Is babaforex a scam?
Wikilix independent safety report
Babaforex is not a scam on the evidence we could gather, but it is a high risk offshore operation, and our own record of it was wrong. We rate it 45 out of 100 for scam risk. The Seychelles Financial…
Risk scorecard · each area scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst)
Broker Summary
What Wikilix has recorded about babaforex: its history, the licences it holds, its trading conditions and its fees.
babaforex is an online forex and CFD brand operated by BABA INVESTMENT (SVG) LLC, a limited liability company incorporated in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 9 June 2020 under registration number 419. The company is confirmed as active on the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Financial Services Authority entity register, with Delany and Associates Corporate Services Ltd as its registered agent. That is a company registration only: it establishes that the operator exists, and it is not a financial services licence.
Regulation. No forex or CFD licence could be established for this operator in any jurisdiction. The broker's own website names no regulator, publishes no licence number and carries no supervisory disclosure beyond the incorporation line in its risk warning. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines does not license or supervise forex trading, so the SVG company number provides no client-money protection, no segregation requirement, no compensation scheme and no complaints escalation route to an authority.
Offering. The site advertises more than 600 instruments, itemised as 80 forex pairs, 27 cryptocurrencies, 474 shares, 17 indices, 8 metals and 29 futures. Four account tiers are promoted: Standard, Cent, ECN and Baba. Trading is offered on MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and an in-house platform called BABA Trader. Headline commercial claims are zero commissions, zero spreads on US stocks and on selected major pairs, tight spreads, instant deposits and withdrawals, and 24/7 support. Leverage is advertised at 1:30 for retail clients and up to 1:500 for clients classified as professional.
Funding and support. The website publishes no deposit or withdrawal page, no payment methods, no fee schedule, no minimum deposit, no spread table and no per-account specification. There is no contact page, no telephone number, no live chat and no office address; the only published address of any kind is a compliance email on a different domain from the trading site. The legal documents are supplied as scanned PDF files dated January 2023 that carry no extractable terms.
Who it suits. On the published evidence, no one seeking protected access to leveraged markets. The combination of an unlicensed offshore operator, a single-page marketing site with no commercial detail, aggressive zero-cost claims and no disclosed funding or withdrawal process leaves a client with no verifiable recourse if a deposit cannot be recovered. Traders who want the same instruments with enforceable protection should look to a broker supervised by an onshore authority that requires client-money segregation.
Caveats. The zero-commission and zero-spread claims are unaccompanied by any pricing document, so they cannot be checked. The claim of instant deposits and withdrawals is made with no funding channel disclosed. The site's own risk warning cites a 79.58% retail loss rate, a figure normally published under European rules that do not apply to this entity.
Website snapshots
7 full-page captures of babaforex's own site, archived so what they said can still be read after the pages change.
Regulatory Licenses
Every licence babaforex has in force is from an offshore regulator. Most carry no compensation scheme — each row below says what the issuing regulator actually requires.
How far our check got
- 1 confirmed on a register
FSATier 3OffshoreConfirmed on registerChecked
What the register says
- Licence number
- SD225
- Register status
- Active, listed on the current Securities Dealer register with babaforex.com recorded as the licensed website
What our check found
A Securities Dealer licence, the standard offshore permission allowing a firm to deal in securities as principal or agent. It is genuine regulation with capital and compliance requirements, but it is low tier and carries no investor compensation scheme. Client protection: Low. No compensation fund and no ombudsman, so recovering money in a dispute is difficult from abroad..
Register screenshot, captured Aug 14, 2026 Client protection under this licence
- No compensation scheme
- Complaints routeFSA Enquiries
- Maximum leverage1:1000
These are the rules FSA sets for the firms it licenses. They are not a statement about how babaforex applies them, or about which of its companies would hold your account.
About The Seychelles Financial Services Authority
Offshore regulatorGovernment bodyNo compensation schemePublic registerTransparency: low- Licences this authority issues
- Securities Dealer – Principal & Agency
- Typical cost of this licence
- USD 10000-20000
Account Types
3 account types on record.
| Account | Min Deposit | Leverage | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|
| StandardStandard | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| CentCent | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| ECNECN | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Trading Platforms
2 trading platforms on record: MetaTrader 4 and Meta Trader 5.
- MetaTrader 4WindowsMacWebAndroidiOSDetails
- Meta Trader 5RecommendedWindowsMacLinuxWebAndroidiOSAPIDetails
Global Domains
3 domains on record. All active and served over HTTPS.
Corporate Network
One legal entity behind the babaforex brand.
- BABA INVESTMENT (SVG) LLCActiveOperating entity named in the site's risk warning; confirmed active on the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Financial Services Authority entity register, incorporated 9 June 2020 through registered agent Delany and Associates Corporate Services Ltd. A company registration is not a financial licence.
Company Registration
babaforex names BABA INVESTMENT (SVG) LLC as the operating company. We could not confirm that registration on the registry.
- Legal entity
- BABA INVESTMENT (SVG) LLC
- Registration number
- 419 LLC 2020
- Jurisdiction
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Registry
- Financial Services Authority, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Commercial Registry
- Registered address
- First Floor, SVG Teachers Credit Union Uptown Building, Corner of James Street and Middle Street, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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