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Contracting entity: Auric International Markets Limited

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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.

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Contract risk

Money at risk
7.5/10

Where this contract sitsHow far this contract goes, overall. Under 2 is nothing beyond the ordinary; 6 to 9 means several clauses put money you have already earned at risk; 9 and above reads as designed to make payout refusable.

0510
CriticalClauses that can cost you money you have already earned or deposited, or that remove your ability to challenge it.
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FlaggedEvery clause worth knowing about, at all three severities. Ordinary terms that every broker has are not counted.
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DocumentsHow many of the broker's own legal files this reading is based on. Each one was downloaded and hashed on the date shown.
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ContradictionsPlaces where a promise the broker makes in public is not kept by the clause that governs it.
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How the 17 break downThe same flagged clauses, split by how much each one can cost you. Severity is our reading of the clause, not the broker's label.

Critical4
Warning10
Notice3

section 56 of 64is where the deepest clause sits, 88% of the way into the document it is in

The numbers in this contractFigures taken from this broker's own clauses, so the labels differ from broker to broker. The four in the panel above are the same on every report.

2 of these 4 figures come from a clause we rate critical, which means it can take your money or your profit rather than only delay it.

Critical4 working daysTime to complain. Jump to the clause this comes from.Four business days to object, then statements are finalCritical10 daysFee you were not shown. Jump to the clause this comes from.AIMS can reverse swap-free profits and backdate swaps$2000000In the contract. Jump to the clause this comes from.The $2 million cover is a total, not per client50%Withdrawal limit. Jump to the clause this comes from.Asking for a withdrawal can count as abusive trading

What the documents say

17 clauses worth knowing about, worst first, each quoted from AIMS's own files

01

At its sole discretion, AIMS can cancel or reverse your trades, profits and even your account balance if it deems the trading abnormal or abusive. The Negative Balance Policy lets AIMS treat conduct as abusive whether intentional or not, including a failure to take reasonable action to cut your risk.

Why this matters

AIMS's forex page welcomes hedging and news trading, and this list can treat forms of each as abuse. Under the signup contract, AIMS can even reverse every past transaction if it has grounds to believe your trading affects its platform in any manner.

Exhibit 1CriticalHarder than usual

The Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to investigate, cancel, void, reverse, adjust, or refuse any trades, profits, credits, rebates, or account balances arising from trading activity deemed abnormal, abusive, manipulative, fraudulent, exploitative, or conducted in bad faith.
Clause 2 in Negative Balance Policy
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Where it sits: section 17 of 31 in the Negative Balance Policy, 55% of the way through.

  • Worse together with Exhibit 3AIMS can undo trades after the fact, while the signup contract counts your objection to a transaction as valid only within four business days of it.
02

AIMS's Negative Balance Policy promises that your losses stop at the money in your account, but its FAQ says you must repay any negative balance. The policy also lets AIMS drop that protection on any suspicion of abuse, in its reasonable discretion, and take money from your other accounts.

In plain words

Negative balance protection is a limit that stops you owing more than you put in. Without it, one fast market move can leave you owing the broker money on top of your deposit.

Why this matters

A fast market can leave you owing AIMS money beyond your balance, and where the protection does not apply AIMS can demand immediate repayment. The signup contract treats all your accounts as a single unit and moves funds between them to cover negative balances, with no abuse test.

Exhibit 2CriticalHarder than usual

Notwithstanding the above, any indication or suspicion, in the Company’s reasonable discretion, of any form of arbitrage performed in your trading account either solely or in connection with other clients of our company (but not limited to risk-free profiting), abuse (including but not limited to a participant’s trading activity patterns that indicate that the participant aims to benefit financially without being genuinely interested in the markets and/or taking market risk), internal hedging in coordination with other parties and abuse of our “no negative balance”, constitutes a violation of these Terms and Conditions.
Clause 3 in Negative Balance Policy
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Buried at section 23 of 31 in the Negative Balance Policy, 74% of the way through.

Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus), ASIC (Australia)

Firms licensed by the FCA, CySEC or ASIC must limit a retail client's losses on CFDs to the money in that client's account. AIMS's policy lets it set that limit aside on suspicion of abuse, and its FAQ tells you that you must repay any negative balance.

AIMS is not licensed by these regulators, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.

