ZERO Markets Review 2026

ZERO Markets is a multi-entity forex/CFD brand. Current material identifies Zero Financial Ltd in Mauritius, Zero Markets LLC in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Zero Markets (NZ) Limited for New Zealand residents and Zero Markets Australia Pty Ltd for Australia. New Zealand's FMA independently lists Zero Markets (NZ) Limited as an Active Derivatives Issuer under FSP569807.

Serving entity depends on residence. The FMA independently verifies Zero Markets (NZ) Limited / FSP569807. In Australia, AETOS officially states that AETOS Capital Group Pty Ltd changed name to Zero Markets Australia Pty Ltd on 22 May 2026 with AFSL 313016 unchanged; the Australian Business Register now lists ZERO MARKETS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, ABN 94 125 113 117. This predecessor overlap is disclosed rather than treated as an unrelated entity.

The main strengths are an independently verified active New Zealand derivatives-issuer licence, a current Australian regulated route with government company identity, transparent Standard/Super Zero pricing, MT4/MT5/WebTrader, $100 entry, copy/social trading, MAM/PAMM, EAs, VPS support and detailed funding/withdrawal disclosures.

For active comparison purposes, the most important concrete advantages are Standard starts from 1.0 pip with $0 forex commission; Super Zero publishes raw spreads from 0.0 pips, average EUR/USD around 0.0–0.1 pips and $2.50 per side. Share/ETF CFD commissions and withdrawal charges vary by instrument/payment rail. and MT4, MT5 and WebTrader are current core platforms, with Copy Trading, Social Trading and MAM/PAMM also published. MT4/MT5 support Expert Advisors, desktop/web/mobile access and one-click trading; the support centre places trading servers in Equinix NY4..

The main drawbacks are international routing is complex; the generic site can be operated through the SVG company and explicitly warns EU visitors that it is outside MiFID II and has no Investor Compensation Scheme. Mauritius GB21026308 is current first-party licence evidence but an exact stable FSC public-register result was not reproduced. Country exclusions, leverage and funding answers differ across current route-specific pages, and universal negative-balance protection is not established..

A prospective client should also account for jurisdiction differences: ZERO Markets says each entity operates only in its target jurisdiction. New Zealand and Australia have explicit local routes, while current international pages exclude European Union residents. Belgium is therefore unavailable and independently subject to [regulator:fsma|FSMA] restrictions on electronic distribution of covered leveraged OTC CFDs and rolling-spot forex.

No current universal retail deposit bonus, cashback or trading-credit programme was verified on the core account/legal pages. Current competitions or partner economics are not assumed to apply to every entity and receive no rating credit.

Key 2026 highlights include Active [regulator:fma-new-zealand|FMA New Zealand] derivatives issuer FSP569807; current Australian entity with AFSL 313016 disclosure; Mauritius FSC GB21026308 claim; Standard $100/from 1.0 pip/$0; Super Zero $100/from 0.0/$2.50 per side; 60+ FX pairs; MT4/MT5/WebTrader; EAs, Copy/Social Trading and MAM/PAMM.. These are more useful than marketing slogans because they directly affect pricing, market access, platform capability or client protection.

ZERO Markets has a public operating history predating 2026, but a sufficiently authoritative exact brand-founding date was not established from the current sources checked. A major verified 2026 change is AETOS Capital Group Pty Ltd's effective 22 May 2026 rename to Zero Markets Australia Pty Ltd with existing accounts and AFSL 313016 unchanged; the wider ZERO Markets brand remains a distinct canonical identity from the historical AETOS brand.

Yes, ZERO Markets is an established legitimate financial-services provider. Trust is strongest where the serving entity can be matched: the FMA lists the New Zealand company as Active FSP569807, and Australia's government ABN register confirms the renamed company while AETOS states AFSL 313016 remained unchanged. Substantial pricing/KYC/funding disclosures help, but offshore routing and inconsistent current-page wording reduce confidence versus a single clearly scoped entity.

That does not make every account equally protected; ZERO Markets says each entity operates only in its target jurisdiction. New Zealand and Australia have explicit local routes, while current international pages exclude European Union residents. Belgium is therefore unavailable and independently subject to [regulator:fsma|FSMA] restrictions on electronic distribution of covered leveraged OTC CFDs and rolling-spot forex.

