ACY Securities Review Australia 2026

ACY Securities at a glance: 17 key facts

ACY Securities Pty Ltd holds ASIC AFSL 403863, current since 11 July 2011, on three platforms and a US$200 minimum deposit. The 17 key facts in the table below cover the entity, the offshore arm and the fee schedule.

Two currencies appear in that table on purpose. The minimum deposit is quoted in US dollars and the commission is billed in the account currency, so an AUD account pays A$1.50 a side.

ACY Securities Pro Zero pricing, measured

ACY Securities Pro Zero pricing measured 0.10 pips on EUR/USD and 0.41 pips across the eight-pair basket over May to June 2026, with A$3.00 round-turn commission per standard lot on forex and metals.

That per-side commission rate is the cheapest of any broker in the lowest commission forex brokers comparison. The 0.41 pip basket average places Pro Zero 10th tightest of the raw accounts we tested in the lowest spread brokers in Australia test, so the win is pair-specific rather than across the board.

ACY Securities confirmed in July 2026 that Australian clients are billed in their account currency, so an AUD-funded account pays A$1.50 a side rather than the US dollar rate quoted on the global site. Indices and crypto CFDs trade commission-free on Pro Zero.

The Standard account is not available here

The Standard account prices spread-only from 1.0 pip on EUR/USD, and ACY Securities offers it through the offshore entities rather than under AFSL 403863. No spread-only option exists on the Australian licence at all, so an Australian client trades Pro Zero raw spread plus commission or uses another broker.

What it costs to trade with ACY Securities

Trading one standard lot of EUR/USD costs A$3.00 in round-turn commission on Pro Zero plus the measured 0.10 pip spread, so what it costs to trade with ACY Securities lands around 0.29 pips equivalent at an AUD/USD rate of 0.65.

That total cost is competitive on the headline pair and less so across the basket, where the 0.41 pip average is nearly double the tightest raw accounts. The raw spread plus commission pricing means the headline spread is only half the cost, and the commission here is the cheapest half in this coverage.

Other fees AU traders should check

• Overnight swap rates apply on positions held past 5 PM New York time, direction-dependent and worth checking against a typical holding period.
• Currency conversion applies to positions denominated outside the account base currency.
• Withdrawals cost A$0 on most methods, though bank transfers may attract intermediary fees from the receiving bank.
• No inactivity fee applies at any balance or duration.

ACY Securities trading platforms

ACY Securities trading platforms number three: MT4, MT5 and the proprietary ACY Trading Platform, each also available through WebTrader in the browser.

MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5

The MT4 build connects to the Pro Zero pricing engine and supports the full menu of forex pairs, indices, commodities and gold, so an existing MT4 strategy ports straight across. MT5 carries broader native asset-class coverage across indices, stocks and futures, on the same Pro Zero pricing, with a cleaner depth-of-market view.

ACY Trading Platform (proprietary)

The ACY Trading Platform is the in-house web and mobile platform, carrying a clean order ticket, an integrated news feed, charting adequate for most retail use, and a Mandarin-language interface that is the real reason Chinese-speaking Australian traders pick it. The platform also carries a built-in guaranteed stop-loss order, which neither MetaTrader build offers here.

The platform does not yet match the depth of the CMC Markets Next Generation build or the cTrader order book, which is why the platform rating sits mid-table. The platform suits a trader who would rather not install desktop software.

Copy trading and mobile

The copy trading account is not available to Australian retail clients, and no social feed of the eToro kind exists. Both MetaTrader platforms ship without a broker-run signal or copy layer on the Australian entity, which counts against this broker for anyone picking on that basis. All three platforms carry mobile apps, and the proprietary app has biometric login on iOS and Android.

Is ACY Securities safe? ASIC AFSL 403863

ACY Securities Pty Ltd holds ASIC AFSL 403863, current since 11 July 2011, with no material ASIC enforcement action against the Australian entity in the last 36 months.

ASIC regulation and the offshore entity

ACY Securities Pty Ltd holds AFSL 403863 with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. The licence register lists Synergy Financial Markets Pty Ltd as the former name on the same entry.

The group also operates ACY Capital LLC, registered in St Vincent and the Grenadines and used for international clients seeking higher leverage. The St Vincent and the Grenadines regime does not regulate forex or CFD trading at all, so that entity operates without any of the investor protections applying under ASIC.

That entity distinction is the single most important thing on this page. An Australian client should confirm which entity is named on the application before funding it, because the protections described below follow the AFSL entity and stop at the offshore one.