03

The contract you accept at signup gives you four business days from the date of a trade to object to it in writing. A statement from AIMS becomes final and binding unless you object within four business days of receiving it.

Why this matters

The clock starts on the day of the trade, not the day you notice a problem. Miss it and your objection to that trade is not valid under this contract, although AIMS's website terms contain no such deadline.

Exhibit 3CriticalHarder than usual4 working days

Any objection of the Client with regards to his executed transactions will be valid only if the Company receives the objection in writing within four (4) business days from the date of the said transactions.
Clause 8.3 in Trading Terms and Conditions, p.12
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What it costsA trade made on a Monday must be challenged in writing by that Friday, and a Friday trade by the following Thursday, if no public holiday falls in between.

What happens, and when

The stages this clause runs through, taken from the broker's own document
TriggerWhat the broker may then doClause
Trade day plus 4 business daysYour written objection to that trade must have reached AIMS, or it is not valid.8.3
Month end plus 5 business daysAIMS's monthly statement is due, and none is sent for a month without trades.8.2
Statement received plus 4 business daysThe statement becomes final and binding unless you have objected in writing.8.2
  • Only applies after Exhibit 12The four-day window sits only in the signup contract, so it bites if AIMS holds you to that version rather than the website one.
04

A swap-free account skips overnight interest charges, yet AIMS can backdate them to each position's first day if it decides you misused the account. The signup contract also lets AIMS reverse your swap-free profits at any time and limits the status to 10 calendar days per position.

Why this matters

AIMS can take money you thought you had made back out of your equity without warning, pushing the account toward forced closure. AIMS's swap-free page promises identical spreads and no administrative swap substitute, while the terms allow wider spreads and a 'storage amount' equal to the swap.

Exhibit 6CriticalHarder than usual10 days

However, we reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to apply administrative charges or retroactive Swap Charges if we determine that the Swap-Free Account is being misused or abused. Such charges may be applied retrospectively to all relevant positions from the date they were opened, without prior notice.
Clause 2 in Swap-Free Account Terms & Conditions
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Where it sits: section 14 of 28 in the Swap-Free Account Terms & Conditions, 50% of the way through.

05

AIMS's fund insurance page promises to cover your money up to $2,000,000 per client. The certificate it links sets USD 2 million for each loss and in the aggregate, meaning the most the policy pays in total.

Why this matters

If AIMS failed with money missing from many accounts, those clients would share one $2 million limit at most. AIMS's own terms say segregation may not afford complete protection, and the certificate says the cover is not a financial guarantee.

Exhibit 4Warning$2000000

USD 2 Million each and every loss. Claim and in the aggregate.
Quoted in Confirmation of Insurance Cover, Stockbroker Indemnity Insurance, p.1
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Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK)

Firms licensed by the FCA must keep retail client money in segregated client bank accounts, and eligible clients can claim from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme if the firm fails. AIMS's documents name no compensation scheme, and the insurance its website advertises has a single total limit.

AIMS is not licensed by this regulator, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.

06

AIMS's website says it never takes the other side of your trade, passing every order straight through to outside banks, a model called STP. The signup contract lets AIMS switch you to STP/ECN execution when your trading exposes it to more risk than it can cope with.

Why this matters

Moving you onto STP only makes sense if you started elsewhere, where your loss can be AIMS's gain. The contract says you have read AIMS's Conflicts of Interest document, and we could not find it anywhere on AIMS's website.

Exhibit 5Warning

The Company reserves the right at its own discretion, without the Client’s consent, due to risk management policies to transfer the Clients execution type to STP/ECN execution when the Client’s trading strategy, exposes the Company to greater risk than the Company can cope with.
Clause 6.28 in Trading Terms and Conditions, p.11
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Set against a regulated standard: CySEC (Cyprus)

Firms licensed by CySEC must keep a written conflicts of interest policy and give clients a description of it. AIMS's signup contract says you have read its Conflicts of Interest document, which we could not find published.

AIMS is not licensed by this regulator, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.

  • Worse together with Exhibit 1The signup contract describes trading that exposes AIMS to risk, and the Negative Balance Policy lets AIMS void profits from trading it calls abnormal.

