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What GODO legally published, but does not want you to read

Every clause below is published by GODO 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: GODO Ltd

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GODO's Persian site removes Iran from GODO's own list of banned countries. The English, Arabic and Russian versions all keep it. The charges page takes 10% of an idle balance every month until nothing is left, and the contract never mentions that fee. GODO can void profits it decides were irregular, and clause 39(h) makes its own decision final.

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Contract risk

Money at risk
8.5/10

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.
9
FlaggedEvery clause worth knowing about, at all three severities. Ordinary terms that every broker has are not counted.
18
DocumentsHow many of the broker's own legal files this reading is based on. Each one was downloaded and hashed on the date shown.
20
ContradictionsPlaces where a promise the broker makes in public is not kept by the clause that governs it.
3

How the 18 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.

Critical9
Warning7
Notice2

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.

3 of these 3 figures come from a clause we rate critical, which means it can take your money or your profit rather than only delay it.

Critical10%Fee on an unused account. Jump to the clause this comes from.Idle accounts lose 10% a month until the balance is zeroCritical$25Withdrawal limit. Jump to the clause this comes from.GODO can decline any withdrawal at its absolute discretionCritical20%Account limit. Jump to the clause this comes from.You cover the deficit if a stop out goes past zero

What the documents say

18 clauses worth knowing about, worst first, each quoted from GODO's own files

01

GODO runs a Persian marketing site at godocm.com/ir/. The restriction notice at the foot of it names Afghanistan, Cuba, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan and the rest, in GODO's usual order. Iran is missing. GODO's credit card disclaimer names Iran, and so do the English, Arabic and Russian versions of the same notice.

Why this matters

If you sign up from Iran after reading that page, you have opened an account GODO's own contract says it will not give you. GODO can then close it and freeze your money, and you agreed to terms that never told you why.

Exhibit 1CriticalRarely seen

GoDo does not offer its services to the residents of certain jurisdictions such as Afghanistan, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Puerto Rico, USA, Syria, and Yemen.
Clause 3(e) in Rev Credit Card Disclaimer 2025, p.2
Read from the broker's site on Open the reference

Our readingBrokers often market in a language and stay quiet about the country. Editing the country out of the restriction notice itself, in that country's language only, while leaving every other name in place, is a different act. It is the one disclosure a reader in Iran would check.

  • Worse together with Exhibit 12The Persian page you relied on is the same page clause 27(a) says does not bind GODO at all.
02

Leave your account alone and GODO takes 10% of the balance every month, never less than $25 and never more than $49.90, and its charges page says this runs until the balance is zero. The Terms of Business never mention this fee at all. The charges page never mentions the six month trigger.

Why this matters

Neither document tells you the whole thing, so you cannot work out what stopping trading costs you. At twelve months clause 13(m) freezes the account, and a frozen account is one you cannot withdraw from while the fee keeps eating it.

Exhibit 2CriticalHarder than usual10%

Inactive accounts are charged with 10% of the account balance each month, with the minimum amount charged being $25
Quoted in Charges
Read from the broker's site on Open the reference
Our own capture of godocm.com, taken on Sep 1, 2026Idle accounts lose 10% a month until the balance is zeroVisit this page on the broker's siteDownload the full size image file

What it costsA $500 balance loses $49.90 a month, so about ten months of silence empties it. A $100 balance pays the $25 minimum and is gone in four months.

Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus)

Firms licensed by the FCA or CySEC must set out costs and charges to a retail client before they trade, in the disclosures that go with the contract. GODO's contract is silent on this fee and only a marketing page carries it.

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

What happens, and when

The stages this clause runs through, taken from the broker's own document
TriggerWhat the broker may then doClause
Six months with no tradingGODO treats the account as Dormant.13(k)
Every month while inactiveGODO takes 10% of the balance, at least $25 and at most $49.90, until nothing is left.
Twelve months with no transactionsGODO treats the account as Closed.13(l)
Once Dormant or ClosedGODO freezes the account and you cannot transact in it.13(m)
To reopen itYou redo identity checks, fund the account and place at least one trade.13(n)
  • Worse together with Exhibit 5The fee runs the balance down while the freeze at twelve months blocks the withdrawal that would stop it.
03

GODO decides on its own whether your profit came from trading it considers irregular or abusive. Clause 39(h) then lets it keep that profit and hand you back only your deposit. The same clause says its decision is final and that you gave up the right to argue with it.

