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Titan FX is an online forex and CFD broker offering no-dealing-desk, ECN-style execution across forex, cryptocurrencies, precious metals and other commodities, index CFDs and stock CFDs. Trading is delivered through MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, a proprietary WebTrader, mobile apps, and Titan FX Social, its social/copy-trading product; account types range from the STP-model Zero Standard and Zero Micro to the ECN-model Zero Blade. The company states average execution speeds around 37 milliseconds and a fill rate near 99.99%. The firm targets active, execution-sensitive retail traders, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, positioning itself on tight ECN spreads, no requotes, and high maximum leverage (crypto pairs up to 100:1) rather than on regulatory tier. Regulatory status differs from many competitors headquartered in London or Cyprus: its principal entity, Titan FX Limited, is licensed as a financial dealer by the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (company number 40313), with additional regulated entities Atlantic Markets Limited in the British Virgin Islands (BVI Financial Services Commission, licence SIBA/L/23/1124) and Titan Markets in Mauritius (Financial Services Commission, licence GB20026097). It was the first member admitted to the Financial Markets Association of Vanuatu, the self-regulatory body for VFSC-licensed dealers. Titan FX was founded in 2014 and is physically headquartered in Port Vila, Vanuatu, rather than operating as a nominal offshore shell; a 2024 company retrospective published by Vanuatu Business Review, marking its tenth anniversary and fifth year of a Vanuatu head-office presence, put its workforce at 27 staff in Vanuatu plus 120 elsewhere, serving more than 50,000 clients globally, and cited local investments including an upgraded Port Vila office and a hospitality property, Titan Mansion, on the capital's Sunset Mile. Martin St-Hilaire holds the title of Managing Director. The broker reported a single day of roughly 2 billion US dollars in crypto trading volume in September 2023, and won the FinanceFeeds Awards 2024 "Broker of the Year, Asia" category, credited to its ECN pricing, execution speed and Asia-focused product range. Titan FX continues to expand its digital-asset offering, listing around 50 crypto pairs with fixed dollar spreads on BTC and ETH, and has discussed pursuing an additional Vanuatu VFSC licence class specific to cryptocurrency trading. Its regulatory footprint remains concentrated in offshore and tier-3 jurisdictions (Vanuatu, BVI, Mauritius), which independent reviewers commonly note involves lighter oversight than tier-1 regulators such as the FCA or ASIC.