AIMS earns more than the spread it advertises

AIMS's Risk Disclosure says its overnight swap includes the company's own fee. Both versions of its terms point to Contract Specifications for every cost, and we could not find them on its website. AIMS can charge swap-free accounts wider spreads, extra fees and swaps backdated to the day a position opened.

Cost disclosure1 clause flagged

AIMS's Risk Disclosure says the swap, the charge for holding your trade overnight, includes the company's own fee. Both versions of its terms put swaps, commissions and fees in Contract Specifications on its website, and we could not find them there.

Why this matters

You cannot check what an overnight position will cost before you open it, and AIMS can change its swap rates and fees without your consent. The signup contract also lets AIMS keep the interest earned on your deposits.

Exhibit 8WarningHarder than usual

The swap rate is mainly dependent on the level of interest rates as well as the Company’s fee for having an open position overnight. The Company has the discretion to change the level of the swap rate on each Financial Instrument at any given time and the Client acknowledges that he will be informed by the Company’s main website.
Clause 12 in Risk Disclosure
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Buried at section 32 of 49 in the Risk Disclosure, 65% of the way through.

Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus)

Firms licensed by the FCA or CySEC must tell a retail client the costs and charges of a trade, including overnight financing, before the client trades. AIMS's terms place those costs in Contract Specifications we could not find on its website, and let it change its fees without your consent.

AIMS is not licensed by these regulators, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.

A withdrawal request can be treated as abuse

AIMS's Negative Balance Policy lets it treat a withdrawal request that drops the margin level to 50% or lower as abusive trading. Neither AIMS contract says how fast AIMS must pay a withdrawal. The signup contract lets AIMS reverse a withdrawal if it is not satisfied with a client's documents.

Exit conditions1 clause flagged

AIMS can treat a withdrawal request that drops your margin level (equity against margin in use) to 50% or lower as abusive trading. The Negative Balance Policy allows this even if you did not intend it, and no AIMS document says how fast AIMS must pay you.

Why this matters

Asking for your own money can become the trigger for AIMS's power to void profits and balances. If AIMS is not satisfied with your documents, the signup contract lets it send the withdrawal back into your account, minus bank charges.

Exhibit 7WarningRarely seen50%

The Company may consider the following, whether intentional or unintentional, to constitute abusive or prohibited trading activity, including but not limited to: (i) hedging exposure through multiple trading accounts, whether in the client’s own name or in connection with another client; (ii) submitting a cash withdrawal request which causes the margin level to fall to 50% or lower;
Clause 2(ii) in Negative Balance Policy
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Where it sits: section 16 of 31 in the Negative Balance Policy, 52% of the way through.

What it costsIf $1,000 of your money is held as margin, a withdrawal that leaves your equity at $500 puts your margin level at 50%.

Our readingWithdrawal rules usually cap how much you can take out while trades are open. This policy instead lists the request itself as abusive trading, even without intent, which ties a withdrawal to the same section's power to void profits and balances.

  • Only applies after Exhibit 1A withdrawal request only costs you money once AIMS treats it as abuse, which is what opens its power to void profits and balances.

AIMS can undo trades and reach past your balance

AIMS's Negative Balance Policy lets it void trades, profits and account balances at its sole discretion. Its signup contract adds a right to reverse every past transaction on an account. The same policy can drop negative balance protection on suspicion of abuse, although a narrower clause requires AIMS to find intent before recovering losses.

Profit reversal1 clause flagged

After a technical failure or a faulty price feed, AIMS can change the opening or closing price of your filled trade. The signup contract adds that it can cancel the executed order altogether.

Why this matters

AIMS can reprice or wipe out a profit you saw on screen, after the fact. Neither text sets a time limit or requires AIMS to tell you.

Exhibit 10WarningStandard wording

In the case of communication or technical failure, or an incorrect quote feed, the Company reserves the right not to execute an order or to change the opening/closing price of a particular order.
Clause 4 in Order Execution Policy
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Where it sits: section 19 of 33 in the Order Execution Policy, 58% of the way through.

AIMS can change the contract, your leverage and your stop orders

AIMS asks new clients to accept Trading Terms from 2017, while its website shows a January 2026 version it can amend by posting. The 2017 text also lets AIMS cut leverage without consent and remove stop orders during news and price gaps. MAM accounts, where a manager trades a client's money, have no published terms.

