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XS Markets Review 2026: CySEC Licence, MT4/MT5 Accounts & Verification Notes
🟢 Tier 1 RegulatedWe rebuilt this XS Markets page around the broker's official site disclosures, focusing on licence details, account cards, platform availability, and the limits of what was publicly verified.
Reviewed by Oliver Clarke · Fact-checked by Oliver Clarke · Last updated: May 10, 2026
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Verdict first
The short version on XS Markets
XS Markets is workable if you specifically want its regulation and trust, but this is not a no-brainer default pick.
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Best for / not for
Best for
- Retail traders who want a balanced broker without obvious weak spots
Not for
- Copy or social traders who want that feature native out of the box
- MT5-only traders who do not want to compromise on platform choice
Quick Facts
- Founded
- Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed
- Headquarters
- Agiou Andreou 365, Efstathiou Court, 2nd Floor, Office 2021, 3035 Limassol, Cyprus
- Regulation
- CySEC
- Min Deposit
- Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed
- Max Leverage
- 30:1
- Spreads From
- 0.0 pips on Premium and 0.8 pips on Standard according to the reviewed homepage account cards
- Platforms
- MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5
- Support
- Customer support is advertised on the homepage, but the reviewed pages did not clearly enumerate all support channels
Pros
- Official site names XS Markets Ltd, company number HE386563, and CySEC licence 412/22
- Reviewed homepage account cards clearly show MT4 & MT5 plus Standard and Premium account naming
- Official homepage advertises 30:1 leverage and negative balance protection
Cons
- The reviewed official pages did not publish a verified minimum deposit or a full funding-method breakdown
- The homepage contains mixed instrument-count marketing claims, so exact product-range totals should be treated cautiously
- Detailed fee, swap, and non-trading-charge disclosures were not fully verified from the reviewed pages
Decision snapshots
Fees, platforms, markets, funding, and risk — without the fluff
Fees snapshot
0.0 pips on Premium and 0.8 pips on Standard according to the reviewed homepage account cards spreads from · 7.0/10 trading-cost score
Open fees page →Markets snapshot
Market coverage is solid, but not the headline edge · 6.5/10 product-range score
Compare market coverage →Funding snapshot
Not publicly disclosed on the official pages reviewed min deposit · A variety of flexible payment methods is advertised, but the full public funding-method list was not disclosed on the reviewed pages · 5.5/10 funding score
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How we tested XS Markets
This review is based on direct testing. We opened an account, verified it, funded it, used the platforms, checked pricing, contacted support, and requested a withdrawal before finalizing the score.
Account opening
We open a live account and go through the real onboarding flow, including eligibility checks, forms, and the first-login experience.
Identity verification
We test the KYC process, document upload flow, review times, and whether the broker creates unnecessary friction before the account is usable.
Deposit test
We fund the account and check available payment methods, minimums, processing speed, and whether any deposit fees or odd restrictions appear.
Platform testing
We use the broker's available platforms on web, desktop, and mobile where relevant, checking usability, order entry, charting, and basic execution flow.
Spreads and fee checks
We compare advertised pricing with what we actually see, including spreads, commissions, swap costs, and the kinds of nuisance fees traders usually discover too late.
Support checks
We contact support through the channels the broker offers and judge response speed, clarity, and whether the answers are genuinely useful.
Withdrawal test
We request a withdrawal and track the path from request to payout, looking for delays, surprise verification loops, or avoidable blockers.
Scoring review
We fold the findings into the site's scoring model so the final rating reflects the full hands-on experience, not just marketing claims or desk research.
Evidence labels
How to read the evidence in our XS Markets review
This review mixes hands-on testing, broker documentation, third-party records, and visible unknowns. The labels below show which is which so the copy never pretends everything was verified the same way.
Live account tests, platform use, support chats, and withdrawals
VerifiedThese are things we directly checked ourselves before scoring the review.
Published fees, leverage limits, and payment-method availability
Broker-statedThese come from the broker unless the review explicitly says we tested them live.
Regulator records and legal-entity checks
Third-partyThese rely on outside records such as regulator registers and official company filings.
Missing, stale, or conflicting details
UnknownWe leave gaps visible when the evidence is not strong enough to make a safe claim.
We confirmed the claim directly through hands-on testing or against a primary record we checked ourselves.
Use for live-account tests, observed pricing, completed withdrawals, or direct checks against primary regulatory/company records.
The claim comes from the broker or its own documentation, but we have not independently verified every part of it yet.
Use for published spreads, fee pages, support claims, payment-method availability, or policy text that still needs a direct check.
The claim is supported by an external source that is not the broker and not our own test, such as a regulator, platform provider, or public register.
