What are the eligibility & country restrictions / requirements for trading with TradeShield?

TradeShield welcomes traders from around the world, regardless of US citizenship. If you are at least 18 years old, you can join TradeShield and work toward earning a TradeShield SIM Funded Account & TradeShield Live Brokerage Account. However, please note that some countries are restricted from participating due to legal obligations.

Individuals holding citizenship or residency in a country listed on OFAC's Sanctioned Countries list, or those restricted by our partners, are ineligible to trade, earn funding, or receive payouts with TradeShield. Please review the list below for excluded countries.

If you travel to or reside in a restricted country, refrain from trading activities to avoid having your account flagged by our Compliance team. Trading with TradeShield is not possible if you live in a prohibited country. For citizens of permitted countries residing in restricted ones, trading, earning funding, or receiving payouts with TradeShield is not feasible.

However, if you are a citizen of a restricted country but reside in an eligible one, you must provide TradeShield's compliance department with a government-issued photo ID and a bank statement from the eligible country for verification. Our Trader Support team will assist you in this KYC/AML process.

All traders who successfully complete an evaluation must pass KYC/AML verification with our third-party provider before being issued a funded account.

• If your KYC/AML verification fails, you will not be eligible to receive a SIM funded account and/or live account.
  
  




• In this case, TradeShield will refund any activation fee(s) you have paid.
  
  

• Please note: Evaluation fees are non-refundable, as they cover the cost of participation in the evaluation process.

The following countries are not permitted to trade with TradeShield: 

Individuals residing in the following countries are prohibited from accessing any of our services on TradeShield, including purchasing an evaluation account.

• Afghanistan

• Albania

• Algeria

• Angola

• Antarctica

• Bahamas

• Barbados

• Belarus

• Bosnia & Herzegovina

• Botswana

• Bulgaria

• Burkina Faso

• Burundi

• Cambodia

• Cameroon

• Central African Republic

• China

• Côte d'Ivoire

• Crimea

• Croatia (Hrvatska)

• Cuba

• Democratic Republic of Congo

• Ecuador

• Ethiopia

• Ghana

• Gibraltar

• Haiti

• Iceland

• India

• Indonesia

• Iran

• Iraq

• Jamaica

• Japan

• Jordan

• Kenya

• Kosovo

• Laos

• Lebanon

• Liberia

• Libya

• Mauritius

• Monaco

• Mongolia

• Montenegro

• Morocco

• Mozambique

• Myanmar (Burma)

• Namibia

• Nicaragua

• Nigeria

• North Korea

• Pakistan

• Panama

• Papua New Guinea

• Philippines

• Qatar

• Republic of North Macedonia

• Romania

• Russia

• Senegal

• Serbia

• Slovenia

• Somalia

• South Africa

• South Korea

• South Sudan

• Sri Lanka

• Sudan

• Syria

• Tanzania, United Republic of

• Trinidad and Tobago

• Tunisia

• Turkey

• Turkmenistan

• Uganda

• Ukraine

• United Arab Emirates

• Venezuela

• Vietnam

• Yemen

• Zimbabwe

Important Note:

Canada: 

Canadian residents living in the province of Ontario are able to open an evaluation account and also a TradeShield Live Brokerage account.

Canadian law restricts NinjaTrader/Tradovate from opening accounts for residents of Canada that are outside of the province of Ontario. This includes all other provinces: Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nunavut, Yukon, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Northwest Territory - you are not able to open either a TradeShield Evaluation account or receive a TradeShield Live account.