Moving rules3 clauses flagged

In volatile markets, news announcements and price gaps, the signup contract says stop orders 'during activation will be removed'. It warns that a stop loss, the order meant to cap a losing trade, will not necessarily limit your loss.

Why this matters

The protection you set may be gone exactly when a fast market hits your position, and AIMS's FAQ says you owe any shortfall below zero. AIMS can also cut your leverage, the borrowing that sizes your trades, at any time without your consent.

Exhibit 11WarningHarder than usual

However, during periods of volatile market conditions, during news announcements, on opening gaps (trading session starts), or on possible gaps where the underlying instrument has been suspended or restricted on a particular market, Buy/Sell Stop orders or Stop Loss orders above/below Buy Stop/Sell Stop orders during activation will be removed.
Clause 6.16 in Trading Terms and Conditions, p.9
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  • Worse together with Exhibit 2A stop order removed in a fast market lets a loss run below zero, and the FAQ then says you owe AIMS the shortfall.

The signup form asks you to accept Trading Terms dated 10 October 2017. The website shows a January 2026 version that says it replaces earlier agreements.

In plain words

Supersedes means beats: where two documents disagree, that one wins.

Why this matters

The two texts disagree on the deadline to object, the inactivity fee and the named court, yet the signup form still links the older one. AIMS can also change the website version by posting a new one, and your continued use counts as acceptance.

Exhibit 12WarningHarder than usual

The Company may amend this Agreement by posting an updated version on the Main Website. Continued use of the services constitutes acceptance of the changes.
Clause 16 in Trading Terms & Conditions
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Buried at section 53 of 64 in the Trading Terms & Conditions, 83% of the way through.

AIMS's homepage invites traders to open MAM accounts, where a money manager trades on your behalf, but its website carries no terms for them. Its contracts make you responsible for every order an authorised person places on your account.

Why this matters

If a manager loses your money, nothing published says what the manager may charge, what AIMS checks, or who answers for the losses. The signup contract also rules out AIMS's liability when third-party tools such as PAMM fail.

Exhibit 16Notice

The Client is responsible for keeping Access Codes confidential and for all orders placed through the Client’s account, including by any Authorised Person.
Clause 6 in Trading Terms & Conditions
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Where it sits: section 24 of 64 in the Trading Terms & Conditions, 38% of the way through.

Four business days to object, and no one to complain to

AIMS's signup contract gives a client four business days from a trade to object to it in writing. A statement becomes final and binding unless the client objects within four business days of receiving it. Neither AIMS contract sets out a complaints procedure or names an independent scheme, and AIMS accepts liability only for gross negligence, wilful default or fraud.

Complaint window1 clause flagged

Neither AIMS contract sets out a complaints procedure or names an independent body that can rule on a dispute. AIMS accepts liability for your losses only where it acted with gross negligence, wilful default or fraud.

Why this matters

If an ordinary AIMS error costs you money, the contract says AIMS does not have to pay, and there is no ombudsman to turn to. In a dispute, AIMS's own records count as the evidence unless you prove them wrong.

Exhibit 14WarningHarder than usual

The Company is not liable for any loss or damage arising from the Client’s use of, or reliance on, its services, except where such liability cannot be excluded by law or results from the Company’s gross negligence, wilful default or fraud.
Clause 16 in Trading Terms & Conditions
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Buried at section 52 of 64 in the Trading Terms & Conditions, 81% of the way through.

Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK), ASIC (Australia)

Firms licensed by the FCA must handle complaints under set rules and tell retail clients they can take an unresolved complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service. ASIC licensees must run internal dispute resolution and belong to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. Neither AIMS contract names a complaints procedure or an external scheme.

AIMS is not licensed by these regulators, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.

Neither AIMS contract clearly says which court hears a dispute

AIMS's January 2026 website terms name neither a governing law nor a court, saying only that the laws applicable to the company apply. Its 2017 signup contract names the District Court of the LFSA, but the LFSA is Labuan's financial regulator, not a court. Only the English text counts, though AIMS markets in eight other languages.

Forum and language1 clause flagged

If you have a dispute with AIMS, its January 2026 website terms send it to 'the relevant place of jurisdiction' without naming one. The signup contract names the District Court of the LFSA, and the LFSA is Labuan's financial regulator, not a court.

Why this matters

Neither text tells you clearly where you could take AIMS to court. Only the English text counts, although AIMS markets in eight other languages.

Exhibit 13WarningRarely seen

This Agreement is governed by the laws applicable to the Company and disputes are subject to the relevant place of jurisdiction.
Clause 17 in Trading Terms & Conditions
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Buried at section 56 of 64 in the Trading Terms & Conditions, 88% of the way through.

Our readingA governing law clause normally names one country's law and one court. The newer AIMS text names neither, and the older text points to a regulator as though it were a court.

An idle AIMS account pays $10 a year until AIMS closes it

AIMS's signup contract allows a fixed administrative fee of $10 a year once an account has gone a year without funding or trading. When the balance cannot cover the fee, AIMS takes a lower amount and closes the account. No AIMS web page mentions the fee.

In plain words

Dormancy means an account left unused.

Dormancy1 clause flagged

The signup contract lets AIMS charge a fixed $10 administrative fee each year once a year passes with no funding or trading. When your balance cannot cover it, AIMS takes a smaller amount and closes the account.

Why this matters

The fee appears only in the PDF linked from the signup form, not on any AIMS web page or in the website terms. AIMS can slowly empty and then close an account you forget about.

Exhibit 9WarningStandard wording$10

The Client acknowledges and accepts that in the case of no activity, including funding or trading, within one year, the Company reserves the right to charge an annual fixed administrative fee of 10 USD, subject to the Client having sufficient funds available. In the case the funds are not available the Company will charge a lower amount and close the Client’s account.
Clause 13.8 in Trading Terms and Conditions, p.15
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What it costsAn idle $100 balance is used up by ten annual $10 fees, after which AIMS closes the account.

What happens, and when

The stages this clause runs through, taken from the broker's own document
TriggerWhat the broker may then doClause
One year without funding or tradingAIMS may start charging a fixed $10 administrative fee each year.13.8
Balance too small for the $10 feeAIMS charges a lower amount and closes your account.13.8

AIMS shares client data with the introducers it pays

AIMS's Privacy Policy lets it disclose client data to Introducing Brokers and group companies, while its FAQ says it never shares private data without permission. Accepting AIMS's terms counts as consent to processing, and the signup contract adds consent to cold calls.

Personal data1 clause flagged

AIMS's Privacy Policy lets it pass your personal data to Introducing Brokers, the people it pays for bringing you in, and to other group companies. The signup contract also has you agree to marketing by cold calls, in person and by email.

Why this matters

AIMS's FAQ says it never shares your private data without your permission, but accepting its terms counts as that permission. Its own terms say the introducer who receives your data is not AIMS's agent.

Exhibit 15NoticeStandard wording

Data may also be disclosed to Introducing Brokers and other group companies (“Processors”), service providers acting on the Company’s behalf, financial institutions, external advisers, persons acting on your behalf, and any third party necessary to process a transaction you have requested.
Clause 4 in Privacy Policy
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Where it sits: section 18 of 31 in the Privacy Policy, 58% of the way through.

Every AIMS contract is with its Labuan company

AIMS's contracts name a single counterparty, Auric International Markets Limited, under the Labuan Financial Services Authority. AIMS's homepage headlines an Indonesian BAPPEBTI licence that, by AIMS's own account, belongs to PT AIMS Indo Berjangka, a different company. Our scam report covers whether each licence is real and current.

In plain words

On a principal basis, as your counterparty, means the broker takes the other side of your trade itself. Your loss is then the firm’s gain, so it has an interest in how your trade ends.

Who you contract with1 clause flagged

Every AIMS document you would sign names Auric International Markets Limited, which the signup contract places under Labuan's financial regulator, the LFSA. The Indonesian BAPPEBTI licence on AIMS's homepage belongs, by AIMS's own account, to a different company, PT AIMS Indo Berjangka.

Why this matters

AIMS's own pages say protection depends on the company serving you, and these contracts name only the Labuan company. The website terms do not even say where that company is incorporated.

Exhibit 17Notice

Depending on the service and instrument, the Company is subject to the Regulations, data protection law and other applicable codes issued by the LFSA.
Clause 3 in Trading Terms & Conditions
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Where it sits: section 17 of 64 in the Trading Terms & Conditions, 27% of the way through.

