Actualys Review: Legit Broker or Just Another Scam?

Want to invest in the future today? In this Actualys review, we take a closer look at a company that claims to offer you such an opportunity. Here you are promised access to leading crypto assets and derivative instruments, the chance to engage in active trading, or to place your funds into savings accounts where professionals will supposedly manage everything for you. Ready to register and make your first deposit? Don’t rush. Read our analysis below and ask yourself whether this is a scam — and whether you’re about to hand your money over to fraudsters.

Does Actualys Show Any Risk Factors?

From the very first interaction with Actualys, we reached a clear conclusion: this broker cannot be trusted. Entering into any dealings with them means exposing yourself to serious risks. But our readers deserve more than just our opinion — real trust comes only from facts and official sources. So, let’s begin by examining what lies behind the company’s loud claims.

The website provides no information about regulation or licenses. However, the footer displays a UK address, which could imply the platform is registered there. For a crypto service to operate legally in the UK, it must be authorized by the FCA. Yet, when looking at the company’s offering, it becomes clear that Actualys is not limited to crypto — it acts as a Forex/CFD broker and dealer, and even takes client funds into savings or investment accounts. Such activity requires a full brokerage license. So, checking registration and licenses became our first priority.

We started with the Companies House registry. If Actualys were truly registered in the UK, the data should be available there. The result, however, was practically zero: the records list only one company with a similar name incorporated in 2023, and operating in the IT sector. Clearly, it has nothing to do with the broker under review.

We also checked the address provided by the company. It turned out to be ABC Buildings in Manchester. But there was not a single company with even a remotely similar name to Actualys operating at that location.

Given the absence of registration, checking for an FCA license seemed redundant — but we did it anyway. As expected, the search was fruitless: the broker holds neither a license nor authorization as a crypto service provider.

To complete the picture, we also looked into OpenCorporates, which holds records on over 223 million companies worldwide. Again, Actualys left no trace. The database revealed six French companies with a similar name, but none matched the history or business activity described by the broker.

The conclusion is obvious: this is a firm without official status or authorization to provide brokerage services. Should anyone trust it? In our view, the answer is purely rhetorical.

On its homepage, Actualys presents what it claims to be a fairly detailed history, covering the period from 2014 to 2024. At the same time, the site footer shows a copyright dated 2013, even though the company itself states the project was launched in London in 2014. This contradiction leaves room for doubt, so to clarify the real situation, we turned to Whois records.

According to the data, the domain actualys.com was originally registered back in 2002. Snapshots from the WebArchive reveal that the domain has changed owners several times since then. However, none of them were Forex/CFD brokers. It appears that the platform’s official website was only launched on this domain after its most recent major update in August 2025.

This means the company is very young, and all its stories about having a long history and extensive experience are nothing more than a marketing myth. Still, the intention behind this is clear: the project is trying hard to look legitimate, especially since it has neither a registration nor a license.

We can also try to determine the real age of the project by looking at when Actualys reviews started appearing online. Interestingly, there are very few of them. In fact, user comments about the broker can only be found on one platform — reviews.io. There are 47 reviews in total, all posted within the past six days, with 98% of the authors recommending the platform.

This allows us to draw two conclusions:

• The company entered the market only recently. If it had actually been operating since 2014, reviews would cover a much longer period.
• The project’s owners are clearly investing heavily in building a fake reputation. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain the sudden appearance of 8–9 positive reviews every single day. This situation is unnatural and could not happen without outside manipulation.

In short, Actualys is actively using typical scammer tactics by publishing misleading information on its website. All of this is aimed at making the company appear like a legitimate, law-abiding broker. From our perspective, however, they are doing a poor job of it.

Let’s Break Down the Client Portal

The client area once again convinced us that the story of being a “European Investment Leader” is nothing more than another piece of fiction. This is confirmed, for example, by the simplest registration process. During it, the user is asked to provide only a minimum of personal data: first and last name, country of residence, and contact information. And that’s it.

Meanwhile, in Europe, licensed companies are required to collect all personal data during registration. The process also includes questionnaires (to determine whether the client should be categorized as a retail or professional trader), testing the client’s readiness to work with high-risk instruments, and passing the KYC procedure. Only after completing these steps does a new client gain access to the trading terminal and the ability to deposit funds. With Actualys, however, all this becomes available immediately after filling out and submitting the form. Verification is only required when submitting a withdrawal request.

Another interesting point: in the main site menu, one of the items listed is Savings Accounts. Supposedly, a client can deposit funds and earn interest on the balance, depending on the chosen program. Yet, in the client area, such an option doesn’t exist at all. Once again, we see direct deception of users. Frankly, nothing else could be expected from a scam broker.

What Does the Actualys.com Website Reveal?