Why this matters

You can trade well for months, ask to withdraw, and be told the gain is void and only your original money is coming back. The contract closes the door on challenging that call before you ever open the account.

Exhibit 3CriticalRarely seen

Where the Company determines that any such profits or gains have been generated from irregular or prohibited trading, those profits shall be deemed void and non-payable.
Clause 39(h)(b) in Terms of Business, p.19
Downloaded from the broker's site on Open the reference
Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus)

Firms licensed by the FCA or CySEC must give a retail client access to an independent complaints route that survives the firm's own decision. GODO's contract makes its determination final and takes the challenge away.

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

Our readingFirms commonly reserve a right to reverse trades they judge abusive. Adding a clause where the client waives any claim to challenge that judgment is different: it makes GODO the judge of its own case and removes the appeal in the same breath.

  • Worse together with Exhibit 7GODO judges the profit, and the dispute terms then keep the argument inside GODO.
04

GODO's fund protection page tells you it will never use your money for its own use or any other investment. Clause 15(f) of the Terms of Business has you grant GODO the right to pledge, repledge, hypothecate or invest your property, mixed with other clients' property. Clause 24(a) does promise segregation, so the contract says both things.

Why this matters

Money that has been pledged to a third party is money you may not get back in full if that party fails. GODO's own risk warning says non-segregated money would leave you as a general creditor, which is the back of the queue.

Exhibit 4CriticalHarder than usual

The Client grants to the Company the right to pledge, repledge, hypothecate, or invest either separately or with the property of other clients, any securities or other property held by the Company for the Client's account(s) or as collateral, therefore, including without limitation to any exchange or clearinghouse through which transactions of the Client are executed.
Clause 15(f) in Terms of Business, p.8
Downloaded from the broker's site on Open the reference
Our own capture of godocm.com, taken on Sep 1, 2026The claim, on Fund Segregation heading on GODO's fund protection pageVisit this page on the broker's siteDownload the full size image file
Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus), ESMA (EU)

Firms licensed by the FCA or CySEC must hold retail client money in segregated accounts and may not use it for their own account. GODO's contract holds a segregation promise and a right to pledge and invest client property side by side.

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

05

Clause 23(l) lets GODO turn down a withdrawal request in its absolute discretion, and it sets no grounds it has to meet. A bank or card payout also costs you $25, and you cannot ask for less than $100. Neither the fee nor the minimum appears in GODO's withdrawal policy.

Why this matters

Nothing in the contract obliges GODO to tell you why your money is staying put. Clause 23(k) also locks each deposit to the route it came in on, so a card that has since expired can strand that part of your balance.

Exhibit 5CriticalHarder than usual$25

Notwithstanding any other term in the Agreement, the Company reserves the right, in its absolute discretion, to decline a withdrawal request from the Client and the Company has the right to request additional information or documents.
Clause 23(l) in Terms of Business, p.10
Downloaded from the broker's site on Open the reference

What it costsWithdrawing $150 by card leaves you $125. Withdrawing $99 is not allowed at all.

06

GODO closes your positions once equity falls to 20% of the margin needed, and clause 9(i) says any shortfall left after that is yours to cover. Clause 9(g) says GODO has no obligation to warn you first with a margin call.

In plain words

Negative balance protection is a limit that stops you owing more than you put in. Without it, one fast market move can leave you owing the broker money on top of your deposit.

Why this matters

A fast market can take your account below zero, and this contract leaves you owing GODO the difference on top of losing your deposit. There is no promise anywhere that GODO writes off a negative balance.

Exhibit 6CriticalHarder than usual20%

Any account on Margin call needs to be cautious of equity as the account will be stopped out by closing all Open Positions as the equity reaches 20 % equity to margin level: all pending orders for the stopped-out account will be deleted, and any deficit that may result after liquidation will be handled and covered by the client
Clause 9(i) in Terms of Business, p.6
Downloaded from the broker's site on Open the reference
Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus), ASIC (Australia), ESMA (EU)

Firms licensed by the FCA, CySEC or ASIC must give retail CFD clients negative balance protection, so a client cannot lose more than the money in the account. GODO's contract puts the deficit on the client and promises no margin call.

