BayView Brokers Review and Website Analysis

BayView Brokers review is a warning for those choosing brokers without thorough research. This company, for example, promises the most profitable trading with spreads from 0.2 pips and claims to operate under the oversight of two regulators. Should you trust this platform, and is it safe to work with, or is it a scam? If you have these questions, check out our materials below.

Brief Overview

• 🖥Official Website: https://bayviewbrokers.com/
• ✈️Contact Address: Bonovo Road, Fomboni, Island of Moheli, Comoros Union; 402 Emirates NBD Gold Building, Al Sabkha, Dubai, UAE
• 📞Customer Support: +971 42210000
• 🔐Licensing and Accreditation: MISA (Mwali, Comoros Union)
• ⏳Track Record: since 2024
• 🧰Specialization: Forex/CFD broker
• 🤝Terms of Cooperation: deposit from $500, leverage 1:500, spread 0.5-1.8 pips
• 💰Additional Services: no

Bayviewbrokers.com Examination

BayView Brokers aims to present itself as a solid, licensed broker, but it does so rather poorly. Even the official website looks like a poorly executed project, revealing numerous flaws at first glance. For example:

• None of the registration links actually open a registration form. When clicking on the buttons (and there are many), the visitor ends up back on the same page where they tried to activate the button, whether they’re attempting to create a real or demo account.
• Pages in the “Markets” section are half-filled with notes about the excellent MetaTrader 5 trading terminal and stories about how great it is to practice on a BayView Brokers demo account. The other half consists of vague market descriptions without key characteristics or, more importantly, contract specifications.
• There are no official documents available at all. We were hoping to find Terms & Conditions, various policies, etc., but couldn’t locate any.

Minor issues like promises of spreads from 0.2 pips, while the actual spreads (according to the account types table) are 0.5 pips, don’t even bear mentioning. In short, the BayView Brokers website falls short. While the company’s personnel might address these issues over time, the rush to publish an unfinished project is more typical of scammers than a solid, regulated broker.

Company Contacts

The BayView Brokers creators couldn’t even manage their contact details properly. On the “Contact Us” page, users find limited ways to reach their “professional expert team,” including:

• A phone number with a Dubai area code.
• Two addresses: one for registration in the Comoros Union and a Dubai office.

The labels “Email Us” without an email address and “Live Chat Support” that doesn’t open a chat window are particularly amusing. One can only guess which inquiry they respond to “in a day or less” — perhaps a call or a letter sent by post.

As you might guess, if a firm lacks basic contacts like email, it certainly hasn’t invested in social media. We’re confident that a broker working honestly and transparently wouldn’t miss the opportunity to expand its audience this way. But evidently, BayView Brokers has its own client acquisition channels. Are they legal?

Key Conditions

Publishing trade conditions is slightly better on BayView Brokers’ site. At least the account types table provides a few more details than most scam brokers do.

Their account plans include only three options:

• ECN, with a minimum deposit of $500.
• PRO, with a minimum deposit of $5,000.
• Elite, with a minimum deposit of $25,000.

Besides the required deposit, they differ in spread size: 1.8 pips for ECN, 1.0 pips for PRO, and 0.5 pips for Elite. It’s worth noting that, although the broker promised spreads from 0.2 pips on the main page, this was likely just a marketing tactic. In other aspects, the account types share common conditions:

• Maximum leverage is set at 1:500.
• Minimum trade volume is 0.01 standard lot.
• Margin Call is triggered at 50%, while StopOut occurs when free margin drops to 30%.
• Available assets include major Forex pairs, crosses and exotic pairs, precious metals, CFDs on indices, stocks, and commodities.
• No trading commissions are applied.

The last point is particularly interesting. BayView Brokers uses the term “ECN” in the account name but earns money through spreads without trading commissions, which strongly suggests they operate as a DD broker. The “ECN” label is used to attract beginners unfamiliar with trade execution but keen on popular terms in the trading community.