When exploring the company’s official website, it’s hard to believe that such a resource could belong to a serious firm serving hundreds of thousands of clients. This impression is evident even in its design: instead of using thematic images, the broker opted for filling the pages with what it considers “useful” information. As a result, the site looks dull and monotonous, making it more difficult to process each individual block of content.

At the same time, the information the company thinks is valuable is viewed quite differently by traders. In fact, the site offers almost nothing that could genuinely interest potential clients:

• Market Overview page shows current market conditions for some assets. Traders don’t need it since the terminal contains far more information, and visitors won’t find it useful either, as their trades are still ahead. Meanwhile, the outdated news feed below reflects the broker’s general attitude toward its clients and its own website. With the latest updates dated February 2023, the content is hardly relevant. If we were the project owners, we would at least look for a regularly updated source.
• Crypto market content spans two entire pages. On Crypto Assets, users see market statistics (as if such data cannot be found anywhere else on the internet, say, on CoinMarketCap) along with live quotes of popular instruments. Crypto Mood takes an even stranger approach: measuring market interest by the number of publications about each asset. We’ve never seen this before — apparently, a “new word” in analytics has just been spoken (sarcasm intended).
• Essential information is missing. Actualys chose not to publish what traders really need. You won’t find market or asset descriptions, contract specifications, detailed trading conditions, information about payment methods, company operations, or any of the mandatory disclosures about the firm itself.

We’ve grown used to such websites from scam brokers. They avoid investing in truly functional, user-oriented resources because of their business model. First, unnecessary expenses are pointless for those who don’t plan to exist longer than a few months. Second, their websites serve only as a formal presence on the web, without real functionality. In fact, most victims are brought in not through the site but through direct phone contact initiated by company representatives.

Is the Broker Offering Fair or Risky Terms for Traders?

We have already mentioned that Actualys does not provide contract specifications or detailed trading conditions on its website. It turned out that there isn’t even any separate information about the parameters of the executed trades. Even in the account type table, the broker failed to include a single numerical characteristic other than the minimum deposit amounts for each account.

Of course, account holders are expected to know that they can enjoy priority or dedicated 24/7 support, or receive assistance from a personal investment advisor once or twice a week. This is, apparently, much more important than knowing the maximum leverage, spreads, commissions, or swap fees (sarcasm again).

Just below the account table, the broker presented what it considers “detailed” trading conditions. Here, it describes which market assets traders can access under different account tiers and specifies commission discounts (10% on the Premium account, 50% on the Pro account). This is exactly the type of “essential” information potential clients were missing — especially since the baseline values remain completely unknown.

From our perspective, Actualys deliberately conceals trading conditions from its users. After all, if the conditions were published on the official website, they would be visible to everyone — including beginners persuaded over the phone to open accounts. Those users could then compare the broker’s offering with that of regulated competitors. Such a comparison would hardly work in Actualys’ favor. As for experienced traders, the company cannot afford to let them see the trading terms either. These users are capable of assessing risks, potential returns, and trading costs even without external comparisons. And, as you can guess, such calculations would not lead to any positive conclusions: the broker clearly has no intention of allowing clients to profit. Naturally, these traders would share their findings with others, diminishing interest in the platform and possibly leading to attempts to withdraw deposits. Needless to say, those withdrawals would never be honored, but the project’s reputation would take a serious hit.

Important! Contract specifications are missing not only from the broker’s website but also from the trading terminal itself. Effectively, every client is forced to open their first trades blindly, losing profit and incurring losses. This is a practice we’ve encountered only rarely.

We also noted that besides trading accounts, the firm advertises high-yield savings/investment accounts. Yet, since there isn’t even a mention of them in the client area, we considered this nothing more than another marketing trick and won’t waste time analyzing the terms.

Technical Support Analysis of Actualys

Apparently, the project owners decided that traders don’t deserve a dedicated contact page. Perhaps they can be excused, since the site only provides the broker’s address in Manchester (UK) and a single support email. Needless to say, this is yet another indication that honest business is not part of their agenda.

We have already discussed the Manchester address: Actualys is not registered there. At best, the firm may be renting a virtual office for correspondence purposes.

Verification of the email address also failed. When we attempted to send a test message, the response indicated that the mail server was busy and temporarily unavailable. It is hard to say how “temporary” this really is. The conclusion is obvious — there may be no functioning feedback channel between traders and the support team.

This means the company cannot resolve client issues promptly, as no proper communication channels are in place (there is no phone number and no live chat on the website). Moreover, if the mail server “busy” issue continues to recur, then timely assistance should not be expected at all. As a result, there is a significant risk that in the event of problems, a trader could lose money simply due to a lack of control — and there are no guarantees that such problems won’t be artificially created.

One more fact is worth noting — Actualys has no social media presence (at least, no links are provided on its official website). Have you ever seen a legitimate licensed broker refuse to work with such a vast audience and deprive itself of a powerful client acquisition channel? Neither have we. Among scammers, however, this approach is far from unusual. Most likely, Actualys belongs in that category.