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Demo applicability not stated.", "evidenceNote": "Official broker documentation; signup and trading not tested.", "sources": [ "dukascopy-1", "dukascopy-2", "dukascopy-3", "dukascopy-4" ], "visit": "dukascopy-1", "regulation": { "status": "Verified", "entity": "Dukascopy Bank SA", "regulator": "Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)", "finding": "FINMA's 12 October 2026 authorised-bank list includes Dukascopy Bank SA, Genève 15 Aéroport, licensing category Bank, supervisory category 5. No 'about to cease operations' mark appears on its row.", "scope": "Swiss bank only; institution-level authorisation, not a product-by-product forex permission matrix. Does not verify Dukascopy Europe, other group companies, demo terms or client eligibility.", "sources": [ "dukascopy-reg-1" ] }, "signupLink": { "kind": "demo-page", "note": "Broker demo page; select your platform to continue.", "status": "Official entry route", "url": "https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/forex/demo-mt4-account/", "sourceUrl": "https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/forex/demo-fx-account/", "checked": "2026-10-13", "tested": false }, "execution": { "scope": "Dukascopy Bank SA, Switzerland; MT4 and MT5; SWFX arrangement only, without JForex demo claims.", "tested": false, "role": { "value": "Requires Verification", "status": "Requires Verification", "note": "The bank FAQ says Dukascopy is counterparty to all trades, but the current Marketplace Trading Agreement body was unavailable; role remains unresolved at the contractual-evidence level.", "sources": [ "ex-a-duka-faq", "ex-a-duka-contract" ], "checked": "2026-10-13" }, "arrangement": { "value": "SWFX ECN with bank as counterparty", "status": "Broker-reported", "note": "Bank FAQ describes SWFX access for MetaTrader and the bank's counterparty/hedging model. This does not make an ECN label proof of agency.", "sources": [ "ex-a-duka-faq" ], "checked": "2026-10-13" }, "demo": { "value": "Requires Verification", "status": "Requires Verification", "note": "The no-slippage demo statement is in the General/JForex scope. A sufficiently specific MT4/MT5 demo execution comparison was not established and that claim is not propagated.", "sources": [ "ex-a-duka-faq" ], "checked": "2026-10-13" }, "review": { "checked": "2026-10-13", "outcome": "Reviewed; supported findings in arrangement, demo. Remaining uncertainty is recorded per field and scope.", "remainingChecks": [ "Read the current Marketplace Trading Agreement for explicit contractual capacity.", "Confirm current JForex demo commissions, financing, rejection and margin handling beyond the FAQ's stated limitations.", "Read the current agreement and MT4/MT5 supplements for contractual capacity.", "Obtain separate MT4 and MT5 demo disclosures for slippage, rejection, liquidity, commission, financing and margin." ] } }, "markets": { "scope": "Dukascopy Bank SA · Switzerland · MetaTrader 4. Market coverage not yet reviewed.", "tested": false, "forexCfd": { "status": "Requires Verification", "note": "Forex CFD demo access has not been established for this entity and platform.", "sources": [], "checked": null }, "cryptoCfd": { "status": "Requires Verification", "note": "Cryptocurrency CFD demo access has not been established for this entity and platform.", "sources": [], "checked": null } }, "api": { "status": "Requires Verification", "type": null, "route": "Not established for this offering", "note": "API access has not yet been established for this legal entity and demo platform. This does not mean it is unavailable.", "requirements": "Confirm the account, platform and regional requirements with the broker.", "sources": [], "docs": [], "checked": null, "tested": false } }, "sources": { "dukascopy-1": { "id": "DK1", "title": "Dukascopy forex demo account", "url": "https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/forex/demo-fx-account/", "claims": "14-day forex demo; JForex/MT4/MT5 choices; contact fields; selectable balances/currencies; new demo after expiry. Contact/data-sharing terms.", "checked": "2026-10-12", "evidence_status": "Documented; not account-tested" }, "dukascopy-2": { "id": "DK2", "title": "Dukascopy platform login", "url": "https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/forex/trading-login/", "claims": "JForex and MetaTrader device downloads; MT4/MT5 demos must be registered at website.", "checked": "2026-10-12", "evidence_status": "Documented; not account-tested" }, "dukascopy-3": { "id": "DK3", "title": "Dukascopy FAQ", "url": "https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/about/faq/?mob=0", "claims": "Demo/live instrument and setting differences; no market impact in demo; live residence exclusions (not represented as demo restrictions).", "checked": "2026-10-12", "evidence_status": "Documented; not account-tested" }, "dukascopy-4": { "id": "DK4", "title": "Dukascopy transparency and legal status", "url": "https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/about/philosophy-of-transparency/", "claims": "Swiss entity; FINMA bank/securities firm self-disclosure.", "checked": "2026-10-12", "evidence_status": "Documented; not account-tested" }, "dukascopy-reg-1": { "title": "FINMA — Authorised banks and securities firms", "url": "https://www.finma.ch/en/~/media/finma/dokumente/bewilligungstraeger/pdf/beh.pdf", "evidence": "PDF page6 of13: Dukascopy Bank SA, Genève 15 Aéroport, Bank, category5; row has no cease-operations marker.", "source_date": "2026-10-12 04:30", "access_note": "Official PDF opened and text extracted. Canonical PDF URL succeeded." }, "ex-a-duka-contract": { "title": "Dukascopy Marketplace Trading Agreement", "url": "https://live-login.dukascopy.com/bankrto/?a=view&c=pdf&file=009_00-Marketplace-Trading-Agreement-in-use.pdf&m=view", "owner": "Broker", "checked": "2026-10-13", "locator": "Official contract located in search.", "access": "Direct PDF retrieval failed; no contractual-role claim inferred from unavailable body." }, "ex-a-duka-faq": { "title": "Dukascopy Bank FAQ", "url": "https://www.dukascopy.com/swiss/english/about/faq/?mob=0", "owner": "Broker", "checked": "2026-10-13", "locator": "SWFX counterpart and hedging questions; General/JForex demo versus live questions; MT4/MT5 differences.", "access": "Official page/PDF text read through web retrieval on 2026-10-13." } } }