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

  • Worse together with Exhibit 18GODO may cut your leverage without notice, which raises the margin you need and brings the stop out closer.

Four separate clauses let GODO keep the profit and return the deposit

Clause 39(h) of GODO's Terms of Business voids profits GODO decides were irregular, refunds only the verified principal, and makes its own determination final and binding. Clause 39(e) enforces your losing trades while voiding your winning ones on suspicion alone. Clause 23(cc) zeroes the balance where a deposit merely looks fraudulent, and the swap free terms reach every account you hold.

Voided gains3 clauses flagged

If GODO suspects market abuse, clause 39(e) lets it keep the trades where you lost and void the trades where you won. You then have to produce evidence that satisfies GODO that you did nothing wrong, and until you do, the winning trades stay void.

Why this matters

The clause needs only reasonable grounds for suspicion, not proof. It leaves every loss with you and hands GODO every gain while it decides, and the burden of clearing your name is on you.

Exhibit 8CriticalRarely seen

Enforce the Transaction or Transactions against you if it is a Transaction or Transactions under which you have incurred a loss.
Clause 39(e)(i) in Terms of Business, p.18
Downloaded from the broker's site on Open the reference

Our readingA right to reverse abusive trades is ordinary. Splitting it so that only the profitable trades are voided, while the losing ones are enforced, means the same suspicion never costs the firm anything.

  • Same clause as Exhibit 3Both sit in clause 39 and both let GODO strip the gain while the loss stands.

Where a deposit seems fraudulent on the face of it, clause 23(cc) lets GODO apply a zero balance and equity to your account, close every account you hold and refuse to pay out any profit. The trigger is how the deposit looks, not a finding that anything was wrong.

Why this matters

Your balance can be set to nothing before anyone checks, and GODO does not have to tell you first. Clause 23(dd) then has you release GODO from liability for whatever it did.

Exhibit 9CriticalRarely seen

The Client further acknowledges that if on the face of it any deposit seems to be fraudulent, the Company shall have the right without prior notice to do what is reasonable to mitigate the risks including, without limitation:
Clause 23(cc) in Terms of Business, p.10
Downloaded from the broker's site on Open the reference

Our readingFreezing a suspect deposit pending review is normal. Writing the balance and equity down to zero on appearance alone goes past holding the money and treats it as already forfeited.

If GODO detects what it calls abuse on an Islamic swap free account, it can close all of your trading accounts, void all the trades in them and cancel all profits. It can also claw back swap charges for the whole period the account was swap free.

Why this matters

The sanction reaches accounts that had nothing to do with the swap free one. If you hold several accounts with GODO, one judgment on one of them can wipe the trading record on all of them.

Exhibit 10WarningHarder than usual

with immediate effect, to close all trading accounts of such Client with GoDo Ltd., void all trades carried out in such Client’s trading accounts with GoDo Ltd and cancel all profits or losses incurred in such Client’s trading accounts.
Clause 2(e)(iii) in Rev Swap Terms Condiotion 2025, p.2
Read from the broker's site on Open the reference

GODO reviews GODO, and the bonus terms bar any third party

GODO's bonus terms state that no dispute can be taken to any third party, and its withdrawal policy tells clients to raise everything with GODO first. The complaint policy names only GODO's own compliance team, with no ombudsman and no compensation scheme. Clause 17(e) then bars any legal action brought more than three months after the cause arose.

Complaint routes2 clauses flagged

GODO's withdrawal policy tells you to bring any dispute to GODO first. Its bonus terms go further and say no dispute may be taken to any third party at all. GODO's complaint policy names no ombudsman and no independent scheme, only its own compliance team.

Why this matters

If GODO keeps your profit or refuses your withdrawal, the people reviewing that decision work for GODO. Beyond them the contract sends you to arbitration in Mauritius, which is a long way to go for most clients.

Exhibit 7CriticalHarder than usual

any dispute or situation not covered by these terms will be resolved by the company management in a fair and transparent manner. No such dispute can be taken to any third party.
Clause 2(g) in Rev Var Bonus Terms Condiotion 2025, p.2
Read from the broker's site on Open the reference
Set against a regulated standard: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus)

Firms licensed by the FCA or CySEC must give retail clients access to an independent ombudsman or investor compensation body once the firm's own process is exhausted. GODO's documents name no such body.

