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20 out of 100 · 92% checked
It copies another firm's identity, and our investigation found it is high risk and could not be verified.
Capped at 20 · Clone firm or regulator warning
We checked IFC Markets on 2026-10-25 across its company record, client terms, trading offer and service, and could verify 92% of its record. The score was held at 20 because it copies another firm's identity. What would move the score: all-in eurusd cost, instrument breadth, wikilix community. Our published investigation found it is high risk and could not be verified, with 21.2 years of track record. Its client terms carry high risk, with 7 critical clauses.
Score last calculated 2026/10/25
Wikilix independent safety report
IFC Markets is a real broker and we found no evidence of fraud, but it is high risk: its licences are offshore and five regulators have warned about it. Our risk score is 53%. The company most client…
Risk scorecard · each area scored 0 (clean) to 10 (worst)
What Wikilix has recorded about IFC Markets: its history, the licences it holds, its trading conditions and its fees.
IFC Markets is a forex and CFD broker, and most of its clients contract with IFCMARKETS. CORP., a British Virgin Islands company (registration number 669838) that holds an offshore investment business licence from the BVI Financial Services Commission. IFC Markets dates its operations to 2006, and its website gives a registered address in Road Town, Tortola, and a physical address in Yerevan, Armenia. It offers its own NetTradeX platform alongside MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, with accounts from 15 USD, leverage up to 1:400 and spreads from 0.0 pips on its ECN account.
IFCMARKETS. CORP. holds investment business licence SIBA/L/14/1073 from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI FSC), the licence its website footer cites. On 25 October 2026, the BVI FSC's list of currently regulated entities showed the company licensed for dealing in investments as principal and arranging deals in investments.
IFC Markets Ltd, the group's Labuan company (LL16237) behind ifcmfx.com, appears on the Labuan Financial Services Authority's list of money brokers, last updated on 9 September 2026. The list confirms the activity rather than a number: MB/20/0049 is the licence number the company publishes. The group's sites assign residents of Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, South Korea and the BVI to IFC Markets Ltd, while IFCMARKETS. CORP. does not serve residents of the United States, Russia or the BVI, and its registration page adds Japan.
FSP 51818, the South African authorisation recorded for IFC Markets, is held on the register of the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) by SOL INTEGRITAS ZA (PTY) LTD, a company that does not carry the IFC Markets name and whose registration number matches neither IFC company on record. On 25 October 2026 the register listed it as Authorized, with a Category I authorisation for advice and intermediary services, derivative instruments among them, dating from 6 October 2021. It is not a licence to deal with clients as principal, and IFC Markets' own legal pages no longer name an FSCA-authorised company.
Only offshore. The companies that take IFC Markets' clients are licensed in the British Virgin Islands and in Labuan, and the one onshore authorisation linked to the brand belongs to a differently named South African company and does not extend to IFC Markets' trading accounts.
IFC Markets' safety rests on the broker itself, because none of its offshore licences comes with an investor compensation scheme. Its Customer Agreement, last updated on 25 August 2026, lets the broker introduce deposit and withdrawal fees and limits at any time, and the withdrawals page reserves the right to reclaim negative-balance compensation and cancel bonus funds when a client asks to withdraw.
Classic, Direct and Pro accounts each come in a Standard size from 1,000 USD and a small size from 15 USD, called Nano on NetTradeX and Micro on MetaTrader; ECN comes in a Standard size only.
Micro and Nano accounts block new positions once equity reaches 5,000 USD. Islamic (swap-free) status is available on request, but positions are then closed automatically 14 calendar days after opening, and the status covers all of a client's real accounts and cannot be reversed. VIP status, with a personal manager and compensated deposit and withdrawal commissions, is assigned automatically from a 50,000 USD trading deposit.
ECN Standard is the only account whose table shows a commission, 0.005% of transaction volume, and the broker's FAQ adds that commission applies to certain instruments such as stocks and ETFs. The FAQ describes a 10 USD monthly inactivity fee per account after 12 months without trading, charged only while the balance is positive; the Customer Agreement allows the same fee on inactive or dormant accounts and lets the broker add a mark-up when it converts currencies.