History and ownership

ACY Securities was founded in Sydney in 2011 and remains privately held, growing out from an original Australian-Chinese trader base into broader Asia-Pacific markets while keeping the Australian entity as the primary regulated home.

ACY Securities client money protection and the offshore entity

ACY Securities client money protection runs through segregated accounts at an Approved Australian Bank under AFSL 403863, and none of it reaches the unregulated St Vincent and the Grenadines entity.

Client money accounts sit separate from company funds on the Australian entity. ASIC requires negative balance protection on retail CFD accounts, so a retail account cannot lose more than the money in it. AFCA hears claims up to A$1,263,000 and awards compensation up to A$631,500. The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort sits behind that with an A$150,000 cap, and it excludes CFD trading losses, so it covers unpaid awards for misconduct rather than losing trades. The retail standard is set out in the guide to negative balance protection at AU brokers.

Every one of those protections is a property of the licence entity. A client routed to ACY Capital LLC has no AFCA access, no segregation requirement, no negative balance protection and no compensation scheme, because St Vincent and the Grenadines imposes none of them.

That entity split is worth stating as plainly as possible, because the two share a brand and a website. The onshore Experienced Trader account is the route to higher leverage that keeps the protections in place.

Public reviews

ACY Securities holds a Trustpilot rating of 4.4 out of 5 from 701 reviews, which Trustpilot labels excellent, captured August 2026. The profile has been claimed by the broker since August 2018.

The public rating panels carry the third-party scores for this broker across regional pages. Recurring platform praise covers the bilingual desk responsiveness, the Pro Zero pricing and MetaTrader stability. Recurring complaints cover the withdrawal verification delays on a first request, and confusion among new traders about which entity they are onboarding to.

What other review sites say

ACY Securities' iOS app rates 4.50 out of 5 from 8 ratings on the Australian App Store (August 2026), listed as ACY Securities APP.

App Store AU

4.50

8 ratingsAugust 2026

ACY Securities account types and minimum deposit

ACY Securities account types number one for Australian clients, Pro Zero, at a US$200 minimum deposit, and the two cheaper accounts sit with the offshore entities.

The Basic and Standard accounts sit with the SVG entity, ACY Capital LLC, and the FSCA entity, ACY Securities SA Pty Ltd. Checking which entity is named on an application before funding it is the practical safeguard.

Swap-free and wholesale

The swap-free account is an eligibility question rather than a pricing one here, and the answer for Australians is no. ACY Securities publishes swap-free as a feature of the Standard account rather than a separate account type, and Standard is unavailable under the Australian licence. Pro Zero carries no swap-free option, confirmed with the desk in July 2026, so no swap-free route exists for an Australian client on the account they can open or by application.

Higher leverage runs two ways. The onshore leverage caps lift through the Experienced Trader classification, reaching 500:1 for wholesale clients under the ASIC entity, requiring the Corporations Act tests of net assets of at least A$2.5 million or gross income of at least A$250,000 in each of the last two financial years, certified by a qualified accountant. The offshore alternative is unregulated and not recommended.

Minimum deposit

The Australian minimum deposit is US$200, quoted in US dollars rather than Australian dollars, and it is the Pro Zero figure. The US$50 Basic and US$100 Standard entries visible on the global site are offshore-entity accounts and are not an option under the Australian licence.

ACY Securities funding methods and withdrawal times

ACY Securities funding methods number four for Australian clients, all at A$0, from instant card payments to bank transfer in one to two business days.

Deposit methods (AU clients)

Four funding methods is a narrow menu against the nine at Fusion Markets and ThinkMarkets. The funding menu excludes crypto deposits for Australian entity clients, and excludes BPAY and POLi, which is a real gap for an Australian client used to paying that way. PayID is the fastest local route.

Withdrawals

Withdrawals cost A$0 on most methods and must use the same source as deposits wherever available, following anti-money-laundering compliance. The withdrawal times run one to three business days on a card refund and one to two on a bank transfer.

Account opening

Account opening runs fully online and AUSTRAC-compliant, taking one identity document and one proof of address, and most Australian applications clear within 24 hours. The account application is offered in English and Mandarin, and the verification team includes Mandarin-speaking staff for callback support.

ACY Securities markets and instrument counts

ACY Securities markets and instrument counts run across seven asset classes led by 60 plus forex pairs, and the broker publishes a headline count for forex only.

