AIMS Review 2026: Regulation, Safety, Policy & Trading

Is AIMS a scam?

Wikilix independent safety report

70%Scam risk

Likely scamConfidence: MEDIUM

2.0/5

AIMS rates 70% risk, a likely scam on our scale: Malaysia's regulator lists aimsfx.com for unlicensed dealing and ASIC cancelled its first licence in 2025. Securities Commission Malaysia added AIMS F…

Risk scorecard · each area scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst)

Regulation7/10 · HighIdentity & transparency4/10 · ModerateWithdrawals & conduct5/10 · ModerateReputation6/10 · HighWebsite claims7/10 · HighOperational history2/10 · Low

What AIMS legally published, but does not want you to read

Wikilix contract reading · Oct 22, 2026

High contract risk

AIMS can cancel trades, profits and even account balances it deems abnormal, at its sole discretion.
The contract you accept at signup gives you four business days to object to a trade.
Its FAQ says you must repay any negative balance, while its policy says your losses stop at the money in your account.
The insurance sold as $2 million per client is one $2 million limit in total.

4Critical clauses

17Clauses flagged

9Documents read

7.5/10Contract risk

Read the full terms report13 more clauses, each with its wording, clause number and source

Editorial review

Updated Oct 29, 2026

Broker Summary

What Wikilix has recorded about AIMS: its history, the licences it holds, its trading conditions and its fees.

AIMS Broker Overview

AIMS is a forex and CFD broker whose client agreement is with Auric International Markets Limited, a company incorporated and registered under Labuan law in Malaysia. AIMS says it was established in 2015 and has hubs in 21 countries. On aimsfx.com it offers CFDs on forex, global shares, stock indices, metals and commodities, as well as fractional shares, on MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, and its Standard Account opens from 50 US dollars with no commission. The Labuan company is listed as a money broker by the Labuan Financial Services Authority, while the group's ASIC and BAPPEBTI licences belong to separate Australian and Indonesian companies.

AIMS Regulation and License

WIKILIX's record holds three licences for the AIMS group. Each was confirmed on its regulator's register on 22 October 2026, and each belongs to a different company:

Labuan FSA, Auric International Markets Limited: the Labuan Financial Services Authority's Financial Institutions Directory lists the company under Money Brokers, and the company appeared on neither the directory's Business Restriction list nor its Unregulated / Unauthorised list. The directory gives no licence number, so the licence number MB/17/0017 cannot be matched against it. This is offshore supervision with no investor compensation scheme, and it is the only licence on record held by the company in AIMS's client agreement.
ASIC, AURIC INTERNATIONAL MARKETS (AU) PTY LTD: Australian financial services licence 526125 is current, effective from 6 September 2022, for an Australian company called Smartransfer Pty Ltd until September 2024. It covers foreign exchange contracts and non-cash payment products, with no derivatives authorisation, so it does not cover CFDs or accounts opened on aimsfx.com. The Australian company's AFCA membership (76981) applies only to its own clients.
BAPPEBTI, PT AIMS Indo Berjangka: futures broker licence 002/BAPPEBTI/SI/09/2025 is held by this Jakarta company, formerly PT Arjuna Perkasa Berjangka, which trades ICDX-listed commodity contracts through www.aims.co.id. It does not cover accounts opened on aimsfx.com.

Malaysia's Securities Commission says AIMS FX is not licensed to deal with the Malaysian public.

Is AIMS Regulated?

AIMS is regulated only offshore for the accounts it opens on aimsfx.com: its client agreement is with Auric International Markets Limited, whose one licence on record is the Labuan money-broker listing, and AIMS's terms likewise say the company is subject to the regulations and codes of the Labuan FSA. Its confirmed ASIC and BAPPEBTI licences do not extend to clients of the Labuan company.

Auric International Markets Limited

The Labuan FSA directory gives the company's registered address as Lot 3, Suite D, 2nd Floor, Lazenda Phase 3 Shophouse, Off Jalan OKK Abdullah, Labuan, while the AIMS website gives its office as Unit Level 9F(2), Main Office Tower, Financial Park Labuan. WIKILIX's record also lists a UK company, AURIC INTERNATIONAL MARKETS LTD (company number 15067173). A company registration shows that a company exists; it is not a financial licence.

Is AIMS Safe?

AIMS carries significant risks to weigh before funding an account: its contracting company has offshore supervision only, and its own documents give it wide discretion over client accounts and contradict its marketing on several points.

The Negative Balance Policy (January 2026) limits losses to the funds in each account, but AIMS may withhold that protection on any indication or suspicion of arbitrage or abuse and take money from a client's other accounts to cover the deficit. The FAQ on its website says clients remain fully liable for negative balances.
The same policy lets AIMS cancel, void or reverse trades, profits and balances it deems abnormal or abusive, and counts a withdrawal request that brings the margin level to 50% or lower as abusive trading.
The Order Execution Policy and the signup terms let AIMS change the price of an executed order, or cancel it, after a technical failure or a faulty price feed, and the signup terms give clients four business days to object to a transaction or statement before it becomes final.
AIMS's current policies describe non-principal STP execution with no dealing desk, but its signup Trading Terms and Conditions (dated 10 October 2017) say orders are executed at bid and ask prices the company offers, and let it move a client to STP/ECN execution without consent when that client's strategy exposes it to more risk than it can cope with.

