COUNTERPARTY FILE · last re-checked 2026-09
FXCM Pro (Stratos Group) — institutional liquidity provider
This record highlights potential transparency concerns regarding self-measured claims and unpublished venues.
Licence, read literally
| Regulator | Licence number | Jurisdiction | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCA | 217689 | UK | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
| ASIC | 309763 | Australia | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
Tier classification follows the same scale as the retail register: tier-2 means real supervision and client-money segregation, without an investor compensation scheme — never misread it as tier-1 protection.
Residuals a counterparty carries
Self-measured claims
The claim of a new FIX session in less than 20 seconds is self-measured and not independently verified.
Source: own PR figure
Unpublished venues
No venues or data centers are published, which may affect transparency.
Source: record current Stratos entity names
The claims ledger
Claims specific enough to be falsified — and the ones that remain the venue's own measurement.
Testable claims
- Stratos Markets Limited is authorised and regulated in the UK by the FCA, registration number 217689 — own site footer text on fxcm.com pages
- Stratos Trading Pty. Limited (trading as FXCM, AFSL 309763, ABN 31 121 934 432) is regulated by ASIC — own page fxcm.com/au/about-fxcm/global-broker
- FXCM Pro partnered with Your Bourse (2023) for ultra-low-latency execution including FIX provisioning — own press release
Claims we cannot verify from outside
- "new FIX session in less than 20 seconds" via Your Bourse partnership — own PR figure, not an independently measured SLA
Perimeter and coverage
| Asset classes | Venues | Connectivity | Clients accepted | Explicitly refused |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FX spot, Metals, CFDs | FIX API, REST API | Institutional clients, Brokers, Hedge funds |
A firm that publishes its own negative space — who it refuses, where it is not licensed — is materially easier to diligence than one that doesn't. The refusal list is treated here as disclosure, not as a defect.