ACY Securities review

Regulated by

ASIC (AFSL 403863); FSCA South Africa (51008); ACY Capital LLC registered in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Regulator tier

Tier 1

Register entry

ASIC Professional Registers, AFSL 403863

Client money segregated

Yes

Held at

Major regulated banking institutions

Negative balance protection

Yes, Australian retail clients

Compensation scheme

No statutory investor compensation scheme

Audited by

Independent external auditors

Not available to

United States and other jurisdictions where ACY does not provide services or where its products are prohibited

A regulator is also the body that publishes what a broker has done wrong, which is half the reason the licence matters.

ACY Securities holds a tier-one authorisation from ASIC. 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.

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 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.

Check the licence yourself: ASIC Connect, the FSCA list of regulated entities.

Legal entity

ACY Securities Pty Ltd

Company number

ABN 80 150 565 781 / ACN 150 565 781

Headquarters

Sydney, Australia

Founded

2011

Publicly listed

No

Parent company

Independent

Employees

100+

Also trades as

ACY Securities; ACY Capital; Synergy Markets

Deposit methods

Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer, Skrill, Neteller, cryptocurrency and regional/local payment methods

Withdrawal methods

Bank transfer, cards, e-wallets, cryptocurrency and supported regional methods

Deposit time

Instant for most cards/e-wallets/crypto; bank transfers typically 1-3 business days

Withdrawal time

Instant crypto withdrawals available; other methods typically processed within 24 hours with provider settlement times thereafter

Minimum withdrawal

$50

Local payment methods

PayID; local bank transfer and multiple region-specific payment methods

Spread from

0.0 pips

EUR/USD spread

Approx. 0.1 pips, ProZero

GBP/USD spread

Approx. 0.3 pips, ProZero

Commission

US$3 per side / US$6 round turn, ProZero

All-in cost, EUR/USD

Approx. 0.7 pips

Spread type

Variable

Overnight swap

Both: overnight swaps charged/credited; swap-free Standard account available

Withdrawal fee

First 5 withdrawals per month free; fees may apply thereafter

Currency conversion

Currency conversion applies where transaction and account currencies differ

Complaints about cost are usually complaints about swap and inactivity fees rather than the spread.

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.

ACY Securities 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

Forex, Shares, ETFs, Indices, Commodities, Precious Metals, Cryptocurrencies

Currency pairs

60+

Total instruments

2,200+

Crypto CFDs

Yes

Maximum leverage

1:5000

Execution model

Market execution / multi-liquidity-provider model

Execution speed

Under 30ms

Order types

Market, limit, stop, stop-loss, take-profit, trailing stop, guaranteed stop-loss

Servers

Global financial data-centre infrastructure

Leverage up to 1:5000 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.

ACY Securities covers forex, shares, etfs, indices, commodities, precious metals, cryptocurrencies. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.

Funding options: visa, mastercard, bank transfer, skrill, neteller, cryptocurrency and regional/local 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

ACY Trading Platform, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5

Own platform

Yes, ACY Trading Platform

Mobile app

Both proprietary and third-party

Browser trading

Yes

Automated trading

Yes; Expert Advisors and automated trading supported

Copy trading

Yes

Indicators

30+ MT4; 38+ MT5; advanced proprietary-platform charting

Third-party tools

MetaTrader, VPS, MetaTrader scripts

API access

Yes, institutional/API connectivity

MetaTrader 4 remains the most widely supported platform for expert advisors. If you rely on an existing EA, this is usually the deciding factor.

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.

Minimum deposit

$50

Account types

Basic, Standard, ProZero, Bespoke, Swap-Free, Demo

Account currencies

USD, AUD, EUR, GBP, NZD, CAD, JPY

Islamic account

Yes, swap-free Standard account

Demo account

Yes

Professional account

Yes

Minimum trade size

0.01 lots

Time to open

Approx. 4 minutes

Support hours

24/5

Contact channels

Live chat, email, phone

Languages

Multilingual

Telephone

+61 2 9188 2999

Email

support@acy.com

Live chat response

Typically under 2 minutes

Education

Extensive: webinars, seminars, trading courses, educational articles, platform tutorials and market education

Research

Market analysis, market news, technical/fundamental analysis, trading insights and daily commentary