Axi

Axi Broker Overview

Axi is a forex and CFD broker brand that says it was founded in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. It is a brand of AxiCorp Financial Services Pty Ltd, an Australian company (ACN 127 606 348), and it serves different regions through different group companies: the international sites, including axi.com/int and the Asian sites, are run by AxiTrader LLC of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the EU site by Solaris EMEA Ltd of Cyprus, and the UAE site by the Dubai branch of AxiCorp Financial Services Pty Ltd. The group's licensed companies are regulated in Australia, the UK, Cyprus, New Zealand and Dubai, while AxiTrader LLC holds none of those licences. Clients trade on MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 or Axi's own app, through a commission-free Standard account or a Premium account that charges a commission for tighter spreads.

Axi Regulation and License

Three Axi group companies hold five licences between them, and WIKILIX confirmed each one on the regulator's own register on 28 October 2026:

• AxiCorp Financial Services Pty Ltd: Australian financial services licence 318232 from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), effective 21 December 2007 and shown as current.
• Axi Financial Services (UK) Limited: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) firm reference number 466201, authorised since 16 August 2007, with permissions that include dealing in investments as principal and as agent and arranging deals in investments, for retail as well as professional clients. The register gives its website as axi.com/uk.
• Solaris EMEA Limited, registered in Cyprus under HE376148: Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) licence 433/23 as a Cyprus Investment Firm, authorised since 10 July 2023. CySEC's list of approved domains names axi-solaris.com/eu and axi-solaris.com/pl for the company.
• AxiCorp Financial Services Pty Ltd: derivatives issuer licence 518226 from New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority (FMA), effective 1 June 2018 and shown as licensed. The FMA suspended this licence from 29 July 2019 to 2 December 2021 over disclosure and audit breaches.
• AxiCorp Financial Services Pty Ltd (DIFC branch): Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) reference F003742, effective 1 April 2018 and active for a single financial service, arranging deals in investments, limited to futures, with a retail endorsement. The register shows no dealing permission, and Axi states that the branch may not hold client assets or client money.

Is Axi Regulated?

Axi's group companies are regulated in Australia, the UK, Cyprus, New Zealand and Dubai, but AxiTrader LLC, the company behind axi.com/int and Axi's other international sites, holds none of those licences, and Axi names no financial licence for it. Axi's help centre says AxiTrader LLC is registered by the Financial Services Authority of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which is a company registration rather than a financial licence, and its membership of the Financial Commission, a private dispute-resolution body, is not regulation either. The licensed companies serve other regions: Australian and New Zealand visitors are pointed to axi.com/au, UK clients are served through axi.com/uk, and the EU and the UAE have sites of their own.

AxiTrader LLC

According to Axi, AxiTrader LLC is incorporated in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines under number 4303 LLC 2025, with its registered address at Euro House, Richmond Hill Road, Kingstown. It is the contracting party in the client agreement on Axi's international sites, among them the sites for Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea, China and Vietnam, and Axi describes it as a wholly owned subsidiary of AxiCorp Financial Services Pty Ltd. A different Saint Vincent and the Grenadines company, AxiTrader Ltd (25417 BC 2019), carries the CMG and One Financial Markets trading names and is not the contracting party on the international sites.

Is Axi Safe?

The protections an Axi client has depend on the company that holds the account rather than on the brand. AxiTrader LLC's own risk warning says losses on its over-the-counter derivatives can quickly exceed the initial investment, while Axi's UAE site says retail clients of AxiCorp Financial Services Pty Ltd have negative balance protection. For disputes with AxiTrader LLC, Axi points to the Financial Commission, whose compensation fund pays up to 20,000 EUR per client only when a member refuses to follow one of its rulings; that is a private arrangement, not a statutory scheme. Retail clients of Solaris EMEA Ltd come under Cyprus's Investor Compensation Fund, which covers eligible claims of up to 20,000 EUR per client and never trading losses, and clients who opt for professional status give up both that fund and negative balance protection. Eligible clients of Axi Financial Services (UK) Limited may claim from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, up to 85,000 GBP per person, per firm, if the firm fails. The EU site states that 69.2% of its retail client accounts lose money when trading CFDs, and the FCA register carries warnings about clone firms that have used Axi Financial Services (UK) Limited's details.