Client money is held in segregated accounts, which AIMS says may not give complete protection. Its fund insurance page promises professional indemnity cover of up to 2,000,000 US dollars per client, but the certificate it links, a policy for Auric International Markets Limited running from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, states a limit of USD 2 million for each and every loss and in the aggregate, a total for the policy rather than an amount per client, and says the insurance is not a financial guarantee.

AIMS Account Types

The account menu lists a Standard Account and a Swap-Free Account, and the home page also presents a MAM Account for money managers.

Standard Account: 50 US dollar minimum deposit, no commission, variable spreads and a minimum trade of 0.01 lots.
Swap-Free Account: a live account converted on request for clients of the Islamic faith, with a 10-day swap-free window per position on forex, gold and silver, indices, oil and gas. The signup terms charge swap on positions held longer than 10 calendar days and let AIMS reverse profits made from swap-free trading.
MAM Account: AIMS publishes no minimum deposit, leverage, pricing or terms for it.

Demo accounts run on MetaTrader 4 with 10,000 US dollars of virtual money, or an amount the client chooses, and do not expire.

AIMS Spreads, Commissions and Fees

The Standard Account builds its costs into the spread: its page quotes EUR/USD at 1.5 to 1.6 pips and gold at 1.8 to 2.8 pips, while the About page advertises spreads from 0.8 pips without saying where that applies. AIMS charges no deposit fees and publishes no withdrawal fee. Its risk disclosure says overnight swaps include a fee of AIMS's own, and its signup terms allow an administrative fee of 10 US dollars a year once an account has had no funding or trading for a year. The terms say all fees are set out in Contract Specifications, which the website does not link. The Swap-Free Account page promises the same spreads as other accounts, but the Swap-Free Account Terms (January 2026) allow wider spreads, higher commissions, administrative charges and retroactive swap charges.

AIMS Leverage

The Standard Account page offers leverage of up to 1:500, while the FAQ gives 1:1 to 1:400 for live accounts, with 1:100 as the default. Clients can ask to change their leverage, and the signup terms let AIMS change it without the client's consent.

AIMS Trading Platforms

AIMS offers MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, with downloads for Windows, iOS and Android on its platform pages. The site says both are available on desktop, web and mobile but links no web terminal, and its FAQ still describes MT4 as the platform AIMS uses. AIMS has no trading platform or copy-trading service of its own.

AIMS Deposits and Withdrawals

AIMS names nine funding methods: bank transfer, Visa, Mastercard, Skrill, PayPal, Alipay, Wise, Bitcoin and Tether, against a home-page claim of 15 methods and 20 currencies. It publishes no minimum, maximum or processing time for any method, although its signup terms say withdrawals are processed within the time stated on its website. Withdrawals go back to the source of the deposit where possible, and AIMS asks for the client's bank details to process them.

AIMS Support

Support is available 24 hours a day, five days a week, by email at cs@aimsfx.com and by live chat on the website; AIMS publishes no telephone number and no complaints address. The website is offered in nine languages, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Malay and Indonesian. Clients sign in at cp2.aimsfx.com. AIMS also has a Chinese and English site at www.aimsbroker.com, and its Indonesian company runs its own site at www.aims.co.id.

AIMS Pros and Cons

The main strengths are:

A low 50 US dollar minimum deposit and a commission-free Standard Account
MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 on Windows, iOS and Android, with a demo that does not expire
No deposit fees charged by AIMS
A swap-free option for clients of the Islamic faith

The main limitations are:

Offshore supervision only for aimsfx.com clients, since the ASIC and BAPPEBTI licences belong to other group companies
Malaysia's Securities Commission says AIMS FX is not licensed to deal with the Malaysian public
Broad powers in its documents to cancel trades and profits and to withhold negative balance protection
Its own documents disagree on leverage, negative balance protection, insurance cover and execution
No published withdrawal times, limits or fee schedule, and a 10 US dollar annual inactivity fee
No telephone support or published complaints address

AIMS Review and Assessment

AIMS offers MetaTrader 4 and 5 accounts with a low entry deposit and commission-free pricing, contracted through Auric International Markets Limited in Labuan. Its stronger licences sit with its Australian and Indonesian companies, so clients of aimsfx.com rely on offshore supervision alone. Before funding an account, read the client documents, which give AIMS broad powers over trades, profits and negative balances and disagree with its marketing on several points.

Website archive

Captured Oct 22, 2026

Website snapshots

8 full-page captures of AIMS's own site, archived so what they said can still be read after the pages change.

8 pages

Homepage

About AIMS (Who We Are)

Terms and Conditions

Risk Disclosure

Standard Account

Deposits & Withdrawals

Fund Insurance (PII)

Help Center & Contact Support

Regulation check

Checked Oct 22, 2026

Regulatory Licenses

AIMS holds a tier-1 or tier-2 licence that we confirmed on the regulator's own register. Each licence below opens its record of what that register says.

