ADSS review: what the Abu Dhabi licensed broker offers
Read from the broker's own pages: licence numbers, accounts from $100, leverage up to 500:1.
Answer first
ADSS is a trading broker based in Abu Dhabi and operating on adss.com. The company named in the site footer is ADS Securities L.L.C – S.P.C, registered under commercial licence No. 1190047 and authorised in the UAE under Category 1 licence No. 305027 and Category 5 licence No. 20200000217. The entry level Classic account starts at a 100 USD deposit with leverage up to 500:1; Elite starts at 25,000 USD. Clients trade through the proprietary ADSS platform, MT4 or MT5, and client money is held separately from the company's own funds in a UAE bank. Everything below is taken from the broker's own pages, with the date we read them.
Editorial team, adss.radio.fm · updated 22 October 2026
- Category 1 licence, UAE markets
- 305027
- Commercial licence
- 1190047
- Classic · minimum deposit
- $100
- Leverage
- 500:1
- Platforms
- 3
- Category 5 licence
- 20200000217
- Website
- EN · AR
- Client money
- UAE bank
Trading broker, OTC derivatives and spot currencies
ADS Securities L.L.C – S.P.C, Abu Dhabi
Elite starts at $25,000
Up to, on the Classic account
ADSS platform, MT4, MT5
Introduction of clients
adss.com in English and Arabic
Kept apart from operational funds
01The company
What ADSS is and who is behind it
ADSS is a trading broker based in Abu Dhabi — not the all-dielectric self-supporting fibre cable that shares the abbreviation. The broker runs adss.com in English and Arabic and signs its footer “© ADSS 2026”.
The company behind the brand is ADS Securities L.L.C – S.P.C, a limited liability company in the form of a sole proprietorship, incorporated under United Arab Emirates law and registered under commercial licence No. 1190047. Its registered office is on the 8th floor of CI Tower, Corniche Road, P.O. Box 93894, Abu Dhabi.
- Trading Services
- ts@adss.com
- Phone
- +971 2 657 2414
- +971 800 82377, button on adss.com
On adss.com, ADSS trading means CFDs and forex from Abu Dhabi. Pages about fibre-optic cable share the acronym, not the business.
The same footer lists the official channels: Facebook, X (@adssgroup), LinkedIn, YouTube (adssFX), Instagram and Telegram (adssofficial). For research the broker publishes a daily market brief, economic and corporate calendars, a news feed, a video library and a glossary.
Everything here comes from those public pages: the home page, the footer, the accounts, platforms and markets sections, each dated when we read it. We did not open a live account.
02Legal status
The licences, quoted from the footer
One sentence in the adss.com footer carries every number the broker publishes about its legal status. Read it part by part.
- Commercial licence No. 1190047
- The trade registration of ADS Securities L.L.C – S.P.C in Abu Dhabi
- Category 1 licence No. 305027
- Trading Broker; Trading and Clearing Broker; Trading Broker in the International Markets; Trading Broker of OTC Derivatives and Currencies in the Spot Market; Financial Products Dealer
- Category 5 licence No. 20200000217
- Introduction: attracting and introducing clients
The OTC derivatives item is the one that covers CFDs and spot forex — the products most clients of the broker actually trade.
“…regulated and authorised in the UAE by the Capital Market Authority (CMA) under Category 1 License No.305027…”adss.com, footer
“…we are regulated in the UAE by the Securities and Commodities Authority…”adss.com, markets overview
Two names, one regulator: the footer and the markets section call the same federal UAE markets authority by a newer and an older name. The site is simply not synchronised, and nothing suggests a problem. What you check is the licence number, and it is identical in both places — see what each Abu Dhabi licence covers.
03Accounts
Accounts: Classic, Elite and Pro
Three tiers on the broker's accounts page. A deposit is the hard number on two of them; the third is described by price.
- Market spreads
- Leverage up to 500:1
- Support 24/5
- Educational courses
- Spreads 25% lower
- Dedicated senior manager
- Multi-currency account base
- Elite events
- Low commissions
- Relationship manager
- Sales trader
What is checkable: the two deposit figures, the 500:1 ceiling and the service lists, all printed on adss.com. What depends on a conversation: Pro pricing in practice, and how a dedicated manager works day to day.
The Classic card on adss.com also lists no commission, standard spreads, a loyalty programme and high-volume rebates. The rebates campaign lives on the broker's own site, with its terms shown there.
Elite's multi-currency base lets the account be held in more than one currency; converting between them is a cost of its own, listed with the other charges.
A larger deposit buys service and tighter pricing, not safety: at 500:1 a 25,000 USD account follows the same arithmetic as a 100 USD one, with bigger numbers. Spreads, commission and overnight costs per tier are in our ADSS trading costs breakdown.
04ADSS login
Logging in and what happens next
Logging in to ADSS starts in one place: the client portal on its own host, my.adss.com, which is what most people mean by “my ADSS”.
- Portal. my.adss.com — sign-up, login and deposit are three separate addresses inside it.
