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FX-EDGE

Offshore
South Africa
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Since 2016
Last Updated:
40/100
Overall Score

Trading Conditions

Min Deposit:
N/A
Max Leverage:
200
Account Types
ECN AccountStandard Account

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Performance Metrics

Excellent Performance
Performance chart: 1: Regulation 18%, 2: License 48%, 3: Software 52%, 4: Spread 0%, 5: Account Type 0%, 6: Symbol 0%
Regulation
18%Poor
License
48%Poor
Software
52%Fair
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Company Information

Full Name:FX-EDGE
Founded:2016
Headquarters:South Africa
Enterprise Offices:3offices

Customer Support

Phone:
+44 1442 78 0302
Live Chat:
Not Available
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Languages:
English
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What FX-EDGE legally published, but does not want you to read

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High contract risk

FX-EDGE publishes two answers to the question that matters most. Its Client Funds Policy says your money sits in a segregated bank account it cannot use. The contract you sign says the opposite: no duty to segregate, your deposit spent in its business, and you left as an ordinary creditor. The same split runs through negative balance protection and best execution.

5Critical clauses
18Clauses flagged
34Documents read
7.8/10Contract risk
Read the full terms report14 more clauses, each with its wording, clause number and source
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Broker Summary

What Wikilix has recorded about FX-EDGE: its history, the licences it holds, its trading conditions and its fees.

FX-EDGE is not a retail forex broker. It is a business-to-business liquidity provider that sells pricing, execution and risk infrastructure to licensed brokers, financial institutions and proprietary trading firms. Its own website states plainly that it does not offer services to retail clients, does not onboard end users and does not accept client funds, so an individual trader cannot open an account here.

Who operates it. The brand runs through three disclosed legal entities. FX-EDGE SC LTD is a Seychelles company, registration C8429383 on the Seychelles Business Registry, presented as the group's licensed Securities Dealer. FX-EDGE V LTD is a Vanuatu international company, registration 700604, which carries the prop liquidity business. DNKR ZA (Pty) Ltd, registration 2017/657344/07 with South Africa's Companies and Intellectual Property Commission, is the oldest entity and holds the group's only physical office, at 21 Aurora Drive, Umhlanga. All three are recorded as active on official company records.

Regulation. The company presents itself as licensed and compliant in Seychelles, Vanuatu and South Africa, naming a Seychelles Financial Services Authority Securities Dealer licence SD099 and an FSCA authorised financial services provider number 49288. Those are the company's own published claims. WIKILIX was not able to confirm any of them against the issuing regulators, and readers should treat the licence numbers as unverified until they check them directly with the authorities concerned. Two of the three jurisdictions are low-tier offshore regimes that carry no client-money compensation scheme.

What it offers. Prime-of-prime liquidity across more than 430 CFD instruments in six asset classes, spreads quoted from 0.1 pips, leverage up to 1:200 (5x on indices, energy and metals), sub-3ms execution latency, ten levels of market depth and a stated no-last-look policy. Distribution runs on Match-Trader Pro, with bridges into MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader and proprietary systems, plus FIX API connectivity. The MT4/MT5 bridge is included at no extra cost for both A-Book and B-Book flow, and an in-house risk system called HawkEye routes flow between standard, dynamic, external and toxic pools. Entry starts at USD 1,000 per month; white label partners are quoted with no monthly minimum. The prop liquidity product is priced as a fixed fee from 2 percent of each funded account balance.

Funding and settlement. Deposit currencies are USD, EUR and GBP, with crypto deposits available. As an institutional counterparty the company publishes no retail deposit or withdrawal schedule, no account tiers and no per-channel fees.

Who it suits. Licensed brokerages and prop firms looking for a fast, technology-led liquidity partner with a short onboarding cycle. It is not suitable for, and is not available to, individual traders. Services are also closed to clients in the United States, Canada, Australia, Cuba, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, South Sudan and Syria.

