Regulation

Regulatory status

OptAxe Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (firm reference number 1002237) to operate a multilateral trading facility. This page records the venue's status in each jurisdiction where participants are based, and links to the documents that govern it.

Check the Financial Services Register MTF Rulebook

By jurisdiction

Where participants can access the venue

Jurisdiction	Regulator	Status	Reference	Since
United Kingdom	FCA	Authorised to operate an MTF	FRN 1002237	October 2024
United States	CFTC	Eligible UK Facility under CFTC no-action relief; US participants may trade without the venue registering as a SEF	CFTC Letter 26-10; Appendix A of Staff Letter 24-11	24 March 2026
Switzerland	FINMA	Recognised as a foreign trading venue (Art. 41 FinMIA)	FINMA decision, ref. G01577481; FINMA list of recognised foreign trading venues	30 July 2026
Canada (Ontario)	OSC	Exempted from recognition as an exchange	OSC exemption decision	18 August 2026
European Union	ESMA and national authorities	No EU-wide equivalence is in place for UK trading venues. Access for EU participants depends on the law of their member state, including where a participant approaches OptAxe at its own exclusive initiative	MiFID II Art. 42; national third-country regimes	1 January 2021

Jurisdictions are listed once the supporting reference is in place. Participants in jurisdictions not listed should contact OptAxe before accessing the venue. Nothing on this website is an offer or solicitation of any service in any jurisdiction where OptAxe is not permitted to provide it.

Trading on a multilateral trading facility does not change a participant's status under EMIR, because an MTF is not a regulated market. Reporting and risk mitigation obligations continue to sit with the counterparties. How participants are classified under EMIR

Latest regulatory updates

OptAxe regulated updates

OSC

August 18, 2026

OSC exemption from recognition as an exchange

The Ontario Securities Commission confirmed on 18 August 2026 that OptAxe has been granted an exemption from recognition as an exchange in Ontario.

OSC exemption decision, 18 August 2026

FINMA

July 30, 2026

FINMA recognition as a foreign trading venue under Art. 41 FinMIA

FINMA recognised OptAxe as a foreign trading venue under Article 41 FinMIA by decision of 30 July 2026. FINMA-supervised Swiss participants may be granted direct access to the OptAxe MTF.

Art. 41 FinMIA; FINMA decision of 30 July 2026, ref. G01577481

CFTC

March 24, 2026

CFTC Letter 26-10: OptAxe added to Appendix A of Staff Letter 24-11

By CFTC Letter No. 26-10 of 24 March 2026, OptAxe Limited was added to Appendix A of CFTC Staff Letter 24-11 as an Eligible UK Facility. US participants may trade on OptAxe without the venue registering as a swap execution facility.

CFTC Letter No. 26-10 (24 March 2026); CFTC Staff Letter 24-11

All regulatory updates

Code of conduct

Committed to the FX Global Code

OptAxe Limited has signed a Statement of Commitment to the FX Global Code, dated 22 January 2024. OptAxe acts as a Market Participant as defined by the Code and is committed to conducting its FX market activities in a manner consistent with the principles of the Code.

View the statement on the Disclosures page View the signed statement on the CME Group public register

Rulebook

The rules under which the venue operates, versioned and dated.

MTF Rulebook

Fees

The published fee schedule, versioned and dated.

Fee schedule

Disclosures and policies

The Rulebook, fee schedule, MIFIDPRU 8.6 remuneration disclosure and FX Global Code statement.

Disclosures Remuneration disclosure (MIFIDPRU 8.6), PDF