Depositing from Philippines
The answer is never a brand name. It is your country × the broker: the entity your address gets, the protection behind it, and what the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Philippines) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas says. All 40 verdicts for Philippines are computed below, checked on October 22, 2026.
Facts checked on October 22, 2026
SEC Philippines registers local securities brokers and publishes advisories naming unregistered platforms soliciting Filipinos. Offshore forex/CFD platforms are not SEC-registered for residents; several global brands appear in SEC advisories or do not accept Philippine residents at all.
The regulated local door is a SEC-licensed stockbroker on the Philippine Stock Exchange. For forex specifically there is no locally licensed retail route.
about ₱10,000 (about $200). Affiliate pages for the Philippines advertise $1–$10 minimums, then admit elsewhere that ₱5,000–10,000 ($200–500) is the practical floor. We print the practical number: about ₱10,000.
Minimums and rails checked on October 22, 2026. Advertised minimums are the platforms' own published figures — accepted minimums, not viable ones.
| Broker | Verdict for a resident | The entity that would hold the account | Protection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exness | Your regulator warns against this route | Exness (SC) Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| XM | Your regulator warns against this route | XM Global Limited (FSC Belize) | No compensation scheme |
| Deriv | Your regulator warns against this route | Deriv (SVG) LLC and sister entities (SVG / Labuan / BVI registrations) | No compensation scheme |
| FBS | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | FBS Markets Inc (FSC Belize) | No compensation scheme |
| HFM (HotForex) | Your regulator warns against this route | HF Markets (Seychelles) Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| Octa (OctaFX) | Your regulator warns against this route | Octa Markets Ltd (Mwali International Services Authority (Comoros)) | No compensation scheme |
| AvaTrade | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Ava Trade Markets Ltd (BVI FSC (British Virgin Islands)) | No compensation scheme |
| Pepperstone | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Pepperstone Markets Limited (SCB (Bahamas)) | No compensation scheme |
| IC Markets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Raw Trading Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| FP Markets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | First Prudential Markets Limited (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| Tickmill | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Tickmill Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| Plus500 | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Plus500SEY Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| eToro | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| Capital.com | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Capital Com Online Investments Ltd (SCB (Bahamas)) | No compensation scheme |
| XTB | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | XTB International Limited (FSC Belize) | No compensation scheme |
| IG | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | IG International Limited (BMA (Bermuda)) | No compensation scheme |
| Quotex | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | ON SPOT LLC GROUP (registered in St. Kitts and Nevis — no government licence) | No compensation scheme |
| Pocket Option | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| Olymp Trade | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Aollikus Limited (VFSC (Vanuatu) — and FinaCom membership, an industry body, not a government regulator) | No compensation scheme |
| Binomo | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Dolphin Corp LLC (registered in St Vincent & the Grenadines — FinaCom membership, an industry body, not a government regulator) | No compensation scheme |
| IQ Option | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | SKY LADDER LLC (registered in Antigua and Barbuda) | No compensation scheme |
| Axi | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | AxiTrader LLC (registered in St Vincent & the Grenadines) | No compensation scheme |
| LiteFinance | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | LiteFinance Global LLC (registered in St Vincent & the Grenadines) | No compensation scheme |
| FXTM | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Exinity Limited (FSC Mauritius) | No compensation scheme |
| Vantage | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Vantage Global Limited (VFSC (Vanuatu)) | No compensation scheme |
| RoboForex | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | RoboForex Ltd (FSC Belize) | No compensation scheme |
| JustMarkets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Just Global Markets Ltd (FSA (Seychelles)) | No compensation scheme |
| Headway | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Jarocel Pty Ltd (FSCA (South Africa)) | No compensation scheme |
| PU Prime | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | PU Prime Limited (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| Moneta Markets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Moneta Markets Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| ThinkMarkets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | TF Global Markets (International) Ltd (registered in Seychelles — not authorised by FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| CMC Markets | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| OANDA | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | OANDA Global Markets (BVI) (BVI FSC) | No compensation scheme |
| FOREX.com | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | GAIN Global Markets (Cayman) (CIMA (Cayman)) | No compensation scheme |
| Interactive Brokers | Your regulator warns against this route | Interactive Brokers (the entity for your country of residence) (a regulated IB entity — this group onboards to regulated entities in most countries) | A regulated entity with local dispute access; there is no single global compensation fund |
| Admirals | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Admirals SC Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| BlackBull Markets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | BBG Limited (FSA Seychelles (the NZ entity serves New Zealand)) | No compensation scheme |
| Fusion Markets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | Gleneagle Securities Pty Limited (VFSC (Vanuatu)) | No compensation scheme |
| MultiBank Group | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | MEX Atlantic Corporation (CIMA (Cayman)) | No compensation scheme |
| easyMarkets | Deposit with eyes open — offshore entity | EF Worldwide Ltd (BVI FSC (British Virgin Islands)) | No compensation scheme |
Run any pair through the checker for the full five-line verdict, or open a broker page for its whole entity map.
The free check gives you the verdict for one country and one broker. The Deposit Safety Kit gives you the complete walkthroughs: how to verify the entity in the broker's own legal footer, where on your regulator's site the register and the warning lists live, how to read a compensation scheme, and the first-withdrawal test protocol — deposit small, withdraw first, then decide.
Included in the $39 Deposit Safety Kit
Sources: the brokers' own legal and entity pages as published on the check date; the Reserve Bank of India Alert List; the UK Financial Conduct Authority Register and Warning List; the Australian Securities and Investments Commission registers; Bappebti (Indonesia) licensed and blocked lists; CVM (Brazil) declaratory acts; the FSCA (South Africa) FSP register; the Capital Markets Authority (Kenya) licensee list; the Securities and Exchange Commission (Philippines) advisory list; SECP/PMEX (Pakistan) membership; SEC Nigeria and Central Bank of Nigeria publications. Affiliate bounty figures from the programs' own published terms (Exness, XM, Plus500, eToro affiliate pages). If a fact has moved since our check date, the regulator's or broker's own publication wins — and write to help@doogex.com so we can correct ours.