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babaforex

No Regulation
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Since 2020
Last Updated:
32/100
Overall Score

Trading Conditions

Min Deposit:
N/A
Max Leverage:
500
Account Types
ECN AccountStandardCentECN

User Reviews

Total Reviews
This Month
Avg Rating

Funding Methods

No funding methods available

Performance Metrics

Excellent Performance
Performance chart: 1: Regulation 9%, 2: License 0%, 3: Software 51%, 4: Spread 0%, 5: Account Type 36%, 6: Symbol 0%
Regulation
9%Poor
License
0%Poor
Software
51%Fair
Spread
0%Poor
Account Type
36%Poor
Symbol
0%Poor

Company Information

Full Name:BABA INVESTMENT (SVG) LLC
Founded:2020
Headquarters:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Enterprise Offices:1offices

Customer Support

Phone:
Live Chat:
Not Available
Response Time:
Languages:
English
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Is babaforex a scam?

Wikilix independent safety report

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0%Scam risk
High risk (unverified)Confidence: MEDIUM
3.0/5Safety rating 3 out of 5

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)

Regulation6/10 · HighIdentity & transparency5/10 · ModerateWithdrawals & conduct3/10 · LowReputation5/10 · ModerateWebsite claims4/10 · ModerateOperational history2/10 · Low
Editorial review
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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 archive
Captured

Website snapshots

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

7 pages
Homepage
Terms and Conditions
Risk Acknowledgement & Disclosure
Conflict of Interest Policy
Complaint Handling Policy
Privacy Policy
AML & CFT Policy
Captured by Wikilix from the broker's live site. Open any shot to read it full size.
Regulation check
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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.

1 of 1 checked
1Licences on record
1Confirmed on register
0Tier 1 or 2
1Offshore

How far our check got

  • 1 confirmed on a register
  • FSATier 3OffshoreSeychellesNo. SD225Confirmed 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
Where we have checked a licence, it was checked against the issuing regulator's own register. Register wording is quoted as found.See all tier-1 regulated brokers
Trading accounts
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Account Types

3 account types on record.

3 account types
AccountMin DepositLeverageCommission
StandardStandardNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
CentCentNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
ECNECNNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Account names and conditions as published by babaforex, recorded by Wikilix.
Trading software

Trading Platforms

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

2 platforms
  • MetaTrader 4by MetaQuotes Software Corp. · 2005WindowsMacWebAndroidiOS
    Details
  • Meta Trader 5Recommendedby MetaQuotes Software Corp · 2010WindowsMacLinuxWebAndroidiOSAPI
    Details
Platforms and download links as published by the broker, recorded by Wikilix.
Websites

Global Domains

3 domains on record. All active and served over HTTPS.

3 domains
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadineswww.babaforex.comMain siteSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesActiveHTTPS
  • babafx.comBackupActiveHTTPS
  • swww.babaforex.comActiveHTTPS
Domains recorded by Wikilix. Only a domain listed here is known to belong to this broker.
Legal entities

Corporate Network

One legal entity behind the babaforex brand.

1 entity
  • BABA INVESTMENT (SVG) LLCActiveSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesRegistration 419Established Jun 9, 2020Operating 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.
Entities named in the broker's own documents and company registers, recorded by Wikilix.
Company registry check
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Company Registration

babaforex names BABA INVESTMENT (SVG) LLC as the operating company. We could not confirm that registration on the registry.

Not confirmed on registry
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
From our latest investigation

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