Empire FX Trade regulation & licences
Licences on record 1
3 Tier 3 — moderate regulation
Licences are matched from public sources and regulator registers, and entities change over time. A licence held by one company in a group does not cover clients of another. Always confirm on the official register.
Regulatory profile
Empire FX Trade is a forex & CFD broker founded in 2019 and headquartered in Kenya. Licensed by CMA Kenya as a dealing online FX broker.
In our database Empire FX Trade is matched to 1 licence from CMA (Kenya). None of its licences is from a tier-1 or tier-2 regulator; the strongest, from the CMA (Kenya), is a tier-3 licence with limited retail protection.
None of the regulators we have matched to Empire FX Trade operates a statutory compensation scheme covering retail forex, so the safety of your deposit relies mainly on segregation of client funds and the broker's own financial strength. Retail leverage caps apply at the CMA (Kenya)-regulated entities (for example Maximum 400:1 at CMA (Kenya)).
Empire FX Trade supports MT4 and MT5.
Regulatory strengths
- None identified from our data
Points to check
- Only offshore licences on record — limited recourse and no compensation
- No statutory compensation scheme at any matched regulator
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Empire FX Trade regulation FAQ
Is Empire FX Trade regulated?
Yes — in our database Empire FX Trade is matched to 1 licence: CMA (Kenya) (Kenya). Which of these protects you depends on the legal entity you open an account with. Always confirm the licence on the regulator's official register.
Is Empire FX Trade a tier-1 regulated broker?
No. None of the licences we have matched to Empire FX Trade is from a tier-1 regulator. Its strongest licence is tier 3.
Does Empire FX Trade accept US clients?
Empire FX Trade is not matched to a CFTC/NFA registration in our database. Only CFTC-registered, NFA-member firms may offer retail forex to US residents, so Empire FX Trade generally cannot accept US retail forex clients.
Is my money protected with Empire FX Trade?
None of the regulators matched to Empire FX Trade in our database runs a compensation scheme for retail forex. Protection depends on client-money segregation and the broker's solvency.
How can I verify Empire FX Trade's licence?
Find the company name and licence number in Empire FX Trade's client agreement or website footer, then search it on the regulator's official register (linked from each licence on this page). Confirm that the website domain you use is listed on the register, and check the regulator's warning list for clones.