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What DOO FINANCIAL legally published, but does not want you to read

Every clause below is published by DOO FINANCIAL itself, on its own website, today. The finding is not that the text exists. It is the distance between what a client is shown and what a client agreed to. Read from its own documents on .

Contracting entity: Doo Financial Australia Limited

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Doo Financial Australia Limited holds an ASIC licence and publishes a real document set, including a complaints policy that names AFCA. The 47 page client agreement behind it is harder. Your cash sits in a pooled account that clause 13.1 says DFAL may use to meet another client's default. DFAL can freeze your funds without telling you, and clause 21.3 caps what it can ever owe you at one month of your own commission.

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Contract risk

Money at risk
6.5/10

Where this contract sitsHow far this contract goes, overall. Under 2 is nothing beyond the ordinary; 6 to 9 means several clauses put money you have already earned at risk; 9 and above reads as designed to make payout refusable.

0510
CriticalClauses that can cost you money you have already earned or deposited, or that remove your ability to challenge it.
5
FlaggedEvery clause worth knowing about, at all three severities. Ordinary terms that every broker has are not counted.
16
DocumentsHow many of the broker's own legal files this reading is based on. Each one was downloaded and hashed on the date shown.
12
ContradictionsPlaces where a promise the broker makes in public is not kept by the clause that governs it.
5

How the 16 break downThe same flagged clauses, split by how much each one can cost you. Severity is our reading of the clause, not the broker's label.

Critical5
Warning9
Notice2

section 12 of 61is where the deepest clause sits, 20% of the way into the document it is in

The numbers in this contractFigures taken from this broker's own clauses, so the labels differ from broker to broker. The four in the panel above are the same on every report.

1 of these 1 figures comes from a clause we rate critical, which means it can take your money or your profit rather than only delay it.

Critical6Time to complain. Jump to the clause this comes from.Liability capped at one month of your own commission

What the documents say

16 clauses worth knowing about, worst first, each quoted from DOO FINANCIAL's own files

01

Money you pay in sits in an account pooled with other clients' money. Clause 13.1 says DFAL may use everything in that account to meet the default of any other client.

Why this matters

A stranger's losing position can reach your balance before you hear about it. Clause 13.1 sets no limit on how much of the pool DFAL may take, and no duty to tell you.

Exhibit 1CriticalHarder than usual

You also acknowledge that all monies credited to the client's segregated account maintained by DFAL may be used by DFAL to meet the default of any other clients of DFAL.
Clause 13.1 in Client Agreement, p.22
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Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus)

Firms licensed by the FCA or CySEC must hold a retail client's money in trust and cannot apply one client's money to another client's shortfall while the firm is still trading. This agreement says the pooled account may be used to meet the default of any other client of DFAL.

DOO FINANCIAL is not licensed by these regulators, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.

  • Worse together with Exhibit 8Your cash can go to another client's default while everything else DFAL holds for you is pledged to DFAL.
02

Whatever DFAL does and whatever you lose, clause 21.3 says its obligation cannot exceed the largest single month of commission you paid it in the six months before. That is the ceiling on any claim.

Why this matters

The busiest of those six months sets your limit. If your biggest month was $20 of commission, $20 is what DFAL's own contract admits it could owe you.

Exhibit 2CriticalRarely seen6

Under no circumstance, by taking whatever action and no matter whatever loss suffered by you may DFAL's obligation exceed the total amount of the maximum monthly commission paid by you to DFAL within six (6) months before occurrence of any accident.
Clause 21.3(a) in Client Agreement, p.32
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What it costsHong Kong stock commission is 0.03% of the trade value, with a minimum of HKD10 an order. Ten orders in your busiest month come to HKD100, and HKD100 is then the ceiling.

Our readingLiability caps are ordinary in a broker agreement. A cap set at one month of the client's own commission is not, and clause 21.3 carries no exception for DFAL's own fault. Clause 25.1 does preserve rights that Australian law does not allow a contract to exclude.

  • Worse together with Exhibit 14A claim capped at a month of commission has to go to a single arbitrator, while DFAL keeps every court open to itself.
03

DFAL can suspend your account, freeze your funds and cancel your orders at its discretion, with or without telling you first. Clause 4.8 names no trigger and no test for doing it.

Why this matters

Your cash and your open positions can be locked while you are still holding them. Clause 4.8 gives you nothing to appeal to, because it names no reason DFAL has to give.

