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ADS Securities review
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ADS Securities is a real firm, though it operates in a way that makes the usual warning signs harder to read, and the sections below explain which of them still apply. Regulated by UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA), Category 1 No. 305027; Category 5 No. 20200000217, offering ADSS Platform, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5.
Our rating
One rating, identical across our sites - only the way it is shown changes. It averages six assessments: regulation, trading costs, platforms, markets, support and education.
Regulation and safety
- Regulated by
- UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA), Category 1 No. 305027; Category 5 No. 20200000217
- Regulator tier
- Tier 2
- Register entry
- UAE Capital Market Authority register, No. 305027
- Client money segregated
- Yes
- Held at
- Regulated banking institutions
- Negative balance protection
- No
- Compensation scheme
- No statutory investor compensation scheme
- Audited by
- Independent external auditors
- Not available to
- Countries where distribution or use of ADSS services would be contrary to local law or regulation
Check the licence on the regulator's own site, not on a link somebody sent you.
ADS Securities lists its regulation as UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA), Category 1 No. 305027; Category 5 No. 20200000217.
The company behind the brand
- Legal entity
- ADS Securities L.L.C - S.P.C
- Company number
- Commercial Licence No. 1190047
- Headquarters
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Founded
- 2010
- Publicly listed
- No
- Parent company
- ADS Holding LLC
- Employees
- 200+
- Also trades as
- ADSS; ADS Securities
Deposits and withdrawals
- Deposit methods
- Bank wire transfer, credit/debit card, online bank transfer, Skrill, Neteller, CashU
- Withdrawal methods
- Bank transfer, credit/debit card, Skrill, Neteller and supported electronic payment methods
- Deposit time
- Instant for cards/e-wallets; bank transfer typically 1-3 business days
- Withdrawal time
- Typically processed within 1 business day; settlement varies by payment method
- Minimum withdrawal
- $50
- Local payment methods
- UAE online banking; CashU and regional payment methods
What it costs to trade
- Spread from
- 0.0 pips
- EUR/USD spread
- Approx. 0.7 pips
- GBP/USD spread
- Approx. 0.9 pips
- Commission
- $0
- All-in cost, EUR/USD
- Approx. 0.7 pips
- Spread type
- Variable
- Overnight swap
- Both: overnight financing charges/credits apply; swap-free accounts available
- Inactivity fee
- Yes
- Currency conversion
- Currency conversion at applicable exchange rate
An offer that beats the market by a wide margin is the most reliable warning sign there is.
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.
ADS Securities lists a minimum deposit of $100. 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 and execution
- Markets
- Forex, Equities, Indices, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies, Bonds
- Currency pairs
- 70+
- Total instruments
- 3,000+
- Crypto CFDs
- Yes
- Maximum leverage
- 1:500
- Execution model
- Market maker / principal
- Execution speed
- Under 100ms
- Order types
- Market, limit, stop, stop-loss, take-profit, trailing stop
- Servers
- UAE and global financial data-centre infrastructure
Leverage up to 1:500 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.
ADS Securities covers forex, equities, indices, commodities, cryptocurrencies, bonds. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.
Funding options: bank wire transfer, credit/debit card, online bank transfer, skrill, neteller, cashu. 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 and tools
- Platforms
- ADSS Platform, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5
- Own platform
- Yes, ADSS Platform
- Mobile app
- Both proprietary and third-party
- Browser trading
- Yes
- Automated trading
- Yes, through MT4 and MT5
- Copy trading
- No
- Indicators
- 68 ADSS Platform; 30 MT4; 38 MT5
- Third-party tools
- MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, Autochartist
- API access
- Yes, institutional 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.
Accounts
- Minimum deposit
- $100
- Account types
- Classic, Elite, Pro, Islamic/Swap-Free, Demo
- Account currencies
- USD, AED
- Islamic account
- Yes
- Demo account
- Yes
- Professional account
- Yes, Pro
- Minimum trade size
- 0.01 lots
- Time to open
- Typically within 1 business day
Support and education
- Support hours
- 24/5
- Contact channels
- Phone, email, WhatsApp, contact form
- Languages
- English, Arabic and multilingual support
- Telephone
- +971 2 657 2414
- ts@adss.com
- Live chat response
- Typically under 2 minutes
- Education
- Extensive: educational articles, trading guides, webinars, seminars, platform tutorials and market education
- Research
- Daily market analysis, technical/fundamental commentary, Autochartist, market outlooks and news
Questions people ask about ADS Securities
Which website is really ADS Securities?
ADS Securities trades at adss.com. Anything on a lookalike domain is not the broker, however closely the page copies it, and a link that arrives in a message is the one worth checking character by character.