Fintrix Markets: a no-nonsense review
I spent the better part of a fortnight investigating Fintrix Markets before writing this up. The short version: it's a newer CFD broker out of Mauritius that's built its whole pitch around how trades get filled, not around welcome offers and slick marketing.
The first thing I look at with any broker is management backgrounds. With Fintrix, the leadership comes with real brokerage experience. They're people who've dealt with order flow and liquidity before deciding to build their own platform. That gives me more confidence than a slick About page ever would.
What works
A few things were worth noting when I tested the platform and spoke to their support team.
{Execution was quick and consistent. I didn't notice any obvious requotes during the sessions I tested, even around London open when spreads tend to widen. Plenty of brokers struggles during fast-moving sessions. Fintrix didn't.|Fills were reliable during my testing. I specifically placed orders when markets were moving fast to see how the platform handled pressure. No requotes, no odd delays. If you trade around high-impact releases, that's the kind of thing you should be testing for.
{I tested support outside business hours, and they delivered. I asked a technical question and got back a detailed response within a few minutes. They also handle a few languages, which is handy if English isn't your main language.|I always test broker support at antisocial hours because that's when it matters most. Their team replied at 3am on a Tuesday with a specific answer, not a canned template. Took about seven minutes. Multiple language support is available too, which matters if you're based somewhere that isn't the UK or Australia.
The instrument range covers the standard asset classes: currency pairs, indices, commodities. All accessible from one account with a shared margin pool. It's not the longest instrument list out there, but it covers what most retail traders need.
What doesn't work (yet)
Not everything is sorted, and I'd rather be upfront about the gaps than pretend they don't exist.
They hold a Mauritius FSC licence, which means genuine regulation but without the heavy protections of tier-1 regulators. No compensation fund if things go wrong. For some traders that's fine. For others, it's a red line. Figure out where you stand on that before signing up.
Pricing isn't available anywhere public. You need to contact them to find out what you'll be charged in spreads and the full details commissions. That's friction I don't love. It could suggest they tailor pricing to account size, which could work in your favour, but it also means you can't benchmark their costs with other brokers without sending an email first.
Limited history is the main consideration. Every broker starts somewhere, but the lack of a long public record means you're leaning more heavily on your own due diligence and less on existing reviews. Give it a year or two and this should sort itself out.
Best suited for what kind of trader
If you're someone with a few years of trading behind you based somewhere outside the UK, EU, or Australia and you care about how your trades get filled, Fintrix is worth testing. If you require an FCA licence and a compensation fund behind your deposits, look elsewhere.
Beginners should probably start with a broker closer to home, one backed by a local regulator with a safety net behind it. Fintrix is more suited to traders who've been around long enough to make informed regulatory decisions.
Where I land on this
Scoring this one at 3.5 out of 5. On the plus side: a team that's actually been in the industry, clean execution in my tests, and support that doesn't ghost you at odd hours. What holds it back: no tier-1 licence and no way to see pricing without asking. Fair score for where they are right now.
Same testing process I recommend for every broker. Start with a test amount. Some trades during quiet and busy sessions. Pull money out early to test the process. If everything works as advertised, go from there.