ITB

ITB Broker Overview

ITB, also presented as ITB Broker and ITBFX, is an offshore forex and CFD brand operated by International Trading Brachium Ltd, a company registered in Saint Lucia at The Sotheby Building, Rodney Bay, Gros-Islet. The broker offers MetaTrader 5 as its only trading platform, covering forex, metals, indices, cryptocurrencies and shares, with leverage reaching 1:500 and accounts opening from a 10 USD minimum deposit. Funding runs through cryptocurrency and local currency exchange channels rather than cards or e-wallets, and the broker holds no confirmed financial regulation.

ITB Regulation and License

ITB does not hold a confirmed forex licence. The only authority associated with the brand on this record is the Financial Services Authority of St Vincent and the Grenadines, and no licence number is published for it. That authority does not issue forex trading licences, so naming it does not place ITB under financial supervision for its brokerage activity.

What ITB does have is company registration. International Trading Brachium Ltd is registered in Saint Lucia under number 2024-00233, and a second entity, ITB LIMITED, is recorded in the Seychelles. Company registration confirms that a legal entity exists. It is not financial regulation, and it carries no capital requirement, no client fund segregation rule and no compensation scheme.

Is ITB Regulated?

No. There is no confirmed financial regulator standing behind ITB, and no licence number is published on the broker's own site. Clients deal with an offshore company that is not supervised by a financial conduct authority, which means there is no regulatory complaints route and no statutory compensation if the firm fails.

Is ITB Safe?

ITB carries the risks normal to an unregulated offshore broker, and two specific features of its setup deserve attention before an account is funded.

The first is how money moves. Deposits and withdrawals are handled in cryptocurrency or through local currency exchange providers, so there is no card chargeback and no bank recall available if a dispute arises. The second is a contradiction in the broker's own disclosures. The risk notice in the site footer states that ITB does not serve residents of the United States, Japan, Canada, Saint Lucia, Australia, the Democratic Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom, yet the country list behind its own sign-up form accepts every one of those except the United States. Only the United States is excluded consistently across both. A broker whose stated policy and actual onboarding disagree is worth approaching carefully.

ITB Account Types

ITB offers a tiered range built around deposit size and instrument focus.

• Nano, from 10 USD, leverage to 1:200, no commission. The entry tier.
• Standard, from 50 USD, leverage to 1:400, no commission.
• Gold, from 50 USD, leverage to 1:400.
• ECN, from 100 USD, leverage to 1:500, priced with a commission rather than a wider spread.
• Crypto, from 100 USD, leverage to 1:50.
• Stocks, from 300 USD, leverage to 1:10, commission charged.

Swap-free accounts are available, which matters to clients who cannot hold overnight interest.

ITB Spreads, Commissions and Fees

Spreads are variable rather than fixed. The Nano and Standard tiers are quoted without commission, so the whole cost sits in the spread, while the ECN tier moves part of that cost into a per lot commission and the Stocks tier is commission charged. ITB adds no fee of its own on deposits or withdrawals, though the crypto network or the local payment provider will still take theirs.

ITB Leverage

Maximum leverage is 1:500, available on the ECN tier. It steps down by account: 1:400 on Standard and Gold, 1:200 on Nano, 1:50 on Crypto and 1:10 on Stocks. As an unregulated offshore broker, ITB is not bound by the retail leverage caps that apply in the European Union, the United Kingdom or Australia.

ITB Trading Platforms

MetaTrader 5 is the only platform ITB offers. There is no MT4 and no proprietary web terminal. Installers are published for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android from the broker's own site at itbfx.com, and client accounts connect to a single server, InternationalTrading-Server.

ITB Deposits and Withdrawals

Funding is cryptocurrency first. Bitcoin and Tether are the supported channels, alongside local transfers that operate as a currency exchange service rather than a direct bank transfer to the broker, with the channels available depending on the client's country. Cards, Skrill, Neteller and ordinary international bank transfer are not offered. Identity verification has to be completed before a withdrawal can be requested.

ITB Support

Support runs 24 hours a day, every day of the week by live chat, backed by a ticket portal in the client area, an international phone line and email. It is offered in English, Persian and Arabic.

ITB Pros and Cons

Strengths: a low 10 USD entry point, leverage to 1:500, swap-free accounts, a full MetaTrader 5 rollout across desktop and mobile, and support available around the clock in three languages.

Limitations: no confirmed financial regulation and no published licence number, an offshore corporate structure split between Saint Lucia and the Seychelles, funding restricted to cryptocurrency and local exchange channels with no card or bank recourse, and a stated country policy that its own sign-up process does not enforce.

ITB Review and Assessment

ITB is a low-barrier, high-leverage offshore broker with a competent MetaTrader 5 setup and multilingual round-the-clock support, aimed largely at traders in the Middle East and Asia. The trading proposition is straightforward and the entry cost is low.

The consideration that should come before any deposit is the absence of regulation. There is no supervising authority, no segregated client money requirement and no compensation scheme, and because funds arrive by cryptocurrency or local exchange there is no payment network to reverse a transaction through. Anyone considering ITB should size their exposure to what they can afford to lose outright.