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

Clause 17(e) blocks any legal action brought more than three months after the cause arose, and the clock starts the day the problem happened, not the day you noticed. Clause 23(ff) also has you accept that a card chargeback is not permitted once GODO has executed a trade.

Why this matters

A slow dispute can run out your right to sue before it is resolved. The chargeback waiver aims at the one route that does not depend on GODO agreeing with you.

Exhibit 14WarningHarder than usual

No action, regardless of form, arising out of transactions under this Agreement may be brought by the Client after three months have elapsed from the day that the cause of action arose.
Clause 17(e) in Terms of Business, p.9
Downloaded from the broker's site on Open the reference
  • Worse together with Exhibit 7The internal route is the only route, and the clock on the external one runs while you use it.

GODO's Persian readers are shown a country list with Iran taken out

GODO's Persian site at godocm.com/ir/ prints GODO's restricted country list with Iran removed and every other name left in place. The English, Arabic and Russian versions of that same notice all name Iran, and so does GODO's credit card disclaimer. Clause 27(a) then says nothing GODO publishes outside English binds it or has any legal effect.

Language arbitrage1 clause flagged

Clause 27(a) says English is GODO's official language and that anything published in another language is for information only. It does not bind GODO and has no legal effect at all. GODO markets in Persian, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, French and Italian.

Why this matters

Every promise that brought you in, if you read it in your own language, is one GODO says it never made. The only version you are held to is the English contract.

Exhibit 12WarningHarder than usual

The Company's official language is the English language, and the Client should always read and refer to the Main Website for all information and disclosures about the Company and its activities. Translation or information provided in languages other than English is for informational purposes only and does not bind the Company or have any legal effect whatsoever, the Company having no responsibility or liability regarding the correctness of the information therein.
Clause 27(a) in Terms of Business, p.12
Downloaded from the broker's site on Open the reference

GODO can raise its charges without consulting you or telling you

Clause 22(g) of the Terms of Business lets GODO vary its charges with no consultation and no consent from the client. Clause 23(o) adds any bank, card or wallet fee at GODO's sole discretion, and clause 23(nn) lets it raise the transfer fees shown on its own website with no prior notification. The charges page separately promises no markups on currency conversion.

Cost disclosure1 clause flagged

Clause 22(g) lets GODO vary its charges without consulting you and without your consent. Clause 23(o) lets it pass on any bank, card or wallet fee at its sole discretion, and clause 23(nn) lets it raise the transfer fees on its own website without telling you first.

Why this matters

The price of holding money with GODO is not fixed by anything you agreed to. A fee can appear on the website and be charged to you before you have any reason to look.

Exhibit 11WarningHarder than usual

The Company may vary its charges from time to time without any consultation or prior consent from the Client.
Clause 22(g) in Terms of Business, p.9
Downloaded from the broker's site on Open the reference
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 they trade and give notice of changes. GODO's contract lets it vary charges with no consultation and no consent.

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

Asking GODO for your money removes the bonus holding your trades open

GODO's losable bonus terms remove the bonus in full the moment a client requests any withdrawal, partial or complete. Open trades relying on it as margin may then be closed out, and GODO states it is not liable for the result. GODO also reserves the right to cancel profits it judges to come from low risk strategies and to refuse a profit withdrawal without notice.

Bonus mechanics1 clause flagged

Ask to withdraw anything, part or all, and GODO removes the losable bonus from your account straight away. Trades that were relying on that bonus as margin may then be closed out, and GODO says it is not liable for what that costs you.

Why this matters

Requesting your own money can trigger the stop out that loses the rest of it. GODO also reserves the right to cancel profits it decides came from low risk strategies and to refuse a profit withdrawal without notice.

Exhibit 15WarningHarder than usual

Any withdrawal request—whether partial or full—will result in the immediate and full removal of the Losable Bonus from the client’s account.
Clause 4(a) in Loosable Bonus Terms Conditions, p.2
Read from the broker's site on Open the reference

GODO stops you out at 20% and you cover whatever is left owing

GODO closes every open position once equity reaches 20% of the margin required, and clause 9(i) makes any remaining deficit the client's to cover. Clause 9(g) removes any duty to call you first. GODO can also amend the agreement on two business days of notice posted to its own webpage, and clause 41(a) counts your next trade as acceptance.

