Worked example
Practising on Ultima Markets's numbers
This is an exercise sheet, not a review. We are going to take three things that Ultima Markets 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
Ultima Markets 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. Ultima Markets offers 2 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.
- 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.
Account names as published: Standard, ECN. 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 Ultima Markets's lines, each with a plain reading.
| Regulator | Entity on the register | Number | What that means for a beginner |
|---|---|---|---|
| FSC Mauritius · Mauritius | Ultima Markets (Mauritius) Ltd | GB 23201593 | an offshore registration: a company exists and pays a fee, but expect little practical recourse from that entity |
| FSCA · South Africa | Ultima Markets (Pty) Ltd | FSP 52497 | a mid-tier regulator: real supervision and a register, usually with a smaller or capped compensation scheme |
| FCA · United Kingdom | Ultima Markets UK Ltd | 470325 | a top-tier regulator: compensation scheme, capital rules and a public register you can search yourself |
| None — Estonian company registration (payment facilitation only) · Estonia | Ultima Markets EU OU (registry code 17134727) | not verified | an offshore registration: a company exists and pays a fee, but expect little practical recourse from that entity |
1 of these line is top-tier — held by Ultima Markets UK Ltd. If you are onboarded to a different entity than those, the protections attached to the top-tier line are not yours, however prominently the regulator's initials appear in the marketing. 2 lines are offshore registrations; treat those as a company address rather than as supervision. We could not confirm a licence number on 1 line, which is exactly the kind of gap you should close yourself on the regulator's own register before depositing.
The record behind these numbers
- Ultima Markets states it was established in 2016 and offers over 250 CFD instruments across forex, commodities, indices and stocks.
- Ultima Markets Ltd is stated by the company to be authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Commission of Mauritius as a Full-Service Investment Dealer (excluding underwriting).
- The company announced in August 2025 that it had secured FCA authorisation through Ultima Markets UK Ltd, and its site states UK onboarding is expected to begin in 2026.
- Ultima Markets' own disclosure states that its international entities are not based in the UK and are not licensed by the FCA, so clients of those entities do not have FCA protections.
- A South African entity, Ultima Markets (Pty) Ltd, is described as an FSCA Financial Services Provider under FSP number 52497.
- Ultima Markets' site-wide regulatory footer states Ultima Markets UK Limited is authorised and regulated by the FCA under reference number 470325, with registered address 1 Blossom Yard, Fourth Floor, London E1 6RS (https://www.ultimamarkets.com/company-news/ultima-markets-secures-fca-licence/).
- Companies House records that ULTIMA MARKETS UK LIMITED (company 06249714) was renamed from TIGER BROKERS (UK) LTD on 21 July 2025, and previously traded as Electronic and Voice Foreign Exchange Limited (2012-2022) (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06249714).
- The broker's regulatory footer states Ultima Markets (Mauritius) Ltd holds FSC Mauritius Full-Service Investment Dealer (excluding Underwriting) licence GB 23201593, with registered address 2nd Floor, The Catalyst, 40 Silicon Avenue, Ebene Cybercity (https://www.ultimamarkets.com/company-news/ultima-markets-secures-fca-licence/).
What we could not verify
The following are unconfirmed and are deliberately left blank rather than estimated: hq; minDeposit; maxLeverage; spreadEurusd; segregatedFunds; negativeBalanceProtection; publiclyListed; accountTypes; FSCA FSP 52497 not confirmed on the FSCA register; negative balance protection; FSC Mauritius licence GB 23201593 and FCA reference 470325 come from the broker's own regulatory footer; neither has yet been independently confirmed on the respective regulator's register. 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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