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Mako Trading Review
Mako Trading is a private London options market maker that trades its own money on many exchanges. It does not offer accounts to retail traders.
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Pros
- Mako has traded successfully since 1999 with offices across Europe, Asia, and Australia
- It is an established options and derivatives market maker with its own technology
- Its UK trading units are authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority
- It combined with Liquid Capital's London desks in 2022 to grow its trading book
Cons
- Mako is not a retail broker, so ordinary traders cannot open an account
- The FCA fined Mako 1.66 million pounds in 2025 over cum ex tax scheme trades
- The FCA called Mako's Solo Group trading circular and highly suspicious of financial crime
- There is no listed minimum deposit, spread, or leverage for outside traders
David Segel started Mako Trading in 1999 in London after years as an options floor trader. The firm grew into an options and derivatives market maker with its own trading technology. In 2022, Mako combined with the London trading books of Liquid Capital, a similar market maker. Mako now has offices in London, Dublin, Amsterdam, Singapore, and Sydney.
Mako trades its own capital as a market maker in options, futures, and other derivatives on exchanges worldwide. It is not a retail forex or CFD broker. It has no sign up page, no minimum deposit, and no trading app for outside traders.
Mako's UK units are authorised by the FCA. In 2025, the FCA fined Mako Financial Markets 1.66 million pounds over trades linked to the cum ex tax scandal, run for Solo Group clients between 2013 and 2015. The FCA said the trading was circular and highly suspicious of financial crime, and this was its eighth and final cum ex case.
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