Country sheet · AU
Trading from Australia
ASIC licenses CFD issuers. Its product intervention order caps retail leverage, sets margin close-out rules, bans trading inducements and limits a retail client's losses to the money in their CFD account.
RegulatorASICAustralian Securities and Investments CommissionPublic register ↗
If a firm failsNo schemeAustralia's Compensation Scheme of Last Resort doesn't cover forex or derivatives trading, so there's no scheme for clients of a failed CFD or forex provider.cslr.org.au ↗
Retail leverage cap30:1 on major pairs20:1 on minor pairs, gold and major indices; 10:1 on other commodities and minor indices; 5:1 on shares; 2:1 on crypto-assets.asic.gov.au ↗
Firms licensed here17on our records
Rules read from the official sources linked above on 2026-09-26. Retail clients must have negative balance protection.
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Firms with a licence in Australia
Ordered by licence status, then name. Not a ranking.
FirmLicence here
ACY SecuritiesASIC 403863 Authorised
AxiASIC 318232 Authorised
BlueberryASIC 535887 Authorised
Capital.comASIC 513393 Authorised
CommSecASIC 238814 Authorised
DNA MarketsASIC 514425 Authorised
EightcapASIC 391441 Authorised
Global PrimeASIC 385620 Authorised
IUX.comASIC 529610 Authorised
MitradeASIC 398528 Authorised
Ox SecuritiesASIC 438402 Authorised
PU PrimeASIC 410681 Authorised
SelfWealthASIC 421789 Authorised
StakeASIC 548196 Authorised
TMGMASIC 436416 Authorised
DEGIROASIC Not verified
LMAX GlobalASIC Not verified
Before you sign up
Five checks for Australia
- Find the firm on ASIC’s register yourself, not through a link the firm sent.
- Check that the company named on your account agreement is the one on the register.
- Confirm the website, phone and email match the register entry.
- Ask which compensation scheme covers your account, and up to what amount.
- Size your first trades inside the retail cap: position size check.
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Note: ASIC's CFD product intervention order runs until 23 May 2027 unless it is remade; the leverage cap and loss limit depend on it.