Lucid Trading Restricted Countries: Complete 2026 List

Lucid Trading restricts citizens and residents of 85+ countries from using their services. If you hold citizenship or legal residency in any listed country, you cannot open accounts—regardless of your current physical location.

The restriction applies to both citizenship AND residency.

Quick heads-up: This article is based on my real experience with Lucid Trading and the info available when I published/updated this. Things change in prop trading — rules, payouts, promos, all of it.

For the absolute latest, check Lucid Trading´s website or their help center.

Why Prop Firms Restrict Countries

Restrictions stem from regulatory compliance, anti-money laundering (AML) requirements, and sanctions enforcement:

Financial sanctions: Countries under international sanctions (Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, Russia, Belarus, Venezuela) are universally restricted to comply with OFAC, EU, and UN sanctions.

High-risk AML jurisdictions: FATF identifies countries with weak anti-money laundering controls. Firms restrict these to reduce compliance risk.

Operational barriers: Some countries impose capital controls, currency restrictions, or have unreliable banking systems making payout delivery challenging.

Complete Restricted Countries List

Note: This list includes both sovereign nations and disputed territories (Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Sevastopol) currently under sanctions.

What This Means for Traders

Citizenship: Nigerian citizen living in the U.S.? Ineligible due to Nigerian citizenship.

Residency: U.S. citizen with legal residency in Russia? Ineligible.

Dual citizenship: One citizenship from restricted country = ineligible, even if other citizenship is unrestricted.

VPN use prohibited: Bypassing restrictions violates terms of service. Account termination without payout if discovered during KYC.

Verification Process

Lucid requires KYC verification before processing payouts. You must provide government-issued ID proving citizenship and residency. If verification reveals restricted country connection, account terminates and accumulated profits forfeit.

You cannot bypass this during signup—the KYC checkpoint catches restricted status before any payout.

Alternative Options

Different prop firms: Some firms maintain smaller restriction lists. Research firms explicitly accepting your country.

Local prop firms: Domestic firms operating under local regulations (different payout structures).

Personal account trading: Trade futures with own capital through brokers accepting your jurisdiction. No restrictions, but no prop firm capital leverage.

Relocate legally: Obtain legal residency/citizenship in unrestricted country (multi-year process).

Bottom Line

Lucid restricts 85+ countries based on citizenship AND residency, not just location. Either citizenship OR residency from listed country = ineligible. VPNs won't work—KYC verification catches this before payouts, resulting in termination and profit forfeiture.

Check the list before purchasing evaluations. If restricted, research alternative prop firms explicitly accepting your jurisdiction rather than attempting to bypass Lucid's restrictions.

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