Where the marketing and the contract disagree

A promise made in public, set against the clause that governs it

01

AIMS's forex page welcomes hedging and news trading, while its Negative Balance Policy lists hedging across accounts and heavy exposure through major announcements as abuse.

Said in public, in English

Scalping, hedging, news trading and expert advisors are all welcome — trade your way.

Forex Currencies product page, feature headed All Trading Strategies Enabled

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In the contract · clause 2

The Company may consider the following, whether intentional or unintentional, to constitute abusive or prohibited trading activity, including but not limited to: (i) hedging exposure through multiple trading accounts, whether in the client’s own name or in connection with another client; (ii) submitting a cash withdrawal request which causes the margin level to fall to 50% or lower; (iii) using arbitrage strategies to intentionally exploit gaps, delays, pricing inefficiencies, execution latency, or system vulnerabilities resulting in exceptionally large exposure to the Company; (iv) coordinated trading activity intended to manipulate exposure or transfer risk between accounts; (v) intentionally maintaining excessive exposure during periods of extreme volatility, illiquid market conditions, rollover periods, market gaps, or major economic announcements; and/or (vi) failure to take reasonable and responsible action to manage open positions and reduce risk exposure.

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AIMS's FAQ says you must repay any negative balance in full, while its Negative Balance Policy says your losses stop at the funds in your account.

Said in public, in English

Yes. If your trading account incurs a negative balance, you remain fully liable to reimburse and settle the outstanding amount owed to the Company.

Help Center FAQ, answer to Am I liable if my account goes into a negative balance?

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In the contract · clause 3

However, the Company follows a Negative Balance Protection policy, on a per account basis, which aims to ensure that your maximum losses from trading CFDs, including all related costs, are limited to the total funds in your trading account (i.e., no additional liability incurs).

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The swap-free page promises no administrative swap substitute, while the signup contract allows a storage amount equal to the swap rates.

Said in public, in English

There are no hidden interest charges on eligible instruments during the 10-day swap-free window. AIMS keeps pricing transparent, with no administrative swap substitute on covered markets.

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In the contract · clause 6.20

Note that a storage amount may apply instead for swap free account equivalent to the swap rates.

04

The swap-free page promises the same spreads as every other account, while the Swap-Free Terms let AIMS widen spreads and raise commissions on swap-free accounts.

Said in public, in English

Enjoy the identical tight spreads, 0.048s average execution and no-dealing-desk routing as every other AIMS account.

Swap-Free Account page, feature headed Same Pricing, Same Execution

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In the contract · clause 4

The minimum spread for instruments may be widened and commissions increased for a Swap-Free Account, and Swap-Free Accounts are subject to regular checks and monitoring.

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05

The fund insurance page promises up to $2,000,000 per client, while the certificate sets USD 2 million for each loss and in the aggregate.

Said in public, in English

The insurance policy covers any shortfall in segregated customer assets up to US $2,000,000 per client.

Fund Safety page, section headed What is Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII)?

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In the contract

USD 2 Million each and every loss. Claim and in the aggregate.

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06

The homepage calls client money 100% secure, while the terms say segregation may not afford complete protection.

Said in public, in English

100% secure. Your money is safe.

Homepage, heading of the Trust and Compliance section

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In the contract · clause 9

Client money is held in accounts segregated from the Company’s own money in accordance with current regulations, though this may not afford complete protection.

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07

AIMS's business model page says it never takes the other side of a trade, while the signup contract lets it move a client onto STP/ECN execution when that client's trading exposes AIMS to too much risk.

Said in public, in English

Orders are aggregated and routed in milliseconds. AIMS never takes the other side of your trade.

Executive Business Model page, diagram step headed AIMS ECN bridge

In the contract · clause 6.28

The Company reserves the right at its own discretion, without the Client’s consent, due to risk management policies to transfer the Clients execution type to STP/ECN execution when the Client’s trading strategy, exposes the Company to greater risk than the Company can cope with.

08

AIMS says it earns only the spread, while its Risk Disclosure says the swap includes the company's own fee for holding a position overnight.

Said in public, in English

Because AIMS earns only the spread on each matched transaction, our interests are fully aligned with yours.

Executive Business Model page, section on the ECN model

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In the contract · clause 12

The swap rate is mainly dependent on the level of interest rates as well as the Company’s fee for having an open position overnight.