Exhibit 3CriticalHarder than usual

DFAL reserves the right and may at its discretion: (a) suspend or terminate your trading account; (b) freeze your funds in the trading account; (c) suspend or terminate any of your Orders; (d) suspend or terminate any of DFAL's services; with or without prior notifying you.
Clause 4.8 in Client Agreement, p.7
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04

DFAL can rewrite this agreement by publishing a new version on its website. You then get seven calendar days to object in writing, and clause 27 treats your silence as acceptance.

Why this matters

The seven calendar days run from the notice, not from the day you read it. Clause 12.3 says your failure to receive and read a notice does not remove its effect.

Exhibit 4CriticalHarder than usual7 days

you shall be deemed to accept the Amendments unless DFAL receives a written notice of your disapproval within seven calendar days as from the date of notification
Clause 27 in Client Agreement, p.36
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Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus)

Firms licensed by the FCA or CySEC must give a retail client advance notice, in a durable form, of a change to the agreement governing their account. This contract makes the change effective on publication and counts seven days of silence as consent.

DOO FINANCIAL is not licensed by these regulators, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.

  • Worse together with Exhibit 9New terms arrive by website notice, and clause 12.7 lets DFAL close the account of anyone who stops accepting notices electronically.
05

DFAL can refuse or defer any withdrawal on six listed grounds, including any amount you still owe it. Clause 13.9 then says DFAL is not liable for a delay, and no clause sets a payout deadline.

Why this matters

Your own cash can sit unpaid while the contract keeps DFAL safe from a claim about the wait. The only firm deadline in the agreement is 5 Business Days, and it applies after you close the account.

Exhibit 5WarningHarder than usual

You may withdraw your funds out from the trading account if there is a positive cash balance in the trading account. DFAL reserves the right to refuse or defer any withdrawal in the event:
Clause 13.7 in Client Agreement, p.23
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Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus)

Firms licensed by the FCA or CySEC must pay a retail client's withdrawal request promptly and cannot leave the timing open. This agreement states no time limit at all, and excludes liability for delay.

DOO FINANCIAL is not licensed by these regulators, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.

06

Doo Financial HK Limited is described on the Chinese pages as licensed for Type 1 securities dealing, along with Type 4 and Type 9. The English legal page lists only Type 4 and Type 9 for the same company.

Why this matters

Type 1 is the permission that lets a firm deal in securities for you. The Chinese page gives the Hong Kong company that permission and the English page does not, so the two cannot both be right.

Exhibit 6Warning

Doo Financial HK Limited is licensed for Type 4 (advising on securities) and Type 9 (asset management) activities, regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, and the Central Entity number is BSM562.
Clause Other Entities of Doo Group in Legal
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Our own capture of doofinancial.com.au, taken on Aug 31, 2026What the contract says, clause Other Entities of Doo GroupVisit this page on the broker's siteDownload the full size image file

Where it sits: section 12 of 61 in the Legal, near the start.

Your cash can pay for another client's default

Clause 13.1 of the Doo Financial Australia client agreement says the pooled account holding your money may be used to meet the default of any other DFAL client. Clause 6.5 lets DFAL take back profits from trades it treats as a breach of your warranties. Clause 15.2 pledges everything DFAL holds for you to DFAL, and clause 15.1 is the limit DFAL wrote into that same clause.

Pooled client money2 clauses flagged

Break any promise in clause 6 and DFAL can take back the profits, rebates and commissions you made from the trades involved. Clause 6.5 lets it freeze your funds at the same time.

Why this matters

Money already credited to your account can be reversed. Clause 6.2 has you warrant that every detail you gave stays accurate and up to date, so an out of date address is a breach of it.

Exhibit 7CriticalHarder than usual

within the trading account, deduct, apply, set off any profits, rebates, commissions and any sort of benefit gained from the trading activities and Orders which were in breach of the terms and conditions of this Agreement
Clause 6.5(d) in Client Agreement, p.12
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  • Worse together with Exhibit 3One clause takes the profit from trades DFAL calls a breach, the other freezes what is left while it decides.

All assets of any kind held for you are pledged to DFAL as a first priority security interest under clause 15.2. Clause 15.1 limits it. DFAL states it cannot take a charge over the financial products it holds for you, apart from expenses this agreement allows.

