Scan a broker before you deposit.
Check the legal entity, licence evidence, trading costs, withdrawal friction and red flags before opening an account.
Clarytrade is a broker research and comparison website focused on fees, licences, entities, availability and risk notes.
- Licence records
- FCA · ASIC · CySEC
- Legal company
- Depends on your country
- Full account cost
- Spread + commission + financing
Group-level records. Confirm your exact entity.
Go from the name you know to the details that matter.
Capital at risk. Most retail CFD accounts lose money. Availability, fees and product access may vary by country.
Every Clarytrade scan covers these before you deposit — informational only, not financial advice.
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Recent licence checks, entity updates and risk notes from the Clarytrade database. Deep dives live in the fee & regulation guides.
UK entity's FCA authorisation verified on the official register
Sept 2026Regulator registerVT MarketsCorrectedFSC licence number corrected after a register check
Sept 2026Regulator registerLiteFinancePending verificationComoros (MISA) registration requires manual verification
Sept 2026Regulator registerXMEntity checkoffshore entity (Belize); verify before depositing
—Entity datasetFusion MarketsVerified on registerCySEC entity verified on the official register
Aug 2026Regulator registerIC MarketsEntity checkoffshore entity (Seychelles); verify before depositing
—Entity datasetNotes from our licence-verification log and entity dataset — informational only, not financial advice. Always confirm a licence on the official regulator register before depositing.
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Strongest profiles on our eight-signal scan, filtered by our country records. Referral availability and the legal entity that opens your account need separate checks. Commission never changes the order.
Scores are based on regulation, entity clarity, costs, withdrawal friction, platform fit and risk warnings. Affiliate commission has 0% weighting.
Copy trading is not intended for EU/UK/AU-based audiences
Costs and charges may vary depending on the jurisdiction
Availability, entity, fees and product access can vary by country. Verify directly before depositing.
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Fee, licence and regulation checks people search before depositing.
Same broker. Different entity.
A broker brand can show several licences, but your protection depends on the legal entity that opens your account. Choose a country to see how the company and regulator can change.
One brand, several legal companies. The licence badges alone don't tell you which company is yours.
Pepperstone Limited
- Regulator
- FCA · Tier 1
- Compensation scheme
- FSCS — up to £85,000 if the firm fails (not for trading losses)
Confirmed country mapping in our evidence. Recheck your agreement.
Example: Pepperstone, from our research. Selecting a country here only changes this example. Yours may differ; confirm the legal entity on your agreement and the official register before depositing. Compensation arrangements have conditions and do not cover trading losses.
More ways to check before you deposit
Spot the warning signs yourself, practise risk decisions and estimate the real cost of trading — all before any money moves.
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A plain-English checklist for checking regulation, fees, withdrawal terms, leverage risk and red flags before you fund an account.
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See what trading costs can quietly eat.
A rough estimate of the spread, commission and swap on a typical trade — and what it adds up to over a month. Costs vary; this is not a quote.
- Spread
- $8.00
- Commission
- $6.00
- Swap
- $0.00
Funding is easy. Getting money out is where bad platforms show themselves.
Before you deposit, confirm these — and test a small withdrawal early, before you scale up.
Supported methods
Can you withdraw the way you want — bank, card, e-wallet — or only via a slow or limited option?
Processing times
Stated payout time vs reality. "Instant" deposits often pair with multi-day withdrawals.
Verification (KYC)
What documents are required, and is verification demanded only when you try to withdraw?
Country restrictions
Some methods or payouts are blocked in certain countries. Confirm yours is supported.
Withdrawal fees
Flat fees, percentage cuts, currency-conversion spreads and minimum-withdrawal thresholds.
Return to source
Most regulated brokers must return funds to your original payment method. Check the policy.
Account / entity restrictions
Bonus lock-ins, minimum trade volumes, or which legal entity holds your funds can all gate a withdrawal.
Treat friction as a flag. If any of these are hard to find or unclear in a broker's terms, slow down and verify directly before you fund the account.
Most comparison sites stop at rankings. Clarytrade checks the things traders tend to discover too late.
- The legal entity that actually opens your account
- Withdrawal friction — before you deposit, not after
- Real trading cost, not the headline spread
- Leverage and product risk in plain terms
- Whether commission influences placement (it doesn't)
Fixed criteria. Commission weighted 0%.
Every Clarity Score uses the eight weighted criteria below. Scan results also show country availability and product-risk information separately. Affiliate commission never changes the score or ranking. Scores are informational, not financial advice.
Scan your broker before you fund.
Check regulation, real cost, withdrawal friction and red flags. Know where your money is going before you deposit.