ThinkMarkets is a forex and CFD broker whose group holds FCA, ASIC and CySEC licences, though its promotions run through group companies outside those licences, historically a Saint Lucia entity that carries no financial licence at all. Its 5% crypto deposit bonus ran from 10 to 28 March 2025 and has ended, and its refer-a-friend scheme now pays $15 to each side, down from $50, under terms that run to 31 December 2026. Its steadiest program is ThinkRewards, a loyalty scheme that pays points per traded lot redeemable as cash. Check the live terms in the client portal before counting on any specific figure.
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ThinkMarkets
ThinkMarkets pays you and a referred friend $15 each once you both deposit at least $50 and place a round-turn trade of $200,000 notional, with the friend given 30 days to qualify.
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ThinkMarkets is the trading brand of the TF Global Markets group, which started as ThinkForex in Melbourne and became ASIC-regulated in 2012. The group has since built out a multi-entity structure: TF Global Markets (UK) Ltd holds FCA authorization (reference 629628), the Australian company holds AFSL 424700, and a Cyprus entity holds CySEC licence 215/13. Further entities exist in the Seychelles, South Africa and Saint Lucia.
That last one matters for bonus hunters. TF Global Markets (STL) Limited is a Saint Lucia company registration, and Saint Lucia's regulator has publicly stated it does not license forex or CFD business at all. ThinkMarkets' earlier promotions, including the 2023 to 2024 refer-a-friend terms, ran under this entity, not under the FCA, ASIC or CySEC licences the brand advertises. The current refer-a-friend terms name a different group company, TF Global Markets Int Limited, which also sits outside those three licences. Either way, clients claiming bonuses are not contracting with the group's FCA, ASIC or CySEC entities.
ThinkMarkets offers its own ThinkTrader platform with TradingView charting alongside MetaTrader 4 and 5, with roughly 350 instruments on MT4 and around 1,800 on MT5 across forex, indices, commodities, shares and crypto CFDs. The Standard account is commission-free with spreads averaging around 1.1 pips on majors; the ThinkZero account quotes from 0.0 pips with a $7 round-turn commission per standard lot.
ThinkMarkets' bonus menu has contracted noticeably. The crypto deposit bonus, which paid 5% on USDT deposits up to a $5,000 cap with the credit unlocking only after a trading-volume requirement, ran as a series of time-boxed campaigns: a 2.5% version for ThinkTrader accounts from 22 July to 30 August 2024, then the 5% version, whose 2025 terms set a fixed promotion period of 10 to 28 March 2025. That campaign has ended, and nothing on thinkmarkets.com shows a later relaunch. Do not deposit expecting this bonus unless it appears in your client portal.
The refer-a-friend program illustrates the same pattern. The widely advertised version paying $50 per side expired in October 2024 by its own terms. The live offer, confirmed on the official page, is thinner: $15 to each side, with both referrer and friend required to deposit at least $50 and trade $200,000 notional, the friend within 30 days of applying. The linked terms PDF sets a lower bar of $100,000 in closed trades held at least 5 minutes, so plan for the higher website figure. The current terms say the $15 can be used for trading or withdrawn, and set a promotional period that runs to 31 December 2026, though ThinkMarkets can amend or end it earlier. A cap of 20 referrals per rolling 30 days applies. The long country-exclusion list quoted in older write-ups came from the expired 2024 terms; the current terms exclude only Vietnam and Indonesia.
The steadiest live program is ThinkRewards, a five-tier loyalty scheme. Clients earn points for closed trades held at least three minutes, at a value of $0.10 per point, redeemable from 250 points either as trading credit or as cash withdrawable without restrictions. New verified accounts reportedly receive 125 points as a welcome grant. Notably, trades placed with bonus or credit funds do not earn points, so the programs do not stack.
Confirm which entity your account sits under before funding it. EU, UK and Australian clients onboarded under the licensed entities will generally see no bonuses at all, since those regulators restrict trading incentives; the promotions live under group companies outside those licences, where none of those protections apply.
Because ThinkMarkets' offers have changed repeatedly and quietly, treat any third-party page quoting specific bonus figures, including this one, as a starting point only. The terms PDF linked from the live promotion page in your client portal is the only version that binds.
The group holds real licences: FCA reference 629628 in the UK, AFSL 424700 in Australia and CySEC licence 215/13 in Cyprus, plus registrations in the Seychelles and South Africa. But its promotions run through group companies outside those licences: earlier terms used TF Global Markets (STL) Limited in Saint Lucia, a jurisdiction whose regulator does not license forex business, and the current refer-a-friend terms name TF Global Markets Int Limited. Either way, bonus claimants sit outside the FCA, ASIC and CySEC entities.
No. The $50-per-side version of the refer-a-friend program expired in October 2024 under its own terms. The live offer on the official page pays $15 to each side, requiring a $50 minimum deposit from both parties and a round-turn trade of $200,000 notional value, completed by the friend within 30 days of applying. Referrals cap at 20 per 30 days. The current terms say the $15 can be traded or withdrawn and run to 31 December 2026.
No. It ran as limited-time campaigns, and the latest, under the 2025 terms, had a fixed promotion period of 10 to 28 March 2025, a $5,000 cap and a volume requirement before the credit released. Nothing on thinkmarkets.com shows a relaunch, so treat it as ended unless it appears in your client portal.
ThinkMarkets' loyalty program and currently its most dependable perk. Closed trades held at least three minutes earn points across five tiers, worth $0.10 each and redeemable from 250 points as trading credit or cash without withdrawal restrictions. New verified accounts reportedly receive 125 welcome points. Trades made with bonus credit earn nothing.
Generally no. Clients onboarded under the FCA, CySEC or ASIC entities are covered by rules that restrict trading incentives, so the promotions run through group companies outside those licences instead, and the current referral terms also exclude Vietnam and Indonesia.
A commission-free Standard account with spreads from around 1.1 pips on majors, and a ThinkZero account with spreads from 0.0 pips plus $7 round-turn commission per standard lot, on ThinkTrader, MT4 or MT5. Demo and swap-free variants are available.