Updated May 13 2022
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Founded in 2001, easyMarkets offers three types of accounts – VIP, Premium and Standard – with fixed spreads for its Web, App and MT4 platforms. |
Forex.com is a global broker headquartered in the U.S and part of StoneX (publicly traded company on NASDAQ) that specialises in offering CFDs based on commodities, currencies, indices, stocks, ETFs, shares, bonds and cryptocurrencies. |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
N/A | N/A |
Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 Day | 1 Day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder’s name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
2001 | 2001 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
$, €, £ 25 for Standard account, 2,000 for premium and 10,000 for VIP |
$100 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 Account Base Currencies | |
19 - EUR, CAD, CZK, JPY, NZD, USD, SGD, CHF, GBP, MXN, AUD, PLN, TRY, CNY, HKD, NOK, SEK, ZAR, BTC |
6 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, CHF. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | Yes |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
US, IL, CA, AF, AI, BI, KY, KY, TD, CD, CG, DM, GQ, FJ, GW, HY, HN, IR, IQ, LA, MZ, MM, NI, KP, PW, PA, SO, SS, SD, SY, TT, TM, VU, VE, YE | None |
📊 STP Account | |
No | Yes |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | Yes |
📊 ECN Account | |
No | Yes | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
64 | 4,500+ |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
62 | 93 |
📗 Commodities | |
17 | 35 |
📕 Indices | |
13 | 24 |
📔 ETFs | |
N/A | 700+ |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
17 | 5 |
📒 Bonds | |
N/A | 14 |
📓 Options | |
23 | N/A |
📗 Futures | |
N/A | N/A |
📝 Notes: | |
All of easyMarkets assets are CFDs |
All of Forex.com’s assets are CFDs. |
Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
Varies per stock (Eg: AMZN 0.05, APPL 0.25) | Varies per share (eg: 0.3 AMZN shares) |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
N/A | Varies per ETF (eg: 5 contracts of XLK) |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
$2,500 (0.025 lots) | Varies per Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC) |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
Varies per commodity (Eg: $25 for WTI, $75 for XAG) | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
N/A | Varies per commodity (eg: 1 contract of Gold) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
>N/A | Varies per Bond (eg: 1 contract of Euro Bobl) |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
N/A | N/A |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
Varies per option (Eg. 5 XAU for XAU/USD, 5,000 GBP for GBP/USD) | N/A |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
Up to 1:30 | Up to 1:30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Up to 1:500 | Up to 1:500 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
Yes, it's possible to adjust it using pre-set levels by EasyMarkets. | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | Yes |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
No | Yes |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | No |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | No |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
Yes, for Web and App accounts | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
No | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
N/A | Yes, $15 monthly after 1 year of inactivity. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Commissions | |
No | Yes depending on account type.
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Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Fixed per account (Eg: 1.7 Pips Standard MT4, 1.2 Pips Premium MT4 and 0.7 Pips VIP MT4) |
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Fixed at 150 Pips | From 60 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Fixed per account (Eg: $0.05 Standard MT4, $0..4 Premium MT4 and $0.03 for VIP MT4) |
From 50 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
$13 | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
N/A | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📉 BTC | |
Fixed from $110 for Web/App and $100 for MT4 accounts |
From $120 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | Yes |