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Tickmill

United Kingdom · Tickmill UK Ltd

Costs
Raw EUR/USD example: USD3 per lot per side. The table currency footnote conflicts with the example; do not generalize to all instruments.
Platforms
Classic/Raw: MT4/MT5; the CFD section also lists TradingView.
Client protection
Retail CFD negative balance protection on a per-account basis.
Sources and applicability

Public documents for the named entity/account. Confirm residence acceptance when applying.

Costs

UK FX KID (June 2025), page 4 uses the traded instrument’s base currency; page 5 EUR/USD example uses USD3 per side / USD6 round trip. Confirm actual billing currency. Account overview checked 29 September: Classic minimum 1.6 pips, zero commission; Raw minimum 0 pips. Holding costs are separate.

UK FX KID June 2025 — pages 4–5, commission table and example ↗ · 2026-09-30UK account overview — minimum spreads / Classic commission ↗ · 2026-09-29
PlatformsCFD accounts / available platforms ↗ · 2026-09-29
Client protectionUK FAQ — negative balance protection ↗ · 2026-09-29

Terms for the named entities. Minimum spreads are not total costs or a cheapest-first ranking.

Tickmill

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Brand overview and official site

Tickmill operates through 4 legal entities recorded in the current FXVeritas research file across Seychelles, United Kingdom, Cyprus, and South Africa.

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Client protection

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Tickmill UK Ltd

Segregated client money
Opened UK Terms: Relevant Amounts will be segregated into pooled client accounts and held in accordance with FCA Client Money rules. Professionals may be title-transfer / unsecured.
Negative balance protection
unknown
Investor compensation
Opened UK Terms: the Company is covered by FSCS (no amount in that clause). Security of Funds June 2026: maximum FSCS payout per client if the firm goes into administration is £120,000. UK FAQ: FSCS up to a value of £85,000. Both official amounts are stored. Neither figure is stored as a single compensationLimit.
Compensation limit
Not recorded
Retail / professional difference
UK Terms distinguish retail CASS from professional title-transfer. FSCS amount is in official-source conflict.
Insolvency treatment
Retail CASS segregation plus stated FSCS cover. FSCS amount is £120,000 versus £85,000 across official Tickmill documents.

Tickmill Europe Ltd

Segregated client money
Opened EU Client Agreement: Client funds will at all times be segregated from the Company’s own money and cannot be used in the course of its own business.
Negative balance protection
unknown
Investor compensation
Opened EU Client Agreement: the Company is a member of the Investors Compensation Fund (ICF). ICF PDF June 2025: retail only; maximum payable compensation EUR 20,000, or 90% of the covered investor’s claim, whichever is lower.
Compensation limit
EUR 20,000 or 90% of the covered claim, whichever is lower (ICF PDF June 2025)
Retail / professional difference
ICF PDF June 2025 is retail only. NBP is not confirmed: categorisation policy only says the company may provide NBP to Retail and Experienced Retail Clients.
Insolvency treatment
Stated as CySEC ICF cover for Tickmill Europe Ltd clients.

Tickmill Ltd

Segregated client money
Opened Seychelles CSA: no segregation clause found. Brand-level licences-page wording is not copied as a Seychelles statutory scheme.
Negative balance protection
unknown
Investor compensation
Opened Seychelles CSA: no FSCS or ICF. Clause 21.2 is contractual compensation, not a statutory scheme.
Compensation limit
Not recorded
Retail / professional difference
Not recorded
Insolvency treatment
Not recorded

Tickmill South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Segregated client money
unknown
Negative balance protection
unknown
Investor compensation
No FSCS or ICF is stated for the South Africa company.
Compensation limit
Not recorded
Retail / professional difference
Not recorded
Insolvency treatment
Not recorded

What the sources show

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Provider licence disclosure ·

Tickmill UK Ltd — DIFC Representative Office

The website labels the DIFC presence as a representative office. That reference is not interchangeable with the separate UK, Cyprus, Seychelles or South African trading permissions.

Sources and scope

Identifiers disclosed by the provider; current regulator status not independently verified here.

Authority or registration system
DFSA
Disclosed financial permission
F007663
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Tickmill Ltd

The FSA list names this Seychelles entity. This entry does not print its licence number or establish which residence-specific account contracts with it.

Sources and scope

Entity-name match only; no licence-number verification inferred.

Authority or registration system
Seychelles FSA
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Research changes

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    Tickmill · Tickmill UK Ltd · costs source check

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  2. · Research record updated

    Tickmill · Entity, source and scope findings added

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  3. · Source check

    Tickmill · Tickmill UK Ltd · platforms source check

    Primary source ↗Open research file →
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