Capital.com Review
Reviewed · Last updatedCapital.com is a CFD broker offering around 5,500 instruments across shares, currencies, indices, commodities, ETFs, bonds and crypto (crypto not for UK retail). It operates through regional entities regulated by the FCA, CySEC, ASIC, the Securities Commission of The Bahamas and the UAE regulator, and CySEC fined its Cypriot entity EUR 10,000 in 2022 for late suspicious transaction reporting.
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Who this service may not be suitable for
Leveraged products may not be suitable for readers seeking long-term investment products, readers who cannot afford to lose the money they deposit, or anyone unwilling to accept the substantial risk of loss inherent in leveraged trading. A majority of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Key facts
- Main regulation
- FCA 793714, CySEC 319/17 and 463/25, ASIC AFSL 513393, SCB SIA-F245
- Markets offered
- Currencies, Indices, Commodities, Share CFDs, ETFs, Crypto, Bonds
- Regions served
- European Union, United Kingdom, Australia, International entities
How this score was calculated
Facts recorded on 14 Sep 2026 from the broker’s official website and regulator sources, scored with our published rubric. Items we could not find on the official website count as not disclosed.
Regulation and transparency
- Strongest regulator tier: 4.0
- +0.5 two or more major regulators
- +0.5 licence confirmed on a regulator register
- -0.5 other regulator fine or enforcement action
- Regulator action: 2022-03-14: CySEC: Administrative fine of EUR 10,000 on Capital Com SV Investments Ltd for breaching article 16(2) of the Market Abuse Regulation by submitting two suspicious transaction and order reports with undue delay (board decision 14 March 2022, announced 6 April 2022).
Costs and fee disclosure
- Yes: Commissions published
- Yes: Overnight (swap) rates published
- Yes: Inactivity fee disclosed
- Yes: Deposit and withdrawal fees disclosed
- Yes: Currency conversion fee disclosed
- Source: capital.com
Risk and consumer information
- Yes: Risk warning on homepage
- Yes: Retail loss percentage published
- Yes: Risk disclosure or KID available
- Yes: Negative balance protection stated
- Yes: Segregated client funds stated
- Yes: Legal documents public
- Source: capital.com
Customer support
- Yes: Live chat
- Yes: Email
- Yes: Phone
- Yes: Hours: 24/7
- Source: capital.com
Education and research
- Yes: Education section
- Yes: Risk education content
- Yes: Webinars or courses
- Yes: Market analysis
- Yes: Economic calendar
- Source: capital.com
Website and user experience
- Yes: Legal documents page
- Yes: Fees page
- Yes: Entity and licence in footer
- Source: capital.com
Regulatory status by region
The entity that holds an account determines the regulator, client-money rules and compensation arrangements that apply. Check the entity on the official register of the named regulator before opening an account.
| Region | Legal entity | Regulator and licence |
|---|---|---|
| European Union | Capital Com SV Investments Ltd | CySEC, licence 319/17 |
| European Union | Capital Com Group Ltd | CySEC, licence 463/25 (authorised 10/11/2025) |
| United Kingdom | Capital Com (UK) Limited | FCA, FRN 793714 (source: broker disclosure) |
| Australia | Capital Com Australia Pty Ltd (ABN 47 625 601 489) | ASIC, AFSL 513393 (source: broker disclosure) |
| International entities | Capital Com Online Investments Ltd | Securities Commission of The Bahamas, licence SIA-F245 (source: broker disclosure) |
| International entities | Capital Com MENA Securities Trading L.L.C. (UAE) | UAE Capital Market Authority (formerly SCA), licence 20200000176 (source: broker disclosure) |
Research methodology
Assessed against our published framework using the broker’s public website, legal documents and regulator registers. Every broker is assessed using the same documented criteria. Full methodology →
Sources
- Regulator register: cysec.gov.cy, retrieved 14 Sep 2026
- Regulator register: cysec.gov.cy, retrieved 14 Sep 2026
- Broker legal page: capital.com, retrieved 14 Sep 2026
- Broker legal page: capital.com, retrieved 14 Sep 2026
- Broker legal page: capital.com, retrieved 14 Sep 2026
- Broker legal page: help.capital.com, retrieved 14 Sep 2026
- Score evidence (costs): capital.com, retrieved 14 Sep 2026
- Score evidence (risk): capital.com, retrieved 14 Sep 2026
- Score evidence (support): capital.com, retrieved 14 Sep 2026
- Score evidence (education): capital.com, retrieved 14 Sep 2026
- Score evidence (website): capital.com, retrieved 14 Sep 2026
Corrections and update history
- 24 Sep 2026: Scores recalculated under methodology version 1.2 (the language checks were removed from Customer support and Website and user experience).
- 15 Sep 2026: Scores recalculated under methodology version 1.1 (six weighted categories).
- 14 Sep 2026: Category scores calculated with the published scoring rubric (methodology version 1.0) from facts recorded on the broker’s official website.
- 14 Sep 2026: Regulatory entities and licence numbers researched from official broker disclosures and regulator sources.
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CFDs and other leveraged products carry a high risk of losing money rapidly because of leverage, and a majority of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. A high editorial score reflects disclosure and service quality. It does not make trading safe.