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09

The Standard account page promises no hidden costs, while the signup contract charges $10 a year to an account left idle for a year.

Said in public, in English

There are no commissions and no hidden costs — every trading expense is built into one transparent, all-in spread, so your pricing is always easy to understand.

Standard Account page, opening description

In the contract · clause 13.8

The Client acknowledges and accepts that in the case of no activity, including funding or trading, within one year, the Company reserves the right to charge an annual fixed administrative fee of 10 USD, subject to the Client having sufficient funds available.

10

The Standard account page promises no intervention or re-quotes, while the Order Execution Policy lets AIMS change the price of a filled order after a technical failure.

Said in public, in English

Ultra-low-latency routing with no dealing desk. Your orders reach the market directly, with no intervention or re-quotes.

Standard Account page, feature headed True ECN Execution

In the contract · clause 4

In the case of communication or technical failure, or an incorrect quote feed, the Company reserves the right not to execute an order or to change the opening/closing price of a particular order.

11

AIMS's FAQ says it never shares private data without permission, while its Privacy Policy lets it pass data to introducers and group companies.

Said in public, in English

AIMS will never share your private data without your permission.

Help Center FAQ, answer to Is my personal information secure?

In the contract · clause 4

Data may also be disclosed to Introducing Brokers and other group companies (“Processors”), service providers acting on the Company’s behalf, financial institutions, external advisers, persons acting on your behalf, and any third party necessary to process a transaction you have requested.

12

The homepage banner advertises an Indonesian licence, while the contract names only the Labuan regulator for the company you sign with.

Said in public, in English

Fully licensed and regulated — your capital protected by global standards.

Homepage banner headed Secures Indonesia BAPPEBTI License

In the contract · clause 3

Depending on the service and instrument, the Company is subject to the Regulations, data protection law and other applicable codes issued by the LFSA.

What changed quietly

No changes are listed, because this is the first review of AIMS's documents.

  • REWRITTENClause 17 · 10 October 2017 to January 2026

    The website version drops the named law and court, so it no longer says where a dispute would be heard.

    This Agreement is governed by the laws applicable to the Company and disputes are subject to the relevant place of jurisdiction.

  • REWRITTENClause 16 · 10 October 2017 to January 2026

    The website version adds that continued use counts as acceptance and drops the promise that changes never reach back to earlier transactions.

    The Company may amend this Agreement by posting an updated version on the Main Website. Continued use of the services constitutes acceptance of the changes.

  • REWRITTENClause 8 · 10 October 2017 to January 2026

    The website version adds a promise that AIMS always acts as a non-principal STP broker, a promise the signup text does not make.

    The Company executes orders in accordance with its Order Execution Policy, always acting as a broker operating a non-principal Straight-Through Processing (STP) execution model.

The documents this reading is based on

9 files, all published by AIMS. Each shows when we read it and a fingerprint of its wording.

WIKILIX keeps the copy of each file it read, and does not republish it: what is published is the fingerprint of its wording. Download the file yourself and hash its text, lowercased with runs of whitespace collapsed, and a matching fingerprint means the wording quoted above is still the wording AIMS publishes.

How this reading was done

Every clause above was read out of a document AIMS publishes itself

This reading was published on .

Documents
9 of 9downloaded from the broker's site, and 9 read in full
Pages opened
72pages walked to find those documents, footer links included
Older copies
1earlier versions downloaded
Marketing pages
5public pages set against what the contract says
Position measured
12clauses whose position was counted: which numbered section of the document holds them, out of how many

Who the contract is with

Auric International Markets Limited

Every AIMS document names Auric International Markets Limited, and the Swap-Free Terms write it as Auric International Markets Ltd. The signup contract says the company is incorporated under the laws of the Labuan Financial Services Authority. It defines its Regulations as money broking under that authority. The January 2026 website terms say only that it is incorporated and registered, without saying where. AIMS's own Indonesia page says its BAPPEBTI licence belongs to PT AIMS Indo Berjangka. Its Is AIMS Safe page links AFSL 526125 to AURIC INTERNATIONAL MARKETS (AU) PTY LTD and says protection depends on the company serving the client. Neither of those companies appears in any document a client accepts on aimsfx.com.

Quotations are copied verbatim from the documents named above, with the clause number and the page each one came from. Where a clause is quoted in another language, the original is shown first and the English is a translation.

