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CySEC licence 247/14

Holder
IQ Option
Jurisdiction
Cyprus
Licence type
Market Making(MM)

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RecordModified Aug 3, 2026

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Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission 247/14

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

Issuing authority
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
Holder
IQ Option
Jurisdiction
Cyprus
Licence type
Market Making(MM)

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Our check

What we checked

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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
247/14
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Market Making(MM)
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 IQ Option applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

The licence above is recorded against IQ Option. A licence is issued to a legal company, so the companies below are what you would search a corporate register for.

Broker
IQ Option
Based in
Antigua and Barbuda
Wikilix score
62.1the firm’s overall score, not a rating of this licence

Recorded companies

None of these matches the name the register printed, so we do not say which one holds this licence.

  • IQOPTION EUROPE LTDCyprus · Reg. HE327751 · Dec 12, 2013
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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Also on record

Other licences IQ Option holds

One other licence is on record for IQ Option.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
IQ Option provides 24/7 live chat support and email support in English. The broker's support email addresses include support@iqoption.com for general inquiries and complaints@iqoption.com for complaints. The physical contact address is in Limassol, Cyprus.
According to WIKILIX data on IQ Option, the maximum leverage available is 500. This leverage level applies to trading accounts offered by the broker, allowing traders to control larger positions with a smaller amount of capital.
IQ Option supports various deposit and withdrawal methods including Visa, Mastercard, Skrill, Neteller, and bank transfers. Deposit minimums start at $10 USD, and withdrawal processing times vary from instant to several business days depending on the method. Withdrawals require the payment account name to match the IQ Option account.
IQ Option is regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) under license number 247/14. Client funds are protected up to €20,000 through the Investor Compensation Fund (ICF). The broker operates under onshore regulation with a high transparency level and a complaint mechanism via the Cyprus Financial Ombudsman.
Licence 247/14 was issued by Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the financial authority for Cyprus.
IQ Option 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.
IQ Option has one other licence on record with Wikilix, across one jurisdiction. They are listed further down this page.
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