Depositing from Indonesia
The answer is never a brand name. It is your country × the broker: the entity your address gets, the protection behind it, and what Bappebti (the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency) says. All 40 verdicts for Indonesia are computed below, checked on October 22, 2026.
Facts checked on October 22, 2026
Indonesia licenses forex brokers through Bappebti and publishes both the licensed list and a blocked list — 1,222 illegal trading sites blocked, including names beginners meet first. A platform not on Bappebti's licensed list is not legal for Indonesian residents, full stop.
The legal local route: a broker on Bappebti's licensed list, trading through the Jakarta Futures Exchange.
about Rp3,200,000 (on a licensed local broker) (about $200). The viable figure applies to licensed local brokers. Offshore platforms are on the blocked side of the line at any deposit size.
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 | Your regulator warns against this route | 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 | Your regulator warns against this route | Ava Trade Markets Ltd (BVI FSC (British Virgin Islands)) | No compensation scheme |
| Pepperstone | Your regulator warns against this route | Pepperstone Markets Limited (SCB (Bahamas)) | No compensation scheme |
| IC Markets | Your regulator warns against this route | Raw Trading Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| FP Markets | Your regulator warns against this route | First Prudential Markets Limited (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| Tickmill | Your regulator warns against this route | Tickmill Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| Plus500 | Your regulator warns against this route | Plus500SEY Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| eToro | Your regulator warns against this route | eToro (Seychelles) Limited (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| Capital.com | Your regulator warns against this route | Capital Com Online Investments Ltd (SCB (Bahamas)) | No compensation scheme |
| XTB | Your regulator warns against this route | XTB International Limited (FSC Belize) | No compensation scheme |
| IG | Your regulator warns against this route | IG International Limited (BMA (Bermuda)) | No compensation scheme |
| Quotex | Your regulator warns against this route | ON SPOT LLC GROUP (registered in St. Kitts and Nevis — no government licence) | No compensation scheme |
| Pocket Option | Your regulator warns against this route | Infinite Trade LLC (Mwali International Services Authority (Comoros) — licence reported suspended) | No compensation scheme |
| Olymp Trade | Your regulator warns against this route | Aollikus Limited (VFSC (Vanuatu) — and FinaCom membership, an industry body, not a government regulator) | No compensation scheme |
| Binomo | Your regulator warns against this route | Dolphin Corp LLC (registered in St Vincent & the Grenadines — FinaCom membership, an industry body, not a government regulator) | No compensation scheme |
| IQ Option | Your regulator warns against this route | SKY LADDER LLC (registered in Antigua and Barbuda) | No compensation scheme |
| Axi | Your regulator warns against this route | AxiTrader LLC (registered in St Vincent & the Grenadines) | No compensation scheme |
| LiteFinance | Your regulator warns against this route | LiteFinance Global LLC (registered in St Vincent & the Grenadines) | No compensation scheme |
| FXTM | Your regulator warns against this route | Exinity Limited (FSC Mauritius) | No compensation scheme |
| Vantage | Your regulator warns against this route | Vantage Global Limited (VFSC (Vanuatu)) | No compensation scheme |
| RoboForex | Your regulator warns against this route | RoboForex Ltd (FSC Belize) | No compensation scheme |
| JustMarkets | Your regulator warns against this route | Just Global Markets Ltd (FSA (Seychelles)) | No compensation scheme |
| Headway | Your regulator warns against this route | Jarocel Pty Ltd (FSCA (South Africa)) | No compensation scheme |
| PU Prime | Your regulator warns against this route | PU Prime Limited (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| Moneta Markets | Your regulator warns against this route | Moneta Markets Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| ThinkMarkets | Your regulator warns against this route | TF Global Markets (International) Ltd (registered in Seychelles — not authorised by FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| CMC Markets | Your regulator warns against this route | No CMC entity serves this country (regulated entities only — CMC has no offshore arm) | No compensation scheme |
| OANDA | Not accepted — don't try workarounds | — | — |
| FOREX.com | Your regulator warns against this route | 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 | Your regulator warns against this route | Admirals SC Ltd (FSA Seychelles) | No compensation scheme |
| BlackBull Markets | Your regulator warns against this route | BBG Limited (FSA Seychelles (the NZ entity serves New Zealand)) | No compensation scheme |
| Fusion Markets | Your regulator warns against this route | Gleneagle Securities Pty Limited (VFSC (Vanuatu)) | No compensation scheme |
| MultiBank Group | Your regulator warns against this route | MEX Atlantic Corporation (CIMA (Cayman)) | No compensation scheme |
| easyMarkets | Your regulator warns against this route | EF Worldwide Ltd (BVI FSC (British Virgin Islands)) | No compensation scheme |
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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.