Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
CySEC · Cyprus · Established 2001
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) is the financial regulator of Cyprus, established 2001. It caps retail leverage at 1:30, requires negative balance protection and segregated client funds, and compensates clients up to EUR 20,000 if a firm fails.
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What this licence gets you
The rules a firm has to follow to keep this licence. A dash means we hold no answer on file, which is not the same as a no.
- Maximum leverage, retail
- 1:30
- Maximum leverage, professional
- 1:500
- Compensation if the firm fails
- EUR 20,000
- Negative balance protection
- Required
- Client funds held separately
- Required
- Hedging
- Permitted
- FIFO order closing
- Not mandatory
- Supervision covers
- Margin Forex supervised
- Body type
- Government
About CySEC
CySEC is the financial regulatory agency of Cyprus, supervising the Cypriot financial services market. As an EU member, it operates under MiFID regulations.
- MiFID Compliance
- EU Regulations