Sway Markets — where it wins, where it loses
Sway Markets does not currently take a column outright against this field. It loses on no tier-1 entity. Its cost per ten lots is not confirmed, so it is left out of the cost ordering rather than estimated.
Column by column
The split
Two lists, no averaging. A broker that takes a column outright appears on the left of it; one that gets beaten on a column appears on the right. Nothing is scored into a single number, because a single number hides which side you actually care about.
Wins on
No column where Sway Markets takes the field outright.
Loses on
- no tier-1 entity
Cost per 10 lots is the EUR/USD spread cost of ten round-turn standard lots at the figure above, commission excluded. Where a broker publishes a "from" spread rather than an average, the comparison inherits that limitation — see the unconfirmed list further down.
Licensing
Which entity, which regulator, which number
Tier decides how much weight a licence carries in any safety column. Each row links to the page it was read from.
| Regulator | Number | Jurisdiction | Tier | Entity | Read from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None (SVG company registration only; CFTC RED List entry) | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Tier 3 | Sway Markets Pty Ltd LLC (SVG Company No. 1647 LLC 2021) | cftc.gov | |
| ASIC (company register — deregistered; ABN cancelled 25 Jun 2025) | Australia | Tier 1no longer active | Sway Markets Pty Ltd (ACN 663 928 158) | publishednotices.asic.gov.au |
Checkable
Facts the comparison runs on
On the record
- The CFTC added Sway Markets (swaymarkets.com, origin Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) to its Registration Deficient (RED) List on 29 May 2025 (https://www.cftc.gov/REDlist/node/255436).
- ASIC published a proposed deregistration notice for Sway Markets Pty Ltd (ACN 663 928 158).
- Trade press reported in 2025 that Sway Markets suspended its brokerage operations while its prop-trading arm Sway Funded continued.
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines FSA does not regulate forex or CFD trading, so an SVG registration is not a trading licence.
- Sway Markets' own legal pages state the operating company is 'Sway Markets Pty Ltd LLC', registered in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines under company number 1647 LLC 2021, and that the Australian entity Sway Markets Pty Ltd (ABN 16 663 928 158) operated only as a Corporate Authorised Representative (CAR 001300469) of MGF Capital Pty Ltd (AFSL 421246), authorised for wholesale clients only and not as a product issuer of OTC derivatives (https://web.archive.org/web/20230207123501/https://swaymarkets.com/about-us/).
- ABN Lookup shows the ABN of Sway Markets Pty Ltd (16 663 928 158) was cancelled from 25 June 2025 (https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?id=16663928158).
- The broker's own trading rules stated a $10 minimum deposit, and its terms authorised the firm to sell, pledge, rehypothecate, assign, invest, commingle or otherwise use client collateral (https://web.archive.org/web/20230207110450/https://swaymarkets.com/cookies-and-privacy/).
- The US CFTC placed Sway Markets on its RED List on 29 May 2025, stating the entity solicits and/or accepts funds from US customers, appears to require CFTC registration but is not registered, and noting the listing is not a finding of a violation (https://www.cftc.gov/REDlist/node/255436).
| Trading since | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Base | Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Minimum to open | $10 |
| Leverage cap | up to 1:500 |
| EUR/USD | not verified |
| Terminals | MT4, MT5 |
| Account tiers | ECN, No Commission, VIP, Islamic |
| Markets | Forex, Cryptos, Metals, Indices, Stocks, Commodities |
| Record confidence | low |
| Matchup-ready | no — too many gaps to run a fair head-to-head |
Excluded from the maths
Not verified
Not verified
These fields are not confirmed. They are shown as gaps, not filled in, and they do not feed any column of the matrix:
- founding year
- headquarters
- current operating status
- minimum deposit
- maximum leverage
- EUR/USD spread
- account types
- segregated funds
- negative balance protection
- founded — year 2021 derives from the SVG company number '1647 LLC 2021' in the broker's own archived legal footer; secondary sources date the Australian entity to November 2022; no regulator-register incorporation date found
- spreadEurusd — only advertised floors published ('typical spreads from 0.8 pips' ECN, 1.2 No Commission, 0.4 VIP); no typical EUR/USD figure stated
- negativeBalanceProtection — no negative-balance-protection statement found in the broker's archived documents
- platforms — seed lists MT4/MT5; archived site navigation (Feb 2023) showed MetaTrader 5 and MT5 Web Trader only; MT4 support unverified
- minDeposit/maxLeverage/accountTypes/instruments/segregatedFunds/hq — sourced from Wayback Machine captures because swaymarkets.com no longer resolves (checked 21 Aug 2026); current terms cannot be checked
- hq — the broker's terms give a Kingstown, SVG address for written objections; the Australian entity was registered in QLD; CFTC RED List entry records origin as St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Costs less
Who beats Sway Markets on price
Tickmill
$10.00 per 10 lots · wins on headline spread, platform choice
Eightcap
$10.00 per 10 lots · wins on regulatory reach
JustMarkets
$30.00 per 10 lots · wins on headline spread
CMC Markets
$50.00 per 10 lots · wins on headline spread, no minimum deposit, regulatory reach, platform choice
CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Between 74% and 89% of retail investor accounts lose money. Verify every figure with the broker before opening an account.