Broker Summary
What Wikilix has recorded about STB Markets: its history, the licences it holds, its trading conditions and its fees.
STB Markets Broker Overview
STB Markets is a retail forex and CFD brand that presented itself as a London firm, giving 177 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8JR as its address and operating the website stbmarkets.com. No operating company, licence number or ownership structure is disclosed under the brand, and the brand's website no longer resolves, so no live product, pricing or platform information is available from the operator itself.
STB Markets Regulation and License
There is no confirmed financial regulation behind STB Markets. No authority, licence number or licensed entity is documented anywhere for the brand, and the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority has published STB Markets on its list of unauthorised firms, recording that it was targeting people in the UK without authorisation. France's Autorite des Marches Financiers has likewise listed the name among unauthorised companies and websites offering forex.
Is STB Markets Regulated?
No. STB Markets holds no confirmed licence in any jurisdiction, and it is the subject of published warnings rather than of any authorisation. Clients dealing with an unauthorised firm in the UK have no access to the Financial Ombudsman Service and no protection from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Is STB Markets Safe?
The evidence points the other way. A named UK street address is used without any UK company standing behind it: a search of the Companies House register returns no company whose name includes STB Markets, so there is no legal entity a client could identify, sue or pursue for a refused withdrawal. Combined with the regulatory warnings and the fact that the brand's site is no longer reachable, this is a profile consistent with a short-lived, unaccountable operation rather than a broker.
STB Markets Account Types
The brand advertised a six-tier structure sold on deposit size rather than on trading conditions: VIP from 100,000 USD, Platinum from 50,000 USD, Gold from 25,000 USD, Silver from 10,000 USD, Bronze from 2,500 USD and an entry-level Main account with no stated minimum. No spreads, commissions, leverage or execution terms were published for any of these tiers, so the only published difference between them is the amount of money a client must send.
STB Markets Pros and Cons
The only point in the brand's favour is a low entry threshold on its base tier. Against it: no confirmed regulation, published warnings from two national authorities, no identifiable operating company on the UK register despite a London address, no disclosed trading conditions or platform, and a website that no longer operates.
STB Markets Review and Assessment
STB Markets is an unauthorised, unregistered brand rather than a regulated broker. Nothing about it establishes who took client money or where that money was held, and the account tiers were structured around deposit size with no corresponding disclosure of what a client would receive. Anyone approached under this name, or under a similar name reusing the same contact details, should treat it as a fraud risk and should not send funds.
Regulatory Licenses
We have not confirmed any regulation for STB Markets. Money deposited with an unregulated broker is protected only by the company itself.
Trading with an unregulated broker puts your deposit at risk.
No regulation
We have not confirmed any regulation for STB 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
- No compensation scheme covers your funds.
- No regulator to escalate a complaint to.
- No audit of how client money is held.
Account Types
5 account types on record. Minimum deposit from USD 2,500.
| Account | Min Deposit | Max Leverage | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIPVIP | USD 100,000 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| PlatinumPlatinum · VIP | USD 50,000 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| GoldGold · VIP | USD 25,000 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| SilverStandard | USD 10,000 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| BronzeBasic · Standard | USD 2,500 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Company Registration
Registered in United Kingdom.
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- Registry
- UK Companies House
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about STB Markets
No founding date is documented and no incorporation record exists to test one against. Warnings against the name date from early 2023, which is the earliest firm point in its record.
There is no evidence of any protection. Without a licence there is no requirement to segregate client money, no compensation scheme and no ombudsman a client could escalate to.
The contact details the firm circulated were the telephone number +447418376781 and the email address support@stbmarkets.com. With the site offline and no registered company behind the name, these should not be relied on as a route to recover funds.
No. The stbmarkets.com domain no longer resolves, so the brand has no live site, client area or support portal.
It is not authorised there. The Financial Conduct Authority recorded that the firm was targeting people in the UK without authorisation, which means a UK client has no access to the Financial Ombudsman Service and no Financial Services Compensation Scheme protection.
No withdrawal terms, methods, fees or processing times were ever published, and the brand's website is no longer reachable. Anyone with funds at the firm should report the matter to their bank or card issuer and to their national financial regulator rather than expect a withdrawal route.
No platform is documented. There is no confirmed MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader or proprietary platform associated with the brand.
Neither was ever published. No maximum leverage, spread figure, commission schedule or execution model is documented for any account tier.
Six tiers: VIP, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Main. They were differentiated only by the deposit required. No spreads, commissions, leverage or execution terms were published for any of them.
The brand advertised no minimum on its entry-level Main account, with tiers rising through Bronze at 2,500 USD, Silver at 10,000 USD, Gold at 25,000 USD, Platinum at 50,000 USD and VIP at 100,000 USD. Given the absence of any licence, a deposit of any size is at risk.
No. An advanced search of the Companies House register for company names containing STB Markets returns no results, so the London address the firm used is not backed by any registered UK company.
Unknown. No operating company, director or shareholder is disclosed under the brand, and a search of the UK register returns no company whose name includes STB Markets. There is no identifiable legal entity behind the name.
It should be treated as one. Two national regulators have published warnings against the name, no operating company exists on the UK register despite the London address the firm advertised, and the website has gone offline. That combination is the standard pattern of an unauthorised operation rather than a broker.
No. STB Markets holds no confirmed licence from any financial authority. The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority has published the firm on its list of unauthorised firms, and the French Autorite des Marches Financiers has listed the same name among unauthorised companies and websites offering forex.
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