Worked example
Practising on AMarkets's numbers
This is an exercise sheet, not a review. We are going to take three things that AMarkets publishes — a spread, a ladder of account types and a list of licences — and turn each of them into something you can do arithmetic with. By the end you should be able to repeat the whole exercise on any firm you come across, which is the actual skill being taught.
The figures we are working from
Nothing below is our estimate. Where a firm has not published something, or we could not read it on a source we trust, the box says so instead of guessing — a habit worth copying when you build your own broker notes.
Exercise one — turn the spread into money
AMarkets does not publish a EUR/USD spread we were able to verify, so there is no honest arithmetic to do on this page. Do not substitute a number you read on a comparison site: an unverified spread quietly becomes an unverified cost, and then an unverified plan. Use one of the other examples on the practice index for this exercise and come back to this file for the account ladder below.
Exercise two — read the account ladder
Account tiers are a pricing structure dressed as a status ladder. AMarkets offers 4 rungs. Read them as a question — what does each rung ask of me, and what does it give back? — rather than as a set of prizes to climb towards.
- StandardThe entry rung. Whatever the published spread applies to, it is almost always this one — so this is the rung your arithmetic above describes.
- FixedA higher rung usually trades a tighter spread for a commission, a larger deposit, or a status test. Convert both pricing models to money per lot before you decide either is cheaper.
- ECNA higher rung usually trades a tighter spread for a commission, a larger deposit, or a status test. Convert both pricing models to money per lot before you decide either is cheaper.
- DemoA higher rung usually trades a tighter spread for a commission, a larger deposit, or a status test. Convert both pricing models to money per lot before you decide either is cheaper.
Account names as published: Standard, Fixed, ECN, Demo. Platforms listed: MT4, MT5.
Exercise three — what this licence list means for you
A long licence list is not automatically a good sign. What matters to a beginner is a narrower question: which entity would hold my money, and who supervises that entity? Those are often not the same as the impressive name at the top of the list. Here are AMarkets's lines, each with a plain reading.
| Regulator | Entity on the register | Number | What that means for a beginner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mwali International Services Authority (MISA), Comoros · Comoros (Mwali) | AMarkets LTD | T2023284 | an offshore registration: a company exists and pays a fee, but expect little practical recourse from that entity |
| None — Cook Islands company registration only (LLC14486/2023) · Cook Islands | AMarkets LLC | not verified | an offshore registration: a company exists and pays a fee, but expect little practical recourse from that entity |
| None — St Vincent and the Grenadines company registration only (22567 BC 2015) · St Vincent and the Grenadines | AMarkets LTD (SVG) | not verified | an offshore registration: a company exists and pays a fee, but expect little practical recourse from that entity |
No top-tier line appears on this file. That does not make the firm illegitimate, but it does mean the compensation-scheme and capital-rule protections a beginner usually assumes are present are not evidenced here. 3 lines are offshore registrations; treat those as a company address rather than as supervision. We could not confirm a licence number on 2 lines, which is exactly the kind of gap you should close yourself on the regulator's own register before depositing.
The record behind these numbers
- AMarkets' regulation page states AMarkets LTD is licensed in the Island of Mwali (Comoros) under licence number T2023284, supervised by the Mwali International Services Authority.
- The same page states AMarkets LLC is registered in the Cook Islands under number LLC14486/2023 and AMarkets LTD under number 22567 BC 2015 in St Vincent and the Grenadines; neither registry supervises forex trading.
- AMarkets' company history page states the business was established in October 2007 under the brand name Adrenalin Forex.
- The brand holds no licence from a tier-1 or EU regulator.
What we could not verify
The following are unconfirmed and are deliberately left blank rather than estimated: hq — no registered head office stated on the site pages read; minDeposit, maxLeverage, spreadEurusd — advertised figures only; segregatedFunds and negativeBalanceProtection; headquarters; negative balance protection. Confidence in this file overall: low. When you build your own notes on a firm, keep a list like this one — the gaps are more useful than the figures, because they tell you what to go and check.
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