Risk scorecard
Each area is scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst). Higher means more risk.
Regulation
5/10 · ModerateGenuine licences confirmed on the registers, but international clients sit with an offshore Belize licensee; the FSCA licence covers advice and intermediary services, the UAE licence is introducing-only and the FCA licence belongs to a UK sister.
Identity & transparency
4/10 · ModerateEntities, numbers and addresses are disclosed and match the registers, but a struck-off Cyprus company is still listed, the UAE address and licence number differ from the register, and operator names have churned.
Withdrawals & conduct
6/10 · HighRecent, specific fund-integrity complaints on two platforms (profits deducted, accounts frozen after abuse allegations, up to $40,307); the broker replies but rarely resolves; no advance-fee demands.
Reputation
5/10 · ModerateTrustpilot 2.4 from 54 reviews with 59% one-star and bursts of generic five-star posts; two open BrokersView complaints; no regulator warning names the broker.
Website claims
6/10 · HighOverstates protection ('Regulated. Secured. Trusted.') and age (18 years), lists an introducing-only licence among its credentials and a struck-off company among its entities.
Operational history
6/10 · HighBrand and main domains continuous since August 2017 and the licensed South African company since 2015, offset by churn in the international operating company (Anjouan company 2024 to 2026) and an overstated 18-year claim.
Who they are
A quick desk file on the company behind the brand.
- Brand: CPT Markets, also trading as CPTFX; the group calls itself CPT Markets Group.
- Legal entity: CPT Markets Limited, Belize company no. 155553 (LEI 254900ZMOTMXG08WWL90), created 8 July 2015. South African clients deal with CPT Markets (PTY) Ltd, registration 2014/214730/07.
- Registered: New Horizon Building, Ground Floor, 3½ Miles Philip S.W. Goldson Highway, Belize City, Belize. The South African office at 6 Kikuyu Road, Sunninghill, Johannesburg is a Regus business centre, as the site itself notes.
- Website: cptmarkets.com, registered on 28 August 2017, with mirror sites cptfx.com and belize.cptinternational.com.
- Only licence: for clients outside South Africa, Belize FSC licence 6616058, an offshore licence with no compensation scheme. The FSCA authorisation covers the South African company only, the UAE licence allows introduction and promotion only, and the FCA licence 606110 belongs to UK sister CPT Markets UK Limited.
- Owner: Zhijian Wang, recorded by Companies House as the 75%-plus owner of CPT Markets UK Limited and by the UAE CMA as director of CPT Mena Financial Services L.L.C.
- Offers: leveraged CFDs and spot forex on currencies, metals, indices, energies, shares and crypto through MT4, MT5 and its own app, plus copy trading, MAM accounts and deposit bonus promotions.
- Not accepted: residents of the United States, North Korea and Singapore. The site still runs 16 language versions, including Simplified Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Malay and Indonesian, and lists a mainland China toll-free number.
- Age claim: 18th anniversary branding and over 18 years of global service. The CPT Markets brand and domains date from August 2017; the 18 years count from the 2008 incorporation of the UK sister under an earlier name and earlier owners.
Regulation
Who really oversees this broker, and what each licence is worth to you.
Proof of regulation on an official register: Yes
We confirmed this broker on a genuine regulator’s register.
Licences the broker publishes
Financial Services Commission (FSC), Belize
Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), South Africa
Capital Market Authority (CMA), United Arab Emirates (formerly the Securities and Commodities Authority)
Found by our investigation (2) — the broker does not list these on its own site
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), United Kingdom
Found by us — not listed by the broker
Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority (AOFA), Comoros
Found by us — not listed by the broker
Why we reached this verdict
How the evidence adds up.
We rate CPT Markets high risk, not a scam. Its licences are real and confirmed on the regulators' own registers, but the strongest ones belong to other group companies, and recent complaints about frozen profits form a consistent pattern.