Why this matters

If you owe DFAL anything, it can combine your accounts and turn your property into cash to cover it. Clause 15.1 is the reason that stops short of the shares themselves.

Exhibit 8WarningHarder than usual

Subject to clause 15.1, you hereby instruct and agree that all assets of any kind held by or on behalf of DFAL for you (including without limitation of any financial product held by DFAL as custodian under clause 14) are hereby pledged to DFAL and are subject to a perfected first priority lien and security interest in DFAL's favour to secure performance of obligations and liabilities to DFAL arising under this Agreement or any other document.
Clause 15.2 in Client Agreement
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The terms page governs WordPress themes, and the Chinese pages claim more licences

Doo Financial's terms and conditions page, in English and in Chinese, governs the use of WordPress themes and names no company. The Chinese pages give Doo Financial HK Limited a Type 1 securities dealing licence the English page does not. They also present Doo Financial US, Inc as holding the SEC and FINRA registrations. The English legal page assigns those to Elish & Elish Inc.

Language arbitrage2 clauses flagged

The terms and conditions page on doofinancial.com governs the use of WordPress themes, in English and in Chinese. It names no company at all, and its own date is November 15, 2023.

Why this matters

Reading that page tells you nothing about the account you are opening. The real website terms sit behind a different link, and the trading contract is a separate 47 page file on the Australian site.

Exhibit 12WarningRarely seen

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the WordPress themes and related services (“Services”) provided by (“Company”).
Clause Our services in Terms and conditions
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Our own capture of doofinancial.com, taken on Aug 31, 2026What the contract says, clause Our servicesVisit this page on the broker's siteDownload the full size image file

Where it sits: section 2 of 40 in the Terms and conditions, near the start.

Our readingPlaceholder text from a website template is not a clause at all. Left live on a licensed broker's terms page, it leaves that page with no terms on it.

Doo Financial US, Inc is a trading name, not a licensed firm. The SEC and FINRA registrations numbered 8-41551 and 24409 belong to Elish & Elish Inc, and the Chinese pages never mention that company.

Why this matters

Searching a US register for Doo Financial US, Inc will not find the licence. You have to know the name Elish & Elish Inc, and only the English legal page gives it to you.

Exhibit 13Warning

Doo Financial US, Inc is an authorised trading name by Elish & Elish Inc.
Clause Doo Financial Regulated Entities in Legal
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Our own capture of doofinancial.com.au, taken on Aug 31, 2026What the contract says, clause Doo Financial Regulated EntitiesVisit this page on the broker's siteDownload the full size image file

Where it sits: section 5 of 61 in the Legal, near the start.

The fee schedule is accurate, and the contract can change it today

Clause 16.6 makes a change to Doo Financial's commissions effective the moment it is posted on the website. Clause 16.4, two paragraphs earlier, promises reasonable notice first. Clause 13.13 lets DFAL pick the exchange rate on any conversion in its absolute discretion, and clause 13.3 keeps the interest on your cash. The published fee schedule is honest, and these costs sit outside it.

Cost disclosure2 clauses flagged

DFAL can change or add a fee at any time. Clause 16.4 promises reasonable notice first, and clause 16.6 on the same page makes the change effective immediately once DFAL posts it.

Why this matters

You can pay a rate you never agreed to, on a trade placed the day the website changed. Clause 16.2 lets DFAL take it straight out of your account.

Exhibit 10WarningHarder than usual

DFAL reserves the right to, at any time, change or impose fees in connection with the services that we provide to you. DFAL will provide reasonable notice to you of such imposition or change prior to its occurrence.
Clause 16.4 in Client Agreement, p.27
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Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus)

Firms licensed by the FCA or CySEC must disclose costs and charges to a retail client before that client trades. This contract makes a new charge effective on posting, and its own two clauses disagree about notice.

DOO FINANCIAL is not licensed by these regulators, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.

Any conversion between currencies happens at the rate DFAL picks, in its own absolute discretion, under clause 13.13. No margin, no reference rate and no cap appears anywhere.

Why this matters

Deposit in one currency and withdraw in another, and the gap between the two rates is a cost you cannot check. Clause 13.11 puts every bank transfer fee on you as well.

