CapitalClique

CapitalClique is a CFD broker that attempts to impress traders with voluminous texts filled with smart words. The company informs potential clients that it is a pioneer in the industry, developing and implementing artificial intelligence technologies. This has allowed them to offer a trading terminal that meets the highest standards and guarantees complete asset protection for users. Impressed? So were we, but we decided to verify whether this platform is just a regular scam hiding behind a facade. Everything we managed to find out is published in our latest review.

Overview of CapitalClique

The broker’s official website is the best source of information about it. We will also stick to tradition and start our acquaintance with CapitalClique from it.

Broker History

Here, the employees are adept at writing texts. However, the charm ends when it comes to publishing specific information, as was the case with the company’s history.

On the “Our Company” page, you can read a lot, such as owners prioritizing the safety and success of clients, and transparency being one of the key principles of their operation. However, there is nothing specific (dates, figures, facts) to be found here. We will have to gather information about the project’s creation date and its duration in the network on our own. We will definitely do this a bit later. Meanwhile, the absence of such information is perceived as the first signal that we might be dealing with scammers.

Сapitalclique.com Website

From the perspective of an ordinary user, the official website looks rather unimpressive. For instance, we thought that its creators intentionally filled the pages with long and tedious texts, perhaps hoping that traders would bring money to the broker without bothering to read them.

This could be acceptable if it weren’t for the complete informational uselessness of these texts. As we have mentioned before, the authors of CapitalClique are not inclined to publish specific information.

For example:

• There is no mention of non-trading operations (available payment methods, conditions for their conduct).
• On the account types page, only the minimum deposit is visible in the characteristics.
• Even on the “Webinars” page in the “Tools and Knowledge” section, nothing is said about the topics of these webinars or their schedule.

Apparently, CapitalClique’s website completely ignores the interests of traders who want to familiarize themselves with its content. Such an approach is typical of scammers who create online resources only “for show” and use other, not always legal, methods to attract clients (such as cold-calling numbers obtained from darknet databases).

Registration Process and Personal Account

Another sign that we are dealing with a fraudulent project is the organization of the registration process. We searched for at least one link to open an account until we realized that all of them led to the login page. Thus, visitors to the CapitalClique website simply have no chance of becoming registered users.

This does not necessarily mean that the project does not accept new clients. It’s just that those who can identify a scam platform and write about it in online reviews are not needed. It’s much more effective and overall safer for scammers to invite people who want to earn quickly and easily into a phone conversation. In most cases, people who have no idea about working in financial markets fall into this trap. They can be told about high profitability and lure substantial amounts of money under these promises. What will happen to these unfortunate traders in cooperation with CapitalClique is clear to everyone except themselves.

Trading Platform

Naturally, without opening an account, we have no way of seeing the client’s personal workspace or a trading platform. The platform itself did not give us a chance to evaluate price charts, conduct technical analysis, or place and execute orders. We can only take the broker’s word for it that the CapitalClique trading platform is modern, with minimal execution delays and a high level of security for the trader’s funds.

Although something tells us that everything is not as rosy as it seems. We’ve seen enough proprietary platforms, and none of them has been able to come close to the performance demonstrated by industry leaders such as MetaTrader or TradingView. Therefore, we have every reason to believe that in the case of the CapitalClique terminal, history will repeat itself.

Contacts

Despite the multitude of pages on this website that carry no useful information, we found an exception — “Contact Us”, where a trader will find all the options for contacting company representatives.

This list includes:

• Feedback form.
• Email support@capitalclique.com.
• Phone numbers in Switzerland +41225013146, the UK +442037509996, and Canada +14388038030.

The CapitalClique office address is also posted on the page: Claridenstrasse 41, 8002 Zürich, Switzerland. However, we have the impression that the company is referring to a virtual office. The point is that Claridenstrasse 41 is an office building, and the absence of a room/office number indicates that the project doesn’t actually rent any square meters in it. Instead, for a relatively small fee (around 150 euros per month), a virtual address and phone number are purchased.

