TRADEVIEW MARKETS

Tradeview Markets Broker Overview

Tradeview Markets is the trading brand of Tradeview Ltd., a Cayman Islands company, and the broker dates its business to 2004. It runs three client facing websites: tradeviewmarkets.com for most of the world, tradeview.eu for the European Union and tradeviewmena.com for the Middle East and North Africa. The offering is multi asset rather than forex only, covering forex, metals, stocks, crypto, futures and options through MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader and a set of dedicated equities and futures platforms. Entry level accounts start at 100 USD on the main site, spreads are variable with raw pricing tiers from 0.0 pips plus commission, and the broker operates an ECN execution model.

Tradeview Markets Regulation and License

Five authorisations are recorded for the group, each confirmed on the issuing authority's own register and each held by a different company. Tradeview Ltd. holds licence 585163 from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, a securities investment business licence effective from 4 April 2012. Tradeview Europe Limited, Malta company code C 93990, holds an investment firm authorisation from the Malta Financial Services Authority effective from 29 September 2021, covering reception and transmission of orders with safekeeping and administration of client financial instruments as an ancillary service. TVM Global Limited holds a money broking licence from the Labuan Financial Services Authority in Malaysia. iLC Brokers Ltd. holds an investment dealer licence (full service dealer, excluding underwriting) from the Financial Services Commission of Mauritius, on the register since 16 December 2020; the broker gives GB20025800 as its global business and investment dealer licence number, a number the register does not print. Tradeview Financial Advisors L.L.C in Dubai holds licence CP-0000757 from the UAE Capital Market Authority, formerly the Securities and Commodities Authority, for introduction and promotion only, and the authority states on its register that this Category 5 licence does not permit brokerage, derivatives or spot forex trading.

Because those authorisations belong to separate companies in separate jurisdictions, they do not overlap: a client of the Cayman company is not covered by the Maltese authorisation, and the reverse is also true. The UAE licence covers introducing and promoting clients, not holding their accounts or executing their trades. The group also names Tradeview Financial Markets S.A.C in Peru, which the broker says is registered with SUNARP under company number 13089531, and a corporate registration of that kind is not a trading licence.

Is Tradeview Markets Regulated?

Yes in part, and which part depends on the company a client signs with. Four authorisations to provide investment or broking services were each confirmed on the issuing authority's register: Cayman for Tradeview Ltd., Malta for Tradeview Europe Ltd., Labuan for TVM Global Ltd. and Mauritius for iLC Brokers Ltd. The UAE company holds only an introduction and promotion licence, and the Peruvian company is a corporate registration with no financial licence recorded. The practical question for a prospective client is therefore not whether the brand is regulated, but which company the account agreement names.

Tradeview Ltd. and the Tradeview Group

Tradeview Ltd. is the Cayman Islands company behind the main site and the entity most clients outside Europe and the MENA region contract with. Alongside it the group names Tradeview Europe Ltd. in Malta, TVM Global Ltd. in Labuan, Malaysia under registration LL15870, iLC Brokers Ltd. in Mauritius, Tradeview Financial Markets S.A.C in Peru under registration 13089531, and Tradeview Financial Advisors LLC in Dubai. A group spread across six jurisdictions is not unusual in this industry, but it does mean the terms, the licence and the protections a client receives are set by the company that opened the account rather than by the brand.

Tradeview Markets License 585163

Licence 585163 is held by Tradeview Ltd. and appears on the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority register as a securities investment business authorisation at the full tier, rather than the lighter registered person category, with a status effective date of 4 April 2012. A register entry of this kind records that the authorisation exists and says nothing about solvency, conduct or client money, and the Cayman regime attaches no client fund insurance to it. Readers can confirm the entry through the authority's own entity search at cima.ky.

Is Tradeview Markets Safe?

The picture is mixed, and a reader should weigh both sides rather than take a single answer. In the broker's favour: a business it dates to 2004, a full Cayman securities licence, an EU regulated Malta company and a Mauritius investment dealer licence, each confirmed on its register, access to the Maltese investor compensation scheme for clients of the Malta entity, named offices in six jurisdictions and published contact details. Against it: the primary licence is offshore and carries no client fund insurance, Alberta's securities commission has listed Tradeview Forex, also operating as Tradeview Ltd., on its investment caution list since 9 June 2023 as not registered there, our published investigation rates the broker high risk, six group companies across six jurisdictions make it important to establish which one holds the account, each of the three websites publishes different leverage and minimum deposits under the same tier names, and the funding pages publish no fee schedule at all. Regulation on its own is not a guarantee, and the safeguards that apply follow the entity, not the brand.

Tradeview Markets Account Types

The main site publishes five accounts. XLev opens from 100 USD with no commission, leverage up to 1:400 and the cost carried in a variable spread. ILC opens from 1,000 USD with leverage up to 1:200, spreads from 0.0 pips and commission of 5 USD per round turn. EDGE is the raw pricing tier, with commission from 4 USD per round turn depending on the instrument and leverage up to 1:100. Two futures accounts sit alongside them: an MT5 futures account from 500 USD, and a CQG futures account from 1,000 USD that adds a platform fee of 25 USD a month.