Exhibit 11WarningHarder than usual

You shall bear all costs and charges for the conversion from one currency to another required to be made for performing any payment instruction in the manner and at the time and at the exchange rates that DFAL in our absolute discretion decides.
Clause 13.13 in Client Agreement, p.24
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DFAL can freeze the account without giving a reason

Clause 4.8 lets Doo Financial Australia suspend your account and freeze your funds with or without telling you, and it names no trigger. Clause 12.7 lets DFAL require you to close the account if you stop consenting to electronic delivery of your statements. Both sit in a contract you sign before you fund anything.

Discretionary powers1 clause flagged

Statements, confirmations and policy documents reach you electronically, and you consent to that by signing. Withdraw the consent and clause 12.7 lets DFAL require you to close the account.

Why this matters

Wanting a paper record is enough to end the relationship. The same clause makes publication on DFAL's website count as delivery to you.

Exhibit 9WarningRarely seen

However, DFAL reserves the right to require you to close your account if you withdraw consent to receiving electronic delivery of Records, Reports and Communications.
Clause 12.7 in Client Agreement, p.22
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Our readingConsent to electronic delivery is normal, and so is a fee for paper copies. Turning the withdrawal of that consent into a ground for closing the account is not.

You go to a single arbitrator, DFAL can sue you anywhere

Clause 9.1 of Doo Financial's website terms sends every dispute to a single arbitrator, and clause 9.3 leaves the company free to sue you in any court it likes. On the Chinese site the seat is Singapore, on the Australian site it is Australia. AFCA stays open for complaints about the financial service itself, and DFAL's complaints policy names it.

Forum choice1 clause flagged

Every dispute under the website terms goes to a single arbitrator, nominated for you if the two sides cannot agree. Clause 9.3 then leaves DFAL free to start court proceedings against you in any jurisdiction.

Why this matters

One forum for you, any forum for them. On the Chinese site the same clause sends the arbitration to Singapore, and the privacy policy there carries it too.

Exhibit 14WarningHarder than usual

Nothing in this Terms shall limit or prohibit our right to initiate legal proceedings against you in other courts of competent jurisdictions, and the legal proceedings in one or more jurisdictions shall not preclude the initiation of legal proceedings in any other jurisdiction.
Clause 9.3 in Website Terms Of Use
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One licensee, two addresses and two company numbers

Doo Financial Australia Limited holds AFSL 222650 and is the company that signs the client agreement. Its own legal page prints two registered addresses for it and two company numbers, one of them eight digits long. The AML and CTF policy that page listed in March 2026 is no longer there.

Who you contract with2 clauses flagged

The legal page gives Doo Financial Australia Limited a Sydney address in one place and a Chatswood address in another. It prints the company number as 100 139 20 in the first and 100 139 820 in the second.

Why this matters

Checking an AFSL starts with the company number. One of the two on that page cannot be looked up, because an Australian company number has nine digits and that one has eight.

Exhibit 15Notice

It is a company with the registered office address at Level 4, 28-34 O"Connell Street, Sydney NSW 2000, and the Australian Company Number is 100 139 20.
Clause Doo Financial Regulated Entities in Legal
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In March 2026 the legal page listed an AML & CTF Policy among its documents. Today's page does not list it, and we could not find that policy anywhere else on the site.

Why this matters

The document explaining what checks DFAL runs on your money is no longer published. Nothing on the page says whether it was withdrawn or moved.

Exhibit 16Notice

AML & CTF Policy
Quoted in Legal
Read from the broker's site on Open the reference

Where the marketing and the contract disagree

A promise made in public, set against the clause that governs it

01

The page selling the account calls client asset safety a core responsibility, and the contract behind it lets your money settle another client's default.

Said in public, in English

As a financial company, the safety of our clients' assets is our core responsibility, and we will strictly adhere to our core value.

English About Us page, under the value headed Trustworthy

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In the contract · clause 13.1

You also acknowledge that all monies credited to the client's segregated account maintained by DFAL may be used by DFAL to meet the default of any other clients of DFAL.

02

One document promises your money is kept apart from other clients' money, the other says it is combined with theirs and available for their defaults.

Said in public, in English

distinguish each client's money from other clients' money and from its own money at any time

Client Money Handling Policy, record keeping section

In the contract · clause 13.1

You acknowledge that your monies and the monies of other clients of DFAL may be combined and deposited by DFAL in a client's segregated account or a trust account.

03

The page tells a Chinese reader that using the site binds them to its terms, and the terms printed above that line cover WordPress themes.

