ADS Securities Reseña

On-line since: 2010
Country of origin: UAE
Regulation: Central Bank of the UAE
Payment options: wire transfer, payment cards, electronic payment systems
Minimum account size: $100
Minimum lot size: 0.01 lot
Leverage: up to 1:500
Spreads: fixed, floating

About the company:

ADS Securities LLC is a company registered in accordance with the legislation of the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi’s Economic Development Department (No. 1190047). The company’s headquarters is located on the 8th floor of a business center in Abu Dhabi.

According to the UAE legislation, an intermediary should hold at least 60% of the national shares pack and the minimum capital of a brokerage company should be one million dirhams (this sum can be increased up to 2-3 million depending on the business volume).

The broker has representative offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, and London. The UK-based office is licensed by the Financial Conduct Authority. The office in Hong Kong is controlled by the Securities and Futures Commission.

Trading terms

Currently, ADS Securities renders the following services:

Optim manages currency transactions of institutional clients;

Prime includes a services package for trading currencies, CFDs on goods, shares, bonds, and indices for individual clients;

Global Markets concerns investment offers;

Wealth Management.

ADS Securities is one of the largest brokerage companies in the Middle East. The firm offers various currency pairs, CFDs on goods, indices, bonds, and shares.

Trading account types: Prime Lite, Prime Classic, and Prime Elite.

Prime Lite has protection from negative balance, does not charge any commissions, and provides its holders with access to educational materials and the MT4 Prime platform.

Prime Classic offers competitive spreads, access to analytics, charts, as well as the MT4 Prime and OREX platforms.

Prime Elite is an individual service for VIP clients and professionals who trade with large sums. The account gives its holders big advantages including prices that are usually available only to institutional clients.

Prime Auto Trading enables its owners to copy forex trades. The cost of auto trading is 20% of profits (for every trader).

Minimum deposit

The minimum deposit starts from $100 on Prime Lite and totals up to $20,000 on Prime Elite.

Leverage

The leverage of 1:500 is available for currency trading; and of 1:200, for trading metals and CFDs.

Spreads and commissions

The company offers both fixed and floating spreads; there are accounts with and without commissions. In general, spreads are above the average in the industry. The spread for EUR/USD makes up around 1.5 – 2.0 pips with most brokers and 2.4 pips with ADS Securities.

The spread for EUR/USD on the ADS Securities demo account is 1.7 pips.

Many traders who worked with the broker say that the company acts as a market maker – buys from traders at a lower price and sells at a higher price.

Trading platform

The main available platform is popular MetaTrader 4. Through it, trading can be conducted on a PC and mobile devices.

The MT4 users can fully automate their trades, choose from multiple technical analysis indicators and extended chart pack.

OREX is a mobile app with several assets developed by ADS Securities. This app offers low latency and fast order execution. OREX Mobile is available for iOS and Android and allows its users to trade 60 currency pairs and over 100 CFDs.

Client support

The clients can contact the support center via phone, chat, and feedback form.

Payment options

The clients of ADS Securities can use the following payment methods: payment cards, wire transfer, and e-wallets such as Neteller and Skrill.

Advantages:

• regulated broker;
• MT4 available;
• high leverage.

Disadvantages:

• no ECN technology;
• high spreads.