Solid execution, but onboarding felt a bit slow

Name: Solid execution, but onboarding felt a bit slow
Item: Adcb Securities
Rating: 4
Author: Kavya Patel

I’m Kavya Patel from Pune and I opened a Standard account mainly to trade majors during London/NY overlap. Once I was set up, the platform felt stable and my market orders on EUR/USD and GBP/USD filled cleanly with no weird spikes on my side. Spreads were generally reasonable for my style (mostly intraday), and I didn’t see any surprise fees beyond what was already shown. The only reason I’m not giving 5 stars is the onboarding/KYC phase—it took longer than I expected and I had to re-upload one document because the photo wasn’t clear enough. Support was polite and explained what was needed, but it still added a couple of days before I could start trading. Overall, I’d say it’s a dependable option if you value stability, just be ready with clear documents to avoid delays.

Experience: 6 months
Country: India
Account type: Standard
Deposit experience: 4/5
Withdrawal experience: 4/5
Support rating: 4/5

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