- Where your money sits. Outside South Africa, cptmarkets.com accounts fall under the Belize terms, with CPT Markets Limited, licence 6616058 on the Belize FSC register. Belize supervision is offshore and offers no compensation scheme. [E1, E27, E31]
- The stronger licences do not cover these clients. The FSCA authorises CPT Markets (PTY) Ltd for advice and intermediary services only. The UAE CMA lists CPT Mena with an introduction and promotion licence and states that it may not broker derivatives or spot forex. The FCA licence 606110 belongs to CPT Markets UK Limited, which trades through cptmarkets.co.uk. [E2, E3, E4]
- A consistent complaint pattern. Between July and October 2026, clients on Trustpilot and BrokersView describe the same mechanism: profits deducted or accounts frozen after the broker alleged scalping, bonus arbitrage, news trading or hedging across accounts. The claims give account numbers and amounts from $144.54 to $40,307, and the largest complainant says the case went to the Belize FSC in August 2026. [E12, E13, E14]
- Disclosures that lag reality. The site still lists CPT Operation Limited in Cyprus, which the Cyprus registry shows struck off on 9 October 2026. In 2025 the site was run by CPT Global Limited under an Anjouan licence that ended on 21 February 2026 and was not renewed. [E19, E20, E21]
- Overstated claims. The homepage promises funds managed under strict regulatory oversight and over 18 years of service, while the licences behind most accounts are offshore or limited and the brand itself started in 2017. [E16, E11, E7]
- What weighs the other way. No regulator warning names cptmarkets.com or its companies, the FCA's clone warnings for this group concern four other websites, the same owner has controlled the UK firm since 2018 and directs the UAE company, and the broker answers most public complaints. [E4, E5, E6, E28]
- How the figure is built. 49% is the weighted average of six scores: regulation 5 and identity 4 at double weight, withdrawal complaints 6 at double weight because the pattern is specific, recent and on two platforms, reputation 5, website claims 6 and history 3. No minimum-risk adjustment applies: the operation is about nine years old and has a large review footprint.
Evidence ledger
Every finding, with its source and how strongly it points.
E1The Belize FSC public register lists CPT MARKETS LIMITED under licence 6616058, status Active, with four securities licence categories, contact email cs@cptmarkets.com, chief executive Allex Deeraj Heredia and securities representative Randy Leon Usher. The domain on record is belize.cptinternational.com, a mirror of cptmarkets.com.
Hard proofBelize FSC public register (LicenSys)E2The FSCA FAIS register lists FSP 45954, CPT MARKETS (PTY) LTD, registration 2014/214730/07, authorised on 9 June 2015, status Authorized, at 6 Kikuyu Road, Sunninghill, the address on the broker's site. Its approved products are Category I advice and intermediary services for derivatives, shares, crypto assets and deposits; key individual Sydney Farai Maidza.
Hard proofFSCA FAIS registerE3The UAE Capital Market Authority lists CPT MENA FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C under reference CP-0001163, status Active, established 3 September 2024, email sca@cptmarkets.com, director Zhijian Wang. Its only licences are Introduction and Promotion, and the regulator's notice on the entry says the company holds only a Category 5 licence and is not licensed for derivatives or spot FX brokerage.
E4The FCA register shows CPT MARKETS UK LIMITED, FRN 606110, authorised since 31 July 2014, website cptmarkets.co.uk, previously registered as Citypoint Trading Limited, with trading names CPT Markets (2017 to 2018) and CPT Markets UK. Its clone warnings name cpttrades.com, cpttltd.com, pamcptmarket.com and cptmarketsig.com, not cptmarkets.com.
E5Companies House records Zhijian Wang (Dominican, resident in the UAE) as owning 75% or more of CPT Markets UK Limited since 30 December 2021, after Allen Market Limited held that stake from 10 May 2018. The same name appears as director of CPT Mena on the UAE register, tying the FCA firm to the cptmarkets.com group.
E6Companies House records Zhijian Wang as the 75%-plus owner of Allen Market Limited since 12 September 2017, so the same owner has controlled the UK firm since May 2018 through Allen Market and directly since December 2021.