3 of 3 checked

Licences on record: 3
Confirmed on register: 3
Tier 1 or 2: 1
Offshore: 1

WIKILIX

Licence intelligence

The strongest of 3 licences on file

Licence Verification Record

Australia Securities & Investment Commission 526125

Wikilix read the ASIC register on Oct 22, 2026. This is what it said.

Name on the register: AURIC INTERNATIONAL MARKETS (AU) PTY LTD
Jurisdiction: Australia
Authority strength: Tier 1
Licence type: Market Making(MM)
Register status: Current (FX contracts and payment products only)
Effective: Sep 6, 2022
Shown on the AIMS website: Shown

Checked Oct 22, 2026

Permissions

provide general financial product advice for the following classes of financial products: (i) deposit and payment products including: (A) basic deposit products; (B) deposit products other than basic deposit products; and (C) non-cash payment products; and (ii) foreign exchange contracts
deal in a financial product by issuing, applying for, acquiring, varying or disposing of a financial product in respect of the following classes of financial products: (A) deposit and payment products limited to: (1) non-cash payment products; and (B) foreign exchange contracts
deal in a financial product by applying for, acquiring, varying or disposing of a financial product on behalf of another person in respect of the following classes of products: (A) deposit and payment products including: (1) basic deposit products; (2) deposit products other than basic deposit products; and (3) non-cash payment products; and (B) foreign exchange contracts
make a market for the following financial products: (i) foreign exchange contracts

What our check found

A current AFS licence held by Auric International Markets (AU) Pty Ltd, formerly Smartransfer Pty Ltd and renamed in September 2024. It covers foreign exchange contracts and non-cash payment products, with no derivatives authorisation. It therefore does not cover CFDs, and it is not the company aimsfx.com clients contract with. Client protection: Applies only to clients of the Australian company, which is an AFCA member (76981). Effective: 06 Sep 2022.

Client protection under this licence

No compensation schemeNo mandatory insurance (but strict fund segregation)
Negative balance protection
Complaints routeAFCA
Maximum leverage1:28

These are the rules ASIC sets for the firms it licenses. They are not a statement about how AIMS applies them, or about which of its companies would hold your account.

A licence record describes what an authority published. It is not an endorsement, and Wikilix does not issue authorisations.

Open the ASIC licence record Check it on the register About ASIC

Tier 3 and 4 authorities

2 licences

Trading accounts

Updated Oct 22, 2026

Account Types

3 account types on record. Minimum deposit from USD 50. Leverage up to 1:500.

3 account types

Account	Min Deposit	Max Leverage	Commission
Standard AccountStandard	USD 50	1:500	$0
Swap-Free AccountSwap-Free	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not stated on the account page; the Swap-Free Account Terms (s.4) say commissions may be increased for a Swap-Free Account
MAM AccountMAM · Copy & Managed	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded

Client acceptance

Country availability

Where AIMS says it will and won't take clients

230 countries

Confirmed blocked

Named in the broker's own terms

CUCubaIRIranKPNorth KoreaSDSudanSYSyriaUSUnited States

Likely blocked

Reported, not verified against a primary source

CDCongo (Democratic Republic)CFCentral African RepublicCGCongoEREritreaGWGuinea-BissauIQIraqLBLebanonLYLibyaMLMaliSOSomaliaSSSouth SudanYEYemen

Covered by a parent block

Territories a blocked country carries with it

ASAmerican SamoaGUGuamMPNorthern Mariana IslandsPRPuerto RicoUMUnited States Minor Outlying IslandsVIVirgin Islands (U.S.)

Explicitly accepted

Named as accepted — not a full list of served markets

ADAndorraAEUnited Arab EmiratesAFAfghanistanAGAntigua and BarbudaAIAnguillaALAlbaniaAMArmeniaAOAngolaARArgentinaATAustriaAUAustraliaAWAruba