Leverage reaches 1:400 on the Micro and Nano accounts and is capped at 1:200 on every Standard-size account, ECN Standard included.
NetTradeX, the broker's own platform and the one it marks as recommended, runs on Windows, iOS and Android, with older Windows Phone and Windows Mobile builds, and is where clients can build and trade personal composite instruments using the GeWorko method. MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 are offered for Windows, macOS, a web terminal, iOS and Android. Each platform needs its own trading account: NetTradeX carries the Classic and Direct accounts, MT4 the Classic Standard and Classic Micro accounts, and MT5 the Direct, Pro and ECN accounts.
The English deposit page lists international bank transfer, bank cards, cryptocurrencies, Open Banking, African local bank transfer, Mobile Money/M-Pesa, WebMoney, Volet (ADVCash) and domestic transfer, and the Farsi version of the site adds Iranian rial top-up services. IFC Markets lists no deposit fee of its own except for WebMoney, at 20%, and bank wires carry the client's own bank charges; the withdrawals page also lets the broker debit payment-system commissions from the balance if an account shows no trading activity. Withdrawal fees depend on the channel: the client's own bank charges for wires, a variable fee for cards and crypto, 3% for Open Banking, 0.8% capped at 50 USD for WebMoney, 0.5% for Volet, 1 to 2 USD for M-Pesa and African local banks and 1.8% to 3.5% for domestic transfers.
Withdrawals are processed in Back Office hours (Monday to Friday 08:00 to 20:00, weekends 07:00 to 15:30 CET). The FAQ says most requests are handled within an hour and some take up to 48 working hours, and the Customer Agreement sets two Business Days on a best-efforts basis; the payment channel then adds its own time, such as 2 to 3 working days for wires and normally 1 to 5 business days for cards. Funds normally return through the payment system used to deposit, to an account in the client's own name, although the agreement lets the broker pay by another method of its choice.
Support runs through 12 language desks, each with email, live chat and a callback form, and every desk lists weekday hours only; the English desk is open Monday to Friday, 06:00 to 19:00 CET, at support@ifcmarkets.com and +44 20 3966 1649. The home page advertises 24-hour support, which those weekday schedules do not show. Complaints go through the complaint form on the website, and the Complaints Handling Procedure gives no complaints email and no response deadline.
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IFC Markets pairs a brand that dates itself to 2006, its own NetTradeX platform and a wide choice of accounts and payment channels with an offshore structure: most clients contract with IFCMARKETS. CORP., whose BVI FSC licence was confirmed on the regulator's list on 25 October 2026. The points to weigh before funding an account are the absence of a compensation scheme, the channel fees and the broker's contractual rights over fees, bonuses and negative-balance compensation at withdrawal.
8 full-page captures of IFC Markets's own site, archived so what they said can still be read after the pages change.
We have not confirmed any regulation for IFC Markets. Money deposited with an unregulated broker is protected only by the company itself.
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We have not confirmed any regulation for IFC Markets. An unregulated broker is not supervised by a financial authority, and money you deposit is protected only by the company itself.
What this means for you
9 account types on record. Minimum deposit from USD 15. Leverage up to 1:400.
| Account | Min Deposit | Max Leverage | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classic StandardClassic · Standard | USD 1,000 | 1:200 | Not in the account table; FAQ: commission applies to ECN accounts and some instruments such as stocks and ETFs |
| Classic NanoNano · Cent | USD 15 | 1:400 | Not in the account table; FAQ: commission applies to ECN accounts and some instruments such as stocks and ETFs |
| Classic MicroMicro · Cent | USD 15 | 1:400 | Not in the account table; FAQ: commission applies to ECN accounts and some instruments such as stocks and ETFs |
| Direct StandardStandard | USD 1,000 | 1:200 | Dash (-) in the MT5 table, no row in the NetTradeX table; FAQ: commission applies to ECN accounts and some instruments such as stocks and ETFs |
| Direct NanoNano · Cent | USD 15 | 1:400 | Not in the account table; FAQ: commission applies to ECN accounts and some instruments such as stocks and ETFs |
| Direct MicroMicro · Cent | USD 15 | 1:400 | Dash (-) in the MT5 table; FAQ: commission applies to ECN accounts and some instruments such as stocks and ETFs |
| Pro StandardPro · VIP | USD 1,000 | 1:200 | Dash (-) in the MT5 table; FAQ: commission applies to ECN accounts and some instruments such as stocks and ETFs |
| Pro MicroMicro · Cent | USD 15 | 1:400 | Dash (-) in the MT5 table; FAQ: commission applies to ECN accounts and some instruments such as stocks and ETFs |
| ECN StandardECN | USD 1,000 | 1:200 | 0.005% of transaction volume |
Where IFC Markets says it will and won't take clients
Confirmed blocked
Named in the broker's own terms
Covered by a parent block
Territories a blocked country carries with it
Explicitly accepted
Named as accepted — not a full list of served markets
14 ways to fund an account. The costliest way in is WebMoney at 20%.