Also, CapitalClique has not published any links to social media profiles. This may seem strange. However, for fraudulent projects that don’t plan to exist for more than 4-6 months, there’s no point in creating groups and channels.

Analysis of Services Offered by CapitalClique

Even with a brief acquaintance with the broker, it became clear that we are dealing with a scam project. Let’s assess what it offers to traders and how the platform intends to attract potential clients.

Funding and Withdrawal

Questions about non-trading operations are not addressed at all. CapitalClique has not revealed available payment methods or the terms and conditions for depositing and withdrawing funds. Traders are left in the dark regarding transfer limits, timeframes for transactions, and the size of commissions.

Due to the inability to obtain a functioning account, we were unable to see how these operations are organized in the client’s personal space. However, we are more than confident that scammers have remained true to common practices here as well. Their goal is to avoid falling under the scrutiny of financial and tax authorities. Therefore, most likely, there are no recipient details for funds in the personal account.

CapitalClique Trading Conditions

We have already mentioned the uselessness of the page with account types. CapitalClique managed to display only the minimum deposit sizes from the characteristics of the accounts. Other crucial trading conditions, such as spreads, swaps, and leverage levels, have not been published.

So, traders can choose from 6 types of accounts:

• Self-Managed Account, minimum deposit from $250.
• Silver Account, minimum deposit from $10,000.
• Gold Account, minimum deposit from $25,000.
• Diamond Account, minimum deposit from $100,000.
• Platinum Account, minimum deposit from $250,000.
• Imperial Black, minimum deposit from $500,000.

There is some other data in the options list, such as limits on trade sizes. However, this information is not trustworthy. For example, for the Self-Managed plan, which has a leverage of 1:5, the minimum trade volume is set at 25 standard lots. Needless to say, with such ratios, entering the market on this account is simply impossible. By the way, In just two accounts, the leverage is mentioned, with 1:5 in the Self-Managed account and 1:300 in the Platinum account. What conditions are in the rest of the accounts remains a true mystery.

Other options in this table are of little interest to real traders and are designed to create the impression among market newcomers that they can earn something. These include trading sessions with a professional trader, access to educational materials, trading signals, insured trades, and more. In reality, all of this will only lead to a rapid loss of deposit. However, this is exactly what CapitalClique aims to achieve.

Is CapitalClique Trustworthy and Reliable?

We are confident that the broker was created by scammers. However, the final verdict should be based on legal information. The last section of our review is dedicated to verifying this data.

Assessing Legitimacy

Like most scammers, CapitalClique avoids disclosing its official location and registration date. Even in “Terms & Conditions”, there is only information about the site’s usage conditions, which does not require official details about the platform. The only leads are the office address and phone numbers that could have been used when creating the firm. Let’s try to verify this information in the registries.

A search in the Swiss business registry yielded no results. It’s worth mentioning that we used all possible name variations for the company. This did not surprise us, as we obtained another confirmation that the broker used a virtual office address. Attempts to find the company in the UK Companies House and the Canadian registry also ended in vain.

This gives grounds to say that CapitalClique lacks official registration. The broker operates exclusively online and, without a legal entity, cannot obtain a license from any regulator. Accordingly, there’s no discussion of any brokerage services, and everything happening on the platform can only be described as a trading simulation.

Established Track Record

It’s time to fulfill our promises and check the broker’s existence. Since the firm itself does not provide information about its creation date and history, let’s try to draw conclusions based on the domain registration date. This information is easily found in “WHOIS” service.

As we can see, CapitalClique uses a domain created in 2018. However, this does not mean that it has been operating in the market for more than 5 years. Judging by the web archive snapshots, by the end of 2018, the domain was listed for sale by the registrar Huge Domains and maintained this status until 2023. Apparently, it was purchased in November 2023 (the date of the last update is November 28), meaning it has been operating online for about a month and a half.

Implications for Traders

CapitalClique is a typical representative of online scam brokers, evident from the lack of official company registration and, consequently, licenses. Despite attempting to mimic Forex and CFD pair trading, the platform’s sole purpose is to collect funds from traders. To avoid falling victim to scammers, we strongly advise against opening accounts here and depositing funds.

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