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AZAzerbaijanBABosnia and HerzegovinaBBBarbadosBDBangladeshBEBelgiumBFBurkina FasoBGBulgariaBHBahrainBIBurundiBJBeninBLSaint BarthélemyBMBermudaBNBrunei DarussalamBOBoliviaBQBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBRBrazilBSBahamasBTBhutanBWBotswanaBYBelarusBZBelizeCACanadaCCCocos (Keeling) IslandsCHSwitzerlandCICôte d’IvoireCKCook IslandsCLChileCMCameroonCNChinaCOColombiaCRCosta RicaCVCabo VerdeCWCuraçaoCXChristmas IslandCYCyprusCZCzechiaDEGermanyDJDjiboutiDKDenmarkDODominican RepublicDZAlgeriaECEcuadorEEEstoniaEGEgyptESSpainETEthiopiaFIFinlandFJFijiFKFalkland IslandsFOFaroe IslandsFRFranceGAGabonGBUnited KingdomGDGrenadaGEGeorgiaGFFrench GuianaGGGuernseyGHGhanaGIGibraltarGLGreenlandGMGambiaGNGuineaGPGuadeloupeGQEquatorial GuineaGRGreeceGSSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsGTGuatemalaGYGuyanaHKHong KongHNHondurasHRCroatiaHTHaitiHUHungaryIDIndonesiaIEIrelandILIsraelINIndiaIOBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryISIcelandITItalyJEJerseyJMJamaicaJOJordanJPJapanKEKenyaKGKyrgyzstanKHCambodiaKIKiribatiKMComorosKRSouth KoreaKWKuwaitKYCayman IslandsKZKazakhstanLALaosLILiechtensteinLKSri LankaLRLiberiaLSLesothoLTLithuaniaLULuxembourgLVLatviaMAMoroccoMCMonacoMDMoldovaMEMontenegroMFSaint Martin (French part)MGMadagascarMHMarshall IslandsMKNorth MacedoniaMMMyanmarMNMongoliaMOMacaoMQMartiniqueMRMauritaniaMTMaltaMUMauritiusMVMaldivesMWMalawiMXMexicoMYMalaysiaMZMozambiqueNANamibiaNCNew CaledoniaNENigerNFNorfolk IslandNGNigeriaNINicaraguaNLNetherlandsNONorwayNPNepalNRNauruNUNiueNZNew ZealandOMOmanPAPanamaPEPeruPFFrench PolynesiaPGPapua New GuineaPHPhilippinesPKPakistanPLPolandPMSaint Pierre and MiquelonPNPitcairnPSPalestinePTPortugalPWPalauPYParaguayQAQatarRORomaniaRSSerbiaRURussiaRWRwandaSASaudi ArabiaSBSolomon IslandsSCSeychellesSESwedenSGSingaporeSHSaint HelenaSISloveniaSKSlovakiaSLSierra LeoneSMSan MarinoSNSenegalSRSurinameSVEl SalvadorSZEswatiniTDChadTGTogoTHThailandTJTajikistanTKTokelauTLTimor-LesteTMTurkmenistanTNTunisiaTOTongaTRTürkiyeTTTrinidad and TobagoTVTuvaluTWTaiwanTZTanzaniaUAUkraineUGUgandaUYUruguayUZUzbekistanVEVenezuelaVGVirgin Islands (British)VNViet NamVUVanuatuWFWallis and FutunaWSSamoaYTMayotteZASouth AfricaZMZambiaZWZimbabwe

How we know — 11 sources

1Refused (the United States, Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Syria and North Korea): the Help Center & FAQ (https://www.aimsfx.com/faq) says “AIMS services are not available to residents of the USA, Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Syria, North Korea and any sanctioned countries.” Its answer to “Does AIMS accept U.S. clients?” is “No. U.S. CFTC regulation prevents U.S. clients from trading with brokers outside the United States.”
2The footer disclaimer on every page of www.aimsfx.com says “Services are not intended for residents of restricted jurisdictions, including the USA, Iran, North Korea, and Syria.” The Chinese-language version of the site carries the same FAQ answer and footer wording.
3Registration form (https://cp2.aimsfx.com/register): the “Address Country” selector is a closed list of 220 entries. It has no entry for the United States, Iran, Sudan, Syria or North Korea (only “Korea South”), which agrees with the FAQ.
4Cuba, a disagreement: the registration selector (https://cp2.aimsfx.com/register) still lists “Cuba” and “Guantanamo Bay, Cuba”, while the FAQ (https://www.aimsfx.com/faq) names Cuba among the countries whose residents are not served. A selector entry does not count as acceptance where the broker's text excludes the country, so Cuba stays refused under the FAQ wording and off the accepted list. Needs confirmation with the broker.
5Dependent territories Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the US Minor Outlying Islands: no page names them, so they fall under the named US block, for which the FAQ gives U.S. CFTC regulation as the reason. Disagreement: the registration selector (https://cp2.aimsfx.com/register) lists “Puerto Rico”, “US Virgin Islands” and “American Samoa”; because the site excludes the USA, those entries are not read as acceptance and are kept out of the accepted list. Needs confirmation.
6Likely refused, inferred rather than stated (the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen): the FAQ adds “and any sanctioned countries” without naming them. The registration selector (https://cp2.aimsfx.com/register) has no entry for the Central African Republic, either Congo, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan or Yemen, and its numbered option values skip a number at each of their alphabetical places, as they do for the United States, Iran, Sudan, Syria and North Korea, so these read as removed from the list. The individual countries are inferred from that absence and the category wording; no page names them. Countries the selector still offers are not attributed to the “sanctioned countries” wording.
7Accepted list: the remaining entries of the registration selector at https://cp2.aimsfx.com/register, mapped to ISO codes (206 codes), with Cuba, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and American Samoa held out as above. The entry shown as “AU” is read as Australia. Entries that are part of a listed country or territory are not counted separately (Ascension, Barbuda, Bonaire, Saba, Caribbean Netherlands, Chatham Island, Diego Garcia, Easter Island, Xin Jiang - China, Guantanamo Bay). “French Antilles” resolves to no single ISO code and is written to no list; Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin are listed separately.
8Not in any list: some small jurisdictions are missing from the registration selector with no gap in its numbering, so they read as never included rather than removed (for example Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Sint Maarten, Isle of Man, Réunion, Micronesia, São Tomé and Príncipe and Vatican City). They are neither accepted nor recorded as blocked.
9No country list in the terms or policies: the Terms and Conditions (https://www.aimsfx.com/legal/terms, last updated January 2026) and the 22-page Trading Terms & Conditions the registration form asks clients to accept (https://cp2.aimsfx.com/pdf/aims-terms-conditions.pdf) name no restricted country; clause 25.1(b) of the latter only has the client confirm awareness of the local laws of their country of residence. The Risk Disclosure, Privacy Policy, Order Execution Policy, Negative Balance Policy and Swap-Free Account Terms (https://www.aimsfx.com/legal), the deposit and withdrawal page and the Introducing Broker page name none either, and the site publishes no separate restricted-countries or AML page.
10Context, not an accepted list: the FAQ says AIMS serves clients across 21 countries, “including Australia, Dubai, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, India, Thailand, Africa and Europe”, and the site is offered in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Thai, Malay and Indonesian. Neither adds a country beyond the registration selector.
11Iran: a confirmed refusal, based on the FAQ wording “not available to residents of the USA, Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Syria, North Korea” (https://www.aimsfx.com/faq) and the footer disclaimer “including the USA, Iran, North Korea, and Syria”. The registration selector has no Iran entry, the site has no Persian-language version, and no page of the broker’s site markets Iran or rial funding.

