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.

Not verified

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