| Method | Deposit fee | Withdrawal fee | Min deposit | Withdrawal min / max | Processing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
International Bank TransferWire TransferDeposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/deposits): processing 'normally takes from 2 to 3 working days', deposit fee 'Your bank's fee', minimum deposit $100 / €100, withdrawal method International Bank Transfer. Withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/withdrawals), where it is listed as 'Wire transfer': processing from 2 to 3 working days, commission 'Your bank's fee', minimum withdrawal 50$ / 50€. Those are the client's bank's charges, not a fee IFC Markets states, so both fees are stored as not recorded. Customer Agreement 33.3: a transfer fee may be charged when funds are transferred to another institution. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, https://www.ifcmarkets.com/pdf_files/Customer_Agreement.pdf, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). The FAQ says withdrawal requests are usually performed within an hour of Back Office working hours and in some cases take up to 48 working hours, and Agreement 39.9 says withdrawals are processed within two Business Days (best efforts), before the payment system's own time. Agreement 39.2 and 39.4 reserve the right to charge payment providers' transfer fees and to impose deposit and withdrawal fees and limits at any time. | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 100 | USD 50Not recorded | Up to 3 days |
Bank cardsCredit CardDeposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/deposits): processing 'Instantly', deposit fee 'None', minimum $100 / €100 / ¥10 000, maximum $5000 / €5000 / ¥500 000; withdrawals go to the 'Banking card used for depositing'. Withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/withdrawals), 'Transfer to Banking Card': 'Normally takes 1-5 business days', commission 'Varies', minimum $10 / €10 / ¥5000, maximum $1000 / €1000 / ¥100000 per day. The page text names no card brands. The deposit fee is stored as not recorded rather than zero because Agreement 39.2 reserves deposit fees and payment providers' charges, and the withdrawals page says payment-system commissions may be debited in full if there is no trading activity. Customer Agreement 40.1: a chargeback fee may be charged. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). The FAQ says withdrawal requests are usually performed within an hour of Back Office working hours and in some cases take up to 48 working hours, and Agreement 39.9 says withdrawals are processed within two Business Days (best efforts), before the payment system's own time. Agreement 39.2 and 39.4 reserve the right to charge payment providers' transfer fees and to impose deposit and withdrawal fees and limits at any time. | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 100 | USD 10USD 1,000 | Up to 5 days |
Crypto CurrenciesCryptocurrencyDeposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/deposits): processing 'From several minutes', deposit fee 'None', minimum 20$ / 20€ / 2000¥ / 800 uBTC. Withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/withdrawals): processing '< 1 working day', commission 'Varies', minimum 20$ / 20€ / 2,000¥ / 800 uBTC. Neither page lists the coins or networks accepted. FAQ: a crypto deposit must arrive as the exact amount of the deposit request within its timer, and third-party exchange fees can reduce the amount received. Stored time (2 days) is Agreement 39.9's withdrawal processing time, the longest the broker states for this method. The deposit fee is stored as not recorded rather than zero because Agreement 39.2 reserves deposit fees and payment providers' charges. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). The FAQ says withdrawal requests are usually performed within an hour of Back Office working hours and in some cases take up to 48 working hours. Agreement 39.4 reserves the right to impose withdrawal fees and limits at any time. | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 20 | USD 20Not recorded | Up to 2 days |
Open BankingBank TransferDeposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/deposits): processing 'Instantly', deposit fee 'None', minimum $20 / €20 / ¥2000, withdrawal method Open Banking. Withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/withdrawals): processing '< 1 working day', commission 3%, minimum withdrawal $10. The page does not say whether the 3% is IFC Markets' charge or the provider's. Stored time (2 days) is Agreement 39.9's withdrawal processing time, the longest the broker states for this method. The deposit fee is stored as not recorded rather than zero because Agreement 39.2 reserves deposit fees and payment providers' charges. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). The FAQ says withdrawal requests are usually performed within an hour of Back Office working hours and in some cases take up to 48 working hours. | Not recorded | 3% | USD 20 | USD 10Not recorded | Up to 2 days |