Yes, but ZERO Markets is a multi-entity brand and the current disclosures contain more than one Australian structure. The legal entity, licence and protections must therefore be matched to the exact route used by the client. The complete verified regulatory/entity set retained by ForexBrokersInfo is:

The two Australian structures are deliberately not collapsed into one. ZERO Markets' current global pages still state that ZERO Financial Pty Ltd is Authorised Representative 001301717 of Zero Securities Pty Ltd under AFSL 244040, while the current Australia-specific route identifies ZERO Markets Australia Pty Ltd under AFSL 313016. Those relationships may serve different product/client routes, so neither licence or protection framework is projected onto the other.

Protection is entity-specific. The New Zealand FMA licence and Australian AFSL relationships are real regulatory relationships, but compensation, negative-balance treatment and client-money safeguards depend on the exact product issuer and client classification. Mauritius GB21026308 is retained with the qualification that this review did not reproduce a stable exact FSC register row. SVG company registration and the Hong Kong business registration are not financial-services licences.

For Belgium, no Open Account CTA is permitted for the reviewed leveraged OTC proposition. Current ZERO Markets international legal documentation excludes European Union residents, and Belgium's FSMA independently prohibits electronic distribution to consumers of covered leveraged OTC CFDs and rolling-spot forex. A New Zealand, Australian or Mauritius relationship does not create Belgian product availability.

ZERO Markets has published past award claims, including a 2024 copy/social-trading award, but no current 2026 award is used as regulatory evidence or a rating input.

ZERO Markets markets raw/ECN pricing and says prices stream from liquidity providers without trade-level dealing-desk intervention or requotes, while its support centre also says a trade desk monitors risk/exposure. The review therefore records raw/ECN-style LP pricing without claiming every order is externally matched one-for-one.

International support is provided through live chat, email and callback with 24/5 multilingual availability. Australia publishes Suite 702, Level 7, 7 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 and +61 2 7908 3133. Formal notices should follow the exact serving entity's legal documents.

There is no single regulatory headquarters. Current group addresses include Ebene, Mauritius; Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; and Sydney, Australia, with New Zealand residents served by the separately FMA-licensed entity.

Current pages advertise multilingual 24/5 support through live chat, email and callback. No universal guaranteed support-response SLA was verified.

Current resources include video tutorials, blog posts, webinar/education material, Autochartist, an economic calendar and trading calculators. These are broker-produced resources, not personalised advice.

No single current group-wide hedging prohibition or entitlement was verified. MT4/MT5 support common EA/scalping workflows, but hedging/news-trading permissions remain subject to the exact entity agreement and abuse/risk rules.

Eligibility is residence- and entity-specific. Current international pages exclude EU residents, the United States and numerous other jurisdictions; some current pages publish broader exclusion lists than others. Australia and New Zealand have explicit local-only regulated routes. Unlisted countries are not assumed available.

ZERO Markets is best suited to eligible traders who want transparent raw/standard pricing, MT4/MT5, copy/social trading or manager tools and who verify the exact regulated entity serving their residence before funding

ZERO Markets is a weaker fit for Belgian/EU consumers seeking the international leveraged-OTC route, users who assume a group licence automatically protects every offshore account, or clients who need one universal leverage/protection/funding schedule

No permanent universal client rebate was verified. Partner, IB, affiliate and money-manager economics are commercial arrangements and do not influence ratings.

Flagship accounts are Standard and Super Zero, each with a $100 USD-or-equivalent minimum. Standard starts from 1.0 pip with $0 forex commission; Super Zero starts from 0.0 pips with $2.50 per side. Swap-free Islamic versions are available on Raw/Super Zero and Standard on MT4/MT5. Ownership types include Individual, Joint, Sole Trader, Company, Individual Trustee and Corporate Trustee.

To open a live account, Register through the official client portal, complete electronic verification and suitability checks, choose the available account/entity and fund in your own name. The support centre says verification can take minutes and account setup may be same day or next business day. Belgium/EU receives no Open Account CTA. The broker must complete identity, residency and suitability/appropriateness checks before regulated products are enabled.

A free demo is current. The support centre says active demos do not expire, while accounts unused for more than 30 days expire; demo orders are not sent to market and can fill differently from live trades.

ZERO Markets is not a proprietary-trading challenge, so there are no 'trading objectives' whose breach automatically terminates a funded challenge. Normal account restrictions instead come from margin rules, product permissions, suitability checks and the client agreement.

