Risk scorecard
Each area is scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst). Higher means more risk.
Regulation
8/10 · CriticalNo licence covers CJC Markets today. The FMA licence moved with the renamed NZ company in 2021, and the ASIC, FINTRAC, Saint Vincent and Anguilla numbers had ended, did not cover the business, or were company registrations. Credit given because the numbers were real, not invented.
Identity & transparency
7/10 · HighThe brand started as a real, disclosed NZ company. Later sites named a company that had been renamed in 2022 and spread the brand across Australian, Canadian, Saint Vincent and Anguilla entities.
Withdrawals & conduct
8/10 · CriticalWithdrawals reported pending from mid-September 2023 on two platforms, with dated requests and an $8,000 case, and no sign of payment before the sites closed.
Reputation
7/10 · HighEvery review found is negative. No regulator warning names the broker's own domains; the FMA warning concerns a copycat site.
Website claims
9/10 · CriticalClaimed to be 'Fully Regulated' and ASIC-authorised in 2024 after the authorisation had ended, presented a FINTRAC registration as a derivatives licence, and claimed a start in 2012.
Operational history
7/10 · HighVerified history runs from July 2017 to about 2024. The brand churned through entity names, and its domains are now parked, for sale or used by gambling sites.
Who they are
A quick desk file on the company behind the brand.
- Brand: CJC Markets, later marketed as CJC Markets Global.
- Legal entity: Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited, New Zealand company 6358657, incorporated 28 July 2017. It was renamed Trademax Global Markets (NZ) Limited in May 2021 and Zero Markets (NZ) Limited in September 2024. From 2021 the sites named CJC Markets Pty Ltd (ACN 637 798 602) instead, and that company became HT EDU Pty Ltd in September 2022.
- Registered: Level 2, 3 Margot Street, Epsom, Auckland, from September 2018 to June 2021.
- Website: cjcmarkets-global.com, now a sports-betting page. The brand also used cjcmarkets.com, cjcmarketsglobal.com, cjcmarkets-svg.com and cjcmarketsglobal.net, and none of them is a working broker site today.
- Only licence: none today. The FMA derivatives issuer licence (FSP569807) stayed with the renamed New Zealand company.
- Offers: MetaTrader 4 CFDs on forex, metals, indices, shares and crypto with leverage up to 1:500. The sites ran in English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese and Persian.
- Not accepted: the sites left it to clients to check whether they were permitted to trade.
- Age claim: 'Our journey since 2012', but the oldest company dates from July 2017.
Regulation
Who really oversees this broker, and what each licence is worth to you.
Proof of regulation on an official register: No
We could not confirm this broker on any genuine regulator’s register.
Financial Markets Authority (New Zealand)
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
ASIC authorised representative number
FINTRAC (Canada)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines business company registration
Anguilla company registration
Why we reached this verdict
How the evidence adds up.
CJC Markets is likely a scam. Four separate findings, drawn from different registers and archives, point the same way.
- Ended credentials stayed on the sites. ASIC data shows that CJC Markets Pty Ltd's last authorised-representative appointment ended on 1 August 2022. That was number 001294124, under BKS Markets Pty Ltd's AFSL 292464. FINTRAC's registry shows that registration M20571687 expired on 28 February 2023. Pages archived in January and April 2024 still cited the ASIC number under the heading 'Fully Regulated', and the April page also still cited the FINTRAC registration.
- The licences never fitted the business. AFSL 517661 is held by Harvey Madison Capital Pty Ltd, not by the CJC Markets Pty Ltd the sites named. It covers wholesale clients only and gives no authority for derivatives or forex. FINTRAC does not issue licences, yet the sites called its registration a 'Derivatives Issuer License'.
- The age claim does not hold. The About page described a journey since 2012 that began in New Zealand. The only Carrick Just companies on the New Zealand register were incorporated in July 2017 and September 2019.
- Withdrawals stopped, then the sites closed. Clients reported withdrawal requests left pending from mid-September 2023 to March 2024, on BrokersView and on a third-party broker directory. Within a year the brand's sites had been suspended, parked or sold, or were showing gambling content.
- What this verdict does not cover. The New Zealand company held a genuine FMA licence from August 2018 and was renamed in May 2021. It now trades as Zero Markets. Nothing we found ties Zero Markets (NZ) Limited to the 2023 withdrawal problems.
Evidence ledger
Every finding, with its source and how strongly it points.
E1cjcmarkets-global.com, the broker's main domain, now serves a Chinese-language sports-betting landing page that links to ky-sport21.vip. No broker content remains.