African Local BankBank TransferDeposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/deposits): processing 'Instantly', deposit fee 'None', minimum $15 / €15, maximum $500 / €500, withdrawal method African Local Bank. Withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/withdrawals): processing '< 1 working day', commission 1$-2$ / 1€-2€ (shown as 2 USD, the top of the published range, not a flat fee), minimum 5$ / 5€, maximum 500$ / 500€. The page does not list the countries covered. Stored time (2 days) is Agreement 39.9's withdrawal processing time, the longest the broker states for this method. The deposit fee is stored as not recorded rather than zero because Agreement 39.2 reserves deposit fees and payment providers' charges. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). The FAQ says withdrawal requests are usually performed within an hour of Back Office working hours and in some cases take up to 48 working hours. | Not recorded | USD 2 | USD 15 | USD 5USD 500 | Up to 2 days |
Mobile Money/M-PesaE-WalletDeposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/deposits): processing 'Instantly', deposit fee 'None', minimum $15 / €15, maximum $500 / €500, withdrawal method Mobile Money/M-Pesa. Withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/withdrawals): processing '< 1 working day', commission 1$-2$ / 1€-2€ (shown as 2 USD, the top of the published range, not a flat fee), minimum 5$ / 5€, maximum 500$ / 500€. The page does not list the countries covered. Stored time (2 days) is Agreement 39.9's withdrawal processing time, the longest the broker states for this method. The deposit fee is stored as not recorded rather than zero because Agreement 39.2 reserves deposit fees and payment providers' charges. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). The FAQ says withdrawal requests are usually performed within an hour of Back Office working hours and in some cases take up to 48 working hours. | Not recorded | USD 2 | USD 15 | USD 5USD 500 | Up to 2 days |
WebMoneyE-WalletDeposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/deposits): processing 'Instantly', deposit fee '20%', minimum deposit $15, withdrawal method 'WebMoney Payment system'. Withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/withdrawals), 'WebMoney Payment system': processing 'from several minutes', commission '0.8% (maximum $50)', minimum withdrawal $1. The Farsi version of the deposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/fa/deposits) shows the same 20% deposit fee. Stored time (2 days) is Agreement 39.9's withdrawal processing time, the longest the broker states for this method. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). The FAQ says withdrawal requests are usually performed within an hour of Back Office working hours and in some cases take up to 48 working hours. Agreement 39.2 and 39.4 reserve the right to charge payment providers' transfer fees and to impose deposit and withdrawal fees and limits at any time. | 20% | 0.8% | USD 15 | USD 1Not recorded | Up to 2 days |
Volet (ADVCash)E-WalletDeposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/deposits): processing 'Instantly', deposit fee 'None', minimum $15 / €15, maximum $5000 / €5000, withdrawal method Volet. Withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/withdrawals): processing 'from a few minutes', commission 0.5%, minimum 1$ / 1€, maximum 5000$ / 5000€. Stored time (2 days) is Agreement 39.9's withdrawal processing time, the longest the broker states for this method. The deposit fee is stored as not recorded rather than zero because Agreement 39.2 reserves deposit fees and payment providers' charges. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). The FAQ says withdrawal requests are usually performed within an hour of Back Office working hours and in some cases take up to 48 working hours. | Not recorded | 0.5% | USD 15 | USD 1USD 5,000 | Up to 2 days |
Domestic TransferBank TransferDeposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/deposits): processing 'within 1 hour', deposit fee 'None', minimum $20 / €20, withdrawal method Domestic Transfer. Withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/withdrawals): processing '< 1 working day', commission '1.8% - 3.5%' (stored 3.5 is the ceiling, not a flat rate), minimum 10$ / 10€, maximum 5000$ / 5000€. The page does not say which countries' domestic transfers are covered. Stored time (2 days) is Agreement 39.9's withdrawal processing time, the longest the broker states for this method. The deposit fee is stored as not recorded rather than zero because Agreement 39.2 reserves deposit fees and payment providers' charges. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). The FAQ says withdrawal requests are usually performed within an hour of Back Office working hours and in some cases take up to 48 working hours. | Not recorded | 3.5% | USD 20 | USD 10USD 5,000 | Up to 2 days |