Deposits & withdrawals

Funding Methods

9 ways to fund an account. 9 with no deposit fee.

9 methods

Method	Deposit fee	Withdrawal fee	Min deposit	Withdrawal min / max	Processing
VisaCredit Card1	Free	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recorded
MastercardCredit Card1	Free	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recorded
BitcoinCryptocurrency Named by its logo in the 'Easy Funding And Withdrawal' block of the home page (https://www.aimsfx.com/), which says clients can deposit or withdraw with the payment method most convenient for them. The deposit page (https://www.aimsfx.com/deposit-withdrawal) does not mention crypto; it lists 'bank transfer, cards and popular e-wallets'. Deposit fee: the home page states '$0 Deposit Fees' and 'zero deposit fees across all supported methods', and the deposit page says 'no charges from AIMS on deposits'. This is AIMS's own fee; the site does not address network fees. Terms and Conditions s.10 (https://www.aimsfx.com/legal/terms) says company fees are set out in the Contract Specifications and may be amended. Withdrawal fee: not published; the deposit page says only that profits can be withdrawn 'with no hidden fees'. No minimum or maximum amount and no processing time is published for this method. Withdrawals are paid to the same source the funds were deposited from where possible (T&C s.10).	Free	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recorded
TetherCryptocurrency Named by its logo ('Tether') in the 'Easy Funding And Withdrawal' block of the home page (https://www.aimsfx.com/), which says clients can deposit or withdraw with the payment method most convenient for them. The site names no blockchain network (TRC-20, ERC-20 or BEP-20 appear on no page) and the deposit page (https://www.aimsfx.com/deposit-withdrawal) does not mention crypto. Deposit fee: the home page states '$0 Deposit Fees' and 'zero deposit fees across all supported methods', and the deposit page says 'no charges from AIMS on deposits'. This is AIMS's own fee; the site does not address network fees. Terms and Conditions s.10 (https://www.aimsfx.com/legal/terms) says company fees are set out in the Contract Specifications and may be amended. Withdrawal fee: not published; the deposit page says only that profits can be withdrawn 'with no hidden fees'. No minimum or maximum amount and no processing time is published for this method. Withdrawals are paid to the same source the funds were deposited from where possible (T&C s.10).	Free	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recorded
SkrillE-Wallet Named in the 'Easy Funding And Withdrawal' block of the home page (https://www.aimsfx.com/), which says clients can deposit or withdraw with the payment method most convenient for them. The deposit page (https://www.aimsfx.com/deposit-withdrawal) lists 'popular e-wallets' without naming them. Deposit fee: the home page states '$0 Deposit Fees' and 'zero deposit fees across all supported methods', and the deposit page says 'no charges from AIMS on deposits'. This is AIMS's own fee; the site does not address Skrill's own charges. Terms and Conditions s.10 (https://www.aimsfx.com/legal/terms) says company fees are set out in the Contract Specifications and may be amended. Withdrawal fee: not published; the deposit page says only that profits can be withdrawn 'with no hidden fees'. No minimum or maximum amount and no processing time is published for this method. Withdrawals are paid to the same source the funds were deposited from where possible (T&C s.10).	Free	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recorded
AlipayE-Wallet Named by its logo in the 'Easy Funding And Withdrawal' block of the home page (https://www.aimsfx.com/), which says clients can deposit or withdraw with the payment method most convenient for them. The deposit page (https://www.aimsfx.com/deposit-withdrawal) lists 'popular e-wallets' without naming them, and states no regional restriction for this method. Deposit fee: the home page states '$0 Deposit Fees' and 'zero deposit fees across all supported methods', and the deposit page says 'no charges from AIMS on deposits'. This is AIMS's own fee; the site does not address provider charges. Terms and Conditions s.10 (https://www.aimsfx.com/legal/terms) says company fees are set out in the Contract Specifications and may be amended. Withdrawal fee: not published; the deposit page says only that profits can be withdrawn 'with no hidden fees'. No minimum or maximum amount and no processing time is published for this method. Withdrawals are paid to the same source the funds were deposited from where possible (T&C s.10).	Free	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recorded
PayPalE-Wallet Named by its logo in the 'Easy Funding And Withdrawal' block of the home page (https://www.aimsfx.com/), which says clients can deposit or withdraw with the payment method most convenient for them. No other page names PayPal or gives terms for it. The deposit page (https://www.aimsfx.com/deposit-withdrawal) lists 'popular e-wallets' without naming them. Deposit fee: the home page states '$0 Deposit Fees' and 'zero deposit fees across all supported methods', and the deposit page says 'no charges from AIMS on deposits'. This is AIMS's own fee; the site does not address PayPal's own charges. Terms and Conditions s.10 (https://www.aimsfx.com/legal/terms) says company fees are set out in the Contract Specifications and may be amended. Withdrawal fee: not published; the deposit page says only that profits can be withdrawn 'with no hidden fees'. No minimum or maximum amount and no processing time is published for this method. Withdrawals are paid to the same source the funds were deposited from where possible (T&C s.10).	Free	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recorded
WiseE-Wallet Named by its logo in the 'Easy Funding And Withdrawal' block of the home page (https://www.aimsfx.com/), which says clients can deposit or withdraw with the payment method most convenient for them. The site shows the logo only: it does not say whether Wise is used as a wallet or for account-to-account transfers, so the type is a classification, not the broker's wording. Deposit fee: the home page states '$0 Deposit Fees' and 'zero deposit fees across all supported methods', and the deposit page (https://www.aimsfx.com/deposit-withdrawal) says 'no charges from AIMS on deposits'. This is AIMS's own fee; the site does not address Wise's own charges. Terms and Conditions s.10 (https://www.aimsfx.com/legal/terms) says company fees are set out in the Contract Specifications and may be amended. Withdrawal fee: not published; the deposit page says only that profits can be withdrawn 'with no hidden fees'. No minimum or maximum amount and no processing time is published for this method. Withdrawals are paid to the same source the funds were deposited from where possible (T&C s.10).	Free	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recorded
Bank TransferBank Transfer Listed on the deposit page (https://www.aimsfx.com/deposit-withdrawal) as 'Bank transfer' ('Bank transfer, cards and popular e-wallets supported'; 'Bank & card payments'). The site does not say whether local or international transfers are accepted, or in which currencies; the home page says 20 currencies are supported. Deposit fee: the deposit page says 'no charges from AIMS on deposits' and the home page states 'zero deposit fees across all supported methods'. This is AIMS's own fee; the site does not address bank or intermediary charges. Terms and Conditions s.10 (https://www.aimsfx.com/legal/terms) says company fees are set out in the Contract Specifications and may be amended. Withdrawal fee: not published; the deposit page says only that profits can be withdrawn 'with no hidden fees'. No minimum or maximum amount and no processing time is published; the deposit page says only that deposits are credited quickly. AIMS asks for the client's bank details to process withdrawals (FAQ, https://www.aimsfx.com/faq), and withdrawals are paid to the same source the funds were deposited from where possible (T&C s.10).	Free	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recordedNot recorded	Not recorded