Said in public, in Chinese

访问及/或使用本网站，即表示您同意遵守本网站所载的所有条款与条件、声明、免责声明及通知。

Word for word in English: By accessing and/or using this website, you agree to comply with all terms and conditions, statements, disclaimers and notices contained on this website.

Chinese compliance notice in the footer of the terms and conditions page

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In the contract · clause Our services

These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the WordPress themes and related services (“Services”) provided by (“Company”).

We took a picture of this page. It is shown once, with the finding it belongs to. See our capture of doofinancial.com

04

The Chinese page adds a Type 1 securities dealing licence to the Hong Kong company that the English page does not give it.

Said in public, in Chinese

Doo Financial HK Limited获发牌进行第一类（证券交易）、第四类（就证券提供意见）及第九类（资产管理）受规管活动，受香港证券及期货事务监察委员会监管，中央编号为BSM562。

Word for word in English: Doo Financial HK Limited is licensed to carry on Type 1 (dealing in securities), Type 4 (advising on securities) and Type 9 (asset management) regulated activities, regulated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, central number BSM562.

Chinese group entity notice on the legal and risk disclosure page

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In the contract · clause Other Entities of Doo Group

Doo Financial HK Limited is licensed for Type 4 (advising on securities) and Type 9 (asset management) activities, regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, and the Central Entity number is BSM562.

We took a picture of this page. It is shown once, with the finding it belongs to. See our capture of doofinancial.com.au

05

The Chinese page presents Doo Financial US, Inc as the SEC and FINRA regulated broker, while the English page says it is only a trading name of Elish & Elish Inc.

Said in public, in Chinese

Doo Financial US, Inc 是一家经美国证券交易委员会（US SEC）及美国金融业监管局（US FINRA）授权并监管的证券经纪商，相关监管编号分别为 SEC: 8-41551 和 CRD: 24409。

Word for word in English: Doo Financial US, Inc is a securities broker authorised and regulated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) and the US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (US FINRA), with regulatory numbers SEC: 8-41551 and CRD: 24409 respectively.

Chinese list of Doo Financial regulated entities

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In the contract · clause Doo Financial Regulated Entities

Doo Financial US, Inc is an authorised trading name by Elish & Elish Inc.

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What changed quietly

This is our first reading of DOO FINANCIAL, so there is no earlier version of this page to set it against.

  • ADDEDClause Legal Documents · 2026-03-15 to 2026-08-31

    DOO FINANCIAL now publishes a complaints policy on its legal page, and that policy names AFCA with contact details.

    Complaints Handling

  • REMOVEDClause Legal Documents · 2026-03-15 to 2026-08-31

    The AML and CTF policy listed on the legal page in March 2026 is no longer listed or linked.

The documents this reading is based on

12 files, all published by DOO FINANCIAL. Each shows when we read it and a fingerprint of its wording.

WIKILIX keeps the copy of each file it read, and does not republish it: what is published is the fingerprint of its wording. Download the file yourself and hash its text, lowercased with runs of whitespace collapsed, and a matching fingerprint means the wording quoted above is still the wording DOO FINANCIAL publishes.

How this reading was done

Every clause above was read out of a document DOO FINANCIAL publishes itself

This reading was published on .

Documents
6 of 12downloaded from the broker's site, and 6 read in full
Pages opened
52pages walked to find those documents, footer links included
Older copies
1earlier versions downloaded
Marketing pages
11public pages set against what the contract says
Languages
EN vs ZHthe language it advertises in, against the language it contracts in
Position measured
3clauses whose position was counted: which numbered section of the document holds them, out of how many

Who the contract is with

Doo Financial Australia Limited

Doo Financial Australia Limited signs the client agreement, holds AFSL 222650, and its own complaints policy gives its number as ACN 100 139 820. The same legal page prints two different registered addresses for it, and gives the company number twice, once as 100 139 20. On doofinancial.com the counterparty changes: the website terms of use and the privacy policy there belong to Doo Financial Holding Pte. Ltd. of Singapore, and that site says Doo Technology Singapore Pte. Ltd. owns and operates it. Doo Financial US, Inc is not a company. The legal page states it is a trading name of Elish & Elish Inc, which is the firm holding the SEC and FINRA registrations.

