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CapTrader Review: Is It Legit and Regulated?

CapTrader GmbH

DE Operating period unverified

FindMyFX score

high risk

4.9/10

0 Score out of 10 10
Independent assessment Updated 2026-07-25

Contact & regulation

Official website
captrader.com
Address
Elberfelder Straße 2, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
Contact
Elberfelder Straße 2, 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany
Primary license
BaFin · Unverified

Missing values mean the information has not been verified or published yet—not that the broker does not provide it.

Quick verdict

Is CapTrader legit and regulated?

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Broker-provided company information

German introducing broker providing access to Interactive Brokers' electronic order system and multi-asset products, including forex and forex CFDs.

Professional broker overview

FindMyFX editorial summary

CapTrader GmbH is a German introducing broker whose official imprint says order execution and asset custody are provided through Interactive Brokers. Its forex-CFD page lists 23 currencies and retail minimum margins of 3.33% or 5%, while BaFin has separately warned about unauthorised domains impersonating the legitimate captrader.com site.

Prepared from reviewed sources for informational purposes. This is not investment advice.

Editorial note: CapTrader does not execute orders or hold client assets; trading, custody and platform dependencies involve Interactive Brokers. The BaFin warning concerns impersonating domains, not a finding that the legitimate CapTrader GmbH domain is unauthorised.

Operational status
active
Broker type
unknown
Execution model
Introducing broker; execution and custody are provided by Interactive Brokers.
Support hours
Not verified

Support languages: German, English

Documented advantages

  • Official materials disclose the introducing-broker structure and platform dependency.
  • The forex-CFD page publishes retail margin bands and supported platforms.

Documented limitations

  • CapTrader does not execute orders or hold client assets.
  • BaFin has identified third-party domains impersonating the legitimate brand.
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Published profile coverage

8 of 8 core information groups currently contain published data. This measures data availability, not broker quality or safety.

Company structure

Legal entities

Registered companies associated with this broker profile.

1 entity

CapTrader GmbH

Primary
DE HRB 86537

Markets and instruments

Bonds

unverified

ETFs

unverified

Forex

unverified

Forex CFDs

unverified

Futures

unverified

Options

unverified

Stocks

unverified

Deposit and withdrawal methods

Bank transfer

unverified

Deposit: Yes · Withdrawal: Yes

Processing time not shown · Fee not shown

Licenses and regulators

BaFin

No license number

unverified

Last verified: Not shown

Type: Investment brokerage and asset-management supervision
Client class: Not shown
Compensation: Entschädigungseinrichtung der Wertpapierhandelsunternehmen
Segregated funds: Unknown
Negative balance protection: Unknown

Risk flags

BaFin warning on impersonating CapTrader domains

medium · draft

BaFin stated that captraderweb.com and captrader.net were not operated by the legitimate CapTrader GmbH, whose official domain is captrader.com.

Jurisdiction-specific offerings

DE · retail

unverified

Entity not linked · Leverage 1:30

Compensation scheme not shown

Score components

Regulation and licenses

5.0/10 · 35%

The official imprint identifies BaFin supervision and an institute number, but a direct entity register entry was not opened.

Security and track record

5.0/10 · 20%

Current official operations are documented; a clone warning affects impersonating domains rather than the legitimate company, and a full enforcement review was not completed.

Trading conditions

7.5/10 · 15%

Official sources publish retail margin bands, currencies and platforms for forex CFDs.

Company transparency

7.5/10 · 10%

The imprint clearly discloses the legal entity, register number, address, contacts and introducing-broker structure.

Service quality

2.5/10 · 10%

Official support channels are available, but no verified service-quality dataset was reviewed.

Verified user reviews

0.0/10 · 10%

No inspectable verified user-review dataset was identified in the reviewed official or regulatory sources.

Profile update history

Broker profile was published.

2026-07-24

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