FXCM Pro (Stratos Group)
FXCM Pro offers institutional FX and CFD liquidity via API from London and Australia.
Stratos Markets Limited · 110 Bishopsgate, 17th Floor, London EC2N 4AY, UK (Stratos Group headquarters) · last re-checked 2026-09 · evidence score 78/100
Licence, read on the register
| Regulator | Licence number | Jurisdiction | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCA | 217689 | UK | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
| ASIC | 309763 | Australia | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
Tier classification follows the same scale as the retail register: tier-2 means real supervision and client-money segregation, without an investor compensation scheme. Rows without a tier are recorded without classification rather than guessed.
Where the published model fits
- Institutional clients seeking FX liquidity
- Brokers needing CFD solutions
- Hedge funds requiring API access
Watch for
- Verification of self-measured execution times
- Limits of tier 1 licence scope
FXCM Pro, operated by Stratos Markets Limited, is regulated by the FCA and ASIC, providing institutional liquidity solutions. The firm utilizes FIX and REST APIs for connectivity and serves a range of institutional clients. Notably, self-measured claims regarding execution speed should be independently verified.
Testable claims
- Stratos Markets Limited is authorised and regulated in the UK by the FCA, registration number 217689 — own site footer text on fxcm.com pages
- Stratos Trading Pty. Limited (trading as FXCM, AFSL 309763, ABN 31 121 934 432) is regulated by ASIC — own page fxcm.com/au/about-fxcm/global-broker
- FXCM Pro partnered with Your Bourse (2023) for ultra-low-latency execution including FIX provisioning — own press release
Claims that remain the venue's own measurement
- "new FIX session in less than 20 seconds" via Your Bourse partnership — own PR figure, not an independently measured SLA
