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Applied Derivatives: FSCA licence recorded for Applied Derivatives

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority No number on the register

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Holder
Applied Derivatives
Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Financial Service

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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 2
Jurisdiction
South Africa
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

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Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
The authority

About FSCA

Financial Sector Conduct Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is South Africa.

Full name
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Strength
Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established
1991
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
19 firms
Regulates
Forex, Bond, Stocks, Fund, Derivatives, CFD
Licences it issues
ODP Category IIA – Principal & Agency OTC Derivatives
Typical cost of a licence
USD 50,000-100,000 + ~USD 270k capital
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High

FSCA is classed as an offshore regime. An offshore registration can be entirely legitimate, but it typically means lower capital requirements, no compensation scheme, and a complaint route that is harder to use from abroad.

Protection

What this licence protects

FSCA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to ZAR 500,000
  • Complaints routeFSCA Dispute Resolution
  • Maximum leverage1:30
This describes the authority's regime, not how Applied Derivatives applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Applied Derivatives
Based in
South Africa
Wikilix score
27.1the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence
Provenance

Where this record came from

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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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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Yes, Applied Derivatives offers customer support primarily in English with live chat available during business hours. Clients can also contact support via phone at +27 21 4393965 or email at info@derivative.co.za. The broker's office is located in Cape Town, South Africa.
Applied Derivatives offers trading in various regulated financial instruments including Forex, Bonds, Stocks, Funds, Derivatives, and CFDs. These instruments are covered under their FSCA regulation in South Africa. No additional details on specific instruments or trading platforms are provided.
Applied Derivatives offers a maximum leverage of 1 according to the provided trading conditions. This means traders can only trade with their own capital without additional leverage. No further details on leverage options are specified in the context.
Applied Derivatives supports deposits and withdrawals via credit/debit cards (Visa and MasterCard), e-wallets (Skrill and Neteller), and bank transfers. Deposits are usually processed instantly for cards and e-wallets, while bank transfers take about one business day. Withdrawal processing typically takes one business day, subject to verification and compliance.
Applied Derivatives is regulated by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) in South Africa. The broker operates under a Financial Service license and offers client fund insurance up to ZAR 500,000.
Applied Derivatives holds this FSCA 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 FSCA 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 FSCA tier 2: a well-established regime with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than a tier-1 authority.
Yes, FSCA is classed as an offshore regime. That can be a legitimate registration, but it usually means lower capital requirements, no compensation scheme, and a complaint route that is harder to use from abroad.
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