iXBROKER can take back any profit it decides you gained inappropriately, and clause 5.17 says that decision is its own to make. Suspicion is enough. It does not have to prove anything first, and it owes you nothing for the trades it cancels.
Why this matters
Money you have already made can be removed from your balance before you withdraw it. The contract defines Illicit Profit as profit from breaking any term of the agreement, so a rule you did not know about is enough to make your gains removable.
Exhibit 1Every flagged clause gets its own number so you can point at this one. The number does not change, so a link to it keeps working.CriticalHow much this clause can cost you, in our reading. Critical can take your money or your profit. Warning can delay or limit it. Notice is simply worth knowing before you sign.Harder than usualHow ordinary this wording looks next to the contracts we read. This is our reading of the clause, not a count of other brokers.
Under such circumstances, the Company shall be entitled to withdraw any profits and charge any costs which it deems, in its sole discretion, to have been inappropriately gained and shall not be liable for the cancelation of any Transaction or profits or in the event of any damages or losses which may result from the suspension, closure or unwinding.
Where it sits: section 59 of 158 in the CLIENT AGREEMENT (iXBasic), 37% of the way through.We counted the numbered sections in the CLIENT AGREEMENT (iXBasic). This clause sits in section 59 of 158, about 37% of the way through. A fee written on the first page and the same fee written near the end are not the same disclosure.
Firms licensed by the FCA and CySEC must treat a retail client fairly and cannot rewrite a completed trade on suspicion alone. Both regimes expect a firm to evidence abuse and to give the client a route to challenge the decision. This contract lets iXBROKER judge, act and keep the money without notice.
iXBROKER is not licensed by these regulators, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.
- Worse together with Exhibit 2Read these two clauses together. Each one costs more because the other exists.The broker decides your profit was illicit, and the same contract gives you five working days to object before your silence counts as consent.
- Worse together with Exhibit 5Read these two clauses together. Each one costs more because the other exists.Profit can be stripped from every account the broker treats as linked to yours, not only from the one it accuses.