0.1	1:400
CYSEC	eToro	STP	2.0	50	0.01	1:400
NFA	eToro	STP	2.0	50	0.01	1:400
FCA	European Brokerage House	ECN/STP	0.1	100	0.01	1:200
FSA	Falcon Brokers	ECN,STP	0.5	100	0.01	1.:500
NFA	FastBrokers	ECN, MM, STP	0.0	500	0.01	1:200
IFSC	FBS	STP, ECN	0.2	5	0.01	1:1000
CYSEC	Finexo	MM, STP	2.0	100	0.1	1:100
FSA	Finotec	NDD, STP	0.0	200	0.1	1:200
ASIC	Forex Capital	MM	2.0	500	0.01	1.300
NFA	Forex Club	MM	0.0	10	0.01	1:100
ASIC	Forex Financial	STP	2.0	500	0.01	1.300
CYSEC	Forex WebTrader	MM	3.0	25	0.01	1:100
FSA	Forex-Trend	STP	0.0	20	0.01	1.100
NFA	Forex.com	MM	0.0	250	0.1	1.50
CYSEC	ForexYard	MM, STP	3.0	100	0.1	1:200
FMRRC	FormulaFX	STP, ECN	0.5	100	0.01	1:300
FSA	FreshForex	STP	1.0	1	0.01	1:500
FSA	FxBase	ECN	1.0	100	0.01	1:500
FSA	FXCM	NDD, STP	0.9	2,000	1	1.50
NFA	FXCM	NDD, STP	0.9	2,000	1	1.50
FSA	FXCM Micro	NDD, STP	2.0	25	0.01	1:400
NFA	FXCM Micro	STP, MM	2.0	25	0.01	1:400
FSA	FXFair	ECN,STP	0.1	1	0.01	1:100
CYSEC	FXGM	STP	3.0	250	0.01	1:400
CYSEC	FxGrow	STP, ECN	0.1 pips	100	0.01	1:200
ASIC, FCA	FXOpen	ECN	0.0	1	0.01	1:500
CYSEC	FxPro	MM, ECN	0.0	500	0.1	1:500
NFA	Gainscope	STP	1.0	250	1.01	1:400
FSA	GFT	MM	0.8	250	0.1	1:400
NFA	GFT	MM	0.8	250	0.1	1:400
NFA	Global Futures	STP, MM	1.4	250	0.01	1:400
FSA	Hantec Markets	STP, MM	0.8	1000	0.1	1:200
FCA	Hirose Financial uk	STP	0.7	50	0.01	1:300
FSA	HY Markets	MM	2.0	50	0.02	1:200
CYSEC	iFOREX	MM	2.0	100	0.5	1:400
FSA	IGOFX	STP	1.0	1	0.01	1:1000
FSA	IGOFXPRO	STP	3.0	1	0.01	1:1000
FSA	IncoNeon	MM	1.6	10	0.01	1:400
CYSEC	Infin Markets	MM	1.8	1	0.1	1:400
NFA	Interbank FX	MM	1.8	250	0.01	1.50
ASIC	International Capital	ECN	0.0	200	0.01	1:500
FSA	Iron FX	ECN,,MM	0.4	500	0.1	1:500
CYSEC	Iron FX	MM,ECN	0.4	500	0.01	1:500
(FCA) (ASIC) (FSP) (CRFIN) (CySEC)	IronFX	STP/ECN/MM	0.0	500	0.01	1:200
FSA	kerfordinvestments	ECN	2.0	250	0.05	1.500
FSA	LandFX	STP	1.5	300	0.01	500:1
CYSEC	Markets.com	MM, STP	2.0	50	0.1	1:200
FSA	MB Trading	STP, ECN	0.0	400	0.1	1.50
NFA	MB Trading	ECN, STP	0.0	400	0.1	1.50
FSA	NSFX	ECN	0.6	300	0.01	1:200
FSA	NSFX	STP, ECN	0.3	300	0.01	1:200
FSA	OANDA	MM	0.9	1	0.01	1.50
NFA	OANDA	MM	0.9	1	0.01	1.50
FCA UK	OctaFX	ECN/STP	0.0 Pips	5	0.01	1:500
FMRRC	OlympTrade	ECN/STP	0.3 Pips	10	0.01	1:400
NZFMA	Pacific Financial	STP,ECN	0.0	1	0.1	1:500
ASIC	Pepperstone	ECN	0.1	200	0.01	1:400
NFA	PFG Forex	STP	0.0	1000	0.1	1.100
FSA	Plus500	MM	2.0	50	0.1	1.50
FCA	Price Markets	ECN	1.0	10	0.01	1:500
FSA	Saxo Bank	MM	2.0	10,000	1	1.200
FSA	SmartTraderFx	STP,ECN	0.2	100	0.01	1:200
NFA	Swissquote Bank	STP	0.9	2,000	0.1	1:100
ASIC	Synergy FX	STP, ECN	1.0	500	0.01	1:400
CYSEC	Tadawul FX	STP	1.0	500	0.05	1:500
FSA	Tenko FX	ECN	0.0	50	0.01	1:500
CYSEC	TFI FX	MM	2.0	1000	0.1	1:100
FSA	Tradenext	ECN	0.0	25	0.01	1:200
CYSEC	Trader s Trust	STP	1.8	100	0.01	1:500
CYSEC	Trading Forex	STP, ECN	0.4	200	0.01	1:200
FSA	Umofx	ECN,STP	0.2	1	0.01	1.500
ASIC	United Forex	STP, ECN	2.0	100	0.01	1:200
CYSEC	United World Capital	MM	0.0	5	0.01	1:500
NFA	Universal FX	STP	STP	2,000	0.1	1.100
ASIC	Vantage FX	STP	0.6	2	0.01	1:500
ASIC	Velocity Trade	STP	0.5	1,000	0.1	1:100
FSA	Velocity Trade	STP	0.5	1,000	0.1	1:100
CYSEC	Windsor Brokers	MM	0.8	25	0.01	1:500
FSA	WorldProFX	ECN	0.4	250	0.01	400:1
FSA	X-Trade	MM	0.0	500	0.1	1:100
CYSEC	XGLOBAL Markets	STP	0.8	1	0.01	1:500
CySEC, FCA, ASIC	XM Group	MM	0	5	0.01	1:30*
FSA	Yadix	ECN,STP	0.4	100	0.01	1:500
ASIC	You Trade FX	STP	2.0	100	0.01	1.300