FaraPardakhtOtherListed only on the Farsi (IFCM Iran) version of the site, not on the English deposits page. Farsi deposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/fa/deposits), 'FaraPardakht (شارژ ریالی)', a rial top-up: processing within 5 minutes, deposit fee none (ندارد), minimum $15 / €15 / JPY1500 / uBTC150, withdrawal method FaraPardakht. Farsi withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/fa/withdrawals): processing up to 1 working day, commission none (ندارد), minimum $10 / €10 / JPY1500 / uBTC100; its withdrawal links go to login.ifcmiran.asia. Both fees are stored as not recorded rather than zero because Agreement 39.2 and 39.4 reserve deposit and withdrawal fees and payment providers' charges. Stored time (2 days) is Agreement 39.9's withdrawal processing time, the longest the broker states. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 15 | USD 10Not recorded | Up to 2 days |
FarsiChangeOtherListed only on the Farsi (IFCM Iran) version of the site, not on the English deposits page. Farsi deposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/fa/deposits), 'FarsiChange (شارژ ریالی)', a rial top-up: processing a few minutes (چند دقیقه), deposit fee none (ندارد), minimum $15 / €15 / JPY1500 / uBTC150, withdrawal method FarsiChange. Farsi withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/fa/withdrawals): processing up to 1 working day, commission none (ندارد), minimum $10 / €10 / JPY1500 / uBTC100; its withdrawal links go to login.ifcmiran.asia. Both fees are stored as not recorded rather than zero because Agreement 39.2 and 39.4 reserve deposit and withdrawal fees and payment providers' charges. Stored time (2 days) is Agreement 39.9's withdrawal processing time, the longest the broker states. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 15 | USD 10Not recorded | Up to 2 days |
VSHARGOtherListed only on the Farsi (IFCM Iran) version of the site, not on the English deposits page. Farsi deposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/fa/deposits), 'VSHARG (شارژ ریالی)', a rial top-up: processing 5 to 30 minutes, deposit fee none (ندارد), minimum $15 / €15 / JPY1500 / uBTC150, withdrawal method VSHARG. Farsi withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/fa/withdrawals): processing up to 1 working day, commission none (ندارد), minimum $10 / €10 / JPY1500 / uBTC100; its withdrawal links go to login.ifcmiran.asia. Both fees are stored as not recorded rather than zero because Agreement 39.2 and 39.4 reserve deposit and withdrawal fees and payment providers' charges. Stored time (2 days) is Agreement 39.9's withdrawal processing time, the longest the broker states. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 15 | USD 10Not recorded | Up to 2 days |
IRPAYOtherListed only on the Farsi (IFCM Iran) version of the site, not on the English deposits page. Farsi deposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/fa/deposits), 'IRPAY (شارژ ریالی)', a rial top-up: processing 5 to 10 minutes, deposit fee none (ندارد), minimum uBTC150 / JPY1,500 / €15 / $15, withdrawal method IRPAY. Farsi withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/fa/withdrawals): processing up to 1 working day, commission none (ندارد), minimum uBTC100 / JPY1,500 / €10 / $10; its withdrawal links go to login.ifcmiran.asia. Both fees are stored as not recorded rather than zero because Agreement 39.2 and 39.4 reserve deposit and withdrawal fees and payment providers' charges. Stored time (2 days) is Agreement 39.9's withdrawal processing time, the longest the broker states. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 15 | USD 10Not recorded | Up to 2 days |
TopChangeOtherListed only on the Farsi (IFCM Iran) version of the site, not on the English deposits page. Farsi deposits page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/fa/deposits), 'TopChange': processing instant (فوری), deposit fee none (ندارد), minimum $15, withdrawal method TopChange. Farsi withdrawals page (https://www.ifcmarkets.com/fa/withdrawals): processing from a few minutes (از چند دقیقه), commission 2%, minimum withdrawal $1; its withdrawal links go to login.ifcmiran.asia. The deposit fee is stored as not recorded rather than zero because Agreement 39.2 reserves deposit fees and payment providers' charges. Stored time (2 days) is Agreement 39.9's withdrawal processing time, the longest the broker states. All methods: withdrawals are paid only to the payment system used for depositing, and no third-party payments are accepted (FAQ https://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/faqs; Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026, clauses 39.1 and 39.7). | Not recorded | 2% | USD 15 | USD 1Not recorded | Up to 2 days |
3 trading platforms on record: MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and Proprietary platform.