E7Verisign RDAP shows cptmarkets.com registered on 28 August 2017 at 08:46:30 UTC through GoDaddy, so the brand's main domain is about nine years old.
ModerateVerisign RDAPE8Nominet RDAP shows cptmarkets.co.uk, the FCA firm's domain, registered on 28 August 2017 at 08:46:31 UTC, one second after cptmarkets.com, which points to a single registration of both domains.
ModerateNominet RDAPE9GLEIF records CPT Markets Limited as Belize company 155553 at the Belize Companies and Corporate Affairs Registry, a company limited by shares created on 8 July 2015, status Active, at New Horizon Building, Belize City, the address the site gives. This proves the company exists; it is not a licence.
ModerateGLEIF LEI registerE10GLEIF records CPT Markets (PTY) Ltd, registration 2014/214730/07 at South Africa's CIPC, created on 14 January 2015, status Active, at 6 Kikuyu Road, Sunninghill.
E11Companies House shows CPT Markets UK Limited, company 06707165, incorporated on 25 September 2008 as Azurite Markets Limited, renamed Citypoint Trading Limited in 2011 and CPT Markets UK Limited in 2019, status Active. This is where the site's 18-year history comes from.
ModerateCompanies HouseE12A BrokersView complaint dated 14 August 2026 against CPT Markets Limited reports account 1460472 frozen with a $30,000 deposit and about $10,307 in profit, first over high-frequency and concentrated gold trading, then over alleged hedging with another account. The complainant says the case was escalated to the Belize FSC on 5 August 2026 and remains unresolved.
StrongBrokersView complaintE13BrokersView lists two complaints against CPT Markets: the $40,307 frozen-funds case (replied) and a 16 July 2026 complaint over $5,340 in withheld profits after allegations of scalping and leverage abuse (processing).
ModerateBrokersView broker pageE14Trustpilot's cptmarkets.com page shows 54 reviews, TrustScore 2.4, 59% one-star and 31% five-star, with replies to 83% of negative reviews. In October 2026 one client reports $2,043.13 in profit and rebates removed for alleged bonus arbitrage, and two reviews with identical wording report deductions of $222.54 and $144.54 and a rejected $90 withdrawal; the broker replied citing trading patterns around a CPI release. A June 2025 reviewer quotes a termination notice deducting profits for alleged scalping while returning deposits, and an April 2025 client of CPT Global Limited reports $3,213 in profit removed and the account closed. Short five-star reviews from one-review accounts cluster between February and March 2026.
StrongTrustpilotE15Older Trustpilot reviews mention withdrawals held for KYC for a week (June 2025), account managers pushing for larger deposits (March 2025), a withdrawal received within six hours (June 2024) and a reviewer who removed complaints after receiving $727. One March 2025 complaint concerned a website the broker says is not its own, and another recommended a rival firm, so we did not count either. A burst of short five-star reviews appears in June 2024.
ModerateTrustpilot (page 2)E16The cptmarkets.com homepage says 'Regulated. Secured. Trusted.' and that client funds are managed under strict regulatory oversight, backed by over 18 years of global service in more than 180 countries, beside the introducing-only UAE licence, and shows expo awards such as Best Broker for Regulation and Compliance 2026.
Moderatecptmarkets.com homepageE17The broker's licence page lists FSCA 45954, UAE CMA 20200000245 and Belize FSC 6616058, links to no register, and no longer mentions the FCA or the Anjouan licence. The footer still names CPT Operation Limited (Cyprus HE 459315) and CPTFintech Limited (HE 496878).
E18A search of the UAE CMA list for 20200000245, the licence number printed on the site, returns no company; the CMA finds CPT Mena under reference CP-0001163. The CMA gives its address as Vision Tower, Business Bay, while the site gives Madina Mall, Muhaisanah Fourth.