Terms that move2 clauses flagged

GODO can rewrite the agreement on two business days of written notice. That notice can be a post on its own webpage, which clause 25(c) treats as reaching you one hour later. Clause 41(a) then counts your next trade as acceptance.

Why this matters

You can agree to a change you never saw simply by trading. Clause 13(a) separately lets GODO suspend your account at any time, with or without notice and without a court order.

Exhibit 13WarningHarder than usual2 working days

Unless provided differently elsewhere in this Customer Agreement, the Company has the right to amend the terms of the Agreement at any time giving to the Client at least two Business Days Written Notice prior to such changes.
Clause 41(b) in Terms of Business, p.19
Downloaded from the broker's site on Open the reference

The Terms of Business says leverage runs from 1:100 to 1:400. GODO's legal page carries two tiered leverage documents at the same time, one from October 2025 and one from January 2026, and both advertise 1:1000 on forex. The January version cuts gold, oil and futures leverage well below the October one.

Why this matters

You cannot tell from GODO's own documents which schedule applies to your account. Clause 8(x) also lets GODO change your leverage with no prior notice, which moves the margin you need under open trades.

Exhibit 18NoticeHarder than usualNew

The possible choice of a leverage rate ranges from 1:100 up to 1:400 depending on the type of the CFD and at the Company's discretion.
Clause 8(x) in Terms of Business, p.4
Downloaded from the broker's site on Open the reference

GODO is the counterparty to your trades and its conflicts policy leaves that out

Clause 37 of GODO's Terms of Business states that GODO acts as principal, is the client's counterparty, and that GODO and its employees may take positions opposite to the client. GODO's separate conflicts of interest policy covers staff gifts and personal account dealing and never states this. GODO sets its own quotes and does not guarantee they are the best available.

In plain words

On a principal basis, as your counterparty, means the broker takes the other side of your trade itself. Your loss is then the firm’s gain, so it has an interest in how your trade ends.

Who is on the other side1 clause flagged

Clause 37 of the Terms of Business says GODO acts as your counterparty and that GODO and its staff may take positions opposite to yours. GODO's separate conflicts of interest policy, the document a client would read on this subject, covers staff gifts and personal dealing and never mentions it.

Why this matters

When you lose on a trade, the firm on the other side may be the firm holding your money. GODO also sets the quotes, says it does not guarantee they are the best available, and is under no obligation to show you the prices it got elsewhere.

Exhibit 16WarningStandard wording

The Company, its Associates, and the employees of any of them may take positions opposite to the Client or may be in competition with the Client to acquire the same or a similar position.
Clause 37(a)(v) in Terms of Business, p.17
Downloaded from the broker's site on Open the reference

GODO Ltd takes the deposit and a Cyprus company owes the payout

GODO Ltd holds Mauritius Financial Services Commission licence GB20025812 as an Investment Dealer, and it is the company a client contracts with. Clause 23(oo) then assigns all obligations for refunds, returns and payouts to GODO Service Ltd in Cyprus. A third company, GODO Introduction Financial Services LLC in the UAE, may only introduce clients and holds no client assets.

Who you contract with1 clause flagged

GODO Ltd in Mauritius is the company you contract with, under Financial Services Commission licence GB20025812. Clause 23(oo) then hands refunds, returns and payouts to GODO Service Ltd, a Cyprus company. A third company in the UAE may only introduce clients and holds no client assets.

Why this matters

The company that took your deposit and the company that owes you the payout are not the same one, and they sit under different regulators. No investor compensation scheme is named in any document we read.

Exhibit 17NoticeHarder than usual

GoDo Service Ltd. is recognized as a related party to our business, and it is tasked with providing support and backup operations. Wherein the services are used, all obligations concerning refunds, returns, and payouts will fall under the responsibility of GoDo Service Ltd.
Clause 23(oo) in Terms of Business, p.11
Downloaded 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 Persian notice repeats GODO's country list in the same order with Iran taken out, while the credit card disclaimer and the English, Arabic and Russian pages all name Iran.

Said in public, in Persian

ما خدمات آن را به ساکنان حوزه های قضایی خاص مانند افغانستان، ساحل عاج، کوبا، لیبی، میانمار، کره شمالی، سودان، پورتوریکو، ایالات متحده آمریکا، سوریه و یمن ارائه نمی دهیم. لطفاً کشورهای محدود را بررسی کنید.