Leverage of 1:500 also appeals mostly to beginners who believe in making quick profits. Experienced traders know that high leverage makes it easier to drain an account rather than grow it. For a DD broker (and it’s clear BayView Brokers operates this way), traders’ high risk of loss translates into greater broker profit. Should you enrich them at the cost of your own funds?

Exposing BayView Brokers

So, the trading conditions offered by the company differ little from those typically used by most scammers. However, sometimes even legitimate, reputable brokers have similar conditions. To determine which category BayView Brokers falls into, let’s analyze the official information published on the project’s website.

The company lists its registration address in the Comoros Union. We’re familiar with it, as several dozen brokers are registered under the same details. Naturally, none of these companies are actually located there, but formalities are met, giving the firm the right to apply for a license from the local regulator.

As expected, BayView Brokers received a license from the Mwali International Services Authority (MISA) on October 2, 2024, as confirmed by regulator documents.

Scammers have long understood a simple truth — they can pay a small amount (such licenses can cost around $15,000 according to intermediary offers) and then legitimately call themselves a regulated company. It doesn’t matter that for over 30 companies licensed in 2023, the licenses were suspended, while several more are now in “liquidation process.” This means that over fifty brokers who promoted themselves as licensed and regulated since 2023 were actually scams.

Therefore, the trust level in a MISA license isn’t high. This is confirmed even by the Central Bank of the Comoros, which does not recognize this regulator. Most experts also consider it to be similar to the financial registry of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which records Forex/CFD brokers but does not license or regulate them.

In short, BayView Brokers has a license that barely limits its activities or protects its clients’ rights and interests. As a result, the broker does not hesitate to offer 1:500 leverage and a $30 no-deposit bonus to each new registered user. This occurs despite the fact that reputable regulators prohibit such programs for client acquisition and account funding incentives.

On the main page, the broker claims to be regulated by two authorities and describes itself as multi-regulated throughout the “Products” section, with the FSA as one of its regulators. We attempted to verify this in the Dubai DFSA’s public registry (given their Dubai office location), but no results were found. We also checked other FSA registries with no success. It seems we’re getting used to seeing promotional claims on the company’s website that don’t align with reality.

BayView Brokers omits historical information, such as the firm’s creation date or when operations began. However, the WHOIS service provides all the details we need.

The domain bayviewbrokers.com was registered in September 2024, matching the date the broker received its license on October 2, 2024. This indicates it has been online for just over a month, disproving the claim that “BayView Brokers is well-known for providing expert trading facilities.” Gaining such recognition in a month is impossible.

There’s something else noteworthy in the WHOIS data: the bayviewbrokers.com domain is registered by the UAE-based company KAMAL GRAND SYSTEMS LLC (which also lacks a local regulatory license). The name also differs from the one it used for registration in the Comoros Union. Although this isn’t illegal, most legitimate brokers registered across multiple jurisdictions strive to maintain the same name in each.

Combined with the inability to register, the absence of legal documents governing client-broker relationships paints an unattractive picture.

What Reviews Do Users Leave?

We didn’t expect to find many BayView Brokers reviews online since the broker has only existed for just over a month, and we were correct. So far, only a few posts about the company appear on industry sites.

The expert opinions are, to put it mildly, low. Authors point out that the platform operates under an unreliable license and offers trading conditions typical of scammers. The project receives ratings between 1 to 3 out of 5, sometimes even out of 10. They do not recommend trusting the company or funding accounts due to the high risks for traders.

Conclusions

Based on our BayView Brokers review, we conclude that this broker does not inspire confidence. In its attempt to attract clients, it frequently publishes misleading information, such as claims of regulation by multiple organizations, although it holds only a MISA license, which scammers frequently purchase. All this significantly increases the risk level for clients. To avoid losing funds, it’s best to choose a well-known trading platform operating under reputable regulators’ licenses.

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