Tradu review

Regulated by

FCA (217689); CySEC (392/20); ASIC (AFSL 309763); FSCA (46534); Israel Securities Authority; Seychelles FSA (SD147 for listed shares)

Regulator tier

Tier 1

Register entry

FCA Financial Services Register, FRN 217689

Client money segregated

Yes

Held at

Qualifying regulated banking institutions

Negative balance protection

Yes where required for eligible retail clients

Compensation scheme

FSCS for eligible UK clients; jurisdiction-specific protection elsewhere

Audited by

Group/statutory auditing requirements apply

Not available to

Entity-dependent; global entity excludes US, Canada, UK, EU, Hong Kong, Australia, Israel and Japan

The licence is what decides where your money sits and who is obliged to do something about it.

Tradu holds tier-one authorisations from ASIC, FCA and CySEC. That matters more than any headline spread: it determines your leverage cap, whether losses can exceed your deposit, and what happens to your money if the firm fails.

It also operates an offshore entity (FSA). Which one you are onboarded to depends on where you live, and the two carry very different protections - worth confirming before you deposit.

ASIC caps retail leverage at 1:30, requires negative balance protection, and obliges the broker to hold client money in a separate trust account.

The FCA caps retail leverage at 1:30, mandates negative balance protection, and covers eligible clients under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

CySEC licences passport across the EU and follow the 1:30 retail leverage cap, with the Investor Compensation Fund covering eligible claims.

Check the licence yourself: the FCA Register, the CySEC register of investment firms, ASIC Connect, the FSCA list of regulated entities, the Seychelles FSA list of regulated entities.

Legal entity

Stratos Markets Limited

Company number

04072877

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2023

Publicly listed

Parent company is publicly listed, NYSE: JEF

Parent company

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Employees

Part of the wider Stratos / Jefferies group

Also trades as

Tradu

Spread from

0.0 pips

EUR/USD spread

Variable

GBP/USD spread

Variable

Commission

Account/pricing-model dependent

All-in cost, EUR/USD

Variable

Spread type

Variable

Overnight swap

Overnight financing applies

Inactivity fee

Entity/account dependent

Deposit fee

Generally none

Withdrawal fee

Method-dependent

Currency conversion

0.1% markup under applicable international rate card

Cost is the last thing to weigh here, and never the thing that should decide it.

A quoted spread from 0.0 pips is a raw-spread figure, which almost always means a separate commission per lot. Compare the two together - a "zero spread" account with a high commission can cost more than a wider spread with none.

Quoted spreads are best-case figures on the most liquid pair, in normal conditions. What you actually pay widens around news and at the session open.

Tradu lists a minimum deposit of $50. Treat it as the cost of opening an account, not the cost of trading one - position sizing on a small balance is what tends to cause damage.

Platforms

Tradu Web, Tradu Mobile

Own platform

Yes

Mobile app

Yes

Browser trading

Yes

Automated trading

No conventional MT4/MT5 EA ecosystem

Copy trading

Not a core offering

Indicators

Integrated advanced charting

Third-party tools

Integrated analytical/charting technology

API access

Institutional/advanced connectivity availability depends on product/entity

Tradu offers Tradu Web, Tradu Mobile. A proprietary platform can be excellent, but it means your setup does not transfer if you later change broker.

Markets

Forex, Shares, Indices, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies

Currency pairs

Multiple

Total instruments

Thousands across products/entities

Crypto CFDs

Yes, including 300+ crypto pairs internationally

Maximum leverage

1:30

Execution model

Principal/agency capabilities depending on product

Execution speed

Not reliably published as a universal figure

Order types

Market, limit, stop, stop-loss, take-profit and platform-specific orders

Servers

Global Stratos infrastructure

Leverage is capped at 1:30, which is the retail limit under tier-one regulation. It is a protection rather than a restriction: it caps how quickly a position can move against your balance.

Tradu covers forex, shares, indices, commodities, cryptocurrencies. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.

Funding options: debit/credit card, bank wire and regional electronic methods. Check withdrawal routes as well as deposit ones - they are often not the same, and the difference only becomes apparent when you try to take money out.

Minimum deposit

$50

Account types

Individual, Joint, Corporate, CFD, Listed Stocks, Crypto, Demo

Account currencies

Multiple

Islamic account

Entity-dependent

Demo account

Yes

Professional account

Yes, where eligible

Minimum trade size

Instrument-dependent

Time to open

Online, subject to verification

Deposit methods

Debit/credit card, bank wire and regional electronic methods

Withdrawal methods

Bank wire, cards and supported electronic methods

Deposit time

Cards up to 2 hours; wire generally 3-5 business days

Withdrawal time

Method-dependent

Local payment methods

Region-dependent

Support hours

Trading-week/entity-dependent

Contact channels

Live support, email, phone, SMS/WhatsApp on +44 20 7398 4058, Help Centre

Languages

20+ languages

Telephone

+44 20 7398 4053

Email

contact@tradu.com / info@tradu.com

Live chat response

Available

Education

Trading/investing educational content and platform guides

Research

Market data, news, analysis and platform tools