Is IronFX Safe and Legit? Licences and Withdrawal Tests

Short answer

IronFX's regulated companies are Notesco Financial Services Ltd (CySEC 125/10) for the EU, with approved domains ironfx.eu and fxlift.eu, and Notesco UK Ltd (FCA 585561) for the UK, at ironfx.co.uk. Both are on their regulators' registers. International accounts are held outside the EU and UK, with Notesco (BVI) Ltd according to TradingFinder, and don't get EU or UK protection. The international site ironfx.com was not reachable on 31 October 2026.

Zero-cut: negative balance protection: Balance $1,000, Price gap: $1,300 loss. Without protection: Balance −$300: you owe it. With zero-cut: Reset to $0: the broker covers it. — When a fast market jumps past the stop-out and the balance goes negative, a broker with zero-cut writes off the negative amount instead of asking you to pay it.

Who you are dealing with

Checked on the regulators’ own registers on 31 October 2026:

Company	Regulator	Licence / ref.	Status	Website(s)
Notesco Financial Services Ltd	CySEC (Cyprus)	125/10, licensed 16 November 2010	Listed as a Cypriot investment firm	www.ironfx.eu, www.fxlift.eu (approved domains)
Notesco UK Ltd	FCA (UK)	585561	Authorised since 17 June 2013	www.ironfx.co.uk
Notesco Financial Services Ltd	FCA (UK)	541486	No longer authorised	(formerly ironfx.eu, ironfx.tv)

Both companies appear on their regulators’ registers: the CySEC register entry (previous names: IronFX Global Limited, IronFX Limited) and the FCA register. The UK site’s footer states “IronFX is a trade name of Notesco UK Limited”, FCA No. 585561.

The international site is offline

On 31 October 2026, public DNS for ironfx.com and www.ironfx.com returned 127.0.0.1, so the site couldn’t load. The EU and UK sites resolved normally. Clients outside the EU and UK deal with Notesco (BVI) Ltd, which TradingFinder lists as offering up to 1,000:1 on Standard accounts, a $100 minimum deposit and non-withdrawable deposit bonuses. None of those terms come under CySEC or FCA rules.

If you hold an international IronFX account, contact IronFX through a channel you already used before (your registered email, the client agreement’s contact details), not through a new domain from search results or ads.

What the EU and UK licences protect

For EU clients of the CySEC company: MiFID II rules, retail leverage caps, negative balance protection and access to the Cyprus Investor Compensation Fund, within its limits.

For UK clients of the FCA company: FCA conduct rules, client-money rules, and possibly the Financial Ombudsman Service and FSCS. The FCA register itself notes that not every activity is covered, so check with the firm.

For everyone else: these protections apply only if your contract is with one of those companies. An account opened through ironfx.com would normally be with a different, non-EU company. See offshore vs regulated brokers and fund protection explained.

Our withdrawal record

We haven’t opened an account, deposited or withdrawn with IronFX, so we have no withdrawal record of our own.

What to check yourself

The company and licence named in your client agreement, and what the BVI company’s terms say about client money and negative balances
Whether a new or temporary IronFX domain is official: only a domain a regulator lists for your company counts
The FCA warning list, for any IronFX-like name, before using a new domain

Practical steps

Use only domains that a regulator lists for the company you contract with.
Never move money because of a call, message or ad pointing you to a “new IronFX site”: scam check guide.
If a withdrawal is stuck, see withdrawal refusal: what to do.

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Frequently asked questions

Is IronFX legit?

Its EU and UK companies are real, regulated firms: CySEC lists Notesco Financial Services Ltd (125/10) and the FCA lists Notesco UK Ltd (585561) as authorised. International clients are served by a separate BVI company, Notesco (BVI) Ltd, which isn't covered by those licences.

Which IronFX websites are official?

CySEC lists www.ironfx.eu and www.fxlift.eu as approved domains for Notesco Financial Services Ltd. The FCA register lists www.ironfx.co.uk for Notesco UK Ltd. ironfx.com is IronFX's historic international site.

Is IronFX on the FCA register?

The FCA register search for 'ironfx' returns Notesco UK Ltd (authorised) and Notesco Financial Services Ltd (no longer authorised). Search the FCA warning list too for any IronFX-like name before using a new domain.

Does IronFX protect me against negative balances?

Under EU and UK rules, retail clients of the CySEC and FCA companies are protected against negative balances. International accounts with the BVI company fall outside those rules, so read the negative-balance clause in your client agreement.