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SCA licence 305027

Holder
ADS
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Licence type
Financial Service

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RecordModified Sep 10, 2026

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Securities and Commodities Authority 305027

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

Issuing authority
Securities and Commodities Authority
Holder
ADS
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
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
United Arab Emirates
Last checked
Never

Nobody at Wikilix has looked this licence up on the official register yet. Everything above comes from the record as supplied; treat it as a claim until you have checked it yourself.

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The register

What the authority publishes

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Licence number
305027
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
The authority

About SCA

Securities and Commodities Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is United Arab Emirates.

Full name
Securities and Commodities Authority
Jurisdiction
United Arab Emirates
Strength
Tier 2Well-established regimes with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than tier 1.
Established
2000
Firms we track under it
13 firms
Licences it issues
Brokerage licence incl. CFDs
Typical cost of a licence
Not specified
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium
Protection

What this licence protects

SCA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeDeposit Guarantee Scheme covers up to AED 100,000 per depositor
  • Complaints routeSCA complaints
  • Maximum leverage1:100
This describes the authority's regime, not how ADS applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
ADS
Based in
United Arab Emirates
Wikilix score
58.9the 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 ADS holds

2 other licences are on record for ADS.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
ADS offers a maximum leverage of up to 500:1 according to its trading conditions. However, leverage limits may vary depending on the regulatory jurisdiction and instrument traded.
The minimum deposit amount to open an account with ADS is 100 USD. Some deposit methods allow a minimum of 50 USD, but generally, 100 USD is required to start trading.
ADS accepts deposits and withdrawals via credit/debit cards, bank wire transfers, online bank transfers, and a UAE-specific payment gateway. Deposits are generally free and processed instantly or within business hours, while withdrawals via bank transfers and online methods incur a fixed $15 fee and processing times vary from instant to a few days.
ADS offers both MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms. These platforms support desktop, web, iOS, and Android devices, providing access to Forex, stocks, futures, and CFDs with advanced charting and algorithmic trading tools.
ADS is regulated by multiple authorities including the UK's FCA, Hong Kong's SFC, and the UAE's SCA. The FCA regulation includes client fund insurance up to £85,000 under FSCS. ADS operates under onshore licenses with high transparency and complaint mechanisms such as the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Licence 305027 was issued by Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), the financial authority for United Arab Emirates.
ADS holds this SCA 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 SCA 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 SCA tier 2: a well-established regime with real supervision, usually with lower compensation limits than a tier-1 authority.
ADS has 2 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 2 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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