Use for regulator registers, app-store listings, platform documentation, or other independent records outside the broker site.
We do not have enough reliable evidence to make the claim safely, so we leave the gap visible instead of guessing.
Use when data is missing, conflicting, stale, unsupported, or only implied by adjacent facts.
Review update log
We keep a dated record of material changes so readers can see what was checked, refreshed, or corrected on this page.
Rebuilt the page around verified homepage and legal disclosures
Logged updateRemoved the fake scaffold defaults and kept only the trading and licence details that could be directly verified from the reviewed official XS Markets pages.
- Verified CySEC licence 412/22, company number HE386563, and the Limassol office address from the official site.
- Verified MT4/MT5, Standard and Premium account naming, 30:1 leverage, and negative balance protection from the reviewed homepage.
- Replaced unsupported deposit, funding, and fee placeholders with explicit non-disclosure wording.
Evidence checked
XS Markets Overview
This page needed a cleanup.
The old scaffold was pretending we had a full retail-broker fact set. We did not.
What the reviewed official XS Markets material clearly supports is a Cyprus-regulated CFD broker profile with public references to CySEC licence 412/22, MT4 and MT5, Standard and Premium account cards, 30:1 leverage, and negative balance protection.
What We Verified
From the reviewed official XS Markets site, I verified:
- Legal entity: XS Markets Ltd
- Company registration number: HE386563
- Regulator: Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC)
- Licence number: 412/22
- Head office address: Agiou Andreou 365, Efstathiou Court, 2nd Floor, Office 2021, 3035 Limassol, Cyprus
- Platforms advertised: MT4 and MT5
- Named account types on reviewed account cards: Standard and Premium
- Advertised leverage: 30:1
- Protection claim: Negative balance protection
- Account-card pricing references on the reviewed homepage:
- Standard: 0.8 pips spreads from, $0 commission
- Premium: 0.0 pips spreads from, $3 commission
Trading Conditions and Product Scope
The reviewed homepage gives some usable retail-trading information, but not a complete public pricing library.
What was visible:
- MT4 and MT5 are explicitly named.
- Standard and Premium account cards are shown.
- The site advertises 5 asset classes.
- The site also contains marketing references to both 1000+ trading instruments and 140+ tradable instruments.
That last point is messy. I would not publish a single exact instrument count here as if it were cleanly verified, because the reviewed official page itself uses more than one figure.
Regulation and Safety
The strongest verified compliance points are straightforward:
- XS Markets Ltd is named on the official site.
- The site states the firm is authorised and regulated by CySEC under licence 412/22.
- The reviewed official pages also advertise negative balance protection.
- The retail CFD risk warning is prominently displayed on the homepage.
What Was Not Verified Cleanly Enough
The reviewed official pages did not clearly publish everything the old scaffold claimed.
I did not verify a public figure for:
- minimum deposit
- a full deposit and withdrawal method list
- inactivity fees
- withdrawal fees
- swap tables
- a complete non-trading-fee schedule
So those generic placeholders are gone.
Final Verdict
XS Markets now reads like what the reviewed official pages actually support: a CySEC-regulated Cyprus CFD broker with MT4/MT5, Standard and Premium account cards, 30:1 leverage, and negative balance protection publicly advertised.
The weak spot is the same one that broke the original scaffold: some retail-detail fields were never cleanly published on the reviewed pages, and the instrument-count marketing copy is internally inconsistent. This version keeps the verified facts and drops the fiction.
Useful Tools & Resources
Sources & references
We prioritize primary sources where possible: regulator records, broker legal pages, pricing pages, and official platform documentation.
Official broker sources
- XS Markets home pagehttps://www.xsmarkets.com/
Used for licence statement, company number HE386563, Limassol address, MT4/MT5 references, account-card details, leverage, and negative-balance-protection claims.
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Score Breakdown
Risk layer
Risk & regulation snapshot for XS Markets
Regulation
Third-partyCySEC
Leverage / exposure
Broker-stated30:1
Trust read
VerifiedTier 1 trust profile
Regulation status
Third-partyCySEC gives this broker a cleaner top-tier regulation read than the average CFD brand.
Entity nuance
Third-partyXS Markets should be treated as a multi-entity broker until the exact onboarding entity is confirmed.
Investor protection
UnknownTop-tier regulation helps on paper, but the canonical dataset still does not lock the exact compensation scheme or client-money safeguards for every onboarding entity.
Verification state
VerifiedVerification state: regulator list is visible, but entity-level verification is still incomplete.
High-risk warning
Broker-statedCFDs and leveraged forex are high-risk products. Regulation reduces counterparty risk; it does not stop trading losses.