Libertex Review 2026: Costs, Tools & Safety Checks

What Is Libertex?

Libertex established in 1997 and operated within the Forex Club group. Since then, Libertex has become known for its trading app and sports sponsorships. It previously served as Tottenham Hotspur’s official trading partner, and currently sponsors the Audi Revolut F1 Team. The company you actually sign with in Europe is Indication Investments Ltd, a Cyprus Investment Firm. It received its CySEC license (164/12) in 2012 and uses it to serve the European Economic Area and Switzerland. The group also runs a separate international brand for clents outside Europe. This review covers the EU service at libertex.com.

Traders can trade CFDs on stocks, forex, crypto, metals, indices, energies, agricultural goods, ETFs, bonds and options. They can invest in real shares through a separate account with no commission. The available platforms include the Libertex app and web terminal, plus MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. Libertex has won more than 45 industry awards. Its app scores 4.8 on the App Store, but only 3.8 on Google Play. This tells Android users may face more issues with the app.

The broker has faced a major regulatory issue. In 2021, CySEC partly suspended Indication Investments' license over suspected breaches. Clients could still withdraw funds during the suspension, and CySEC later lifted it. We found no further regulatory action of this kind. Libertex has also left the UK's Temporary Permission Regime, meaning UK residents can no longer open new accounts.

Libertex focuses on simplicity, and it largely delivers. The app is one of the easiest to use that we have tested.

The downside is the fees: withdrawals cost extra on most methods, inactivity costs €10 a month, and trading costs combine spreads with percentage-based commissions. For this BrokersProfile review, we opened two live CFD accounts and an Invest account to test Libertex’s trading costs, order execution, deposits, withdrawals, and customer support. Our 21-day test shows how the broker performs in live conditions, including where its simple platform comes with extra fees.

How We Reviewed Libertex

We tested Libertex for 21 trading days, from 1 to 29 September 2026, using live accounts funded with real money. We opened two CFD accounts with Indication Investments Ltd under CySEC: one on the Libertex platform and one on MetaTrader 5. We funded each with €500 by Visa and opened a small Invest account to test real-share purchases.

Spreads and Trading Costs

We recorded spreads and commissions on five instruments every five minutes across three trading sessions. This helped us compare costs between the Libertex platform and MT5 under different market conditions.

Execution Quality

We placed 240 live market orders and recorded fill times, slippage and any rejected orders. We also compared requested and executed prices to assess how orders were filled.

Deposits and Withdrawals

We recorded each deposit and withdrawal from the time we submitted the request until the funds arrived. This helped us to assess processing times and identify any fees charged during the process.

Customer Support

We asked five standard questions through live chat and email. We assessed response times and accuracy. We also analyzed how clearly support agents explained the answers.

Regulatory Checks

We followed Libertex’s license link to the CySEC register and checked the license number and company name. We also reviewed news coverage of previous CySEC actions to understand the regulatory history.

User Feedback

We reviewed 150 recent user reviews from Trustpilot, Google Play and the App Store. We looked for frequent comments about withdrawals, execution, platform usability and customer service. We used customer reviews to identify common experiences, but did not treat them as verified facts.

How We Assessed the Results

We evaluated trading costs, execution, deposits and withdrawals, platform usability, customer support and regulatory standing. We used the demo only to confirm that it was available and working; all trading-cost, execution and withdrawal results came from live accounts. We tested Libertex under the conditions described above. Your results may vary depending on the account you use and market conditions.

BrokersProfile may earn a fee if you open an account through our links. This does not affect our scores, and Libertex had no influence over this review.

Our Testing Methodology

We score every broker on the same seven pillars, so a number in this review means the same thing as a number in our other reviews.

Regulation and overall trading costs have the biggest impact on our BP Score™. While education and extra features less affected our scores.

What We Found During Our Testing

Trading Costs Vary by Platform

Libertex quotes different pricing on its own platform and on MetaTrader, so the same trade costs a different amount depending on which platform you choose.

On the Libertex platform, you pay commission based on the value of your trade. The fee is shown on the order ticket before you place the trade. In our test, trading forex on Libertex’s own platform cost about $4 more per lot than on MT5.

Execution Was Clean

We sent 240 market orders through MT5. The average fill was 88 ms in the London session and 136 ms in the Asian session. We saw zero requotes. Slippage affected 11.2% of orders: 5.0% worked in our favor, while 6.2% went against us. One order was rejected right as the US jobs report came out on 4 September.

Account Opening Was Fast

We opened our account in 9 minutes. Most of the time was spent answering CySEC’s suitability questions. They approved our ID and proof of address in about 3 hours. We deposited €500 through card which arrived within 2 minutes, with no fee.

Withdrawals: Quick but Not Free

PayPal was the best option in our test: it offers free withdrawals that arrived the next day. Libertex charged the fees listed on its website.

Helpful Support in Chat

Live chat replied in 2 minutes 30 seconds on average. They answered four of our five questions correctly on the first try. Email took about 11 hours. The mistake they made was about MT5 commissions. The first agent gave us the commission rate for the Libertex platform instead.

Our Honest Take at BrokersProfile

Libertex is designed for beginners who want to trade on their phones. The app is fast and easy to use. It shows your full cost before you trade. You can get negative balance protection and a €20,000 compensation fund as per CySEC rules. Libertex offers a good starting point for beginners in Europe.

The concerns become clearer when you trade more often. Trading EUR/USD on Libertex cost about $13 per lot, compared with around $7 at raw-spread brokers. MT5 cost less at about $9 per lot, but most clients choose Libertex for its own platform, which is more expensive.

The second concern is fees. A €1 card withdrawal fee is small, but the 1% fee on Skrill and Neteller can become costly over time. After 180 days of inactivity, the €10 monthly fee slowly reduces the balance in idle accounts. Many competitors don’t charge any fee.

We also can’t ignore the headline figure: 83% of retail CFD accounts lose money at Libertex. That is above the 70–75% typical at many large EU brokers. This figure is a reminder that CFD trading is risky and many retail traders lose money.

Our verdict: Libertex earns a BP Score™ of 71/100. Libertex is an EU-regulated broker with an easy-to-use app and an account for buying real shares. Active forex traders and anyone who wants the lowest costs should look at raw-spread brokers instead.