The European site, run by Tradeview Europe Ltd., publishes ILC from 1,000 EUR at 2.50 EUR per standard lot per side and an XLev account with no minimum deposit. The MENA site publishes ILC and XLev with no minimum deposit and leverage up to 1:500, a US stocks account and an Islamic swap free account; it names Tradeview Financial Advisors L.L.C, a Dubai introducer, but does not say which group company holds the account. The same tier name can therefore mean different terms depending on the site, so check this before funding.

Tradeview Markets Spreads, Commissions and Fees

Spreads are variable. The ILC and EDGE tiers price from 0.0 pips and charge commission instead, 5 USD per round turn on ILC and from 4 USD per round turn on EDGE, while XLev is commission free with the cost carried in the spread. Futures are priced from 0.99 USD per standard contract per side and 0.49 USD per micro contract per side, and the CQG platform adds 25 USD a month. No deposit or withdrawal fee is published on the funding pages, bank wires included. The help centre says fees are shown in the client cabinet for each method, so confirm the cost of a wire before funding. Currency conversion costs fall on the client under the Withdrawal Policy, and no page says who pays intermediary or receiving bank charges.

Tradeview Markets Leverage

Leverage is set per tier and per site: on the main site, run by Tradeview Ltd., up to 1:400 on XLev, 1:200 on ILC and 1:100 on EDGE, although its trading overview page also advertises up to 1:500, and up to 1:500 on the MENA site's ILC and XLev accounts. Futures leverage is set by the exchange. The European site publishes no leverage figure for its accounts.

Tradeview Markets Trading Platforms

For forex and CFDs the main site offers MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and cTrader, each on Windows, Mac, web, iOS and Android, with installers published on the broker's own download pages; cTrader is presented as the ECN option, with pricing drawn from more than 52 liquidity providers and a copy trading feature. Stocks and futures run on separate software. For real US and global stocks the broker lists Sterling Trader Pro, Takion, DAS Trader and EQView, with monthly software fees of 250 USD for Sterling and Takion and 180 USD for DAS while EQView is free, and MT5 also carries stocks at 0.01 USD per share with free software. For futures it lists CQG Desktop, at 25 USD a month, and MultiCharts, a desktop platform for charting, backtesting and automated strategies, and MT5 carries futures too. MetaTrader 5 is one platform reached through two companies: Tradeview Ltd. offers it on the main site, and Tradeview Europe Ltd. offers it on tradeview.eu, in desktop, mobile and web versions, to clients of the Malta entity.

Tradeview Markets Deposits and Withdrawals

The main site funds accounts by bank wire, Visa and Mastercard, digital wallets including Skrill, Neteller and Uphold, cryptocurrency, and Apple Pay in some regions. The European site lists bank wire, debit and credit cards, Skrill and Neteller. Withdrawal requests are usually processed within 24 hours, after which a bank wire can take up to 3 days. Three conditions apply throughout: a withdrawal has to use the same method as the deposit, a card or wallet payout cannot exceed the amount deposited through it with any profit above that paid out by bank wire, and payments are only made to an account in the same name as the trading account.

Tradeview Markets Support

Support runs 24 hours a day, five days a week, by phone on +1 (345) 945 6271, by email at support@tradeviewmarkets.com and operation@tradeviewmarkets.com, and by live chat during business hours. English, Spanish, Chinese, Portuguese and Korean are supported, and a separate help centre is published at docs.tradeviewmarkets.com.

Tradeview Markets Pros and Cons

Strengths: a business dating to 2004, a full Cayman securities licence, an EU regulated Malta company and a Mauritius investment dealer licence, each confirmed on its register, genuine multi asset access including real stocks and exchange traded futures, four trading platforms plus dedicated equities and futures software, raw pricing from 0.0 pips, and a 100 USD entry point on the main site.

Limitations: the primary licence is offshore with no client fund insurance, six group companies across six jurisdictions make the contracting entity hard to pin down, the three websites publish materially different leverage and minimums under the same tier names, no fee schedule is published for deposits or withdrawals, and withdrawals are tied to the original funding method.

Tradeview Markets Review and Assessment

Tradeview Markets is a long running multi asset broker whose trading proposition, raw pricing with commission across four platforms plus direct access to stocks and futures, is broader than most offshore brands of its size. The regulatory position is the part that needs care: the licence a client actually gets depends on which group company opens the account: four of the six hold a confirmed investment or broking authorisation, and a fifth, in the UAE, holds only an introduction and promotion licence. Anyone opening an account should establish which entity the client agreement names, which of the three websites they are signing up through and what that site publishes for leverage, minimum deposit and withdrawal terms, and should ask what a bank wire costs, since no fee schedule is published.