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KTrade in Pakistan — review, licence and costs
Score (4 of 6 axes scored)
shown, not ranked: no cost
Key facts (4 facts)
- Onboarding entity
- KASB Securities Limited
- Founded
- 2013
- Currencies
- PKR
- Swap-free account
- conditional
Licence check
Open an account with KTradeThe broker's own website. Not a partner link — we earn nothing from it.
Taxes for a Pakistani resident(1 rule)
- Forex/derivatives trading profit for residents is generally taxed as income;https://kasb.com/
Not tax advice. Check with the Federal Board of Revenue.
Who actually onboards you
- Entity that onboards Pakistan residents
- KASB Securities Limited
- Local standing
- SECP-regulated domestic brokerage (mobile-first platform)
- Licence as the register states it
- SECP-regulated securities broker; PSX TREC holder
- Leverage for this entity
- margin financing (MTS) per SECP; futures (deliverable/cash-settled); no retail spot forex
- The firm behind it
- KTrade (by KASB Securities) is a mobile-first broker marketing 1M+ users; popular with younger first-time PSX investors due to fully-online onboarding
- What we hold against it
- Popular retail app; no SECP enforcement action verified at review (note: KASB group has older banking-era history, not verified here)
Leverage by entity
The licence belongs to the firm; a leverage figure belongs to one entity. Only the entity that onboards Pakistani residents enters the score.
margin financing (MTS) per SECP; futures (deliverable/cash-settled); no retail spot forex
Scale from 1:10 to 1:3000, logarithmic.
Client protection
- Local entity onboards youSECP-regulated domestic brokerage (mobile-first platform)
- 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.
Accounts
Account types the broker names for this country: CDC sub-account + PSX trading account, fully-online app account (no branch visit). 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.
Payouts(1 method)
| Method | Deposit, h | Withdrawal, h | Fee, USD | Min, USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank transfer | 24 | — | 0 | 50 |
Deposit and withdrawal methods (1 methods · 0 local rails)
bank transfer;
- Bank transfer
- Account currency
- PKR
- Fee declared
- 1 of 1 methods
- Withdrawal back to
- the funding method
Where it does not serve(1 countries)
From the client agreement, clause 2.3. A country missing from a translated page is not read as “served”.
Platforms and markets(2 platforms)
- KASB KTrade mobile app (iOS/Android)
- web
| Class | Leverage |
|---|---|
| KASB KTrade mobile app (iOS/Android) | —PK |
| web | —PK |
Pros and cons(3 for and 4 against, each tied to a figure on this page)
- Authorised by the Pakistan regulator in its own register
- Swap-free account available
- Safety 100 of 100, its strongest of 4 scored axes
- Round-turn cost not priced: the pair of spread and commission is not published
- Withdrawal time not published
- Platforms 0 of 100, its weakest of 4 scored axes
- Not scored on round-turn cost, payouts: the broker publishes no figure we could read
Where KTrade sits in the Pakistan base(62 brokers)
Round-turn cost, USD (36 of 62 priced)
Median 7 USD · range 3-19 · 26 of 62 brokers do not publish it
Minimum deposit, USD (16 of 62 priced)
Median 7.5 USD · range 0-237.2 · 46 of 62 brokers do not publish it
Retail leverage (34 of 62 with a Pakistan figure)
Median 1:750 · range 50-5000 · 28 of 62 brokers do not publish it
Withdrawal time published (62 brokers)
Alternatives in Pakistan(6 of 62 scored in Pakistan)
- Round turn, USD
- 6PK
- Min deposit, USD
- 10 groupPK
- Rank in this country
- #24
- Round turn, USD
- 13.6PK
- Min deposit, USD
- 50 groupPK
- Rank in this country
- #29
- Round turn, USD
- 10PK
- Min deposit, USD
- 10 groupPK
- Rank in this country
- #34
- Round turn, USD
- 5PK
- Min deposit, USD
- 10PK
- Leverage
- 2000PK
- Rank in this country
- #4
- Round turn, USD
- 6PK
- Min deposit, USD
- 0PK
- Leverage
- 500PK
- Rank in this country
- #6
- Round turn, USD
- 14PK
- Min deposit, USD
- 5PK
- Leverage
- 5000PK
- Rank in this country
- #27
"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 Pakistan score. Full methodology
| Axis | Weight | What is measured | KTrade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reviews | 25% | Rating, volume and recency on one public review platform | 25 |
| Round-turn cost | 20% | Round turn on 1 lot EURUSD: spread plus commission, against the country median | — |
| Safety | 20% | Local authorisation, the entity that onboards you, any regulator warning | 100 |
| Payouts | 15% | Published withdrawal time, fees and the methods available in the country | — |
| Track record | 10% | Years since the firm was founded, from its own filings | 65 |
| Platforms | 10% | Which trading platforms the broker confirms for this country | 0 |
— the broker does not publish this figure; it is not read as a zero and it is not scored.
FAQ
- Does KTrade accept residents of Pakistan?
- Yes. SECP-regulated domestic brokerage (mobile-first platform) Onboarding entity: KASB Securities Limited
- Is KTrade licensed to serve clients in Pakistan?
- SECP-regulated securities broker; PSX TREC holder Checked on 11.07.2026.
- Which trading platforms does KTrade support?
- KASB KTrade mobile app (iOS/Android), web. Instruments: PSX equities, commodity futures, money market instruments, ETFs
- How can I withdraw money from KTrade in Pakistan?
- bank transfer; Raast/1LINK per onboarding (not individually verified at review)
- What account types does KTrade offer?
- CDC sub-account + PSX trading account; fully-online app account (no branch visit)
- Does KTrade offer a swap-free (Islamic) account?
- Conditional.