Quotations are copied verbatim from the documents named above, with the clause number and the page each one came from. Where a clause is quoted in another language, the original is shown first and the English is a translation.

The plain-language parts, what a clause means for a client, how ordinary it is, and how it reads against a regulated standard, are WIKILIX's analysis and are labelled as such on every card. This is a reading of public documents, not legal advice and not an allegation of wrongdoing.

In fairness, and what we could not check

A reader who knows the edges of the work can trust the middle of it

The complaints policy is better than most brokers publish. DFAL acknowledges a complaint within 48 hours, answers in writing within 30 calendar days, and names AFCA with contact details. The pricing page matches the fee schedule in the Financial Services Guide, in English and in Chinese. That includes the ongoing charges most sites leave off: 0.5% a year on public funds and 0.2% a year on bonds. No inactivity fee, dormancy fee or account maintenance fee appears anywhere in the client agreement, and there is no bonus scheme to lock your deposit. Clause 15.1 states DFAL is prohibited from taking a charge over the financial products it holds for you, and DFAL wrote that limit into the same clause as the pledge. Clause 28.3 sets one firm deadline, 5 Business Days to return your cash after termination.

We read the client agreement to page 39 of 47. We cannot say what the last eight pages hold, so we make no claim about whether a governing law clause sits there. Two documents on the Chinese site would not open as files: the Terms of Use and the Doo Financial Holding privacy policy. We read both at their own addresses on doofinancial.com, and every quotation credited to them comes from there. Of the Financial Services Guide, the Client Money Handling Policy, the Australian privacy policy and the Australian website terms of use we read only parts: the fees, remuneration, amendment, jurisdiction and client money sections. The Australian client agreement is not published on the broker's own domain. It sits on a Doo file host, and we reached it from the legal page at doofinancial.com.au/legal. No earlier copy of the client agreement exists anywhere, so we cannot say which of its clauses are new. The archived March 2026 copy of the legal page did not capture the panels holding the entity details, so the only changes we can show are in the lists of published documents.

How to check any of this yourself

Every quote above links to the DOO FINANCIAL file it came from. This is what to do with it.

Open the three stepsFind the words in the source, work out the fingerprint, and read what a difference does and does not prove.

Open the source and search for the words

Every quote has a link under it. Open the file, or the web page, and search it for the words we quote. The clause number next to the quote tells you where to look.

If the words are not there any more, the source may have changed after we read it. That is worth knowing too. We keep the date we read it, and a code worked out from its wording, so the quote stays checkable.

What a fingerprint is

A fingerprint is a code worked out from what a source says. Change one word and the code changes completely. We keep two codes for every file we read, and the panel on each source shows both.

The first is the code of the exact file we downloaded. The second is the code of its wording alone, with capital letters lowered and runs of spaces collapsed. When the same words are saved as a new file, the first code changes and the second one stays the same.

Only the first code can be worked out on your own computer. Save the file, then run one of these, putting the name of the file you saved where the example is. The panel on each source prints the command with that source's real file name already in it.

macOS or Linux:
  shasum -a 256 the-file-you-saved.pdf

Windows:
  certutil -hashfile the-file-you-saved.pdf SHA256

The two codes are different from each other, and they are not meant to match. Comparing one against the other proves nothing.

What a difference means, and what it does not

A different file code on its own proves nothing. A PDF saved again with a new date inside it is a new file saying exactly the same thing.

A different wording code means the words themselves changed. That is the one that matters, and it is why we keep it.

Even then, a change is not proof of bad faith. Companies update their documents. What this report says is what the document said on the day we read it, and every quote carries that date.

A source that is a web page and not a file has no file to save, so only the code of its wording is shown.

How this report is made

Every clause quoted above comes from a document DOO FINANCIAL publishes on its own website, downloaded and hashed on the date shown, with the clause number and page recorded so any reader can check it. We do not allege anything the documents do not say, and we do not judge DOO FINANCIAL on anything other than its own published terms and its own public marketing. Where a clause has a qualifier that softens it, the report says so. Last read Aug 31, 2026.

If you represent DOO FINANCIAL and a clause has changed, been withdrawn, or is being read out of context, tell us and we will re-read the documents and update this page. Corrections from the broker are welcome and are published with the reading they change. Contact us.

This is a reading of a contract, not legal advice and not a ruling on DOO FINANCIAL. Whether its licence is real and current is a separate check on the broker profile.

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