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SPACE MARKETS: FSCA licence 53183

Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Market Making(MM)

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RecordModified Sep 10, 2026

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Financial Sector Conduct Authority 53183

Recorded from the firm's own disclosure. Not yet checked against the register.

Holder
Space Markets (Pty) Ltd
Issuing authority
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Licence type
Market Making(MM)

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Our check

What we checked

Nobody has adjudicated this licence yet. It is recorded here as claimed, not as confirmed.

Wikilix check
Not checked
Authority strength
Tier 2
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
53183
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Market Making(MM)
The authority

About FSCA

Financial Sector Conduct Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is South Africa.

Full name
Financial Sector Conduct Authority
Jurisdiction
South Africa
Strength
Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established
1991
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
19 firms
Regulates
Forex, Bond, Stocks, Fund, Derivatives, CFD
Licences it issues
ODP Category IIA – Principal & Agency OTC Derivatives
Typical cost of a licence
USD 50,000-100,000 + ~USD 270k capital
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High

FSCA is classed as an offshore regime. An offshore registration can be entirely legitimate, but it typically means lower capital requirements, no compensation scheme, and a complaint route that is harder to use from abroad.

Protection

What this licence protects

FSCA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to ZAR 500,000
  • Complaints routeFSCA Dispute Resolution
  • Maximum leverage1:30
This describes the authority's regime, not how SPACE MARKETS applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against SPACE MARKETS. Wikilix holds no separate company records for this holder, so we cannot say which legal company the register issued it to.

Broker
Space Markets (Pty) Ltd
Based in
South Africa
Wikilix score
48.6the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Wikilix records SPACE MARKETS as having no regulation on file. That is a finding about the firm, not about this licence — the register’s own wording above is what states this entry’s standing.

Provenance

Where this record came from

Every date below has already happened. We do not publish a promised next-update date, because we do not schedule per-licence re-checks.

Last checked by Wikilix
Never — nobody has looked this entry up yet
Record last edited
When this entry was last changed in our database, which may be a correction rather than a change at the register.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

Answered from this register entry and the authority’s own record.

Most Popular Questions
Space Markets offers a maximum leverage of 500 according to the trading conditions provided. This leverage level allows traders to control larger positions relative to their account balance.
Space Markets offers trading in various regulated financial instruments including Forex, bonds, stocks, funds, derivatives, and CFDs. This range allows traders to access multiple asset classes through the broker.
The provided context does not specify whether Space Markets requires KYC (Know Your Customer) verification. Users should consult the broker directly for information on identity verification procedures.
The minimum deposit amount required to open an account with Space Markets is 50 USD.
Space Markets supports the MetaTrader 5 platform, which is a multi-asset platform for trading Forex, stocks, and futures. MetaTrader 5 is available on desktop and other devices, providing advanced analytics and algorithmic trading tools.
Space Markets (Pty) Ltd is licensed by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) in South Africa, which is a government regulator. The FSCA provides a high transparency level and client fund insurance up to ZAR 500,000. However, the broker is classified as 'noRegulation' in the provided data, so users should verify current regulatory status before trading.
Licence 53183 was issued by Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA), the financial authority for South Africa.
SPACE MARKETS holds this FSCA licence. A licence on record means the authority published an entry; it is not an endorsement.
Nobody at Wikilix has looked this entry up on the FSCA register yet, so treat it as claimed rather than confirmed. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding against the licence.
Wikilix rates FSCA tier 2: a well-established regime with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than a tier-1 authority.
Yes, FSCA is classed as an offshore regime. That can be a legitimate registration, but it usually means lower capital requirements, no compensation scheme, and a complaint route that is harder to use from abroad.
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