Axi Account Types

Axi's two main accounts are Standard and Premium; some of its pages and documents, including the EU Product Schedule, call the Premium account Pro. According to Axi's help centre, both carry a recommended minimum deposit of USD 100 and a minimum trade size of 0.01 lots, offer a choice of base currencies and run on MT4 and MT5. The EU site gives two figures for the Standard account: a recommended $5 on its account card and $100 in the comparison table on the same page. Axi also describes a USD Cent account, swap-free accounts, joint and corporate accounts, the Axi Elite programme and Axi Select, which the EU site lists as a funded trader option.

Axi Spreads, Commissions and Fees

The Standard account charges no commission and builds the cost into spreads from 0.68 pips on EURUSD, while the Premium account offers EURUSD from 0.0 pips and charges $4.50 per round trip. The EU Product Schedule sets that commission per standard contract at EUR 4.00, GBP 3.50, USD 4.50 or PLN 17.00, depending on the account currency. On the EU site, an account with no trading and no open positions for 12 months pays an inactivity fee of 10 EUR, GBP or USD, or 40 PLN, each month, and swap-free accounts pay no swaps on forex, spot bullion and cash CFDs but are charged a fixed overnight holding fee.

Axi Leverage

Axi's help centre lists leverage of up to 1000:1 on both accounts and says the maximum available to a client depends on their country of residence and account type. On the EU site, retail clients are limited to 30:1, and clients who qualify as professional can reach 400:1, although the header of the professional page shows 338:1.

Axi Trading Platforms

Both accounts run on MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, and Axi also offers its own Axi Trading Platform app for the web, iOS and Android, with TradingView charts built in. On the EU site, both MetaTrader versions are available for Windows, macOS and the web, MT4 comes with MT4 NexGen, Autochartist and Expert Advisor support, and Axi names a separate copy trading app.

Axi Deposits and Withdrawals

The EU site lists two payment methods, card and bank transfer, in EUR, USD and PLN. Card deposits start at USD 5 and are listed as instant, and bank transfer deposits start at EUR 10 and are listed at one to three days. Axi says it aims to process a withdrawal request within one to two business days, Monday to Friday. The deposits page lists card withdrawals as instant and bank withdrawals at one to three days, while the EU Product Schedule says card refunds usually take three to five business days and international bank transfers two to five; the first deposit may have to go back by the method used to make it. The deposits page also calls withdrawals free, but the Product Schedule allows a US$25 administration fee on a withdrawal of US$50 or less unless it is for the full balance.

Axi Support

Axi's help centre at help.axi.com says live chat is available 24/7 in several languages, that emails are usually answered within one to two business days and that clients can request a callback or open a ticket. The EU site also describes 24/7 multilingual support, adds WhatsApp and a phone line in Limassol (+357 250 30 932) and has its own help centre at cysecsupport.axi.com, while the Asian sites use help.axisupport.com.

Axi Pros and Cons

• Pro: group companies hold licences from ASIC, the FCA, CySEC, the FMA and the DFSA, each confirmed on the regulator's register.
• Pro: a commission-free Standard account and a Premium account with EURUSD spreads from 0.0 pips, on MT4, MT5 or Axi's own app.
• Pro: live chat around the clock in several languages.
• Con: clients of axi.com/int and the other international sites sign with AxiTrader LLC, which holds none of the group's licences, and can lose more than they deposit.
• Con: the DFSA licence covers arranging deals only, and the FMA suspended the New Zealand licence from 2019 to 2021.
• Con: Axi's own pages give different figures for some terms, including the Standard account's recommended deposit on the EU site, professional leverage, withdrawal times and the EU withdrawal fee.

Axi Review and Assessment

Axi pairs simple pricing on two main accounts with a group whose licensed companies in Australia, the UK, Cyprus, New Zealand and Dubai are confirmed on the regulators' registers. The point to settle before funding an account is which Axi company will hold it: clients served by those companies deal under their licences, while axi.com/int and the other international sites contract through AxiTrader LLC in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, outside them.