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CySEC licence 227/14

Holder
ArgoTrade
Jurisdiction
Cyprus
Licence type
Financial Service

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RecordModified Aug 3, 2026

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Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission 227/14

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

Issuing authority
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Holder
Leadcapital Corp Ltd
Jurisdiction
Cyprus
Licence type
Financial Service

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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
Cyprus
Last checked
Never

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
227/14
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
The authority

About CySEC

Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Cyprus.

Full name
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Jurisdiction
Cyprus
Strength
Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established
2001
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
216 firms
Regulates
Forex, Stocks, Options, Derivatives, Commodity, Securities, Futures, CFD
Licences it issues
CIF – Own Account / Matched Principal (CFDs)
Typical cost of a licence
€50000-100000
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
High
Protection

What this licence protects

CySEC's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeUp to €20000 (ICF)
  • Client money kept separate
  • Negative balance protection
  • Complaints routeCyprus Financial Ombudsman
  • Maximum leverage1:30
This describes the authority's regime, not how ArgoTrade applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Leadcapital Corp Ltd
Based in
Seychelles
Wikilix score
54.8the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence
Provenance

Where this record came from

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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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Also on record

Other licences ArgoTrade holds

3 other licences are on record for ArgoTrade.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
Yes, ArgoTrade offers customer support via live chat during business hours and email at support@argotrade.com. Support is available in English. The broker's contact address is in Seychelles, and no additional languages or support channels are specified.
ArgoTrade offers a maximum leverage of up to 300:1 according to its trading conditions. However, leverage limits depend on the regulatory jurisdiction; for example, CySEC and FCA regulated accounts have a maximum leverage of 30:1, while the Seychelles FSA allows up to 1000:1. The US SEC regulated accounts have a maximum leverage of 50:1.
ArgoTrade supports bank transfers, credit/debit cards, e-wallets, cryptocurrencies, local payment methods, and broker transfers. Deposit fees range from a fixed $25 for bank transfers to 3% for credit cards, while withdrawal fees vary similarly. Processing times range from 1 hour for cryptocurrencies to several days for bank transfers.
ArgoTrade offers the MetaTrader 4 platform, which supports desktop, web trader, iOS, and Android devices.
ArgoTrade is regulated by multiple authorities including the Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA), Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These regulators provide varying levels of investor protection, with client fund insurance up to £85,000 in the UK and $500,000 in the US. However, ArgoTrade's Seychelles license is offshore with lower transparency.
Licence 227/14 was issued by Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the financial authority for Cyprus.
ArgoTrade holds this CySEC 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 CySEC 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 CySEC tier 2: a well-established regime with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than a tier-1 authority.
ArgoTrade has 3 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 3 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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