E19The Cyprus Registrar of Companies shows CPT OPERATIONS LTD, HE 459315, registered on 25 April 2024 and struck off on 9 October 2026, with two annual returns pending. The broker's site still lists it as a group company.
ModerateCyprus Registrar of CompaniesE20The AOFA register shows CPT Global Limited, company 15643, licence L15643/CPTG, incorporated 21 February 2024, licence end date 21 February 2026, status not renewed and not active.
E21An archived copy of cptmarkets.com from 15 August 2025 says the site was operated by CPT Global Limited under an AOFA licence, that the group was authorised and regulated by the FCA, FSCA, IFSC, AOFA and SCA, and that it had 17+ years in the industry.
E22The earliest archived copy of cptmarkets.com, from 25 December 2019, is a coming-soon placeholder, so the international site went live around 2020.
E23belize.cptinternational.com, the domain the Belize FSC holds for CPT Markets Limited, copies the cptmarkets.com template and support address, but its footer still says the site is operated by CPT Global Limited, the company whose Anjouan licence has lapsed.
E24The contact page lists a mainland China 400 toll-free number, and the homepage language menu offers 16 versions including Simplified Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Malay and Indonesian, while none of the group's licences covers those countries.
Moderatecptmarkets.com contact pageE25The Google Play listing for the CPT Markets app (50K+ downloads, updated 16 October 2026) says CPT Markets has operated since 2008 and runs licensed entities in the United Kingdom, South Africa, the UAE and Belize.
WeakGoogle PlayE26A FinTelegram post of 6 August 2020 called cptmarkets.com a clone of the FCA firm but cited no regulator; the registry and domain records in E5 to E8 link the two operations.
WeakFinTelegramE27FX News Group reported on 7 March 2025 that CPT Markets, formerly Citypoint Trading and controlled by Zhijian Wang, won a UAE Category Five licence for introduction and promotion, and named CPT Markets Limited in Belize as the company behind cptmarkets.com.
ModerateFX News GroupE28The Securities Commission Malaysia investor alert list has no entry for cptmarkets.com, cptfx.com, cptinternational.com or CPT Markets; its two CPT entries name a WhatsApp group and hubibt.com.
ModerateSC Malaysia Investor Alert ListE29An IOSCO I-SCAN keyword search for cptmarkets returned no warnings.
WeakIOSCO I-SCANE30The Cyprus registry shows CPTFINTECH LTD, HE 496878, registered on 11 August 2026 and active, a new company the site now lists alongside the struck-off one.
E31The broker's legal documents page offers two sets of terms, one for Belize and one for South Africa, consistent with CPT Markets Limited contracting with clients outside South Africa.
The other side
The strongest case in this broker’s favour.
The best case for CPT Markets is that it is a real, multi-licensed group that enforces strict trading rules, not a firm that takes deposits and vanishes.
- Every licence on today's site is genuine and active: FSCA since 9 June 2015, Belize FSC licence 6616058 and a UAE CMA Category 5 licence. [E1, E2, E3]
- The group's UK company has held FCA authorisation since 31 July 2014, and the FCA register protects it with warnings against four look-alike websites. [E4]
- Reversing profits from latency arbitrage, bonus abuse or hedging across accounts is standard in the terms of many brokers that run bonuses. In the cases we read, the broker named a specific trading pattern, and one client quotes a June 2025 notice saying deposits would be returned. [E14]
- CPT replies to most public complaints, several reviewers report fast withdrawals, and one reviewer withdrew their complaints after receiving $727. [E14, E15]
- The site has dropped the lapsed Anjouan licence and no longer leans on the FCA name, which is the right direction. [E17, E21]
What would change this
What we would need to see to revise the verdict.
These developments would move our rating.
- Lower risk: the $40,307 and $5,340 disputes settled with funds paid, and the broker publishing clear, specific rules on banned trading strategies that apply before profits are made.
- Lower risk: the site naming which company holds client money, removing struck-off companies, and showing a UAE licence number that matches the register.
