Master risk warning
Trading forex and CFDs means using leveraged derivatives. Go in with eyes open. Most retail accounts lose money on these products. Before opening an account, check the percentage of losing accounts the broker publishes on its own UAE-facing site. Do not rely on any single number you see elsewhere.
Losses can mount faster than many expect. They can exceed your deposit, and not every broker protects against a negative balance. Whether a broker does depends on the agreement signed, so read that document carefully before funding an account.
Nothing on this site promises profits, limits losses, or calls any broker safe. Do not trade with money you cannot afford to lose. If you are unsure whether these products suit you, seek independent advice from a licensed professional.
Who operates this site
I operate this site through The Trustee for Compare Forex Brokers Unit Trust, ABN 49909258897. We are a comparison publisher, not a forex broker, not a CFD broker, and not a financial adviser.
We hold no licence from the CMA (formerly SCA), the DFSA, or the FSRA. We are not regulated by any of those bodies. We do not hold client money, we do not run trading accounts, and we cannot take deposits or execute trades. Nothing on this site should be read as implying otherwise.
General information only, not advice
Everything on this site is general information. It is prepared without considering your personal financial situation, objectives, needs, or risk tolerance. It is not personal financial advice, and it is not a recommendation to open an account, trade a product, or act on anything read here.
General content can never replace advice tailored to individual circumstances. Nothing here should be treated as a substitute for advice from a licensed professional who has considered the individual situation. If such advice is needed, speak to a licensed adviser.
A broker’s presence on this site is not an endorsement. Inclusion is not a recommendation, and exclusion is not a warning. You must make your own decision about whether to deal with any broker named here.
Counterparty and custody risk
I want you to understand what a licence actually means. Opening an account makes the client an unsecured creditor of the broker entity you contract with. A licence from the CMA, the DFSA or the FSRA does not guarantee solvency, performance, or protection of your money if the broker fails. It shows the entity met the authorisation threshold. It does not mean the entity is safe.
Of the brokers we cover, only five hold a UAE licence with both dealing and custody permissions. Six hold a dealing licence, but Noam Korbl found no custody permission in the register extracts he reviewed. One holds only arranging and introduction permissions, and its client money sits with a group entity outside the UAE. These figures come from public registers and can change.
My advice: before funding an account, check which entity the contract is with and where the money will be held. Do not assume every broker we cover holds your money itself or keeps it inside the UAE.
Accuracy of published figures
I want readers to know how we gather the numbers. Our team captures every figure from the broker’s own UAE-facing pages and checks it against the public registers of the CMA, the DFSA and the FSRA. We stamp each figure with the date we last verified it. Brokers change their terms, spreads, commissions and licence details without notice, so a figure that was correct on its capture date may be out of date by the time it is read.
We do not run live trading accounts, so we do not measure spreads, execution speed or slippage. Any number shown for those is the broker’s own published claim, not an independent measurement.
I cannot accept liability for any loss that results from relying on a figure that has moved since we captured it. Always check the broker’s own website and its entry on the relevant regulator’s public register before you act.
Complaints and disputes
Any complaint about a broker should first be raised through the broker’s own internal complaints process. That process should be set out in the client agreement or on the broker’s website.
Should the outcome be unsatisfactory, the complaint may be taken to the regulator that licensed the entity named on the account opening forms. That will be the CMA (formerly SCA), the DFSA, or the FSRA, depending on where the entity is incorporated and authorised. I cannot handle complaints on anyone’s behalf, and I cannot direct anyone to a particular regulator. The correct regulator must be identified from the account documentation.
External links
This site contains links to external websites run by brokers and other third parties. We have no control over those sites and accept no responsibility for their content, accuracy, or anything that happens when they are visited. Following a link is a personal decision.
Copyright and content reuse
All content on this site, including text, tables, comparison tools and our August 2026 measured capture set (covering 35 UAE-licensed brokers and 63 spread records, recorded between 5 and 28 August 2026), is the property of the operating entity. Copying, republishing or redistributing it without written permission is not permitted.
Short quotes are permitted where they carry clear attribution and a link back to the page you quote.