Broker's notes on these methods

Named by its logo in the 'Easy Funding And Withdrawal' block of the home page (https://www.aimsfx.com/), which says clients can deposit or withdraw with the payment method most convenient for them. The deposit page (https://www.aimsfx.com/deposit-withdrawal) lists 'bank transfer, cards and popular e-wallets' without naming providers. Deposit fee: the home page states '$0 Deposit Fees' and 'zero deposit fees across all supported methods', and the deposit page says 'no charges from AIMS on deposits'. This is AIMS's own fee; the site does not address card-issuer or bank charges. Terms and Conditions s.10 (https://www.aimsfx.com/legal/terms) says company fees are set out in the Contract Specifications and may be amended. Withdrawal fee: not published; the deposit page says only that profits can be withdrawn 'with no hidden fees'. No minimum or maximum amount and no processing time is published for this method; the deposit page says only that deposits are credited quickly. Withdrawals are paid to the same source the funds were deposited from where possible (T&C s.10), and AIMS asks for the client's bank details to process withdrawals (FAQ, https://www.aimsfx.com/faq). · applies to 2 methods

Trading software

Trading Platforms

2 trading platforms on record: MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5.

2 platforms

MetaTrader 4
by MetaQuotes Software Corp.since 2005Developer site
AIMS offers MetaTrader 4 for Windows, iOS and Android, with Expert Advisors in MQL4. Servers: AuricInternationalMarkets-Live Server and AuricInternationalMarkets-Demo.
Runs on
- Windows
- Android
- iOS
Features on record
- Expert Advisors (MQL4)
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MetaTrader 5
by MetaQuotes Software Corpsince 2010Developer site
AIMS offers MetaTrader 5 for Windows, iOS and Android, with Expert Advisors in MQL5, Market Depth, and netting and hedging modes. Server: AuricInternationalMarkets-Live.
Runs on
- Windows
- Android
- iOS
Features on record
- Expert Advisors (MQL5)
- Market Depth
- Netting and hedging modes
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Websites

Global Domains

5 domains on record. 4 active.

