Worked example
Practising on Grand Capital's numbers
This is an exercise sheet, not a review. We are going to take three things that Grand Capital 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
Grand Capital 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. Grand Capital offers 5 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.
- MicroThe entry rung. Whatever the published spread applies to, it is almost always this one — so this is the rung your arithmetic above describes.
- StandardA 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.
- ECN PrimeA 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.
- Swap FreeA 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: Micro, Standard, ECN Prime, Swap Free, 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 Grand Capital's lines, each with a plain reading.
| Regulator | Entity on the register | Number | What that means for a beginner |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISA (Mwali International Services Authority, Comoros) · Union of the Comoros | Grand Capital Ltd | BFX2024219 | 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. 1 line is offshore registration; treat those as a company address rather than as supervision.
The record behind these numbers
- Grand Capital states it was founded in 2006 and holds Mwali International Services Authority brokerage licence BFX2024219, issued 9 November 2024.
- The Financial Services Authority of Seychelles published a notice on 1 July 2024 stating that Grand Capital Limited has at no point been authorised under sections 46(1) and (2) of the Securities Act 2007 to deal in securities in Seychelles (https://fsaseychelles.sc/media-corner/regulatory-updates/scam-alert-grand-capital-ltd-fraudulent-company-the-fraudulent-company-and-unauthorized-use-of-website-the-unlawful-websites).
- Grand Capital's own site describes the company as an International Business Company registered in Seychelles and licensed in the Comoros.
- The Comoros/Mwali (MISA) regime is an offshore registration and is not equivalent to tier-1 supervision.
- Grand Capital's about page states the company has provided trading and investment services since 2006 and describes Grand Capital Limited as an International Business Company registered in the Seychelles (registered at Oceanic House, Providence Estate, Mahé) and licensed in the Comoros (https://grandcapital.net/about/).
- Grand Capital's regulation page states client capital is held "in segregated accounts with top-tier international banks" (https://grandcapital.net/about/regulation/).
- Grand Capital's trading page states trading starts "with a minimum deposit of 10 USD" and its account comparison table lists leverage up to 1:3000 for at least one account type, alongside Micro, Standard, ECN Prime and Swap Free accounts (https://grandcapital.net/trading/).
What we could not verify
The following are unconfirmed and are deliberately left blank rather than estimated: headquarters; minimum deposit; maximum leverage; EUR/USD spread; account types; segregated funds; negative balance protection; spreadEurusd — only advertised floors published ("spread from 0" on floating accounts, "from 1 pip" on fixed); no typical EURUSD figure; negativeBalanceProtection — no NBP statement found in the Client Agreement (dated 13 Apr 2026) or the Risk Disclosure (checked 20 Aug 2026); maxLeverage per-account mapping — the trading-page table shows leverage rows up to 1:3000 while the site's own blog comparison lists Micro/Standard up to 1:500 and ECN up to 1:100; per-account mapping not resolvable from the page structure; minDeposit per-account mapping — table column order (which of $100/$500 columns belongs to Standard/Swap Free/ECN Prime) not resolvable; brand minimum of $10 is stated on both about and trading pages. 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.
Run the same exercise on another firm
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