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Broker Fund Safety — What We Verified, November 2026

Written by traderpublic research deskReviewed by traderpublic research deskFact-checked by traderpublic research deskRecords last updated

Editorial note: every figure on this page comes from the broker's hub record and names the source it was checked against (our methodology). Where nobody has checked a field we say "not published" rather than guess. Nothing here is investment advice (risk disclosure).

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FxPro Global Markets Limited record

Short on time? Of the brokers on this page, the highest published score belongs to FxPro Global Markets Limited (4.4/5). What its record states:

  • Regulation: CySEC, FCA — Registration verified
  • Trading platform: MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader, TradingView, Proprietary web platform
  • Segregated client funds: offered · 16 Sept 2026
  • Negative balance protection: offered · 16 Sept 2026
  • Min deposit: Not published

Below: every record on this page in one table, then each broker in turn.

Brokers on this page (6 records with a published score)

Two terms decide what happens to your money when something goes wrong: whether client funds are held separately from the firm's own, and whether a negative balance can be claimed back from you. Our desk records both per broker.

This page also carries the licence evidence in full, because a licence is the one claim here we verified ourselves — each number was read from the regulator's own public register on the date shown.

This order is our published desk score, which covers the broker overall. It is NOT a safety ranking: a compensation scheme and its ceiling are what would make one, and neither is published on our records.

Warning:

Leveraged products such as forex and CFDs carry a high level of risk. A large share of retail accounts lose money trading CFDs. Make sure you understand how they work and whether you can afford the risk.

Fund safety and segregation side by side

6 records as columns. Every cell is a record field; a field nobody has checked yet is shown as unpublished, never guessed.

Fund safety and segregation, November 2026

Fund safety and segregationFxPro Global Markets LimitedCapital.comHF Markets (SV) LtdTickmill LtdTF Global Markets (STL) LimitedEightcap
Published score4.4/54.3/54.1/54.1/54.1/54/5
Segregated client fundsYesYesYesNot publishedYesNot published
Negative balance protectionYesYesYesNot publishedYesNot published
Licences we verified233213
Min depositNot publishedNot publishedNot published$100$10$100
Trading platformMetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader, TradingView, Proprietary web platformMetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, Proprietary web platformMetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, Proprietary web platformMetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, Proprietary web platformMetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, Proprietary web platformMetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView
RegulationCySEC, FCA — Registration verifiedASIC, CySEC, FCA — Registration verifiedCMA_KE, CySEC, FCA — Registration verifiedCySEC, FCA — Registration verified · FSA_SC — Registration not verifiedCySEC — Registration verifiedASIC, CySEC, FCA — Registration verified · FSA_SC — Registration not verified
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Each broker in turn

  1. Rank 14.4/5

    FxPro Global Markets Limited

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    Your capital is at risk.

    Min deposit:
    Not published
    Regulation:
    CySEC, FCA — Registration verified
    Segregated client funds:
    offered · 16 Sept 2026
    Negative balance protection:
    offered · 16 Sept 2026

    Highest · lowest scoring area

    Highest-scoring area
    Licence and oversight 5
    Lowest-scoring area
    Getting money in and out 4
    View review
  2. Rank 24.3/5

    Capital.com

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    Your capital is at risk.

    Min deposit:
    Not published
    Regulation:
    ASIC, CySEC, FCA — Registration verified
    Segregated client funds:
    offered · 16 Sept 2026
    Negative balance protection:
    offered · 16 Sept 2026

    Highest · lowest scoring area

    Highest-scoring area
    Licence and oversight 5
    Lowest-scoring area
    Getting money in and out 4
    View review
  3. Rank 34.1/5

    HF Markets (SV) Ltd

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    Your capital is at risk.

    Min deposit:
    Not published
    Regulation:
    CMA_KE, CySEC, FCA — Registration verified
    Segregated client funds:
    offered · 16 Sept 2026
    Negative balance protection:
    offered · 16 Sept 2026

    Highest · lowest scoring area

    Highest-scoring area
    Licence and oversight 5
    Lowest-scoring area
    Trading from a phone 3.5
    View review
  4. Rank 44.1/5

    Tickmill Ltd

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    Your capital is at risk.

    Min deposit:
    $100
    Regulation:
    CySEC, FCA — Registration verified · FSA_SC — Registration not verified
    Segregated client funds:
    Not published
    Negative balance protection:
    Not published

    Highest · lowest scoring area

    Highest-scoring area
    Licence and oversight 5
    Lowest-scoring area
    Trading from a phone 3.5
    View review
  5. Rank 54.1/5

    TF Global Markets (STL) Limited

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    Your capital is at risk.

    Min deposit:
    $10
    Regulation:
    CySEC — Registration verified
    Segregated client funds:
    offered · 16 Sept 2026
    Negative balance protection:
    offered · 16 Sept 2026

    Highest · lowest scoring area

    Highest-scoring area
    What you can trade 5
    Lowest-scoring area
    Trading from a phone 3.5
    View review
  6. Rank 64/5

    Eightcap

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    Your capital is at risk.

    Min deposit:
    $100
    Regulation:
    ASIC, CySEC, FCA — Registration verified · FSA_SC — Registration not verified
    Segregated client funds:
    Not published
    Negative balance protection:
    Not published

    Highest · lowest scoring area

    Highest-scoring area
    Licence and oversight 4
    Lowest-scoring area
    Licence and oversight 4
    View review

All 198 brokers in the full rating

What decides fund safety — and what we have not published

Segregation, negative balance protection and the licence trail are published facts. What a compensation scheme would actually pay out is not, and that is the figure that matters if a firm fails.

Licences we checked ourselves

This is the part of the page that rests on evidence: each licence number was read from the regulator's own public register on the date shown.

Frequently asked questions

Does a licence mean my money is protected?

It means a regulator authorised the entity and can be asked about it. Whether a compensation scheme covers you, and up to what amount, is a separate question our records do not answer yet.

What does segregated actually mean here?

That the broker states client money is held in accounts separate from its own working capital. We record the claim and the page we read it from; we do not audit the accounts.

Who did the work on this page

Records read by
traderpublic research desk
Reviewed by
traderpublic research desk
Registers checked
16 Sept 2026

We publish no individual byline for a compiled category page. The work is the desk's, and naming a single author would suggest a judgement one person made.