The plain-language parts, what a clause means for a client, how ordinary it is, and how it reads against a regulated standard, are WIKILIX's analysis and are labelled as such on every card. This is a reading of public documents, not legal advice and not an allegation of wrongdoing.

In fairness, and what we could not check

A reader who knows the edges of the work can trust the middle of it

AIMS publishes seven dated legal pages in plain HTML. Its Order Execution Policy says outright that the company does not act as principal, market maker or counterparty. Its Negative Balance Policy offers protection for each account on paper, which gives clients a written promise to hold AIMS to. The fund insurance page links the actual certificate, so anyone can check the limit and the exclusions for themselves. The signup contract caps the inactivity fee at $10 a year. It also obliges AIMS to tell you, on request, what it pays the introducer who referred you. The FAQ sets the stop-out at a 100% margin level, so positions close while the account still holds its margin, which makes a negative balance less likely. The Risk Disclosure runs to fourteen sections and explains leverage, price gaps and the limits of stop losses in plain terms.

No earlier copies of AIMS's seven website documents are available, so it is not possible to say whether they changed quietly. All seven are dated January 2026. The Trading Terms PDF linked from AIMS's signup form is identical to the copy the Internet Archive saved on 29 March 2023, so that contract has not changed since at least then. That PDF says clients have read four further documents: Conflicts of Interest, Client Categorization, Leverage Levels and Contract Specifications. None of them appears to be published on AIMS's public website. The client portal is not covered, so it is unknown whether fees or documents appear there. AIMS keeps its insurance certificate on Google Drive with downloads switched off, so it is quoted from the viewer AIMS links to. The certificate does not name the insurer. AIMS's legal documents exist only in English. The review also covers key marketing pages in Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian and Malay, and the insurance page in Spanish and Thai. They were faithful translations, so every contradiction quotes the English pages. The signup form links the same English PDF in every language. Whether AIMS's licences are valid is a question for our scam report.

How to check any of this yourself

Every quote above links to the AIMS file it came from. This is what to do with it.

Open the three stepsFind the words in the source, work out the fingerprint, and read what a difference does and does not prove.

Open the source and search for the words

Every quote has a link under it. Open the file, or the web page, and search it for the words we quote. The clause number next to the quote tells you where to look.

If the words are not there any more, the source may have changed after we read it. That is worth knowing too. We keep the date we read it, and a code worked out from its wording, so the quote stays checkable.

What a fingerprint is

A fingerprint is a code worked out from what a source says. Change one word and the code changes completely. We keep two codes for every file we read, and the panel on each source shows both.

The first is the code of the exact file we downloaded. The second is the code of its wording alone, with capital letters lowered and runs of spaces collapsed. When the same words are saved as a new file, the first code changes and the second one stays the same.

Only the first code can be worked out on your own computer. Save the file, then run one of these, putting the name of the file you saved where the example is. The panel on each source prints the command with that source's real file name already in it.

macOS or Linux:
  shasum -a 256 the-file-you-saved.pdf

Windows:
  certutil -hashfile the-file-you-saved.pdf SHA256

The two codes are different from each other, and they are not meant to match. Comparing one against the other proves nothing.

What a difference means, and what it does not

A different file code on its own proves nothing. A PDF saved again with a new date inside it is a new file saying exactly the same thing.

A different wording code means the words themselves changed. That is the one that matters, and it is why we keep it.

Even then, a change is not proof of bad faith. Companies update their documents. What this report says is what the document said on the day we read it, and every quote carries that date.

A source that is a web page and not a file has no file to save, so only the code of its wording is shown.

How this report is made

Every clause quoted above comes from a document AIMS publishes on its own website, downloaded and hashed on the date shown, with the clause number and page recorded so any reader can check it. We do not allege anything the documents do not say, and we do not judge AIMS on anything other than its own published terms and its own public marketing. Where a clause has a qualifier that softens it, the report says so. Last read Oct 22, 2026.

If you represent AIMS and a clause has changed, been withdrawn, or is being read out of context, tell us and we will re-read the documents and update this page. Corrections from the broker are welcome and are published with the reading they change. Contact us.

This is a reading of a contract, not legal advice and not a ruling on AIMS. Whether its licence is real and current is a separate check on the broker profile.

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