Why it qualified
IUX review
Measured against the entry criteria, and where IUX sits on the list.
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IUX sits at the bottom of our fifty and is a candidate to drop out of it. What keeps it on the list is thinner than what would take it off. Regulated by Mauritius FSC; South Africa FSCA; additional group registrations/licences, offering MetaTrader 5, IUX WebTerminal, IUX Trade App.
Our rating
One rating, identical across our sites - only the way it is shown changes. It averages six assessments: regulation, trading costs, platforms, markets, support and education.
What it costs to trade
- Spread from
- 0.0 pips
- EUR/USD spread
- 0.8 pips Standard, as at 6 July 2026
- GBP/USD spread
- 0.9 pips Standard, as at 6 July 2026
- Commission
- $7 round turn, Raw; $0 on Standard and Pro
- Spread type
- Variable
- Overnight swap
- Swap-free available across all account types
- Deposit fee
- Free
- Withdrawal fee
- Free
- Currency conversion
- Applicable where required
Cost separates brokers who are otherwise level on the measures that decide the list.
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.
IUX 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.
Markets and execution
- Markets
- Forex, Commodities, Stocks, Indices, Cryptocurrencies, Thematic Indices
- Currency pairs
- 120+
- Total instruments
- 120+
- Crypto CFDs
- Yes
- Maximum leverage
- 1:3000
- Execution model
- Market execution / multi-liquidity-provider pricing
- Execution speed
- Ultra-low latency advertised; no reliable universal figure
- Order types
- Market, limit, stop, trailing stop and MT5 pending orders
- Servers
- London and Asia-Pacific
Leverage up to 1:3000 is available on this entity. High leverage does not increase your expected return - it increases position size for the same deposit, and shortens the move needed to close you out.
IUX covers forex, commodities, stocks, indices, cryptocurrencies, thematic indices. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.
Funding options: credit/debit cards, bank transfers, e-wallets and regional payment 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.
Platforms and tools
- Platforms
- MetaTrader 5, IUX WebTerminal, IUX Trade App
- Own platform
- Yes
- Mobile app
- IUX Trade App + MT5
- Browser trading
- Yes
- Automated trading
- Yes
- Copy trading
- Not a major current feature
- Indicators
- 80+ on MT5
- Third-party tools
- MetaTrader 5
- API access
- Not prominently offered as a standard retail feature
MetaTrader 5 handles more asset classes and order types than MT4, but expert advisors are not compatible between the two - an MT4 EA will not run on it.
Regulation and safety
- Regulated by
- Mauritius FSC; South Africa FSCA; additional group registrations/licences
- Regulator tier
- Tier 2
- Register entry
- Mauritius FSC register, IUX Markets (MU) Ltd
- Client money segregated
- Yes
- Negative balance protection
- Yes
- Compensation scheme
- No FSCS-style statutory compensation scheme for primary international clients
- Audited by
- Not prominently disclosed
- Not available to
- Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Ukraine, UK, US, EU member states; no new Thai clients
A licence is what puts a broker on this list at all; everything after it decides the position.
IUX's licence is offshore (FSC). Offshore entities typically offer higher leverage and lighter reporting, and compensation schemes do not apply - the trade-off is protection, not price.
The FSCA licenses derivative providers in South Africa without a fixed retail leverage cap, so headline leverage is often higher than an FCA or ASIC entity may offer.
An FSC licence (Mauritius or Belize, depending on the entity) is an offshore authorisation with lighter reporting duties than a tier-one regulator.
Check the licence yourself: the Mauritius FSC register of licensees, the FSCA list of regulated entities.
Accounts
- Minimum deposit
- $50
- Account types
- Standard, Pro, Raw, Demo
- Islamic account
- Yes
- Demo account
- Yes
- Minimum trade size
- 0.01 lots
Deposits and withdrawals
- Deposit methods
- Credit/debit cards, bank transfers, e-wallets and regional payment methods
- Withdrawal methods
- Bank transfer, cards, e-wallets and supported local methods
- Minimum withdrawal
- $10
- Local payment methods
- Yes, country-dependent
Support and education
- Support hours
- 24/7
- Contact channels
- Live chat, Help Centre, online support
- Languages
- Multilingual
- Telephone
- N/A
- N/A
- Live chat response
- Available
- Education
- Extensive educational articles and trading guides
- Research
- Market information, analysis and educational content
The company behind the brand
- Legal entity
- IUX Markets Limited
- Headquarters
- International
- Founded
- 2016
- Publicly listed
- No
- Parent company
- Independent
- Employees
- Approx. 200-500
- Also trades as
- IUX
Questions people ask about IUX
What would move IUX up or down this list?
IUX's weakest category is education, at 28 out of a hundred, so that is where a change would move it fastest. A licence gained or lost moves a broker further than anything else, because regulation carries the most weight.