E2The domain's registry record shows cjcmarkets-global.com was registered on 25 February 2026 through GoDaddy. The domain lapsed and passed to a new owner after CJC Markets stopped using it.
ModerateVerisign RDAP recordE3The archived CJC Markets homepage from August 2020 names Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited in its disclaimer and cites FSPR number 569807. Its support address is at cjcmarkets-svg.com. This ties the domain to the New Zealand company and to the later CJC Markets Global sites, which also share its analytics identifiers.
E4New Zealand Companies Register: company 6358657 was incorporated on 28 July 2017 as Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited. Its registered office was Level 2, 3 Margot Street, Epsom, Auckland from September 2018 to June 2021.
E5Financial Service Providers Register: FSP569807 is a derivatives issuer licensed by the FMA on 27 August 2018 and a member of the Financial Dispute Resolution Service (FM4519). The brand began as a genuinely licensed New Zealand business.
E6The same company was renamed Trademax Global Markets (NZ) Limited in May 2021 and Zero Markets (NZ) Limited on 2 September 2024. It now trades as Zero Markets and Nise Invest, so the FMA licence left the CJC Markets brand in May 2021.
E7The August 2020 homepage presented 001282580 as an ASIC 'Australian Financial Services Licence'. ASIC data shows it was an authorised-representative number of CJC Markets Pty Ltd under another firm's licence, valid from 15 July to 2 November 2020. The same page called a FINTRAC registration a 'Derivatives Issuer License'.
E8ASIC authorised-representative data: CJC Markets Pty Ltd (ACN 637 798 602) held three appointments under BKS Markets Pty Ltd's AFSL 292464, numbered 001282580, 001285483 and 001294124. The last one ceased on 1 August 2022.
E9FINTRAC registry: M20571687 is a money services business registration for foreign exchange dealing and money transferring, held by CJC Markets Co., Limited of Markham, Ontario. It was first registered on 19 February 2020 and expired on 28 February 2023. FINTRAC states that it does not issue licences.
E10Archived CJC Markets Global pages from 20 January 2024 (cjcmarketsglobal.net) and 2 April 2024 (cjcmarkets-svg.com) still showed a 'Fully Regulated' block citing ASIC #517661 and #001294124 for CJC Markets PTY Ltd. The April page also still called the expired FINTRAC registration a 'Derivatives Issuer License'. The January page cited an Anguilla company number in place of the Saint Vincent one.
E11ASIC licensee data: AFSL 517661 has been held since 26 November 2019 by Harvey Madison Capital Pty Ltd (ABN 19 631 405 386). It covers general advice, the company's own managed investment scheme and custody, for wholesale clients only. It gives no authority for derivatives, forex or retail clients.
ModerateASIC AFS licensee datasetE12ABN Lookup: the AFSL 517661 holder was named CJC Markets Global Pty Ltd from 28 June to 5 October 2021 and CJC Markets Group Pty Ltd from 17 November 2021 to 16 March 2023, then took back the Harvey Madison Capital name. The licence therefore sat with a CJC-named sister company, not with the CJC Markets Pty Ltd the sites named.
ModerateABN Lookup, historical detailsE13ABN Lookup: CJC Markets Pty Ltd (ABN 68 637 798 602) was renamed HT EDU Pty Ltd on 7 September 2022. The CJC Markets Global sites still named CJC Markets PTY Ltd as the company behind them into 2024.
ModerateABN Lookup, historical detailsE14ASIC lists Harvey Madison Capital Pty Ltd (in liquidation) among the defendants in its ALAMMC Developments action, with BDO appointed liquidators on 14 October 2025. The action concerns the ALAMMC companies' financial services and use of investor funds, and ASIC's page does not mention CJC Markets.
E15The archived About page of cjcmarketsglobal.com (1 February 2023) claimed 'Our Journey Since 2012', starting in New Zealand, with 22 offices in 16 countries. The New Zealand register lists only two Carrick Just companies, incorporated in July 2017 and September 2019.
E16A BrokersView complaint dated 24 October 2023 from a client in Singapore reports an $8,000 balance that could not be withdrawn. It matches about twenty reports on a third-party broker directory, mostly from Vietnam, of withdrawals left pending from mid-September 2023 to March 2024.
E17After the withdrawal complaints began, every CJC Markets site closed. From August 2024 cjcmarkets-svg.com redirected to a suspended hosting account. cjcmarketsglobal.net no longer resolves, cjcmarkets.com is listed for sale and cjcmarketsglobal.com now hosts a gambling site.
