Trade Nation Gets Its European Passport Stamped, Courtesy of Portugal

Trade Nation has formally launched its regulated products and services in Europe, rolling out a new Portuguese entity authorised by the Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM). The move follows the opening of the company's Lisbon office last year and gives the CFD provider a foothold to passport its offering into other EU member states.

Portugal Is the EU Entry Point

The Portuguese licence covers CFDs on indices, forex, commodities, shares and bonds, delivered through Trade Nation's web and mobile platforms, TradingView and MT4. Onboarding and customer support will be provided in native languages, and the company plans to build partnerships across the region.

Luis Dos Santos, CEO of Portugal at Trade Nation, said Europe was an important region for the company and pointed to growth in the number of retail investors across the EU as a trend the firm wants to capture.

“We are all about putting control back in the hands of our customers, so launching our services in the native languages is an important part of Trade Nation’s strategy of expanding its global reach to traders across the world,” Dos Santos added.

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Part of a Wider Expansion

Trade Nation, established in 2014, operates as a global CFD and spread betting brokerage with licensed entities in the UK, Australia, the Bahamas, South Africa and Seychelles. The Portuguese entity marks its first EU authorisation, following a broader pattern of regulatory expansion that has included a Seychelles FSA licence obtained in 2023.

The European launch comes as the company has been reshaping its business. Earlier this year, Trade Nation folded its TD365 platform into the main Trade Nation brand, retiring the TD365 name and consolidating customers onto a single platform. The company said the change was intended to simplify login and speed up the rollout of new features, including TradingView account linking.

Trade Nation has also rebuilt its senior leadership team over the past year. Jon Noble joined as CEO, Kypros Zoumidou as Managing Director, and Philippe Capelle as Chief Marketing Officer, all arriving with backgrounds at IG Group, with Zoumidou also having served as CEO of Capital.com and Capelle previously at crypto payments firm Wirex.

The management changes coincided with a turnaround in the company's UK financials. Trade Nation's UK arm returned to profit in the 2024 financial year, posting a net profit of £996,766 against a £2.2 million loss the year before, with revenue rising to £21.7 million from £13.4 million. That momentum carried into 2025, with UK turnover reaching £25.3 million as hedging losses fell sharply from the prior year.

The European rollout adds a regulated EU entity to that expansion drive, positioning Trade Nation to pursue passporting rights across the bloc rather than relying on cross-border marketing into the region from outside the EU.