- Lower risk: international clients moved to a better-regulated company, such as the FCA-authorised UK firm.
- Higher risk: a regulator warning or enforcement action naming cptmarkets.com, CPT Markets Limited or CPT Global Limited, or a Belize FSC finding on the escalated complaint.
- Higher risk: withdrawal refusals spreading to ordinary accounts without bonuses or high-frequency trading, or any demand for a fee or tax before funds are released.
- Higher risk: the Belize licence lapsing or being suspended, or the FSCA authorisation being withdrawn.
Check it yourself
Official registers and warning lists. Verify every claim first-hand.
Belize FSC register: CPT Markets Limited (licence 6616058)
Offshore licence of the company behind international accounts; the broker publishes no register links, so this one is ours.
FSCA FAIS register: FSP 45954
South African authorisation of CPT Markets (PTY) Ltd; open Details for products and key individuals.
UAE CMA register: CPT Mena Financial Services L.L.C.
Shows the Category 5 introduction and promotion licence and the regulator's scope notice.
FCA register: CPT Markets UK Limited (FRN 606110)
The group's UK sister company and the FCA's list of CPT clone websites.
AOFA register: CPT Global Limited
Former site operator's Anjouan licence, ended 21 February 2026 and not renewed.
GLEIF: CPT Markets Limited (LEI 254900ZMOTMXG08WWL90)
Belize company number 155553, creation date and registered address.
Companies House: owners of CPT Markets UK Limited
Shows Zhijian Wang as the 75%-plus owner.
Cyprus registry: CPT Operations Ltd (HE 459315)
Shows the company as struck off; select the row for dates.
CPT Markets regulatory licences page
The broker's own list of entities and licence numbers.
Trustpilot reviews of cptmarkets.com
54 reviews, TrustScore 2.4, with the broker's replies.
BrokersView complaint: account 1460472
The $40,307 frozen-funds dispute filed in August 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this broker’s safety.
Is CPT Markets a scam?
We found no evidence that CPT Markets is a scam in the sense of a fake broker. It is a real group with licences confirmed on the Belize FSC, FSCA and UAE CMA registers. We still rate it high risk, at 49%, because international accounts sit with an offshore Belize company and recent complaints describe profits cancelled and funds frozen after the broker alleged abusive trading.
Is CPT Markets a fraud?
No. We found no regulator warning, no enforcement action and no fraud-related court record naming cptmarkets.com, CPT Markets Limited or its sister companies. The FCA's warnings about CPT websites concern clones such as cpttrades.com and cptmarketsig.com. What we did find is a pattern of profit disputes, which is a conduct risk rather than a sign of a fake operation.
Is CPT Markets regulated?
Yes, but by different regulators for different companies. CPT Markets Limited holds Belize FSC licence 6616058 (offshore), CPT Markets (PTY) Ltd is FSCA-authorised FSP 45954 for advice and intermediary services, and CPT Mena Financial Services L.L.C. holds a UAE CMA Category 5 licence for introduction and promotion only. Which one applies depends on the company named in your account agreement.
Is CPT Markets regulated by the FCA?
The FCA authorises CPT Markets UK Limited (FRN 606110), a sister company under the same owner that trades through cptmarkets.co.uk. Accounts opened at cptmarkets.com are not with that company, and the site no longer cites the FCA. FCA protections such as the Financial Ombudsman Service and the FSCS apply only to clients of the UK firm.
Which company holds my money if I open an account at cptmarkets.com?
Outside South Africa, the site's Belize terms point to CPT Markets Limited, a Belize company (no. 155553) licensed by the Belize FSC. South African clients deal with CPT Markets (PTY) Ltd. Check the company named in your own agreement before you deposit.
Can I withdraw my money from CPT Markets?
Many clients report normal withdrawals, some within hours. But between July and October 2026 several clients reported profits deducted, a withdrawal marked 'Not passed' or accounts frozen after the broker alleged scalping, bonus arbitrage or hedging, and others waited about eight days without a reply. Test a small withdrawal first and avoid bonuses.