5 domains

aimsfx.comMain siteActiveHTTPS
cp2.aimsfx.comClient portalActiveHTTPS
cp.aimsfx.comClient portalInactive
www.aimsbroker.comRegionalActiveHTTPS
www.aims.co.idRegionalActiveHTTPS

Legal entities

Corporate Network

One legal entity behind the AIMS brand.

1 entity

AURIC INTERNATIONAL MARKETS LTDActiveUnited KingdomRegistration 15067173

Company registry check

Checked Oct 22, 2026

Company Registration

The operating company is Auric International Markets Limited. Registered in Malaysia (Labuan).

Confirmed on licence register

Legal entity: Auric International Markets Limited
Jurisdiction: Malaysia (Labuan)
Registry: Labuan FSA Financial Institutions Directory (Money Brokers)
Registered address: Lot 3, Suite D, 2nd Floor, Lazenda Phase 3 Shophouse, Off Jalan OKK Abdullah, 87000 Labuan F.T., Malaysia

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JB Alpha
Australia · since 2008· JB Alpha LtdWikilix score 39.0RegulationRegulatedASICMax leverage1:1000Platforms2Licences1
Moneyplant FX
Comoros · since 2024· Moneyplant FX LTDWikilix score 35.0RegulationOffshoreMISAMax leverage1:500Platforms1Licences1
FXCL
Botswana · since 2006· FXCL Markets LtdWikilix score 35.0RegulationOffshoreVFSCMax leverage1:2000Platforms2Licences2

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about AIMS

Most Popular Questions

AIMS's current documents say STP. Its Order Execution Policy (January 2026) describes a non-principal STP model with no dealing desk, no market making and no trading against clients, and its Standard Account page calls the execution true ECN. Its signup Trading Terms and Conditions (dated 10 October 2017), however, say client orders are executed at bid and ask prices the company offers, and let AIMS move a client to STP/ECN execution without consent when that client's strategy exposes it to more risk than it can cope with, so the two documents do not describe the same model.

AIMS's website gives no complaints address, and its legal pages direct all questions to cs@aimsfx.com. Its signup terms give clients four business days to object in writing to a transaction or an account statement, after which statements are final and binding. The website terms say disputes go to the relevant place of jurisdiction without naming one, while the signup terms name the laws of the LFSA and the District Court of the LFSA, and both limit AIMS's liability to gross negligence, wilful default or fraud.

Yes, in situations its own documents set out. Its Negative Balance Policy (January 2026) lets AIMS investigate, cancel, void, reverse, adjust or refuse trades, profits, credits, rebates or balances from trading it deems abnormal or abusive, such as hedging across accounts or arbitrage. Its Order Execution Policy and signup terms let it change the opening or closing price of an order, or cancel an executed order, after a technical failure or an incorrect price feed. The signup terms also say stop orders may be removed in volatile markets, around news and at price gaps, so a stop loss may not limit losses to the intended amount.

Not for accounts opened on aimsfx.com. On 22 October 2026, ASIC's register listed Australian financial services licence 526125 as current for AURIC INTERNATIONAL MARKETS (AU) PTY LTD, formerly Smartransfer Pty Ltd, effective from 6 September 2022. The licence covers foreign exchange contracts and non-cash payment products, with no derivatives authorisation, so it does not cover CFDs, and AIMS's client agreement is with its Labuan company rather than this Australian one. The Australian company's AFCA membership (76981) applies only to its own clients.

The official AIMS website is www.aimsfx.com, which its terms name as the Main Website, and clients sign in and register through the client portal at cp2.aimsfx.com. AIMS also has a Chinese and English site, www.aimsbroker.com, with its own client portal, and its terms say sites in other languages are mainly for promotion. Its Indonesian group company, PT AIMS Indo Berjangka, runs a separate site at www.aims.co.id. The FAQ on aimsfx.com still tells clients to log in at cp.aimsfx.com, an older address that no longer opens the AIMS portal.

AIMS says a professional indemnity insurance policy covers any shortfall in segregated client assets, such as after the trading company's insolvency, and that it does not cover trading losses. Its fund insurance page puts the cover at up to 2,000,000 US dollars per client for all retail clients. The certificate linked from that page, a stockbroker indemnity policy for Auric International Markets Limited running from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, states the limit as USD 2 million for each and every loss and in the aggregate, a total for the policy rather than an amount per client, and says the insurance is not a financial guarantee.

AIMS offers CFDs on forex, global shares, stock indices, metals and commodities, as well as fractional shares, according to its product menu. Its Swap-Free Account page counts more than 70 forex pairs, and the Standard Account allows trades from 0.01 lots.

AIMS's client agreement is with Auric International Markets Limited, which its terms describe as incorporated and registered under Labuan law. On 22 October 2026, the Labuan FSA's Financial Institutions Directory listed that company as a money broker at a registered address in Labuan. The AIMS website gives its office as Main Office Tower, Financial Park Labuan. The group's Australian and Indonesian licences belong to two other companies, AURIC INTERNATIONAL MARKETS (AU) PTY LTD and PT AIMS Indo Berjangka. WIKILIX's record also lists a UK company, AURIC INTERNATIONAL MARKETS LTD (company number 15067173).

