Trive South Africa at a glance
Trive is a multi-asset broker offering forex, CFDs, shares and ETFs to South African and international clients, with strong local regulation and support.
Trive South Africa reports a founding year of 2010 and a head office in Ta’ Xbiex, Malta. It lists 1 regulator and 6 trading platforms.
BrokerBazaar verdict
Our research team has not yet published a written verdict for Trive South Africa. The BrokerBazaar Intelligence Score is 68/100 (moderate risk), computed from regulatory, operational, transparency, reputation and domain-history signals. Scores are editorial assessments, not user ratings, and are never influenced by payment.
Legal entities, regulation and licences
Trive South Africa operates through 1 legal entity, each supervised separately. Your account is with one specific entity, so the protections you receive depend on which one onboards you, not on the group's strongest licence. Overall, the group is supervised by moderate-tier regulators only.
Licence check: Not independently checked. BrokerBazaar is currently reviewing this broker's information against public records. A company registration or general business licence is not permission to offer regulated brokerage services; only the register entries linked in the table count.
Countries accepted and restricted
Trive South Africa states that it accepts clients from South Africa, Netherlands, Malta. Availability is decided per entity and can change without notice; residents of jurisdictions such as the USA, and often the EU and UK, are frequently excluded from offshore entities.
Trading products, platforms and account types
Instruments: Forex, Commodities, Indices, Shares, Cryptocurrencies, CFDs. Platforms: Trive Trader, Trive Investor, TradingView, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, Trading Central. Account types: Standard, Professional.
Best-for tags assigned by our team: Forex Traders, MT4 Traders, MT5 Traders, CFD Traders, Multi-Asset Traders.
Minimum deposit, spreads, commissions and other charges
The minimum deposit is $1. Spreads start from 1.0 pips and commission is Varies by instrument. Maximum leverage is 1:2000, subject to the cap of the entity that holds your account.
Swap-free / Islamic account: available (conditional). Swap type: not specified. Headline spreads are usually quoted for the most expensive account tier's cheapest instrument; compare total cost for your typical trade.
Deposits and withdrawals
Deposit methods: Debit Card, Credit Card, SWIFT / Bank Transfer. Withdrawal methods: Bank Transfer, Debit Card, Credit Card.
Withdrawal speed and fees are set by the entity and payment provider. Withdrawal delays are the most common complaint category on BrokerBazaar across all brokers; keep identity documents current and withdraw to the same method you deposited with where required by anti-money-laundering rules.
Execution model, negative balance protection and client money
Negative balance protection: Not specified. Scalping allowed: Not specified. Algorithmic trading allowed: Not specified. News trading allowed: Not specified. Hedging: not specified. These conditions were compiled from public information and have not yet been confirmed by the broker.
Client-money rules follow the regulator of the entity that holds your account: FSCA: Client funds should be held separately from company funds. Compensation: No central compensation scheme.
Complaints and dispute process
Formal complaints: info.za@trive.com. Phone: +27 10 157 5045. Complaints are handled under Trive's Complaints Resolution Policy and Procedure in accordance with the FAIS Act and the FAIS General Code of Conduct. Unresolved complaints may be escalated through the applicable external dispute-resolution process.
If the broker does not resolve a complaint, escalate to the ombudsman or regulator of the entity that holds your account. BrokerBazaar's Dispute Support Desk can help you document and escalate a case.
Strengths and limitations
- Strength: FSCA-authorised South African Financial Services Provider
- Strength: Category I and Category II FSP licence
- Strength: MT4 and MT5 support
- Strength: ECN Zero account available
- Strength: Spreads from 0.0 pips on applicable ECN Zero products
- Strength: Multi-asset CFD offering
- Strength: South Africa-specific customer service and documentation
- Limitation: Trading conditions vary by account and product
- Limitation: Trive South Africa acts as an intermediary rather than the product issuer/counterparty
- Limitation: Leverage varies according to account and product
- Limitation: The South African address postcode appears inconsistently across official documents
- Limitation: Limited independent customer-review history compared with larger brokers
- Limitation: Some global Trive features may not be available through the South African entity
Who this broker suits, and who it does not
Trive South Africa is most relevant to traders looking for: Forex Traders, MT4 Traders, MT5 Traders, CFD Traders, Multi-Asset Traders.
It is less suitable for anyone who needs a strict-tier regulator in their own country of residence, for residents of restricted jurisdictions, and for beginners who have not yet understood leverage and margin. Nothing on this page is personal financial advice.
Trive South Africa change history
Every published fact change, with the previous value and the date it took effect. Each entry says whether the broker made the change itself or our editors checked it against an official source. Regulation and licence claims are always checked by an editor.
No fact changes recorded for Trive South Africa yet. Changes appear here as soon as the broker updates its profile or our editors confirm a change.
Frequently asked questions about Trive South Africa
Data sources. Broker submission, the regulator registers linked above, Trive published FSP 27231; to re-confirm on FSCA FSP search, web-archive and domain records, and third-party traffic data. Last register check 2026-07-26. External ratings: WikiFX 6.6/10; Forex Peace Army N/A/N/A.
Commercial disclosure. BrokerBazaar is independent and not owned by any broker. We have no commercial relationship with Trive South Africa. How we make money. Trading leveraged products carries a high risk of loss.