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United Kingdom Founded 1999
Stratos Markets Limited is part of the FXCM group, which provides online forex and CFD trading services to retail and institutional clients through digital platforms.
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FXCM (Stratos Markets Limited): Strong regulatory footprint with moderate risk-control, execution and fund-security evidence
FXCM is the trading brand associated with Stratos Markets Limited, a UK entity. The evidence shows four active licences across five verified entities, with the FCA-rated entity providing investor protection, negative balance protection and segregated accounts. The authoritative overall rating is 8.15, with regulation scoring 10 at full confidence, reflecting four active licences and no adverse licence records. The single risk record is a suitability complaint that was not upheld by the Financial Ombudsman Service, meaning no confirmed misconduct is reflected in this dataset. Lower-scored dimensions are risk_control at 6.34, execution_quality at 5.99 and fund_security at 7.4. The record notes high maximum leverage of up to 1000 and very high average ping values within the MT4 terminal data, which are execution and risk-profile considerations rather than evidence of misconduct. Protection is not uniform across the group: an entity-level licence such as the Israeli ISA licence does not carry negative balance protection, investor protection or segregated accounts. A customer's protection therefore depends on which legal entity they contract with. The overall evidence supports a positive institutional view, but it does not guarantee withdrawals, returns or suitability for any customer.
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Full-confidence regulation score
The regulation dimension scores 10 with confidence 1, based on four active licences and zero adverse licence records across the disclosed entities.
Strongest licence from the UK FCA
Stratos Markets Limited holds an FCA market-making licence with negative balance protection, investor protection and segregated accounts, and the regulator is rated 10.
No confirmed misconduct in the risk records
The only risk record is a suitability complaint that the Financial Ombudsman Service did not uphold, and the ombudsman found no obligation to close positions and treated the risk warnings and suitability assessment as adequate.
Verified entity and website footprint
Five entities are verified, the transparency score is 8.69 at confidence 1, and active official websites are present in English, Traditional Chinese and Malay.
Negative balance protection is entity-specific
The Israeli ISA licence for Stratos Light Ltd does not include negative balance protection, investor protection or segregated accounts, so customer protection depends on the contracting entity.
High maximum leverage disclosed
The terminal data shows maximum leverage of 1000, and the risk-control dimension is 6.34 with confidence 0.8, so leverage-related exposure is a material consideration.
Execution quality evidence is mixed and lower-confidence
Execution quality scores 5.99 with confidence 0.65, and the MT4 terminal data includes an average ping of 7919 ms across 40 servers, alongside a median ping of 234 ms and 96 latency samples.
Fund security evidence is partly record-based
Fund security scores 7.4, with segregated-account and investor-protection records at 4 and no account-level disclosures in the supplied data, so entity-specific account terms should be checked directly.
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A licence record applies to its named entity and authorised scope.
- Full company name
- STRATOS TRADING PTY. LIMITED
- Country / region
- Australia
- Founded
- 2016-03-30
- LEI
- 549300YKID14SNG0P344
- Registered address
- MELBOURNE,3000,Victoria,Australia
- Status
- Active
Australia Securities & Investment CommissionASIC
Licence status: Active
- Licence number
- 309763
- Verification status
- Verified
- Licence type
- ASIC Australian financial services licence
- Effective date
- 2007-05-15
- Last checked
- 2026-09-27
Business permissions 3
- Provide financial product advice
- Deal In A Financial Product
- Make A Market For A Financial Product
A licence record applies to its named entity and authorised scope.
- Full company name
- STRATOS GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LLC
- Country / region
- United States
- Founded
- 2003-01-02
- LEI
- 549300ELCDKRHWH5JS83
- Registered address
- United States of America, Wilmington, 1209 Orange Street, Corporation Trust Center
- Status
- Active
No licence record is available.
A licence record applies to its named entity and authorised scope.
- Full company name
- STRATOS MARKETS LIMITED
- Country / region
- United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2000-09-15
- LEI
- 549300S24DMOQB7FX206
- Registered address
- Ninth Floor,125 Old Broad Street,London,EC2N 1AR,United Kingdom
- Status
- Active
Financial Conduct AuthorityFCA
Licence status: Active
- Licence number
- 217689
- Verification status
- Verified
- Licence type
- FCA authorisation
- Effective date
- 2003-05-27
- Last checked
- 2026-09-27
Business permissions 19
- Receive or transmit orders
- Execute orders
- Deal on own account
- Portfolio management
- Investment advice
- Underwriting of financial instruments
- Placing without a firm commitment
- Deal in investments as principal
- Deal in investments as agent
- Arrange deals in investments
- Make arrangements
- Safeguarding and administration of assets
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of asset
- Sending dematerialised instructions
- Causing dematerialised instructions to be sent
- Managing investments
- Advise excluding pension transfers and opt-outs
- Agree to carry on regulated activities
- Advise on P2P agreements
Regulatory restrictions and requirements
- Financial promotion requirement
A licence record applies to its named entity and authorised scope.
- Full company name
- STRATOS EUROPE LIMITED
- Country / region
- Cyprus
- Founded
- 2019-12-30
- LEI
- 549300LZMQXXYV4JJ603
- Registered address
- Νέας Εγκωμης, 33,,2409, Λευκωσία, Κύπρος,Cyprus
- Status
- Active
Cyprus Securities and Exchange CommissionCYSEC
Licence status: Active
- Licence number
- 392/20
- Verification status
- Verified
- Licence type
- Cysec Cif Authorisation
- Effective date
- 2020-11-23
- Last checked
- 2026-09-27
Business permissions 6
- Receive or transmit orders
- Execute orders
- Deal on own account
- Safekeeping And Administration
- Granting Credits Or Loans
- Foreign exchange services
A licence record applies to its named entity and authorised scope.
- Full company name
- STRATOS LIGHT LTD
- Country / region
- Israel
- Founded
- 2015-03-30
- LEI
- 254900ML51E5TPIH2602
- Registered address
- Israel, Jerusalem, 216 Jaffa
- Status
- Active
The Israel Securities AuthorityISA
Licence status: Active
- Licence number
- 515234623
- Verification status
- Pending verification
- Licence type
- Securities Trading License (Agn)
- Effective date
- 2016-10-31
- Last checked
- Not disclosed
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Company and services
Stratos Markets Limited is part of the FXCM group, which provides online forex and CFD trading services to retail and institutional clients through digital platforms.
- Full company name
- Stratos Markets Limited
- Founded
- 1999-01-01
- Registered address
- 110 Bishopsgate, 17th Floor, London EC2N 4AY, United Kingdom
- Supported languages
- Chinese (Traditional) · English · Malay