Investizo – Are They Safe?

Website URL: https://investizo.com

Founded: 2020

Regulations: Unregulated

Languages: English, Russian, Vietnamese, Arabic, Bahasa Melayu (Malay)

Deposit Methods: Credit Card, Wire Transfer, Bitcoin, Litecoin, Perfect Money

Minimum Deposit: $50

Free Demo Account: No

Number of Assets: 120+

Types of Assets: Cryptocurrencies, Indices, Forex, Shares, Commodities

Trading Accounts and Conditions

Investizo offers the following account types for trading:

• Real Micro: The minimum deposit requirement for this account type is $50. The maximum leverage offered is 1:1000, and the floating spreads start from 1.5 pips. For this account, the broker does not charge a commission.
• Real Standard: The minimum deposit requirement for this account type is $100. The maximum leverage is 1:100 and the spreads are floating, starting at 1.5 pips. There is no commission charged for trading on this account.
• Real ECN: To open this account type, you need to first make a minimum deposit of $250. The leverage is still at a maximum of 1:100 and the floating spreads start from 0.1 pips. There is, however, a trading commission that starts from $5.

Investizo – Advantages

The biggest advantage that we have found in trading with Investizo is that the broker offers its clients the use of the MetaTrader4 platform.

The MT4 platform – as it is popularly known – is the world’s most popular trading software. This is because it has a wide range of features that make trading easier. With the MT4 software, traders have access to a wide array of charting and market analysis tools. It also has a flexible trading system, automated trading robots and mobile apps, to name a few.

So, the fact that this broker offers this software for trading is a big plus. However, beyond this offering, there isn’t anything else that we would consider an advantage.

Investizo – Disadvantages

Even though Investizo offers its clients support for the MT4 platform, we would still not recommend this broker to any trader. Here are the reasons why:

• Unregulated Broker

This broker states that it is the trading name for Investizo Ltd. This is an offshore company that is based (according to the address provided on the broker’s website) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. This Caribbean nation is unfortunately a favorite destination for scammers because the laws governing financial services (such as those offered by this broker) are lax. Companies don’t even need to have a real physical presence in this country to register themselves.

Since there is no other information provided on Investizo’s website about its licensing status in other jurisdictions, we can safely say that this is an unregulated brokerage.

• Multi-Level Partnership Program Offered

Investizo offers its clients a multi-level partnership program that it has dubbed RevShare. This program allows clients to make as much as 80% of their spread when they trade.

The design of this program clearly shows us that it is a referral program, where you get a commission for every transaction that is carried out by someone you have referred to this platform.

This is not trading. This is more of a Multi-Level Marketing platform, and the brokerage is just a front for this scam operation where new members’ deposits are used to pay off older customers (thereby giving the impression of profitability) –  for a period of time.

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• Difference in Spreads Advertised and Those on the Platform

The Account Types section states that spreads begin at 1.5 pips. However, when we checked the MT4 trading platform offered by Investizo, we found that the actual EURUSD spread was actually at 2 pips.

This means that this broker is trying to attract customers by giving false information on its website. And then, when they have registered and made their deposits with Investizo, they find out that the cost of trading with this broker is much higher than they were led to believe.

For our readers’ information, the average spreads in regulated markets ranges from 0.5 pips to 1.5 pips.

• Very High Leverage Ratio

Investizo offers its customers a maximum leverage of 1:1000, which is extremely high. We need to point that most jurisdictions have put a cap on the amount of leverage a broker may offer its clients. EU regulators and the UK’s FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) do not allow a leverage of more than 1:30, while the US does not allow a leverage of more than 1:50.

Since there is a UK contact number provided, we know that this broker is offering its services in this region. Which means that the leverage that Investizo is offering is not just extremely high, but also illegal.

The reason regulators in most financial markets have put a cap on how much leverage a broker can offer is simple – the higher the leverage is, the higher the risk. Traders have been known to go bankrupt when they have use high leverages.

• Unfair Withdrawal Clauses

Investizo claims that it charges no withdrawal fees and that withdrawal requests will be processed in 24 hours. However, when we visited the withdrawal section of the client area, we found out that users are not allowed to withdraw their funds unless they meet the Bonus terms and conditions – even if they never availed of the bonus offer.

The terms for accepting a bonus from this broker are clear – you need to meet an extremely high trading turnover target before you will be allowed to take money out of your own account. The broker has failed to mention what these targets are.

Conclusion 

While there are few positives that are going in favor of Investizo – especially support for the MetaTrader4 platform – they are not enough to erase the problems we have found with this broker.

Investizo is unregulated and seems to be running an MLM scheme rather than offering financial services. There is also a lack of clarity about the spreads offered, and the leverage ratios are illegally high.

We would therefore not recommend this broker to any trader.

Investizo

2.6

User Experience

3.4/10

Payment Options

2.4/10

Security

2.5/10

Support

2.4/10

Reputation

2.5/10

Pros

• None

Cons

• Unregulated Broker
• Multi-Level Partnership Program Offered
• Difference in Spreads Advertised and Those on Platform
• Very High Leverage Ratios
• Unfair Withdrawal Clauses