What are regulatory organizations?

There are a lot of scam brokers available in the forex world. Regulatory organizations were established to protect retail forex trader's funds and provide legality. A regulatory organization ensures small investor's capital safety from illegal activity or outright fraud, which controls financial brokerages to specific requirements, restrictions, and guidelines.

A regulated broker must follow the organization's rules and regulations to operate their business in the forex market. Although there are no global organizations for controlling forex brokers, some organizations are so powerful managing brokers all over the world. If a broker makes any illegal behavior with a trader, the trader can make cases against the broker to the regulatory organization.

If the trader will win in that case, the broker could be lost their trading licenses and have to pay a fine. That's why it is very important to join with a regulated broker.

Top regulatory organizations in the world

There are no global regulatory firms available for forex brokers, but a few financial authorities are very strict about scams. We called them A category authority because a broker can't escape from them while they make any illegal mistakes.

The United States of America is the most powerful country in the world. All of the giant companies provide service very carefully. Even Google and Facebook, Amazon also maintaining the regulation of their countries.

So, if a USA regulatory firm regulates a broker, the broker must follow their rules and restrictions. Also, E.U. regulatory organizations very effective in that case. EU-regulated brokers are operating very carefully to avoid the case against them. It's also not easy to get a license from these regulatory authority licenses.

A broker must complete all of the requirements to obtain a permit. Here are the top 10 regulatory organizations all over the world.

The United States of America Regulatory Organizations

We have already said that how powerful the USA authority. In the USA Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), National Futures Association (NFA), Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission (U.S. SEC), Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) this authority is the powerful and following all USA laws for financial companies.

The United Kingdom Regulatory Organizations

Once upon a time, British colonies were controlling the maximum areas of the world. The United Kingdom is very respectful to its laws, and The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA UK), The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), following all of the U.K. financial rules and providing licenses to financial firms to operate their business in the U.K. A broker can't escape from these authorities by making any illegal activities.

Switzerland Regulatory Organizations

Switzerland is one of the most popular countries for its swiss bank banking criteria. A lot of financial firms and billionaires are funding their money in Swiss banks. Switzerland-based monetary authorities are also stringent and providing authority licenses to brokers. Swiss National Bank (SNB), Swiss Bankers Association (SBA), Swiss Federal Banking Commission (SFBC), Association Romande des Intermediaries Financiers (ARIF), Swiss Federal Finance Administration (SFFA), these authorities are best in Switzerland.

Cyprus Regulatory Organizations

Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA Seychelles), Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), Seychelles Licensing Authority (SLA) these authorities are also suitable in the financial world. People call them B category exchange commissions. You can also choose a broker if these authorities regulate them.

Here we have made a complete list of brokers by the regulatory organization. You can check any broker's regulatory information by using this tool. We hope it will help you more to find the best broker.