KQ Markets

KQ Markets is the trading brand of KQ Markets Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales on 26 January 2017 under registration number 10585199 and based at 1 St. Katharine's Way, London E1W 1UN. The firm states on its own site that it is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under register number 780026.

The structure matters more here than the brand. KQ Markets describes itself as an introducer of StoneX: the CFD and securities trading itself is provided by StoneX Financial Ltd, a separate English company (number 05616586) authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority under register number 446717. In practice a client is onboarded through KQ Markets but trades in a StoneX-provided environment, and the browser platform is served from a StoneX-operated web trader address. That is a legitimate and reasonably common arrangement in the United Kingdom, but it means the firm carrying the brand is an intermediary rather than the dealer holding client positions.

What is on offer. The site advertises more than 13,500 instruments across eight asset classes: shares, indices, forex with 84 or more currency pairs, commodities, gold and silver, interest rates, bonds and ETFs. Trading is available through a browser-based Web Trader with TradingView-powered charting, MetaTrader 5 for Windows, Mac and mobile, and the broker's own iOS and Android apps. The platform pages describe more than 80 technical indicators, more than 50 drawing tools, integrated Reuters news, hedging, partial closes with FIFO or non-FIFO sequencing, and a 50 percent discount on futures roll-over fees. Retail positions are closed automatically at 50 percent of the margin requirement.

Funding. The site names Visa, MasterCard, Skrill, PayPal, Neteller and bank transfer as payment channels. The advertised entry point is a first deposit of GBP 100.

The honest caveats. KQ Markets publishes very little of what a trader needs to compare it with rivals: there is no account-type comparison, no spread table, no commission schedule, no stated leverage cap, and no deposit or withdrawal fee, limit or processing time anywhere on the site. Its own risk warning states that 75 percent of retail investor accounts lose money trading these products with this provider. WIKILIX was also unable to confirm the exact permission scope attached to register number 780026 against the regulator's own record during this review, so the licence should be read as the firm's own published claim rather than as an independently confirmed dealing permission. Support is a single London telephone number and one email address, with no live chat.

Who it suits. Traders in the United Kingdom who want a UK-domiciled point of contact and are comfortable that execution sits with a large regulated counterparty will find the arrangement workable. Anyone who chooses a broker on published pricing, or who wants the brand they deposit with to be the dealer itself, should look for a firm that discloses its trading conditions in full.