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IDS Forex HK Review: Is It Legit and Regulated?

IDS Forex HK Limited

HK Operating period unverified
AKA IDS Forex

FindMyFX score

critical risk

1.1/10

0 Score out of 10 10
Independent assessment Updated 2026-07-29

Contact & regulation

Official website
Not verified
Address
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Contact
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Primary license
SFC · Unverified

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Quick verdict

Is IDS Forex HK legit and regulated?

FindMyFX has license records for IDS Forex HK, but none is currently presented as fully verified. Check each entity, jurisdiction, source, and verification date before depositing.

This is a source-limited research summary, not a safety guarantee or investment recommendation.

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Broker-provided company information

IDS Forex HK Limited was a Hong Kong licensed corporation with leveraged foreign-exchange, securities-advisory and asset-management permissions. The Hong Kong SFC revoked its licence in April 2021.

Professional broker overview

FindMyFX editorial summary

IDS Forex HK Limited formerly held Hong Kong Type 3 leveraged foreign-exchange, Type 4 securities-advisory and Type 9 asset-management permissions. The SFC revoked the firm's licence on 22 April 2021 after disciplinary findings concerning its ownership, management and regulatory reporting. No current trading website or account conditions were established.

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

Editorial note: This record is based on Hong Kong SFC disciplinary material and describes a revoked historical licence. Current ownership, corporate status and client-service availability were not independently established.

Operational status
inactive
Broker type
unknown
Execution model
Not verified
Support hours
Not verified

Documented advantages

    Documented limitations

    • The Hong Kong SFC revoked the firm's licence on 22 April 2021.
    • The reviewed regulator material records serious fitness-and-properness and reporting concerns.
    75%coverage

    Published profile coverage

    6 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

    IDS Forex HK Limited

    Primary
    HK Registration not shown

    Markets and instruments

    asset management

    unverified

    leveraged foreign exchange

    unverified

    securities advisory

    unverified

    Research sources

    SFC revokes IDS Forex HK Limited's licence Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong unverified
    SFC restriction notice on IDS Forex HK Limited Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong unverified

    Licenses and regulators

    SFC

    No license number

    unverified

    Last verified: Not shown

    Type: Type 3: Leveraged foreign exchange trading
    Client class: Not shown
    Compensation: Not shown
    Segregated funds: Unknown
    Negative balance protection: Unknown
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    Risk flags

    Prior restriction notice

    high · draft

    The SFC issued a restriction notice in June 2017 prohibiting the firm from carrying on licensed activities or dealing with relevant assets without prior consent.

    Hong Kong licence revoked

    critical · draft

    The SFC revoked IDS Forex HK Limited's licence on 22 April 2021 after concluding that its fitness and properness had been fundamentally called into question.

    Score components

    Regulation and licenses

    2.5/10 · 35%

    The historical licence and regulated activities are documented by the SFC, but the licence was revoked.

    Security and track record

    0.0/10 · 20%

    The SFC disciplinary record includes serious fitness-and-properness concerns and a licence revocation.

    Trading conditions

    0.0/10 · 15%

    No current account, platform, spread or fee information was established.

    Company transparency

    2.5/10 · 10%

    The regulator record clearly identifies the entity and former permissions, but current corporate details were not established.

    Service quality

    0.0/10 · 10%

    No current customer-service operation was established.

    Verified user reviews

    0.0/10 · 10%

    No verified user-review dataset was established from inspectable official or regulator sources.

    Profile update history

    Broker profile was published.

    2026-07-29

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