Skilling in United Arab Emirates — review, licence and costs
Score (6 of 6 axes scored)
ranked against full-basis brokers
- Reviews25%50
- Round-turn cost20%90
- Safety20%10
- Payouts15%80
- Track record10%50
- Platforms10%45
Numbered by weight: axis 1 counts for most.
Who actually onboards you
- Entity that onboards United Arab Emirates residents
- Served by offshore Skilling (Seychelles) Ltd; UAE not on exclusion list (accepts 180+ countries).
- Local standing
- Offshore; not UAE-locally authorised. No local regulator warning found at review.
- Licence as the register states it
- No local UAE licence (DFSA/FSRA/CMA) verified; operates under Seychelles FSA + CySEC.
- Leverage for this entity
- Up to 1:500 (offshore entity).
- The firm behind it
- Skilling, HQ Limassol, Cyprus; founded 2016; CySEC + Seychelles FSA regulated.
- What we hold against it
- Reputable modern-UX broker; served via offshore entity, no local UAE regulatory protection.
Leverage by entity
The licence belongs to the firm; a leverage figure belongs to one entity. Only the entity that onboards UAE residents enters the score.
Scale from 1:10 to 1:3000, logarithmic.
Client protection
- Local entity onboards youOffshore; not UAE-locally authorised. No local regulator warning found at review.
- Regulator warning on filenone found
— means the broker does not state it in any source we captured. It is not read as “no protection” and it is not scored.
Price against the UAE market median(priced from 60 of 75)
Medians run over the 60 of 75 brokers that publish a price for United Arab Emirates, never over the whole base. A spread without its commission is not a price and is not counted.
Accounts
Account types the broker names for this country: Standard (min ~USD 100), Premium raw-spread (min USD 5, 000). The figures below are the broker's own and do not differ by account in any source we captured.
Swap-free account terms
Terms read from the account page on 01.10.2026. The cap on open positions is not published.
Where Skilling sits in the UAE base(75 brokers)
Round-turn cost, USD (60 of 75 priced)
Median 7 USD · range 2-35 · this broker 7 USD · 15 of 75 brokers do not publish it
Minimum deposit, USD (33 of 75 priced)
Median 50 USD · range 0-10000 · this broker 100 USD · 42 of 75 brokers do not publish it
Retail leverage (53 of 75 with a UAE figure)
Median 1:500 · range 1-5000 · this broker 1:500 · 22 of 75 brokers do not publish it
Withdrawal time published (75 brokers)
Payouts
Identical for every row: Deposit, h 24 · Fee, USD 0 · Min, USD 50.
Deposit and withdrawal methods (4 methods · 0 local rails)
Cards, bank wire, Skrill, Neteller, Trustly, AstroPay.
- Cards
- Bank wire
- Skrill
- Neteller
- Account currency
- USD, EUR, GBP, NOK, SEK. No AED verified.
- Fee declared
- 4 of 4 methods
- Withdrawal back to
- the funding method
Where it does not serve(5 countries)
From the client agreement, clause 2.3. A country missing from a translated page is not read as “served”.
Platforms and markets(7 platforms)
- Skilling Trader
- MT4
- cTrader
| Class | Count | Min spread |
|---|---|---|
| Skilling Trader | — | 0.7 |
| MT4 | — | 0.7 |
| cTrader | — | 0.7 |
| Forex pairs | 70 | — |
| Shares | 700+ | — |
| Indices | 16 | — |
| Commodities | 6 | — |
98 further account types are named by their brokers but publish none of these figures, so they are not in the comparison: Eightcap Standard, Eightcap Raw, Fusion Markets Classic account, Pepperstone Standard, Pepperstone no minimum deposit, Trade Nation Two live tiers - lower-leverage and 92 more.
Identical for every row: Leverage 500 UAE.
Reviews(1 platform · 25% of the score)
| Snapshot | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| 02.10.2026 | 4.0 | 430 |
Share of reviewers in the UAE: — The platform does not publish it.