AIMS support is available 24 hours a day, five days a week, by email at cs@aimsfx.com and by live chat on its website. AIMS publishes no telephone number. Its listed office is at Unit Level 9F(2), Main Office Tower, Financial Park Labuan, Jalan Merdeka, Federal Territory of Labuan, 87000, Malaysia.

Yes. AIMS offers demo accounts on MetaTrader 4, funded with 10,000 US dollars of virtual money or an amount the client chooses. The demo does not expire, but it runs on separate servers and its prices are indicative rather than an exact mirror of live trading.

AIMS's own documents disagree. Its Negative Balance Policy (January 2026) limits a client's losses to the funds in each trading account, but AIMS may withhold that protection on any indication or suspicion, in its own discretion, of arbitrage or abusive trading, and may then use money in the client's other accounts to cover the negative balance. The FAQ on its website, by contrast, says clients remain fully responsible and liable for any negative balance.

Yes. AIMS converts a live account to swap-free on request for clients of the Islamic faith, after checking eligibility, with a 10-day swap-free window per position on forex, gold and silver, indices, oil and gas; its signup terms charge swap on a position held longer than 10 calendar days. The account page promises the same spreads as other accounts, but the Swap-Free Account Terms (January 2026) allow wider spreads, higher commissions, administrative charges and swap charges applied retroactively from the day a position opened. The signup terms also let AIMS withdraw swap-free status and reverse any profits made from swap-free trading at any time.

AIMS publishes no withdrawal processing time for any payment method; its signup terms say transfer requests are processed within the period stated on its website, and the website states none. Withdrawals are paid back to the source the funds came from where possible, and AIMS asks for the client's bank details to process them. Its Negative Balance Policy and FAQ also treat a withdrawal request that brings the account's margin level to 50% or lower as abusive trading. AIMS publishes no withdrawal fee, saying only that profits can be withdrawn with no hidden fees.

The AIMS Standard Account charges no commission and builds its costs into the spread, quoted at 1.5 to 1.6 pips on EUR/USD and 1.8 to 2.8 pips on gold; the About page advertises spreads from 0.8 pips without saying which account that applies to. Overnight swaps include a fee of AIMS's own, according to its risk disclosure, and its signup terms allow an administrative fee of 10 US dollars a year once an account has had no funding or trading for a year. AIMS's terms say its fees are set out in Contract Specifications on its website, which the site does not link.

AIMS offers a Standard Account, a Swap-Free Account and a MAM Account. The Standard Account needs 50 US dollars, charges no commission, quotes EUR/USD at 1.5 to 1.6 pips and offers leverage of up to 1:500 on its account page, while the FAQ gives 1:1 to 1:400 for live accounts. The Swap-Free Account is a live account converted on request for clients of the Islamic faith, and its terms allow wider spreads, higher commissions and extra charges. AIMS publishes no minimum deposit, leverage, pricing or terms for the MAM Account.

The minimum deposit for an AIMS live account is 50 US dollars, according to both its FAQ and its Standard Account page. There is no fee to open a live account. The Swap-Free Account is a converted live account with no separate minimum, and AIMS publishes no minimum deposit for its MAM Account.

AIMS services are not available to residents of the USA, Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Syria, North Korea or any sanctioned country, according to the FAQ on its website, which gives U.S. CFTC rules as the reason it cannot take U.S. clients. Malaysia is not on that list, but Malaysia's Securities Commission says AIMS FX is not licensed to deal with the Malaysian public.

AIMS's Standard Account page offers leverage of up to 1:500, while its FAQ gives a range of 1:1 to 1:400 for live accounts. New live accounts start at 1:100 by default, and clients can change their leverage in the client portal or by emailing cs@aimsfx.com.

AIMS names nine funding methods: bank transfer, Visa, Mastercard, Skrill, PayPal, Alipay, Wise, Bitcoin and Tether (USDT, with no network named). Its home page claims 15 funding methods and 20 currencies but does not name the others. AIMS charges no deposit fees and publishes no withdrawal fee, minimum, maximum or processing time for any method, and withdrawals are paid back to the source of the deposit where possible.

AIMS offers MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, with downloads for Windows, iOS and Android on its platform pages, and has no platform of its own. The site says both run on desktop, web and mobile but links no web terminal. Its FAQ still describes MT4 as the AIMS platform, and demo accounts are offered on MT4 only.

AIMS is regulated only offshore for the accounts it opens on aimsfx.com. Its client agreement is with Auric International Markets Limited, which the Labuan Financial Services Authority listed as a money broker on 22 October 2026, with no investor compensation scheme. Malaysia's Securities Commission says AIMS FX is not licensed to deal with the Malaysian public. AIMS's ASIC and BAPPEBTI licences, both confirmed on their registers on 22 October 2026, belong to its Australian and Indonesian companies and do not cover aimsfx.com accounts. Its client documents also let AIMS cancel trades and profits it treats as abusive and withhold negative balance protection on suspicion of abuse.

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Does AIMS offer a demo account?

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Does AIMS offer a swap-free Islamic account?

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