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Kingston Capital Advisors — our detailed account of a project that tries in every way to appear as a Forex/CFD broker worth trading with. It claims to have over 180,000 registered accounts, a balance of $34 million, and compensation of up to $100,000 for each trader. We would love to believe this, but unfortunately, we cannot, because we know for certain that the platform is a scam and its offers are merely bait for potential clients. Want proof? It’s simple — below we provide an analysis of the pseudo-company and reasons not to fund accounts with these fraudsters.
We’ll start our discussion of the “regulated” broker with some statistics. On its official website’s homepage, it claims to have over 187,000 retail clients, while the About Us page lists a much higher number — over 500,000 users worldwide. The threefold discrepancy perfectly illustrates the company’s questionable claims of reliability and transparency, and raises serious doubts about whether it can be trusted.
The project owners provided very little information about the firm’s registration. However, the footer of the site mentions regulation by an organization called, according to the platform, the Canadian Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. There’s even a registration number, RL296603, linked to a profile page for the firm with this regulator. This page also includes a company address and a scanned copy of a brokerage license (which, by the way, explicitly names the company).
At first glance, this looks impressive. But having seen countless legitimate and dubious legends from scam brokers, we cannot take any information at face value.
We decided to start by checking whether the broker is really registered in Canada. Fortunately, both federal and provincial business registries are publicly accessible.
It seems the platform’s creators did not expect anyone to question the license by verifying registration information. Otherwise, we are sure the company would have a different name. As it stands, there is no exact match for the firm’s name. The closest relevant result among Canadian entities is KINGSTON PARTNERS – CAPITAL ADVISORS LLP from British Columbia.
Moreover, even in the extensive OpenCorporates database, which contains over 223 million corporate records worldwide, only the aforementioned Kingston Partners – Capital Advisors LLP partnership and a now-defunct U.S. company could be found.
In fact, we see that Kingston Capital Advisors is not registered anywhere. In other words, we are dealing with a virtual broker that exists solely online.
The regulatory system for investment and brokerage activities in Canada is structured as follows:
CARFIS, or as the broker calls it, the Canadian Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, does not exist in any list of active Canadian regulators, federal or provincial. We have ample grounds to assert that it was invented by the project’s owners:
The platform’s creators showed remarkable “creativity”:
It looks both ridiculous and sad. Ridiculous because the forgery is so obvious it’s hard to miss. Sad because such tricks still manage to find victims.
In short:
There are further signs that the platform was created by fraudsters. For instance, the fake license lists an initial registration date of June 2020, yet according to WHOIS, the active domain kca-kingstoncapital.com was registered only in August 2025.
This means the broker appeared online less than a month ago. Now, recalling the claims of 187,000+ and 500,000 clients, one can only laugh. In short, none of the information on the official website of this pseudo-company can be trusted.
We carefully reviewed the trading offers of Kingston Capital Advisors and noticed one of the most questionable features — the so-called guaranteed profits included in their account plans. Depending on the account type, the broker promises returns starting from 7.2% per month on the Starter plan and reaching up to 0.9% per day on the Diamond account.
Such promises are absurd and have nothing to do with legitimate brokerage services. A licensed broker does not and cannot guarantee profits, especially at such unrealistic levels. The financial markets are inherently risky, and no serious company would commit to fixed daily or monthly returns.
In reality, the only way such payouts could be made is through the deposits of new clients, which makes the scheme unsustainable by definition. Sooner or later, such projects collapse, leaving investors with losses.
Overall, the account plans of Kingston Capital Advisors are not credible. They are designed to attract deposits, not to provide real trading opportunities.
We do not rule out that the official website of Kingston Capital Advisors may appeal to some. Indeed, the strict dark background, abstract images unrelated to trading but visually striking, and the abundance of market widgets could create an impression of professionalism.
However, once you pay attention to the content, any positive impressions quickly vanish:
In short, it is clear that no effort, time, or resources were invested in creating a fully functional website for a regulated broker. Everything on Kingston Capital Advisors’ official site confirms that the company has no intention of maintaining a professional site. By now, it is obvious we are dealing with a scam project, and this serves as further proof.
In the Account Types section, trading conditions are listed only on the main page of this category. Some visitors might think that the broker provides comprehensive information for traders. We are about to disappoint them.
Let’s start with the trading accounts. The broker offers six:
Although the account types include a number of additional options, we would advise ignoring them. All of these features exist solely to attract clients, particularly beginners. The company has no intention of actually fulfilling these promises. For example, the client portal lacks tools for processing trading signals, managing investment portfolios, and similar functions.
A better way for traders to evaluate a broker is by looking at the minimum deposit requirement. In the case of Kingston Capital Advisors, the information is inconsistent and confusing. On one page, the broker suggests there is no minimum deposit to open an account, but in the FAQ section it suddenly requires at least €300 to access margin and options. Elsewhere, in the contacts section, the figure changes again, this time to $250 for a standard account. Such contradictions show that the website was filled with information carelessly, and traders cannot rely on these conditions as being clear or transparent.
Moreover, the broker pushes users toward higher-tier accounts, requiring larger deposits. Interestingly, as the starting amounts increase, the maximum leverage also rises, along with the associated risks. On the two highest-tier accounts, where leverage is set at 1:500, the risks exceed levels acceptable even for professional traders.
We also want to draw your attention to the Fees & Costs section, located just below the account list. After reviewing it carefully, we concluded that the company had borrowed it from some stock broker. Why? First, trading commissions at Kingston Capital Advisors do not apply because the platform offers only CFDs. Second, all links to full tables of spreads and swaps have been removed. This alone is enough reason not to trust the information provided.
There is another offer that may appear interesting. On the Insurance page, the broker claims to provide client coverage of up to $1 million per account. Let us be clear: this is yet another trap for traders — no compensation will actually be provided.
The broker claimed participation in CIPF (the Canadian Investor Protection Fund), which provides compensation under various programs up to CAD 1,000,000 each. However, it is not listed among CIPF members.
On the Impressum page, the broker provides some information users might expect in the contacts section, including office addresses and phone numbers:
The Canadian address is used by multiple companies of various types, suggesting it is part of a business center. It is likely that the broker has only a virtual office there. Moreover, since the firm is unregistered in Canada and intends to operate in Europe (as implied by the phone numbers and addresses), even a Canadian mailing address is unnecessary.
Other contact details are similarly problematic. The Swiss address is also virtual, lacking even an office number, and renting an entire business center would be unaffordable for the broker. The Swiss phone number does not even belong to the canton of Zug. The German number is mobile, and the UK number is part of a VoIP pool.