Honest caveats. The site claims operation since 2016 and ten years of experience, but the earliest of the three registered entities dates to December 2017 and the two FX-EDGE entities to 2020 and 2022. The Seychelles company's registered office on the official record is care of a corporate services provider in Victoria rather than the Providence address the website publishes, and the Vanuatu entity's official headquarters address is in Limassol, Cyprus, a location the website does not mention. None of the licence claims could be independently verified. Any counterparty should complete its own due diligence with the named regulators before committing flow.

Website archive
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Website snapshots

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

7 pages
Homepage
Legal Documents
About Us
Contact
Forex & CFD Liquidity
Prop Firm Liquidity
24/7 Trading Instruments
Captured by Wikilix from the broker's live site. Open any shot to read it full size.
Regulation check

Regulatory Licenses

Every licence FX-EDGE has in force is from an offshore regulator. Most carry no compensation scheme — each licence's record says what the issuing regulator actually requires.

0 of 3 checked
Licences on record
3
Confirmed on register
0
Tier 1 or 2
0
Offshore
3

WIKILIX

Licence intelligence

The strongest of 3 licences on file

Licence Verification Record

Financial Sector Conduct Authority 49288

Recorded from the firm's own disclosure. Not yet checked against the register.

Jurisdiction
South AfricaOffshore
Authority strength
Tier 2
Licence type
Financial Service Corporate
Not yet checked on the register

Client protection under this licence

  • Compensation schemeUp to ZAR 500,000
  • Complaints routeFSCA Dispute Resolution
  • Maximum leverage1:30

These are the rules FSCA sets for the firms it licenses. They are not a statement about how FX-EDGE applies them, or about which of its companies would hold your account.

A licence record describes what an authority published. It is not an endorsement, and Wikilix does not issue authorisations.

Trading software

Trading Platforms

3 trading platforms on record: MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and cTrader.

3 platforms
  • MetaTrader 4 logo

    MetaTrader 4

    by MetaQuotes Software Corp.since 2005Developer site

    Connected through the included MT4 bridge, supporting both A-Book and B-Book routing.

    Runs on

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Web
    • Android
    • iOS
    Details
  • MetaTrader 5 logo

    MetaTrader 5

    by MetaQuotes Software Corpsince 2010Developer site

    Connected through the included MT5 bridge, supporting both A-Book and B-Book routing.

    Runs on

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Web
    • Android
    • iOS
    • API
    Details
  • cTrader logo

    cTrader

    by Spotware Systems Ltdsince 2011Developer site

    Supported as a bridge integration for partner brokers.

    Runs on

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Web
    • Android
    • iOS
    • API
    • REST API
    • FIX API
    Details
Platforms and download links as published by the broker, recorded by Wikilix.
Websites

Global Domains

One domain on record. All active and served over HTTPS.

1 domain
  • South Africawww.fx-edge.comMain siteSouth AfricaActiveHTTPS
Domains recorded by Wikilix. Only a domain listed here is known to belong to this broker.
Social channels

Social Presence

One official channel on record.

1 channel
Channels as published by the broker, recorded by Wikilix.
Legal entities

Corporate Network

3 legal entities behind the FX-EDGE brand.

3 entities
  • FX-EDGE SC LTDActiveSeychellesRegistration C8429383Established Oct 22, 2020Seychelles company recorded as active on the Seychelles Business Registry; the entity the group presents as its licensed Securities Dealer. The site publishes a Providence, Mahe correspondence address rather than this registered office.
  • FX-EDGE V LTDActiveVanuatuRegistration 700604Established Feb 16, 2022Vanuatu international company recorded as active on the Vanuatu Companies Registry; carries the prop liquidity business. Its headquarters address on the official record is in Limassol, Cyprus, which the website does not mention.
  • DNKR ZA (Pty) LtdActiveSouth AfricaRegistration 2017/657344/07Established Dec 13, 2017South African private company recorded as active with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission; the oldest entity in the group and the one with a physical office. Previously named BKFX.
Entities named in the broker's own documents and company registers, recorded by Wikilix.
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Company Registration

The operating company is FX-EDGE SC LTD. Registered in Seychelles. Registration number C8429383.