Why do clients say CPT Markets deducted their profits?
The broker's replies cite trading it treats as abusive: scalping or high-frequency orders, bonus arbitrage, trading around a CPI release and hedging across linked accounts. One client quotes a June 2025 notice saying such profits would be deducted and deposits returned. Clients dispute these findings, and the largest open claim, $40,307, was escalated to the Belize FSC in August 2026, according to the complainant.
Is my money safe with CPT Markets?
Safer than with an unlicensed operator, but less safe than its marketing suggests. The Belize licence gives offshore supervision with no compensation scheme, so in a dispute your recourse is limited to the broker, the Belize FSC and the courts. Keep balances modest and withdraw profits regularly.
What is the Belize FSC licence worth?
It is a real licence from a functioning offshore regulator, and the register shows it active. But Belize supervision is light compared with the FCA or the FSCA, there is no investor compensation scheme, and the safety of client money depends largely on the broker's own practices.
Who owns CPT Markets?
UK and UAE registers point to Zhijian Wang. Companies House records him as the 75%-plus owner of CPT Markets UK Limited, directly since December 2021 and through Allen Market Limited from May 2018, and the UAE CMA lists him as director of CPT Mena Financial Services L.L.C. The Belize company reports to GLEIF that it is owned by natural persons without naming them.
How old is CPT Markets?
The CPT Markets brand and its main domains, cptmarkets.com and cptmarkets.co.uk, were registered on 28 August 2017. The South African company dates from January 2015 and the Belize company from July 2015. The 18 years on the site count from 2008, when the UK sister was incorporated as Azurite Markets Limited under different owners.
What happened to CPT Markets' Anjouan (AOFA) licence?
In 2025 the site said it was operated by CPT Global Limited, licensed by the Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority under L15643/CPTG. The AOFA register shows that licence ended on 21 February 2026 and was not renewed. Today's site no longer cites it and points to the Belize company instead.
Is cptmarkets.com a clone of the FCA-regulated CPT Markets UK?
No. A 2020 blog post made that claim, but the two operations share an owner on the UK and UAE registers, and their domains were registered one second apart on 28 August 2017. The real clones are sites such as cpttrades.com, cpttltd.com, pamcptmarket.com and cptmarketsig.com, which the FCA has warned about.
What should I do if CPT Markets will not release my funds?
Ask CPT in writing for the specific trades and rule it relies on, and keep every email and statement. Then complain to the Belize FSC if your contract is with CPT Markets Limited, or to the FSCA and the FAIS Ombud if it is with the South African company. Never pay a recovery firm or any fee to unlock funds.
What should I check before depositing with CPT Markets?
Confirm the company on your agreement and look it up on the regulator's register yourself. Read the bonus and abusive-trading terms, start small and test a withdrawal early. If you want FCA protection, deal only with the UK firm through cptmarkets.co.uk and check that it accepts you.
What we recommend
The practical takeaway from everything above.
If you trade with CPT Markets or are considering it, treat it as an offshore broker and protect yourself.
- Check which company your account agreement names. Outside South Africa it is CPT Markets Limited in Belize, so FCA and FSCA protections do not apply.
- Decline deposit bonuses. Several recent profit disputes began on bonus accounts, and one client quotes the broker as saying their trading would have been accepted without the bonus.
- Read the abusive-trading terms before you scalp, trade news releases or run linked accounts, and keep statements, emails and ticket numbers.
- Make a small test withdrawal early, to the same method you deposited with, because the broker returns funds to the original source.
- If funds are withheld, complain to CPT in writing, then to the Belize FSC for international accounts or to the FSCA and the FAIS Ombud for South African accounts.
- Ignore anyone who offers to recover your money for a fee, and look for newer reviews first: the latest complaint cluster dates from October 2026.
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 October 21, 2026. If any detail here is out of date or incorrect, or you represent this broker, please contact us.
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