MetaTrader 4 for Windows, macOS, WebTerminal, iOS and Android, plus MT4 MultiTerminal for Windows; carries the Classic Standard and Classic Micro accounts.
MetaTrader 5 for Windows, macOS, WebTerminal, iOS and Android; carries the Direct, Pro and ECN accounts, with hedging or netting and Market Depth on ECN accounts only.
NetTradeX, the broker's own platform (built in 2006 by NetTradeX Corp., part of IFCM Group): Windows, iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Windows Mobile; carries the Classic and Direct accounts.
23 domains on record. All active and served over HTTPS.
2 legal entities behind the IFC Markets brand.
The operating company is IFCMARKETS. CORP.. Registered in British Virgin Islands. Registration number 669838.
3 other brokers on the record share what IFC Markets offers — its country, regulator, account types or platforms — set beside it on the same measures.
Common questions about IFC Markets
No compensation scheme covers IFC Markets' trading accounts. IFCMARKETS. CORP. is licensed in the British Virgin Islands and the group's IFC Markets Ltd in Labuan, and neither licence comes with an investor compensation scheme for trading clients. IFC Markets' withdrawals page also reserves the right to charge a client the negative balance compensations accrued on all their accounts, and to cancel bonus funds, when the client requests a withdrawal.
IFC Markets offers forex and CFDs on precious metals, indices, stocks, ETFs and cryptocurrencies, including 49 currency pairs and 13 cryptocurrencies. On NetTradeX, clients can also build and trade personal composite instruments with the broker's GeWorko method.
Complaints are submitted through the complaint form on IFC Markets' website, as its Complaints Handling Procedure sets out. The procedure gives no complaints email address and no deadline for acknowledging or resolving a complaint.
IFC Markets runs support desks in 12 languages, each with email, live chat and a callback form; the English desk answers Monday to Friday, 06:00 to 19:00 CET, at support@ifcmarkets.com and +44 20 3966 1649. Every desk on the contact page lists weekday hours only, although the home page advertises 24-hour support. WhatsApp (+357 22 000149) and a Telegram support bot are offered for several desks.
IFCMARKETS. CORP. does not provide services to residents of the United States, Russia and the British Virgin Islands, according to its website footer, and its registration page adds Japan. Applicants from Brazil, Canada, Indonesia and South Korea are sent by the registration page to a separate IFCM Group onboarding portal rather than to IFCMARKETS. CORP.
Yes. IFC Markets' FAQ says a fee of 10 USD per month per account may be charged after 12 months without trading, only while the balance is positive. Its Customer Agreement of 25 August 2026 also allows accounts to be deactivated after 32 consecutive days without trading when the balance is under 0.75 USD, and treats all accounts as dormant after 12 months without trading.
Yes. IFC Markets grants Islamic (swap-free) status on request, with no swaps and no extra charges, but open positions are closed automatically 14 calendar days after they are opened. The status applies to all of the client's real accounts at once, cannot be reversed, and the broker may refuse or revoke it.
