Tradu review

Spread from

0.0 pips

EUR/USD spread

Variable

GBP/USD spread

Variable

Commission

Account/pricing-model dependent

All-in cost, EUR/USD

Variable

Spread type

Variable

Overnight swap

Overnight financing applies

Inactivity fee

Entity/account dependent

Deposit fee

Generally none

Withdrawal fee

Method-dependent

Currency conversion

0.1% markup under applicable international rate card

Cost is where brokers in the same regulatory bracket actually differ.

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.

Tradu lists a minimum deposit of $50. 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

Forex, Shares, Indices, Commodities, Cryptocurrencies

Currency pairs

Multiple

Total instruments

Thousands across products/entities

Crypto CFDs

Yes, including 300+ crypto pairs internationally

Maximum leverage

1:30

Execution model

Principal/agency capabilities depending on product

Execution speed

Not reliably published as a universal figure

Order types

Market, limit, stop, stop-loss, take-profit and platform-specific orders

Servers

Global Stratos infrastructure

Leverage is capped at 1:30, which is the retail limit under tier-one regulation. It is a protection rather than a restriction: it caps how quickly a position can move against your balance.

Tradu covers forex, shares, indices, commodities, cryptocurrencies. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.

Funding options: debit/credit card, bank wire and regional electronic methods. 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

Tradu Web, Tradu Mobile

Own platform

Yes

Mobile app

Yes

Browser trading

Yes

Automated trading

No conventional MT4/MT5 EA ecosystem

Copy trading

Not a core offering

Indicators

Integrated advanced charting

Third-party tools

Integrated analytical/charting technology

API access

Institutional/advanced connectivity availability depends on product/entity

Tradu offers Tradu Web, Tradu Mobile. A proprietary platform can be excellent, but it means your setup does not transfer if you later change broker.

Regulated by

FCA (217689); CySEC (392/20); ASIC (AFSL 309763); FSCA (46534); Israel Securities Authority; Seychelles FSA (SD147 for listed shares)

Regulator tier

Tier 1

Register entry

FCA Financial Services Register, FRN 217689

Client money segregated

Yes

Held at

Qualifying regulated banking institutions

Negative balance protection

Yes where required for eligible retail clients

Compensation scheme

FSCS for eligible UK clients; jurisdiction-specific protection elsewhere

Audited by

Group/statutory auditing requirements apply

Not available to

Entity-dependent; global entity excludes US, Canada, UK, EU, Hong Kong, Australia, Israel and Japan

Across a hundred brokers, the licence is what separates the field fastest.

Tradu holds tier-one authorisations from ASIC, FCA and CySEC. That matters more than any headline spread: it determines your leverage cap, whether losses can exceed your deposit, and what happens to your money if the firm fails.

It also operates an offshore entity (FSA). Which one you are onboarded to depends on where you live, and the two carry very different protections - worth confirming before you deposit.

ASIC caps retail leverage at 1:30, requires negative balance protection, and obliges the broker to hold client money in a separate trust account.

The FCA caps retail leverage at 1:30, mandates negative balance protection, and covers eligible clients under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

CySEC licences passport across the EU and follow the 1:30 retail leverage cap, with the Investor Compensation Fund covering eligible claims.

Client money is held separately from the firm's own money, at Qualifying regulated banking institutions. That separation is what makes your balance recoverable if the company fails, rather than part of the pool its creditors divide up.

Negative balance protection applies, so a losing position cannot take the account below zero and leave you owing the broker money.

Covered by FSCS for eligible UK clients; jurisdiction-specific protection elsewhere, which pays eligible clients up to its limit if the firm fails owing client money.

Check the licence yourself: the FCA Register, the CySEC register of investment firms, ASIC Connect, the FSCA list of regulated entities, the Seychelles FSA list of regulated entities.

Minimum deposit

$50

Account types

Individual, Joint, Corporate, CFD, Listed Stocks, Crypto, Demo

Account currencies

Multiple

Islamic account

Entity-dependent

Demo account

Yes

Professional account

Yes, where eligible

Minimum trade size

Instrument-dependent

Time to open

Online, subject to verification

Tradu runs 7 account types. More choice is not automatically better: the tightest headline spread almost always sits on the account that also charges a commission, so the comparison that matters is the two added together.

Base currencies: Multiple. Holding the account in the currency you fund it with avoids a conversion charge on every deposit and withdrawal - a cost that never shows up in a spread comparison.

The smallest position is Instrument-dependent. For anyone starting carefully this matters more than the minimum deposit, because it sets the least you can put at risk on a single trade.

A demo account is available. Worth using for the platform rather than the results: fills are simulated, so it tells you how the software behaves but very little about execution.

Deposit methods

Debit/credit card, bank wire and regional electronic methods

Withdrawal methods

Bank wire, cards and supported electronic methods

Deposit time

Cards up to 2 hours; wire generally 3-5 business days

Withdrawal time

Method-dependent

Local payment methods

Region-dependent

Withdrawals are stated at Method-dependent, against Cards up to 2 hours; wire generally 3-5 business days for deposits. A gap between the two is normal and not in itself a warning sign - identity checks are a legal obligation, not obstruction. What is worth noticing is a withdrawal that keeps meeting new conditions after those checks are done.

Withdrawal routes: bank wire, cards and supported electronic methods. Money is usually returned by the route it arrived on, so the deposit method you pick is in effect the withdrawal method you are picking too.

Support hours

Trading-week/entity-dependent

Contact channels

Live support, email, phone, SMS/WhatsApp on +44 20 7398 4058, Help Centre

Languages

20+ languages

Telephone

+44 20 7398 4053

Email

contact@tradu.com / info@tradu.com

Live chat response

Available

Education

Trading/investing educational content and platform guides

Research

Market data, news, analysis and platform tools

Support hours are Trading-week/entity-dependent. Check they overlap the sessions you actually trade - cover that ends with the local business day is no use during an overnight move.

Reachable by live support, email, phone, sms/whatsapp on +44 20 7398 4058, help centre. A published telephone number is the one channel that is hard to fake and hard to ignore, so whether there is one says more than the number of channels does.

Languages: 20+ languages. Being able to raise a complaint in your own language is worth more than it appears, because complaints are where precision matters most.

Education: trading/investing educational content and platform guides. Treat broker-published material as an introduction rather than as advice - it is produced by a firm whose revenue rises when you trade more.

Legal entity

Stratos Markets Limited

Company number

04072877

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2023

Publicly listed

Parent company is publicly listed, NYSE: JEF

Parent company

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Employees

Part of the wider Stratos / Jefferies group

Also trades as

Tradu

Tradu is roughly 3 years old. Younger is not worse, but there is less public record to judge it on, so the licence and the protections carry proportionally more weight.

The contracting entity is Stratos Markets Limited. This is the company you would actually have a relationship with, and it is worth checking that it is the same one named on the licence you are relying on: large brokers commonly operate several, and they are not equally protected.

Part of Jefferies Financial Group Inc.. A parent adds resources, but the protections that apply to you are the ones attached to the entity that holds your account, not to the group.