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House file

Alchemy Markets (Malta)

On the desk for one reason: single-entity structure. 2 register lines are on this file, spread across 2 legal entities in 2 jurisdictions, none of them with a top-tier regulator.


On the wire

2 items · 0 notices

Register lines are confirmed; several commercial figures remain unread and are left blank.

Register entries as filed

  • 01
    register entry

    MFSA entry IS/56519 for Crestmark Trading Ltd

    Source: alchemymarkets.com

  • 02
    register entry

    FSA Seychelles entry SD136 for Alchemy International Ltd

    Source: alchemymarkets.com

Entity by entity

2 lines
Register lines on file for Alchemy Markets (Malta). A blank number is a number the desk could not read on a source; it is not a zero.
RegulatorJurisdictionEntity as registeredNumberTierSource
MFSAMaltaCrestmark Trading LtdIS/56519T2alchemymarkets.com
FSA SeychellesSeychellesAlchemy International LtdSD136T3alchemymarkets.com

Tier is the desk's shorthand for the supervising regime, not a quality score: T1 a top-tier statutory regulator, T2 a mid-tier one, T3 an offshore registration.

Commercial detail on the record

Minimum to opennot verified
EUR/USD spread as publishednot verified
Leverage as advertisednot verified
PlatformsMT4 · MT5
Account booksnot verified

What the record says

Alchemy International Ltd (registration 8429852-1), trading as Alchemy Markets, is stated by the broker to be licensed by the FSA Seychelles under licence SD136; registered office CT House, Office 2C, Providence, Mahe.

Crestmark Trading Ltd (company registration C/56519, Suite 124, Signature Portomaso, San Ġiljan, Malta) is stated by the broker to be regulated by the MFSA under licence IS/56519 for investment services.

The broker's site schema data gives a founding date of 2014.

The MFSA has published clone warnings about fraudsters misusing the details of the genuine MFSA-licensed Alchemy Markets Ltd.

Not verified

4 fields

The desk left these blank rather than fill them from secondary sources. They stay on the file as open questions and will be filled the day a primary source carries them.

  • minDeposit, maxLeverage, spreadEurusd, accountTypes and instruments not verified from own legal pages
  • segregatedFunds and negativeBalanceProtection not verified
  • MFSA IS/56519 verified from the broker's own pages only; the MFSA register was not machine-readable at check
  • SD136 licence status not explicitly stated on the FSA Seychelles register extract

Other open files

The whole desk
  1. head office n/v1 lines

    ATFX

    not examined entities in 1 jurisdiction · filed under multi-entity structure

  2. head office n/v7 lines

    Deriv

    7 entities in 7 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

  3. head office n/v4 lines

    Eightcap

    not examined entities in 4 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

  4. head office n/v3 lines

    HF Markets (SV) Ltd

    not examined entities in 3 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

  5. London, UK7 lines

    IG Group

    7 entities in 6 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

  6. head office n/v3 lines

    Pepperstone Markets Limited

    not examined entities in 3 jurisdictions · filed under multi-entity structure

This file reports what regulators and the firm have published. It is not a review, not a rating and not advice to open or close an account anywhere.