IFC Markets processes withdrawals in its Back Office hours (Monday to Friday 08:00 to 20:00, weekends 07:00 to 15:30 CET); its FAQ says most requests are handled within an hour and some take up to 48 working hours, while the Customer Agreement gives two Business Days on a best-efforts basis. The payment channel then adds its own time, from 2 to 3 working days for bank wires and normally 1 to 5 business days for cards to under one working day for crypto and e-wallets. Withdrawals normally go back through the method used to deposit, to an account in the client's own name, and on a withdrawal request the broker may reclaim negative-balance compensation credited to the client's accounts and cancel bonus funds.
Spreads at IFC Markets start from 1.8 pips fixed on Classic accounts, 0.4 pips floating on Direct accounts, 0.1 pips on Pro accounts and 0.0 pips on ECN Standard. Only ECN Standard shows a commission in the account tables, 0.005% of the transaction volume, and the broker's FAQ adds that commission also applies to certain instruments such as stocks and ETFs. The accounts page warns that Pro spreads can widen in periods of low volatility.
IFC Markets offers Classic, Direct, Pro and ECN accounts. Classic (fixed spreads from 1.8 pips), Direct (floating from 0.4 pips) and Pro (from 0.1 pips, market execution) each come in a Standard size from 1,000 USD and a small Micro or Nano size from 15 USD, while ECN Standard (from 0.0 pips plus a 0.005% commission) comes in the Standard size only. Micro and Nano accounts block new positions once equity reaches 5,000 USD, and VIP status with a personal manager applies automatically from a 50,000 USD trading deposit.
IFC Markets is operated by IFCMARKETS. CORP., the company named in its Customer Agreement, incorporated in the British Virgin Islands under registration number 669838. On 25 October 2026 the company appeared on the BVI Financial Services Commission's list of regulated entities. Its website gives a registered address at Quijano Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, and a physical address in Yerevan, Armenia. Residents of Canada, Brazil, Indonesia, South Korea and the BVI are assigned instead to the group's Labuan company, IFC Markets Ltd.
The maximum leverage at IFC Markets is 1:400, available on its Micro and Nano accounts, which take deposits from 15 USD. Every Standard-size account, from 1,000 USD and including ECN Standard, is capped at 1:200.
The minimum deposit at IFC Markets is 15 USD, on its Micro and Nano accounts. The Standard-size accounts (Classic Standard, Direct Standard, Pro Standard and ECN Standard) require 1,000 USD. Each payment channel also has its own minimum, for example 100 USD by bank card or international bank transfer, 20 USD by crypto, Open Banking or domestic transfer, and 15 USD by WebMoney, Volet, M-Pesa or African local bank.
IFC Markets accepts international bank transfer, bank cards, cryptocurrencies, Open Banking, African local bank transfer, Mobile Money/M-Pesa, WebMoney, Volet (ADVCash) and domestic transfer, and its Farsi site adds Iranian rial top-up services. It lists no deposit fee of its own except for WebMoney, which charges 20%, and bank wires carry the client's own bank charges. Withdrawal fees depend on the channel:
The broker may also debit payment-system commissions from the balance if an account shows no trading activity, and its Customer Agreement allows deposit and withdrawal fees to be introduced at any time.
IFC Markets offers three platforms: its own NetTradeX, which it marks as recommended, MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. NetTradeX runs on Windows, iOS and Android and carries the Classic and Direct accounts; MT4 and MT5 run on Windows, macOS, a web terminal, iOS and Android, with MT4 carrying the Classic Standard and Classic Micro accounts and MT5 the Direct, Pro and ECN accounts. Each platform needs its own trading account.
Only offshore. IFCMARKETS. CORP., the company most clients contract with, holds investment business licence SIBA/L/14/1073 from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission. On 25 October 2026, the regulator's list of currently regulated entities showed it as licensed for dealing in investments as principal and arranging deals in investments. The group's IFC Markets Ltd appears on the Labuan Financial Services Authority's list of money brokers (licence MB/20/0049, as the company publishes it). FSCA authorisation FSP 51818, recorded for the brand, is held on the FSCA register by SOL INTEGRITAS ZA (PTY) LTD, a company without the IFC Markets name, and IFC Markets' legal pages no longer name an FSCA-authorised company.
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