E18The Trustpilot page for cjcmarketsglobal.com has two reviews, both one star, from mid-2023. One describes account losses from managed trading and recommended robots, the other poor support. Neither describes a refused withdrawal.
WeakTrustpilotE19Forex Peace Army's CJCMarkets.com page, archived in April 2021, lists Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited, FSPR 569807 and the Epsom address. Its two reviews are negative: one about unanswered emails, one about the conduct of staff at a Lagos office. Neither describes a refused withdrawal.
E20On 12 March 2021 the FMA warned that cjcmarketsglobal.biz falsely claimed FMA authorisation and was not associated with Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited trading as CJC Markets. Searches of regulator sites found no warning naming cjcmarkets-global.com, cjcmarketsglobal.com or cjcmarkets-svg.com.
E21Nigerian press reports that the Federal High Court in Lagos ordered CJC Markets Limited wound up in May 2025 for running an unregistered collective investment scheme, after it took 30 million naira on a promised 30% return. The reports name no website or licence, so the link to this operation is unconfirmed.
The other side
The strongest case in this broker’s favour.
There is a fair case that CJC Markets began as a real business that later failed, rather than as a scheme built to take deposits.
- Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited was a genuine New Zealand company. The FMA licensed it as a derivatives issuer from 27 August 2018, it had a registered office in Epsom, Auckland, and it was a member of the Financial Dispute Resolution Service.
- AFSL 517661 belonged to a company that itself carried the names CJC Markets Global Pty Ltd and CJC Markets Group Pty Ltd between 2021 and 2023. The sites misdescribed a group licence; they did not copy an unrelated firm's number.
- The FINTRAC registration was real and was held by a CJC-named company. It was mislabelled, then allowed to expire.
- The 2023 freeze could reflect insolvency rather than a plan. The company that held AFSL 517661 is now in court-ordered liquidation in an ASIC action about the ALAMMC group's financial services and use of investor funds. ASIC's page does not mention CJC Markets.
- The FMA's 2021 warning concerned a copycat site, cjcmarketsglobal.biz, which the FMA said was not associated with Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited. No regulator warning names cjcmarkets-global.com.
- None of this explains why ended credentials stayed on the sites into 2024, or why withdrawal requests went unanswered before the sites closed.
What would change this
What we would need to see to revise the verdict.
We would lower this rating if any of the following came to light.
- Proof that withdrawals requested from September 2023 were paid, such as bank records or a published refund process.
- An administrator, liquidator or court process for the company that held CJC Markets Global client money, with a claims procedure for clients.
- A register entry showing a licence that covered the CJC Markets Global entity and its retail CFD business between 2022 and 2024.
- A regulator or court statement clearing the operation.
We would move it to a confirmed scam if a regulator warning or enforcement action named cjcmarkets-global.com, cjcmarketsglobal.com or cjcmarkets-svg.com. Documented demands for extra fees before withdrawals would have the same effect.
Check it yourself
Official registers and warning lists. Verify every claim first-hand.
NZ Companies Register: company 6358657
Shows the Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited name history and the current name, Zero Markets (NZ) Limited.
FINTRAC Money Services Business Registry
Filter the table for M20571687 to see the expired registration of CJC Markets Co., Limited.
ASIC licensee data: AFSL 517661
ASIC dataset: the licence is held by Harvey Madison Capital Pty Ltd and covers wholesale clients only.
ASIC authorised representative data: CJC Markets Pty Ltd
Three representative appointments under AFSL 292464, all ceased by 1 August 2022.
ABN Lookup history: ABN 19 631 405 386
Shows the CJC Markets Global and CJC Markets Group names held by the AFSL 517661 holder.
ABN Lookup history: ABN 68 637 798 602
CJC Markets Pty Ltd, renamed HT EDU Pty Ltd on 7 September 2022.
ASIC enforcement: ALAMMC Developments
ASIC action whose defendants include Harvey Madison Capital Pty Ltd, now in liquidation.
FMA warning: cjcmarketsglobal.biz (archived copy)
FMA warning about a copycat site that is not associated with Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this broker’s safety.
Is CJC Markets a scam?
Very likely, yes. Its sites kept advertising credentials that had ended, clients reported withdrawals frozen from September 2023, and every CJC Markets website has since closed or been taken over. The New Zealand company behind the brand at the start was genuinely licensed, but that licence left the brand in May 2021.
Is CJC Markets a fraud?
