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CMA licence 155

Holder
HotForex
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Licence type
Financial Service

This is Wikilix's record of a licence issued by The Capital Markets Authority. It sets out what the register says, what we checked, and what the authority's own rules protect.

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RecordModified Sep 7, 2026

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The Capital Markets Authority 155

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

Issuing authority
The Capital Markets Authority
Holder
Hot Forex
Jurisdiction
Kenya
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 3
Jurisdiction
Kenya
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

Printed as the register prints it. A field that is missing here is one nobody has recorded, not one the register leaves blank.

Licence number
155
Licence type (Wikilix classification)
Financial Service
The authority

About CMA

The Capital Markets Authority is the authority that issued this licence, and the jurisdiction it applies in is Kenya.

Full name
The Capital Markets Authority
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Strength
Tier 3Lighter-touch supervision; protections vary and are often limited.
Established
1989
Oversight
A government or statutory body
Firms we track under it
1 firm
Licences it issues
Online Forex Broker (Dealing/Non-Dealing) licence
Typical cost of a licence
Minimum capital requirement KSh 50 million
Public register
Searchable by the public
Transparency
Medium
Protection

What this licence protects

CMA's own rules for the firms it authorises.

  • Compensation schemeInvestor Compensation Fund covers up to KSh 50,000 per investor
  • Complaints routeCMA complaints
  • Maximum leverageVaries by firm
This describes the authority's regime, not how HotForex applies it.
The holder

Who holds this licence

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

Broker
Hot Forex
Based in
Mauritius
Wikilix score
58.0the 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.

  • HOT FOREXMauritius · Reg. ΕΕ 38236 · Nov 7, 2012
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 HotForex holds

3 other licences are on record for HotForex.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions about this licence

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

Most Popular Questions
HotForex offers a maximum leverage of up to 1000:1. This high leverage is available depending on the regulatory jurisdiction and account type. For example, FCA-regulated accounts have a maximum leverage of 30:1, while offshore licenses may allow higher leverage.
According to the provided data, HotForex does not charge commissions on trades. There is no specified spread type or average spread mentioned. Deposit and withdrawal fees are generally not charged by the broker, though third-party or bank fees may apply.
The minimum deposit at HotForex is 5 USD. Supported payment methods include Visa, Mastercard, Skrill, Neteller, Perfect Money, bank and wire transfers, various cryptocurrencies, and other e-wallets. Processing times vary from instant for cards and e-wallets to up to 10 business days for wire transfers.
HotForex provides access to MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) trading platforms. Both platforms support desktop versions and offer advanced charting, automated trading, and multi-asset trading capabilities. These platforms are widely used for Forex and CFD trading.
HotForex is regulated by multiple authorities including the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and South Africa's Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA). Client funds are protected up to £85,000 under the UK FSCS scheme and up to ZAR 500,000 under the FSCA. The broker operates under onshore and offshore licenses with high transparency and complaint mechanisms.
Licence 155 was issued by The Capital Markets Authority (CMA), the financial authority for Kenya.
HotForex holds this CMA 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 CMA 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 CMA tier 3. Supervision is lighter-touch and client protections vary.
HotForex has 3 other licences on record with Wikilix, across 3 jurisdictions. They are listed further down this page.
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