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Its September 2026 FDM disclosure names IG Markets Limited and JP Morgan as liquidity providers, with JP Morgan also a prime broker. This does not turn the customer contract into agency or establish one-for-one trade routing.", "sources": [ "add-tastyfx-agreement", "add-tastyfx-public" ], "checked": "2026-10-14" }, "demo": { "value": "Simulation omits slippage and several live risk controls", "status": "Documented", "note": "The MT4 page excludes slippage, interest/dividend and out-of-hours adjustments. Orders may fail for insufficient opening funds, but are not rejected for size/price; positions are not forced closed for insufficient margin or running losses. No hands-on testing.", "sources": [ "tastyfx-mt4-demo-20261018" ], "checked": "2026-10-18" }, "review": { "checked": "2026-10-18", "outcome": "Separate MT4 demo established from its official page. Existing entity-level principal and liquidity-provider findings retained with original dates; MT4 simulation omissions documented separately.", "remainingChecks": [ "Requires Verification: MT4 expiry, inactivity and balance reset/top-up.", "Requires Verification: residence/state eligibility and completed registration.", "Requires Verification: actual demo fills, latency and limitations beyond the published disclosure." ] } }, "markets": { "scope": "US tastyfx MT4 Forex demo; excludes IG non-US CFD services, generic IG server inventories and separate tastytrade products.", "tested": false, "forexCfd": { "status": "Not offered", "note": "tastyfx describes its US markets as margin spot Forex, and its MT4 demo explicitly offers currency-pair practice. This is an OTC Forex demo, not a Forex-CFD offering; demo availability is unchanged.", "sources": [ "market-useu-tastyfx-spot-20261019", "market-useu-tastyfx-mt4-demo-20261019" ], "checked": "2026-10-19" }, "cryptoCfd": { "status": "Not offered", "note": "The broker explicitly excludes cryptocurrency business in its US Forex-versus-crypto article. The marketed MT4 demo covers Forex; references to IG or generic crypto commentary do not establish a tastyfx crypto-CFD service.", "sources": [ "market-useu-tastyfx-crypto-exclusion-20261019", "market-useu-tastyfx-mt4-demo-20261019" ], "checked": "2026-10-19" } }, "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": { "add-tastyfx-agreement": { "title": "tastyfx LLC Customer Agreement, August 2026", "url": "https://www.ig.com/usermanagement/customeragreements?agreementType=customer_agreement&igCompany=igus&legalEntity=IGUS&locale=en_US&productCode=IGFOREX", "owner": "Broker", "checked": "2026-10-14", "locator": "Section 04(3)-(4), page 3: quoted prices and principal capacity", "access": "Current legal-hub link followed and PDF read; older June 2024 Contentstack agreement was not used as current contract." }, "add-tastyfx-public": { "title": "tastyfx LLC FDM business disclosure, September 2026", "url": "https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltc23b87e0fef43b66/blt6b57a280f0e5d6c5/fdm-business-disclosure", "owner": "Broker", "checked": "2026-10-14", "locator": "Page 2: liquidity providers, OTC contracts and US customer counterparty", "access": "Official page opened and read; no account opened, form submitted or trading tested." }, "market-useu-tastyfx-crypto-exclusion-20261019": { "title": "tastyfx: Forex vs Crypto", "url": "https://www.tastyfx.com/news/forex-vs-crypto-220802/", "owner": "Broker", "checked": "2026-10-19", "locator": "Accessibility of assets explicitly excludes cryptocurrency business; How do you trade identifies the broker's product as spot Forex", "access": "Official article originally dated 2 August 2022 opened and rechecked. Its explicit tastyfx exclusion is used; generic later prose about leveraged crypto is not treated as a tastyfx product offer." }, "market-useu-tastyfx-mt4-demo-20261019": { "title": "tastyfx US: MetaTrader 4 demo account", "url": "https://www.tastyfx.com/platforms/metatrader-4/mt4-demo-account/", "owner": "Broker", "checked": "2026-10-19", "locator": "Practice risk-free trading on MetaTrader 4: over 80 Forex pairs and virtual funds", "access": "Official US MT4 demo page opened and read. 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