Verified on registry
Legal entity
FX-EDGE SC LTD
Registration number
C8429383
Jurisdiction
Seychelles
Incorporated
Oct 22, 2020
Registry
Seychelles Business Registry (entity corroborated via GLEIF LEI 8945008IEQDKBP4OLP37)
Registered address
Room 12, First Floor, Kingsgate House, P.O. Box 1355, c/o Chang-Sam Corporate Solutions Ltd, Victoria, Seychelles
Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about FX-EDGE

Most Popular Questions

The company advertises an average of five days from enquiry to live trading: a same-day call and approval, roughly two days of documentation, account setup and credentials, then bridge setup, integration and testing before go-live.

By email at contact@fx-edge.com or by phone on +44 1442 78 0302. The company also maintains a LinkedIn page. There is no live chat, and no support hours or supported languages beyond English are published.

The company states its services are unavailable to clients incorporated, registered or operating in the United States, Canada, Australia, Cuba, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, South Sudan and Syria, and in any other jurisdiction where providing liquidity or execution would be restricted.

There is no evidence of that. Three named legal entities are all confirmed as active on official company records, the South African address matches the registry exactly, and the site is unusually explicit that it does not take retail money. The real caveats are different ones: the licence claims could not be independently verified, two of the three jurisdictions are low-tier offshore regimes with no compensation scheme, and the ten-year history claim runs ahead of the corporate record.

There is no retail funding schedule, because there are no retail clients. Settlement currencies published are USD, EUR and GBP, and crypto deposits are available. The company publishes no per-channel fees, limits or processing times, and states that it does not accept client funds from end users.

More than 430 CFD instruments across six asset classes, including forex, commodities, indices and crypto, with a group of instruments quoted around the clock. Ten levels of market depth are offered, with stated execution latency under 3ms and a no-last-look policy.

The core distribution platform is Match-Trader Pro. Liquidity can be bridged into MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader and proprietary platforms, and FIX API connectivity is available. The MT4 and MT5 bridge is included at no additional cost and supports both A-Book and B-Book routing.

Leverage is quoted as flexible up to 1:200, with 5x on indices, energy and metals. Spreads are variable and quoted from 0.1 pips. Because this is institutional pricing, the actual figures a partner receives are negotiated per counterparty rather than published on a rate card.

Forex and CFD liquidity starts at USD 1,000 per month. White label partners are quoted with no monthly minimum and no imposed trading conditions. The prop liquidity product is priced instead as a fixed fee starting from 2 percent of each funded account balance, with the exact rate depending on how strict the challenge conditions are.

The website claims operation since 2016 and ten years of experience. The official records tell a shorter story: the South African entity was incorporated in December 2017 under a different name, the Seychelles entity in October 2020 and the Vanuatu entity in February 2022. The brand's own corporate footprint therefore supports roughly eight years, not ten.

Three disclosed legal entities carry the brand: FX-EDGE SC LTD (Seychelles, registration C8429383), FX-EDGE V LTD (Vanuatu, registration 700604) and DNKR ZA (Pty) Ltd (South Africa, registration 2017/657344/07). All three are recorded as active on official company records. Ultimate beneficial ownership is reported to the registry as natural persons and is not named publicly.

The company says it is licensed and compliant in Seychelles, Vanuatu and South Africa, naming a Seychelles Financial Services Authority Securities Dealer licence SD099 for FX-EDGE SC LTD and FSCA authorised financial services provider number 49288 for DNKR ZA (Pty) Ltd. Those are the firm's own published claims. WIKILIX could not confirm any of them against the issuing regulators, so they should be treated as unverified. Verify each number directly with the authority named before relying on it.

Not as an individual. There is no retail sign-up path, no account tiers and no client area. The only route in is an institutional enquiry through the company's contact page, followed by classification, regulatory checks and an onboarding due diligence process.

No. FX-EDGE is a business-to-business liquidity provider. Its own website states that its services are intended exclusively for licensed brokers, financial institutions and professional counterparties, and that it does not provide services to retail traders, does not onboard end users and does not accept client funds.

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