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Purple Trading

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

Every figure below was read off a regulator register or the firm's own filing.

Register entries as filed
  • 01
    register entry

    CySEC entry 271/15 for L.F. Investment Limited

    Source: cysec.gov.cy

  • 02
    register entry

    Czech National Bank (tied agents list) for Purple Trading s.r.o. (tied agent)

    Source: purple-trading.com

Entity by entity

2 lines
Register lines on file for Purple Trading. A blank number is a number the desk could not read on a source; it is not a zero.
RegulatorJurisdictionEntity as registeredNumberTierSource
CySECCyprusL.F. Investment Limited271/15T2cysec.gov.cy
Czech National Bank (tied agents list)Czech RepublicPurple Trading s.r.o. (tied agent)not verifiedT2purple-trading.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 advertised1:30 (EU retail)
PlatformsMT4 · cTrader
Account booksDemo

What the record says

Purple Trading is operated by L.F. Investment Limited, a Cyprus Investment Firm holding CySEC licence 271/15 dated 2015, company registration number 329493.

Purple Trading s.r.o. (Brno, IČO 06047033) was entered by the Czech National Bank on its list of tied agents on 5 February 2018.

The company's website states that 72.05% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with the provider.

CySEC reached a settlement with L.F. Investment Ltd involving a EUR 150,000 payment relating to conflicts of interest and CFD marketing, as reported by trade press.

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.

Other open files

The whole desk

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.