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ADS: SFC licence recorded for ADS

Issuing authority
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Licence type
Dealing in futures contracts & Leveraged foreign exchange trading

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RecordModified Sep 10, 2026

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Securities and Futures Commission No number on the register

Recorded from the firm's own disclosure. Not yet checked against the register.

Holder
ADS
Issuing authority
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Licence type
Dealing in futures contracts & Leveraged foreign exchange trading

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Our check

What we checked

Nobody has adjudicated this licence yet. It is recorded here as claimed, not as confirmed.

Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 1
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Last checked
Never

Nobody at Wikilix has looked this licence up on the official register yet. Everything above comes from the record as supplied; treat it as a claim until you have checked it yourself.

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The register

What the authority publishes

Printed as the register prints it. A field that is missing here is one nobody has recorded, not one the register leaves blank.

Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Dealing in futures contracts & Leveraged foreign exchange trading
The authority

About SFC

Securities and Futures Commission is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Hong Kong.

Full name
Securities and Futures Commission
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Strength
Tier 1The strictest regimes: high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
Established
1989
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
189 firms
Regulates
forex, Stocks, Derivatives, Securities, Futures
Licences it issues
Type 3 Leveraged FX, Type 1 Dealing in Securities
Typical cost of a licence
HKD 500000+
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

SFC's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeSFC Complaints / FDRC
  • Maximum leverage1:13
This describes the authority's regime, not how ADS applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against ADS. Wikilix holds no separate company records for this holder, so we cannot say which legal company the register issued it to.

Broker
ADS
Based in
United Arab Emirates
Wikilix score
58.9the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence
Provenance

Where this record came from

Every date below has already happened. We do not publish a promised next-update date, because we do not schedule per-licence re-checks.

Last checked by Wikilix
Never — nobody has looked this entry up yet
Record last edited
When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
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Also on record

Other licences ADS holds

2 other licences are on record for ADS.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

Answered from this register entry and the authority’s own record.

Most Popular Questions
ADS offers a maximum leverage of up to 500:1 according to its trading conditions. However, leverage limits may vary depending on the regulatory jurisdiction and instrument traded.
The minimum deposit amount to open an account with ADS is 100 USD. Some deposit methods allow a minimum of 50 USD, but generally, 100 USD is required to start trading.
ADS accepts deposits and withdrawals via credit/debit cards, bank wire transfers, online bank transfers, and a UAE-specific payment gateway. Deposits are generally free and processed instantly or within business hours, while withdrawals via bank transfers and online methods incur a fixed $15 fee and processing times vary from instant to a few days.
ADS offers both MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms. These platforms support desktop, web, iOS, and Android devices, providing access to Forex, stocks, futures, and CFDs with advanced charting and algorithmic trading tools.
ADS is regulated by multiple authorities including the UK's FCA, Hong Kong's SFC, and the UAE's SCA. The FCA regulation includes client fund insurance up to £85,000 under FSCS. ADS operates under onshore licenses with high transparency and complaint mechanisms such as the Financial Ombudsman Service.
ADS holds this SFC licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
Nobody at Wikilix has looked this entry up on the SFC register yet, so treat it as claimed rather than confirmed. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding against the licence.
Wikilix rates SFC tier 1 — the strictest band, with high capital requirements, segregated client money and a compensation scheme.
ADS has 2 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 2 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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