The absent instrument counts are stated rather than estimated. The commodity range runs wider than most Australian brokers of this size, covering gold, silver, oil, gas and softs, and the bond range reaching Australian and global government issues is unusual at this tier.

Share CFDs

The share CFD range spans ASX, NYSE, NASDAQ and the major EU exchanges, narrower than CMC Markets, IG Markets or Interactive Brokers. Every equity position in the range is a CFD, with no direct ASX share investing at all. The share CFD class is compared in the guide to share CFD ranges.

ACY Securities leverage and margin under ASIC rules

ACY Securities leverage and margin operate under a maximum retail leverage of 30:1 on major forex pairs on Pro Zero, the only account offered under AFSL 403863.

ASIC caps retail CFD leverage at 30:1 on major forex pairs, 20:1 on minor pairs, gold and major indices, 10:1 on commodities other than gold, 5:1 on share CFDs and 2:1 on crypto assets. The caps come from a product intervention order extended to 23 May 2027, so they apply at every ASIC broker rather than at ACY Securities alone.

The unregulated SVG entity advertises higher leverage to international clients, and that route is not one an Australian retail trader should use, so this review does not rate it. The onshore Experienced Trader account reaches 500:1 for clients passing the Corporations Act wholesale tests.

Retail margin close-out sits at 50%. ASIC requires every CFD issuer to close a retail client’s positions once account equity falls below half the total initial margin on all open positions, positions cannot be netted against each other to reduce that figure, and a gapping market can close a position below the 50% level. The leverage mechanics are set out in how CFD leverage works.

ACY Securities customer support

ACY Securities customer support runs 24 hours a day, five days a week on phone, live chat and email, across five languages, with live chat replying in under 90 seconds during Australian and Asian business hours.

The language range covers English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Korean. Few ASIC-regulated brokers run that depth of coverage, and it is the clearest reason the service rating sits near the top of the categories here.

That language coverage is not a marketing line. The platform itself carries a Mandarin interface, the application form is offered in Mandarin, and the verification team staffs Mandarin-speaking callback support, so the language runs through the whole client journey rather than stopping at the chat window.

The weekend support closure is the main negative. Pepperstone runs 24/7 and IG Markets offers weekend cover, where a query raised here on a Saturday waits until Monday.

ACY Securities research, tools and education

ACY Securities research, tools and education run to five components covering daily analysis in two languages, an in-platform calendar and news feed, platform guides, webinars and VPS hosting.

• Daily market analysis in English and Mandarin
• Economic calendar and news feed integrated in the ACY Trading Platform
• Trading guides for MT4, MT5 and the ACY Trading Platform
• Webinar series with in-house analysts
• VPS hosting available for active traders

The Mandarin-language research feed is the real draw and the reason the education rating sits high. A trader whose first language is not English gets more ground covered here than most Australian brokers offer at any tier.

One of the five research items carries a condition rather than being open to every client, because VPS hosting is offered to active traders rather than to every funded account. The remaining four are available on any funded account.

How ACY Securities compares to Pepperstone and Fusion Markets

ACY Securities charges A$3.00 round turn against A$7.00 at Pepperstone and A$4.50 at Fusion Markets, and measured 0.41 pips across the eight-pair basket against 0.46 and 0.36. How ACY Securities compares to Pepperstone and Fusion Markets is a commission win against a spread and scale loss.

The commission advantage is real, and it is the cheapest rate in this coverage. That advantage is undercut by the basket average, which sits mid-table, so the all-in position is pair-dependent rather than a clear win.

The Pepperstone account carries five platforms, a measured execution figure and 24/7 support. Fusion Markets opens at A$0 where this broker asks US$200. The five-language desk and the Mandarin platform are what neither rival matches.

Should you open an ACY Securities account?

ACY Securities suits forex traders on MetaTrader who want the cheapest commission ranked here, at A$1.50 per side on a measured 0.10 pip EUR/USD spread. Traders who want a spread-only account, copy trading or a swap-free route are served better elsewhere than by an ACY Securities account.

Two groups of trader gain clear value from an ACY Securities account. The per-side commission reaches the lowest figure in this coverage. Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Korean speakers reach a service depth almost nothing else at this regulatory tier provides.

Two groups should look past an ACY Securities account. The basket average runs 0.41 pips across eight pairs where the tightest raw accounts measured 0.15. The proprietary platform sits below the depth of Next Generation or cTrader.

ACY Securities ranks fourteenth among the top forex brokers in Australia on the 2026 scoring. A demo runs Pro Zero pricing, and the offshore SVG entity should never be the route.

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