ZERO Markets states client funds are held in segregated accounts with top-tier banks and reconciled daily, but protection is entity-specific. The New Zealand route has first-party segregation/NBP language plus an independently verified FMA licence. Australian retail protections depend on classification. The global SVG-operated site explicitly says EU visitors are outside MiFID II and there is no Investor Compensation Scheme. No universal statutory compensation or universal NBP is claimed.

Onboarding uses electronic verification and a suitability assessment. Corporate accounts require identity/residence evidence for directors and beneficial owners plus incorporation/constitutional documents. First withdrawals can require identity evidence and mobile verification. Third-party deposits are not accepted.

Current support pages reference bank wire, Visa/Mastercard, Neteller, Skrill and regional methods, while another FAQ variant says bank wire only, so rails are route-dependent. Online deposits are often instant and bank transfers can take days. Withdrawals use the Client Portal, identity checks and generally the original/same-name method.

ZERO Markets says it charges no deposit fee, subject to method/route exceptions. AUD, USD, EUR and GBP are verified account base currencies; broader funding-currency lists vary between current FAQ variants and are not treated as universal.

Standard and Super Zero both publish a $100 USD-or-equivalent minimum opening balance; the support centre gives the same MT4/MT5 minimum. Payment-rail minimums can differ.

The current table includes card, Google Pay, domestic/international bank wire, Neteller, Skrill and regional local-bank methods. Availability varies by residence/currency, with same-method and same-name controls.

Submit through the Client Portal, complete identity verification if required and choose an eligible same-source/same-name rail. Current examples show one business day for several bank/e-wallet methods and 3–5 business days for card/Google Pay, subject to provider settlement.

No universal receipt time is guaranteed. Current examples range from one business day processing for several bank/e-wallet rails to 3–5 business days for card methods; support suggests tracing approved bank transfers after five business days and card refunds after seven.

Standard starts at 1.0 pip with no forex commission. Super Zero starts at 0.0 and publishes $2.50 per side; average EUR/USD is around 0.0–0.1 pips. Share/ETF CFD commissions vary, overnight financing applies unless swap-free, and withdrawal fees are method-specific.

Current international pages offer leveraged CFDs across forex, shares, ETFs, indices, commodities, metals and cryptocurrencies. Australia advertises 2,000+ markets, but that count is not projected onto every group entity.

MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and WebTrader are current. Copy Trading, Social Trading and MAM/PAMM are also published; exact feature availability is route-specific.

Current pages publish 60+ forex pairs plus CFDs on shares, ETFs, indices, commodities, metals and cryptocurrencies. Exact symbol counts vary by entity/platform.

The support centre says trading servers are in Equinix NY4 and server time is GMT+2/GMT+3 depending on daylight saving. Exact login server names are assigned in account credentials.

AUD, USD, EUR and GBP are explicitly listed as account base currencies. Additional regional funding currencies appear in conflicting current FAQ lists and are not promoted to universal account bases.

Cryptocurrencies are offered as CFDs on international platforms, not as verified direct-custody spot crypto. Availability and leverage are entity/jurisdiction-specific.

International marketing currently advertises leverage up to 500:1 for eligible routes. Australian retail ratios are capped lower, while professional treatment can be higher. Current FAQ leverage answers are route-specific, so 500:1 is not projected onto every account.

MT4/MT5 clients can request a leverage change through the Client Portal or support. Approval depends on entity, account size, instrument, residence and client classification; regulatory retail caps cannot be bypassed.

Published typical EUR/USD pricing shows Standard minimum 1.0 and average 1.2 pips, while Super Zero shows minimum 0.0 and average around 0.1 pip. Live spreads are variable.

Current MAM/PAMM tooling supports percentage/fixed allocation, risk adjustment and configurable commissions, spread mark-ups, account currency and performance fees. Managed-account performance is not guaranteed.

MT4 and MT5 support Expert Advisors. The support centre provides EA setup guidance and says a sponsored VPS may be available after volume thresholds. Automation remains subject to account rules and execution risk.

Copy Trading and Social Trading are current offerings. The support centre says copy trading can start with $100 USD or equivalent, and MT5 supports copy functionality. Availability is entity-specific and copied performance is not guaranteed.