- Identity. UAE residents can register with UAE Pass; others submit identity and address documents.
- Terminal. Trading runs in another interface: the ADSS platform at trader.adss.com, MT4 or MT5. How the three differ is covered in the ADSS platform and demo guide.
trader.adss.com and demo.adss.com open on the same “Log in to your account” screen, with Live Account and Demo Account tabs. Check the tab first.
One account sits behind both, but the logins differ: the portal takes your e-mail and password, while MetaTrader connects with the trading credentials issued for it. Losing one does not lock you out of the other.
After the first login the portal holds documents, verification status, payments and withdrawal requests; nothing is traded there. The full walkthrough, recovery included, is in the ADSS client portal guide.
1234 - 1Instrument and asset class
- 2Price chart
- 3Timeframe selector
- 4Sell and Buy with live prices
05Money in and out
Funding, withdrawals and where the money sits
Five funding methods are listed on adss.com. One of them is local in a way most brokers cannot copy.
- UAEPGS
- Mastercard
- VISA
- Apple Pay
- Samsung Pay
UAEPGS is the transfer payment gateway of the Central Bank of the UAE and works for holders of UAE bank accounts. The broker states that it is “the only broker in the UAE that uses UAEPGS” — a claim of the company, which we quote rather than confirm.
“Your money is kept separate from our operational funds, meaning you have peace of mind that your funds in UAE bank are secure.”adss.com, benefits
In practice segregation means client money is not the company's working capital: it sits apart, with a UAE bank. It is about how funds are held. It does not limit market losses, and the broker's footer warns that losses can exceed the funds in your account.
Withdrawals are requested in the same portal you deposit through. The pages we read publish no fixed timing, so we quote none; current conditions and promotions are shown on the broker's site.
06A claim, tested
The “risk-free trading” claim, examined
Among its benefits adss.com calls the demo account “risk-free trading”. True for exactly one mode: the demo, where the money is virtual.
Share of margin lost = price move × leverage
On a live account at 500:1, 100 USD of margin holds a 50,000 USD position, and a 0.2% move against it consumes the whole deposit. At 1% the loss is five times the deposit, unless the position is closed earlier.
| Move | Scale | Margin lost |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1% | 50% | |
| 0.2% | 100% | |
| 0.5% | 250% | |
| 1% | 500% |
- Position held
- $50,000
- Loss on the move
- −$100
- Free margin left
- $0
At 500:1 a 0.2% move consumes the whole $100 margin.
Open a demoFormula: share of margin lost = price move × leverage. Leverage up to 500:1 and the $100 / $25,000 deposits are from adss.com (read 29 August 2026). The broker's footer warns losses can exceed the funds in your account.
07Questions
FAQ
Who owns ADSS?
The footer of adss.com names ADS Securities L.L.C – S.P.C, a sole proprietorship limited liability company incorporated under United Arab Emirates law, registered under commercial licence No. 1190047, with a registered office on the 8th floor of CI Tower, Corniche Road, P.O. Box 93894, Abu Dhabi.
Is ADSS regulated?
Yes, in the UAE. The footer states authorisation under Category 1 licence No. 305027 covering five activities, including trading broker and financial products dealer, and Category 5 licence No. 20200000217 for introduction. The site uses two names for the same federal regulator — Capital Market Authority in the footer, Securities and Commodities Authority in the markets section.
How much do I need to open an account?
The Classic account is listed at a 100 USD deposit with market spreads, leverage up to 500:1 and 24/5 support. Elite is listed at 25,000 USD with spreads 25 per cent lower and a dedicated senior manager. The Pro tier is described by spreads from zero pips and commission rather than by a deposit figure.
Which platforms can I use?
Three: the proprietary ADSS platform in the browser at trader.adss.com and as iOS and Android apps, plus MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. A demo terminal runs on demo.adss.com, and the broker publishes separate tutorials for each platform.
Is my money kept separately?
The broker states that client money is kept separate from its operational funds and held with a bank in the UAE. Segregation is about how funds are held; it does not remove market risk, and the footer warns that losses can exceed the funds in your account.
Can I open an ADSS account outside the UAE?
The footer says the information on adss.com is not directed at residents of any particular country outside the United Arab Emirates, so the site is addressed first of all to UAE residents. Check the conditions for your country of residence with the broker before you apply.
08Verdict
Our ADSS review, in short
Many reviews start with deposits; this ADSS broker review starts with licence numbers.
Checkable on adss.com
- Two licence numbers, plus commercial licence 1190047
- Address in CI Tower, Abu Dhabi, and five licensed activities
- Client money in a UAE bank; deposits of $100 and $25,000
Claims of the company
- The only UAE broker using UAEPGS
- “Leading MENA broker”
Formally not a fit
- Residents outside the UAE
- Anyone unready for 500:1 to work both ways
- Traders who need a regulator in their own country
Trading CFDs with leverage can cost you everything you deposit, and in the broker's own words losses can exceed the funds in your account. ADSS works execution only and does not give investment advice; its market commentary is not a recommendation. 18+ only. Read the risk notice.
