Is AvaTrade safe?
Review the regulatory licences, legal entities, official warnings, company history, website records and user-reported issues connected with AvaTrade.
Also known as AvaTradeGO, AvaOptions, AvaSocial
- Editorial score
- 9.2/10How we scored AvaTrade
- User rating
- No user ratings yet
- Regulatory status
- Central Bank of IrelandASICFSC (BVI)FSCA (South Africa)+6
- Country
- Ireland
- Established
- Established 2006
- Website
- avatrade.com
AvaTrade may have a commercial relationship with 88 Forex Brokers. Paid placement is labelled separately and does not allow payment alone to determine the editorial score.
Review the regulatory licences, legal entities, official warnings, company history, website records and user-reported issues connected with AvaTrade.
Safety summary
Client money is held separately from the firm's own money, at NatWest and Barclays for applicable entities; Commonwealth Bank in Australia; other regulated banks by entity. That separation is what makes your balance recoverable if the company fails, rather than part of the pool its creditors divide up.
Negative balance protection applies, so a losing position cannot take the account below zero and leave you owing the broker money.
Covered by Irish Investor Compensation Scheme for eligible EU clients; no compensation scheme under several international entities, which pays eligible clients up to its limit if the firm fails owing client money.
Regulatory coverage
AvaTrade is connected with 10 recorded licences: Central Bank of Ireland (tier one), ASIC (tier one), FSA (Japan) (tier one), FSRA (ADGM) (tier one), CySEC (tier one), FSCA (South Africa) (tier two), FFAJ (Japan) (tier two), CMA (Kenya) (tier two), ISA (Israel) (tier two) and FSC (BVI) (tier three).
Client protections
Protections may include segregated client money, negative balance protection and a compensation scheme (Irish Investor Compensation Scheme for eligible EU clients; no compensation scheme under several international entities). They apply only where the account and client are eligible under the relevant entity and jurisdiction.
Official warnings
Regulator warnings, investor alerts and clone notices appear here as they are recorded, with the source.
Licence concerns
A concern is recorded when a licence cannot be confirmed to cover the entity or website shown on this profile.
Website verification
The recorded broker website is avatrade.com. Verify the domain through an official regulator register where possible and do not rely on links received through unsolicited messages.
Company history
AvaTrade was established in 2006. No material change has yet been recorded on this profile.
Complaints and responses
This does not establish that no complaints exist elsewhere.
The available evidence supports a favourable risk assessment for AvaTrade. This assessment can change if licences, entities, warnings or broker operations change.
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