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AvaTrade
Regulated
🇮🇪Ireland
Founded 20 years ago

AvaTrade

Globally licensed multi-asset broker. AvaTrade — legal entity AVA Trade EU Ltd, Dublin-headquartered with 15+ years of operation. Multi-jurisdiction setup across ASIC, FSA Japan, CBI Ireland, ADGM UAE and FSCA South Africa.

Official WebsiteOpen Account
9.5/ 10.0
Overall Score
founded 2006
/
licensed in
🇦🇺ASIC🇯🇵FSA🇮🇪CBI🇦🇪ADGM🇿🇦FSCA
/
servers11
/
apps1
Block 02 · Risk index

Risk Score Index

Multi-axis evaluation across six pillars

0 — 10 scale
Regulation
Pillar 1/6
9.4
/ 10

Strength and number of active licenses in tier-1 jurisdictions.

Transparency
Pillar 2/6
9.3
/ 10

Disclosure of fees, execution venues, and beneficial ownership.

Stability
Pillar 3/6
9.8
/ 10

Years of operation, capitalization and funding deposit history.

Client Protection
Pillar 4/6
9.8
/ 10

Investor compensation schemes, segregated accounts, negative balance protection.

Reputation
Pillar 5/6
8.9
/ 10

Aggregated trader sentiment from independent reviews and complaints.

Platform Quality
Pillar 6/6
10.0
/ 10

Quality, latency and feature breadth of supported trading platforms.

Block 03 · Licenses

Forex Regulations

Active licenses by jurisdiction

ASIC
🇦🇺Australia
Active
License
Ava Capital Markets Australia Pty Ltd — Market Making (MM)
Reg ID406684
FSA
🇯🇵Japan
Active
License
AvaTrade Japan K.K. — Market Making (MM)
Reg ID関東財務局長（金商）第1662号
CBI
🇮🇪Ireland
Active
License
Ava Trade EU Limited — Market Making (MM)
Reg IDC53877
ADGM
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
Active
License
Ava Trade Middle East Limited — Forex Execution (STP)
Reg ID190018
FSCA
🇿🇦South Africa
Active
License
Ava Capital Markets (Pty) Ltd — Forex Trading (EP)
Reg ID45984
Block 04 · Trading platforms

Platform Licenses

Authorized trading platforms & servers

Licensed
MT4
MetaTrader 4
Full License MT4
Servers7
Licensed
MT5
MetaTrader 5
Full License MT5
Servers4
Authorized servers11 servers
(MT4)
Ava-Real 5
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping42ms
(MT4)
Ava-Real 4
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping42ms
(MT4)
Ava-Demo
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping36ms
(MT4)
Ava-Real 3
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping42ms
(MT4)
Ava-Real 1
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping42ms
(MT4)
Ava-Real 6
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping42ms
(MT4)
Ava-Real 2
MetaTrader 4 server · live
ping42ms
(MT5)
AvaTradeMarkets-Demo 1-MT5
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping14ms
(MT5)
Ava-Demo 1-MT5
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping16ms
(MT5)
AvaTradeMarkets-Real 1-MT5
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping14ms
(MT5)
Ava-Real 1-MT5
MetaTrader 5 server · live
ping16ms
Block 06 · Acquisition

Trading Strategy

Web traffic acquisition mix

100%
Total share
Block 07 · Geographic reach

Business Region

Top 10 markets by influence

10 active markets
01
🇮🇹
ITItaly
8.2
02
🇨🇴
COColombia
8.0
03
🇧🇩
BDBangladesh
7.8
04
🇲🇽
MXMexico
7.1
05
🇿🇦
ZASouth Africa
7.0
06
🇫🇷
FRFrance
6.2
07
🇺🇸
USUnited States
6.0
08
🇧🇷
BRBrazil
6.0
09
🇲🇳
MNMongolia
6.0
10
🇹🇭
THThailand
5.7
Block 08 · Independent review

Video Review

Independent broker analysis