House file

InstaForex

On the desk for one reason: single-entity structure. 1 register lines are on this file, spread across 1 legal entity in 1 jurisdiction, none of them with a top-tier regulator.

Filed by the desk · head office not verified · established 2007 · sourcing confidence: medium

On the wire

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register entry
CySEC entry 266/15 for Instant Trading EU Ltd (reg. HE 266937)
Source: cysec.gov.cy

Entity by entity

1 lines

Register lines on file for InstaForex. A blank number is a number the desk could not read on a source; it is not a zero.
Regulator	Jurisdiction	Entity as registered	Number	Tier	Source
CySEC	Cyprus	Instant Trading EU Ltd (reg. HE 266937)	266/15	T2	cysec.gov.cy

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 open	$1
EUR/USD spread as published	not verified
Leverage as advertised	1:30 (CySEC retail); higher leverage advertised on non-EU InstaForex sites
Platforms	MT4 · MT5
Account books	Insta.Standard · Insta.Eurica

What the record says

InstaForex's own history page states the brand was founded in 2007 by the InstaFintech group of companies.

The EU-facing site is operated by Instant Trading EU Ltd, a Cyprus Investment Firm regulated by CySEC under licence 266/15, and displays a retail loss disclosure of 81.62%.

Instant Trading EU Ltd states it is a member of the Cyprus Investor Compensation Fund and does not accept clients resident in the United States, United Kingdom, Russia, Belarus and several other jurisdictions.

The company's regulation page lists a number of domains it says are not associated with it, including insta-markets.com and instanttrade.net.

The InstaForex account-types page advertises a minimum deposit of 1 USD, subject to the payment system used.

The Securities Commission Malaysia's Investor Alert List includes InstaForex (instaforex.com) for carrying on unlicensed capital market activities of dealing in securities (alert list entry dated 2024) (sc.com.my)

Not verified

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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.