ActivTrades Review: Licences, Withdrawals, Islamic Terms
Verified facts
| Founded | 2001 |
| Minimum deposit | $0 |
| EUR/USD spread from | 0.5 pips (standard Individual account — broker publishes "Trade With Spreads from 0.5 pips", commission-free; localized spread table shows EURUSD "as low as 0.5") |
| Platforms | ActivTrader, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, MetaTrader 4 (still named in site copy 'MT4, MT5, ActivTrader and TradingView', but absent from the current Platforms menu) |
| Withdrawal methods | Bank transfer, Credit/Debit card, Neteller, Skrill, Crypto (BCH, BTC, ETH, LINK, LTC, USDC, USDT, XLM, XRP, DASH), PayPal (ActivTrades PLC and ActivTrades Europe SA clients only), Instant bank transfer – Volt (entity-dependent) |
| Crypto deposits/withdrawals | Yes |
Withdrawal speed: claim vs. measured
| Broker-published claim | Measured by us |
|---|---|
| Withdrawals are processed "Same day if request by 12:30 (UK Time Zone)"; the Funding And Withdrawals Fact Sheet lists a Standard Timeframe of "Same working day" for bank transfer and "30 min" for credit/debit cards, Neteller, Skrill and crypto — with the caveat that "the specified timeframes are indicative only" and apply after the company has received the transaction. [Source] | Testing in progress |
Islamic account: published terms vs. audit
| Availability | Broker-published claim | Measured by us |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | Islamic account with "No interest on contracts lasting longer than 24 hours – zero rollover interest" and "No additional rollover commissions for contracts lasting longer than 24 hours"; page states "certain restrictions and limitation may apply" and directs prospects to middleeastdesk@activtrades.com before requesting the account. No admin fee, grace period, or excluded-instrument list is published on the page. [Source] | Testing in progress |
Maximum leverage by entity
| Regulation | Leverage | Source |
|---|---|---|
| SCB (Bahamas) ActivTrades Corp (Bahamas) | 1:400 on forex (0.25% initial margin) | Source |
| CMVM (Portugal) ActivMarkets — Empresa de Investimento S.A. | Retail 1:30 on forex (3.33% margin) | Source |
Published spreads
| Broker | Platforms | Claim | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| EURUSD | Individual CFD | from 0.5 pips (target spread) (from) | Source |
| GBPUSD | Individual CFD | from 0.8 pips (target spread) (from) | Source |
| USDJPY | Individual CFD | from 0.5 pips (target spread) (from) | Source |
| XAUUSD | Individual CFD | from 0.25 USD (target spread) (from) | Source |
Gulf funding and account currency
| mada | Not published |
| KNET | Not published |
| UAE local bank | Not published |
| AED account | No |
Base currencies published are USD, EUR, GBP, CHF and SEK — no AED or SAR. Methods include bank transfer, cards, Neteller, Skrill, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay and crypto, but no Gulf-local rail. A 0.5% conversion fee applies when the transaction currency differs from the account base currency.
Scalping, Expert Advisors and hedging
| For Scalping | Not published |
| Expert Advisors | Not published |
| Hedging | Yes |
Regulation and license numbers
| Regulation | License no. | Official register |
|---|---|---|
| FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) (United Kingdom) | 434413 (ActivTrades PLC; company reg. England & Wales 05367727) | Source |
| SCB (Securities Commission of The Bahamas) (The Bahamas) | 199667 B (ActivTrades Corp — printed as company 'registration number 199667 B'; SCB licence number not separately printed) | Source |
| FSC (Financial Services Commission) (Mauritius) | GB24203277 (ActivTrades Markets Ltd., Global Business Licence) | Source |
| CMVM (Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários) (Portugal) | 433 (ActivMarkets Empresa de Investimento, S.A.; company reg. 516 929 291) | Source |
| BACEN (Banco Central do Brasil) & CVM (Brazil) | CNPJ 45.050.917/0001-03 (ActivTrades CCTVM — 'autorizada a funcionar pelo Banco Central do Brasil'; no separate licence number printed) | Source |
| CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier) (Luxembourg) | not published on fetched pages (entity ActivTrades Europe SA and 'Regulated by CSSF' verified on broker site; Luxembourg company reg. B232167 appears in search-indexed broker content but was not directly verified) | Source |