Word for word in English: We do not offer our services to residents of certain jurisdictions such as Afghanistan, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Puerto Rico, United States of America, Syria and Yemen. Please check the restricted countries.

Restriction notice in the footer of GODO's Persian language homepage

In the contract · clause 3(e)

GoDo does not offer its services to the residents of certain jurisdictions such as Afghanistan, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Puerto Rico, USA, Syria, and Yemen.

02

The page promises your money is never used or invested, while clause 15(f) has you grant GODO the right to pledge and invest it alongside other clients' property.

Said in public, in English

We keep your funds entirely separate from our own operational funds in various top-tier banking institutions. We won’t ever use any of your money for either our own use or any other investment, ensuring your protection at all times.

Fund Segregation heading on GODO's fund protection page

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

In the contract · clause 15(f)

The Client grants to the Company the right to pledge, repledge, hypothecate, or invest either separately or with the property of other clients, any securities or other property held by the Company for the Client's account(s) or as collateral, therefore, including without limitation to any exchange or clearinghouse through which transactions of the Client are executed.

03

The Persian page promises zero commission next to a fast withdrawal promise, while GODO's charges page takes $25 from every bank or card withdrawal.

Said in public, in Persian

کمیسیون صفر

Word for word in English: Zero commission

One of three promises under the Persian heading پول شما، قوانین شما, meaning Your money, your rules

In the contract · clause Withdrawal Fees

For Bank ,Credit & Debit card per withdrawal, a standard fee of 25 USD will be deducted. Please note minimum withdrawal amount is 100 USD.

What changed quietly

This is our first reading of GODO, so there is nothing yet to compare it against.

  • REWRITTENClause · 2025-10 to 2026-01

    The January 2026 leverage table renames the instruments and cuts the maximum leverage on gold, oil and futures below the October 2025 table, while both files stay published.

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The documents this reading is based on

20 files, all published by GODO. 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 GODO publishes.

How this reading was done

Every clause above was read out of a document GODO publishes itself

This reading was published on .

Documents
9 of 20downloaded from the broker's site, and 9 read in full
Pages opened
23pages walked to find those documents, footer links included
Older copies
1earlier versions downloaded, 1 identical to the copy we hold by fingerprint
Marketing pages
7public pages set against what the contract says
Languages
EN vs FAthe language it advertises in, against the language it contracts in

Who the contract is with

GODO Ltd

You contract with GODO Ltd, a Mauritius company holding Financial Services Commission licence GB20025812 as an Investment Dealer. Two other companies carry the GODO name and neither holds your money the way you might assume. GODO Introduction Financial Services LLC in the UAE may only introduce clients and does not hold client assets. Your payments are separate again: clause 23(oo) hands refunds, returns and payouts to GODO Service Ltd, a Cyprus company registered as HE442482. No investor compensation scheme is named in any document we read.

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

GODO publishes 17 legal documents on one page, with no login and no email form in the way. Clause 37 of the Terms of Business states plainly that GODO is your counterparty and may hold positions against you. Most brokers leave that buried. The Risk Warning also says outright that non-segregated money would leave you as a general creditor if GODO failed. Clause 24(k) commits GODO to reconciling client money daily.

We could not read six of the PDFs: the interpretation of terms, the execution policy, the website terms, the privacy policy, the cookies policy and the restricted countries list. Nobody read those. The restricted countries file is one scanned page with no readable text, so we took GODO's country list from its credit card disclaimer and from the site footers instead. The client agreement served at godocm.com/client-agreement is 43 pages of scanned images. Only its cover page carries readable text, so we quote nothing from it. The text of the Terms of Business also comes out of the file garbled. We read all 23 pages of it in the browser from GODO's own file, and every clause we credit to it comes from that reading, on the pages we name. A search inside the raw file may fail to find those quotations even though the words are on the page. We read only parts of the risk warning and the conflicts of interest policy. No earlier copy of the Terms of Business exists in any public archive, so we could not tell which of its clauses are new.

How to check any of this yourself

Every quote above links to the GODO 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 GODO 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 GODO 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 Sep 1, 2026.

If you represent GODO 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 GODO. Whether its licence is real and current is a separate check on the broker profile.

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