No regulator or court has found that the CJC Markets Global operation committed fraud, so we do not call it one. The records show the conduct instead: ended and mislabelled credentials on display, withdrawals left pending for months, and websites shut down. We assess the risk of fraud as high.
Is CJC Markets regulated?
No licence covers CJC Markets today. Its New Zealand company held an FMA derivatives issuer licence (FSP569807) from August 2018, but the company was renamed in May 2021 and now trades as Zero Markets. The Australian, Canadian, Saint Vincent and Anguilla numbers on the later sites had ended, did not cover the business, or were company registrations.
Is CJC Markets the same company as Zero Markets?
Only the legal entity is shared. Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited was renamed Trademax Global Markets (NZ) Limited in May 2021 and Zero Markets (NZ) Limited in September 2024, and it now trades as Zero Markets and Nise Invest. The CJC Markets Global websites carried on separately, and nothing we found links Zero Markets to the 2023 withdrawal problems.
Can I withdraw my money from CJC Markets?
Clients reported that they could not from mid-September 2023, with requests left pending for months. One BrokersView complaint dated 24 October 2023 describes an $8,000 balance that could not be withdrawn. The sites have since closed, so contact your bank, your card issuer and the authorities rather than the broker.
Why does cjcmarkets-global.com show a betting website?
The domain is no longer CJC Markets' site. It was last archived as a broker site in June 2023, was a parked page by July 2024 and showed a Chinese sports-betting site by November 2024. A new owner registered it on 25 February 2026. Do not log in or pay anything through it.
Was CJC Markets licensed by ASIC?
Not as a licensee. CJC Markets Pty Ltd was only an authorised representative of BKS Markets Pty Ltd under AFSL 292464, in three short appointments that ended on 1 August 2022. AFSL 517661, which the sites also cited, is a wholesale-only licence with no derivatives authority. It is held by Harvey Madison Capital Pty Ltd, now in liquidation.
What is FINTRAC registration M20571687?
It was a Canadian money services business registration for CJC Markets Co., Limited of Markham, Ontario, and it expired on 28 February 2023. FINTRAC says it does not issue licences, so it was never the 'Derivatives Issuer License' the sites described. It gave trading clients no protection.
What are the Saint Vincent and Anguilla numbers worth?
Nothing as regulation. The sites themselves described 25455/BC/2019 and A000000970 as business company numbers, and a company registration does not license anyone to hold client money for trading. Neither gives clients a regulator, a complaints scheme or compensation.
Is cjcmarketsglobal.biz part of CJC Markets?
No. On 12 March 2021 the FMA warned that cjcmarketsglobal.biz falsely claimed FMA authorisation and was not associated with Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited. Treat it as a separate copycat site.
Did a Nigerian court shut down CJC Markets?
Nigerian press reports say the Federal High Court in Lagos ordered a company called CJC Markets Limited wound up in May 2025 for running an unregistered collective investment scheme. The reports name no website or licence, and nothing that links that company to Carrick Just, so we could not confirm it is the same operation. A 2020 review does describe a CJC office in Lagos.
How old is CJC Markets?
The oldest company behind it was incorporated in New Zealand on 28 July 2017, and its first domain was registered in November 2018. Its About page claimed a journey since 2012, which the registers do not support. The brand stopped operating around 2024.
What should I do if I lost money with CJC Markets?
Gather your records and contact your bank or card issuer first, then report to your national regulator and the police. If your documents name Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited, you can complain through New Zealand's Financial Dispute Resolution Service. Never pay a recovery company upfront.
What we recommend
The practical takeaway from everything above.
Do not open an account with, or send money to, any site using the CJC Markets name.
- Do not deposit. The brand's own domain now shows a sports-betting page, and no licence covers any CJC Markets business today.
- If money is stuck, collect your statements, withdrawal requests, emails and payment receipts. Then ask your bank or card issuer about a chargeback or recall.
- Check which company you contracted with. If your documents name Carrick Just Capital Markets Limited, that company still exists as Zero Markets (NZ) Limited and is a member of New Zealand's Financial Dispute Resolution Service (FM4519). If they name an Australian company, check ASIC's published notices for a liquidator.
- Report it to the financial regulator and the police in your country.
- Ignore recovery offers. Anyone asking for an upfront fee to get your CJC Markets money back is very likely running a second scam.
This is an independent assessment of risk, not a legal ruling. Scores and verdicts follow the Wikilix broker-safety methodology and can change as new evidence appears. Review scores are treated with caution when a broker’s reviews look manipulated. Last reviewed November 7, 2026. If any detail here is out of date or incorrect, or you represent this broker, please contact us.
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