Thereโs a question that haunts even the most experienced affiliate marketers: how to reach potential traders without wasting resources on the wrong countries. If only there was a treasure map that showed exactly where to look.
There is not a magic map, but iqoption team gives you the next best thing โ their list of recommended countries to work with.
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Updated as of 2021-01: Top countries to promote on IQ Option in 2021
Best countries by assets traded.
Instrument | Non-regulated countries and regions | Regulated countries |
Binary Options | Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, South Africa, Chile, India, Ecuador, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Vietnam, Nigeria, Somalia, Philippines, Malaysia, UAE, Sri Lanka, Turkey. | Instrument unavailable. |
Digital Options | Brazil, Colombia, India, South Africa, Thailand, Mexico, Peru, Malaysia, Indonesia, Argentina, Chile, Nigeria, Dominican Republic, Philippines, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Venezuela, UAE, Turkey, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Somalia, Maldives. | Instrument unavailable. |
Forex | Brazil, South Africa, Colombia, India, Mexico, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, UAE, Singapore, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, South Korea. | Italy, Germany, Romania. |
CFD | South Africa, India, Colombia, Brazil, Malaysia, Thailand, Peru, UAE, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Jordan. | UK, Germany, France, Netherlands. |
FX Options | Instrument unavailable. | Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Austria. |
Best countries by devices.
Device | Non-regulated countries and regions | Regulated countries |
Desktop | Switzerland, New Zealand, Serbia, Maldives, Brazil, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Philippines, Chile, Malaysia, UAE, Colombia, Qatar, Paraguay, Mexico, Thailand, South Africa, Somalia, Indonesia, Peru, Argentina, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Venezuela, Singapore, South Korea. | Romania, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Spain. |
Android | Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Maldives, Chile, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Brazil, Panama, Colombia, Singapore, Peru, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, UAE, South Korea, South Africa, Mexico, Malaysia, Argentina. | Spain, Netherlands, Italy. |
iOS | Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Philippines, Malaysia, UAE, Indonesia, Peru, Argentina, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Venezuela, Singapore, South Korea. | Romania, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland. |
Updated as of 2020-08: Top Countries and instruments on IQOption – new data

Fresh selection of top-performing countries
To help you plan and implement your future ad campaigns weโve collected three lists of top-performing countries that show good ROI and definitely worth your attention:
๐ Countries with the highest growth of FTDs over the previous month:
๐ฎ๐ณ India
๐น๐ญ Thailand
๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia
๐ Countries with the highest user conversion rate into FTDs:
๐ง๐ท Brazil
๐จ๐ท Costa Rica
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico
๐จ๐ฑ Chile
๐จ๐ด Colombia
๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic
๐น๐ญ Thailand
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia
๐ Countries with the biggest volume of traffic:
๐ง๐ท Brazil
๐จ๐ด Colombia
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico
๐ต๐ช Peru
๐ฎ๐ณ India
๐จ๐ฑ Chile
๐น๐ญ Thailand
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
๐ต๐ญ Philippines
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia
Now that you know the most successful geos, itโs time to start preparing an ad campaign.
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Updated as of 2019-09-06: Top Countries and instruments on IQOption – new data
According to the data IQoption team had collected over the course of several months, certain instruments perform better in certain countries. IQOption come up with a list of countries that you may want to focus on when promoting a particular instrument.
For each instrument type on the IQ Option platform, there are countries that demonstrate top-notch performance. Check them out in the table.
We have divided the most profitable countries based on the instrument types available on the platform, and regulation. Please note that not all of the instruments are available in all countries.
Instrument | Non-regulated countries and regions | Regulated countries |
Binary Options | India, Brazil, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia*, Malaysia, Vietnam, UAE, New Zealand, Singapore, Chile, South Korea, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Costa Rica, Switzerland. | Instrument unavailable. |
Digital Options | India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia*, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, UAE, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Lebanon, Switzerland, Cambodia. | Instrument unavailable. |
Forex | UAE, Venezuela, Hong Kong, Algeria, South Korea, Egypt, Kenia, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Bolivia, Switzerland. | UK, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands. |
CFD | UAE, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Algeria, South Korea, Egypt, Iraq, Nepal, Switzerland, Cambodia. | UK, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands. |
FX Options | Instrument unavailable. | France, UK, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Romania. |
*a link to another domain should be used, contact your manager for additional information.
Top your profit with top countries
IQoption’s list of top countries is a nice and very helpful tool that pinpoints the most profitable locations for traffic acquisition. Plan your advertising campaigns based on this list and adjust your content accordingly: donโt forget about regulation and keep in mind that some instruments may be unavailable to clients in certain countries. If you are used to working with other countries, donโt worry โ iqoption list only includes data on the countries with the highest user count, while you can achieve great results working with countries not included in the list.
Older Data:
Some recent updates to IQOPTION platform for traders:
- New Deposit methods on the trading platform
- $1 Investment amount for Forex and CFD positions
- More countries for your iOS ad campaigns
- New feature: Technical analysis
Share the news on your website, reviews and ad campaigns to attract even more traders.
Fresh selection of top-performing countries
IQOption did a little bit of spring cleaning and reorganized the countries they’d like to recommend. Out with the old, in with the new.
EEA Countries
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Romania
- Spain
- UK
Non-EEA countries
- India
- Brazil
- New Zealand
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- UAE
- Vietnam
If youโve been reminiscing about the time when India showed good ROI, youโre in for a case of dรฉjร vu. The source of cheap traffic is back on its feet! IQOption added a local payment methods for traders in India, so conversion rates have been growing ever since. Itโs time to give this country another go, especially if youโre promoting binary or digital options.
Current list of top performing countries per assets:
What countries do you recommend working with?
We have divided the most profitable countries based on the instrument types available on the platform, and regulation. Please note that not all of the instruments are available in all countries.
Binary Options
Non-regulated countries and regions: India, Brazil, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia*, Malaysia, Vietnam, UAE, New Zealand, Singapore, Chile, South Korea, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Costa Rica, Switzerland.
Digital Options
Non-regulated countries and regions: India, South Africa, Thailand, Indonesia*, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, UAE, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Lebanon, Switzerland, Cambodia.
Forex
Non-regulated countries and regions: UAE, Venezuela, Hong Kong, Algeria, South Korea, Egypt, Kenia, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Bolivia, Switzerland;
Regulated countries: Italy, UK, Germany, Spain, France.
CFD
Non-regulated countries and regions: UAE, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Algeria, South Korea, Egypt, Iraq, Nepal, Switzerland, Cambodia;
Regulated countries: UK, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands.
FX Options
Regulated countries: France, UK, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Romania.
*a link to another domain should be used, contact your manager for additional information.
More countries for your iOS ad campaigns
Still thinking where to promote the iOS version of the IQ Option app?
The iOS app has returned to 10 countries, so you can already add them to your next ad campaign:
- Argentina
- China
- Colombia
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Peru
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Ukraine
- Vietnam.
Thereโs more where that came from. Below is a full list of countries where the application is available to choose the perfect location to target.
IQ Option app for iOS is available for new users in the following countries:
Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam.