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markets.comSafecap Investments LimitedRead 13 October 2026
Markets.com CFD loss rate
Markets.com's own risk warning says 81.9% of its retail accounts lose money when trading CFDs with it, according to TradingLookup's CFD Loss-Rate Series (read from the UK on ).
Provisional release (v1.0.0). Not every figure in this dataset has been confirmed by a second read yet; this one's status is under "Second read" below. What provisional means.
- Legal entity
- Safecap Investments Limited
- Regulator
- CySEC
- Figure
- 81.9% of retail accounts lose money
- Read on
- , from the UK
- Second read
- Matched: independently re-read by a second automated check on 13 October 2026.
- Median of 31 providers
- 73.46%
How Markets.com compares
- Position in our set29 of the 31 providers we read stated a lower figure and 1 a higher one. A lower figure is not proof of a better firm: client mix and products differ.
- Same regulator (CySEC, from our list)5 other providers with a confirmed entity; their median (our calculation) is 73.46%. Markets.com's 81.9% is 8.44 points above it, and 4 of the 5 stated a lower figure.
- Nearest figuresEightcap (78%), Swissquote (78.23%) and Libertex (84%).
Receipt
81.9% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider
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- Saved copy
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- Notes
- Updated on 13 October 2026 from 85.4% (read 6 October 2026) after a re-read from the UK.
Quarterly history
Change since the earliest archived figure (2020-Q2, 74.93%): +6.97 points. The archived page and today's page are not always the same address.
| Quarter | Lose money | Receipt |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q4 | 85.4% | Wayback capture |
| 2026-Q3 | 85.4% | Wayback capture |
| 2026-Q2 | 85.4% | Wayback capture |
| 2026-Q1 | 79.3% | Wayback capture |
| 2025-Q4 | 72.3% | Wayback capture |
| 2025-Q3 | 75.2% | Wayback capture |
| 2025-Q2 | 77.3% | Wayback capture |
| 2025-Q1 | 74.2% | Wayback capture |
| 2024-Q4 | 74% | Wayback capture |
| 2024-Q3 | 74% | Wayback capture |
| 2024-Q2 | 71.1% | Wayback capture |
| 2024-Q1 | 71.1% | Wayback capture |
| 2022-Q1 | 67% | Wayback capture |
| 2021-Q4 | 67% | Wayback capture |
| 2021-Q3 | 67% | Wayback capture |
| 2021-Q2 | 70% | Wayback capture |
| 2021-Q1 | 72.1% | Wayback capture |
| 2020-Q4 | 73.9% | Wayback capture |
| 2020-Q3 | 73.9% | Wayback capture |
| 2020-Q2 | 74.93% | Wayback capture |
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