Pros and cons(4 for and 4 against, each tied to a figure on this page)
- Withdrawal in 24 h, one of 65 of 75 brokers here that publish a time
- Swap-free account available
- Round-turn cost 90 of 100, its strongest of 6 scored axes
- 3 platforms: Skilling Trader, MT4, cTrader
- No United Arab Emirates authorisation on file: the entity that onboards you is licensed elsewhere
- Min deposit 100 USD, over the United Arab Emirates median 50
- The published 1:500 comes from the group's offshore entity, not from the United Arab Emirates one
- Safety 10 of 100, its weakest of 6 scored axes
Alternatives in the UAE(6 of 75 scored in United Arab Emirates)
- Round turn, USD
- 6UAE
- Min deposit, USD
- 100 groupUAE
- Leverage
- 500UAE
- Rank in this country
- #20
- Round turn, USD
- 6UAE
- Min deposit, USD
- 0UAE
- Leverage
- 500UAE
- Rank in this country
- #11
- Round turn, USD
- 7UAE
- Min deposit, USD
- 100 groupUAE
- Leverage
- 500UAE
- Rank in this country
- #26
- Round turn, USD
- 8UAE
- Min deposit, USD
- 100 groupUAE
- Leverage
- 500UAE
- Rank in this country
- #47
- Round turn, USD
- 7UAE
- Min deposit, USD
- 100UAE
- Leverage
- 500UAE
- Rank in this country
- #33
- Round turn, USD
- 7UAE
- Min deposit, USD
- 10 groupUAE
- Leverage
- 200UAE
- Rank in this country
- #2
"group" marks a figure the broker publishes for the group rather than for this country. It is shown because the broker states it, and it is not ranked, averaged or used to sort.
Methodology(6 axes · formula v1.0)
Score = 2 + 3 × weighted mean of six axes scored 0–100. Range 2.0–5.0. An axis without data drops out and the remaining weights are renormalised; it is never scored zero or estimated. Group-wide figures never enter a UAE score. Full methodology
| Axis | Weight | What is measured | Skilling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reviews | 25% | Rating, volume and recency on one public review platform | 50 |
| Round-turn cost | 20% | Round turn on 1 lot EURUSD: spread plus commission, against the country median | 90 |
| Safety | 20% | Local authorisation, the entity that onboards you, any regulator warning | 10 |
| Payouts | 15% | Published withdrawal time, fees and the methods available in the country | 80 |
| Track record | 10% | Years since the firm was founded, from its own filings | 50 |
| Platforms | 10% | Which trading platforms the broker confirms for this country | 45 |
FAQ
- Does Skilling accept residents of United Arab Emirates?
- No. Offshore; not UAE-locally authorised. No local regulator warning found at review. Onboarding entity: Served by offshore Skilling (Seychelles) Ltd; UAE not on exclusion list (accepts 180+ countries).
- Is Skilling licensed to serve clients in United Arab Emirates?
- No local UAE licence (DFSA/FSRA/CMA) verified; operates under Seychelles FSA + CySEC. Checked on 09.07.2026.
- How much does one round turn cost at Skilling?
- About 7.0 USD per standard lot on EUR/USD. The median across brokers measured for United Arab Emirates is 7.0 USD.
- What leverage does Skilling offer to retail clients in United Arab Emirates?
- Up to 1:500. Up to 1:500 (offshore entity)
- Which trading platforms does Skilling support?
- Skilling Trader, MT4, cTrader. Instruments: FX, indices, shares, commodities, crypto CFDs.
- How can I withdraw money from Skilling in United Arab Emirates?
- Cards, bank wire, Skrill, Neteller, Trustly, AstroPay. No AE-specific rail verified.
- What account types does Skilling offer?
- Standard (min ~USD 100) and Premium raw-spread (min USD 5,000).
- Does Skilling offer a swap-free (Islamic) account?
- Yes. Skilling offers a swap-free (Islamic) account to United Arab Emirates residents.
Taxes for a UAE resident(1 rule)
- 0% personal income tax and 0% capital gains tax on individual trading profits (forex, stocks, crypto, derivatives) - as of the review (2026);https://skilling.com
Not tax advice. Check with the Federal Tax Authority.