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Overview | |
FXCM is a global brokerage headquartered in the U.K that specialises in both retail and institutional trading with a comprehensive API offering. **The below information is provided based on FXCM EU LTD. For other FXCM entities, please go to the corresponding FXCM website for more information. TheTradingBible.com is acting in a capacity of marketing affiliate for FXCM EU LTD. |
Oanda is an international Forex broker founded in 1996 with headquarters in the United States. Oanda specialises exclusively in currency trading solutions for all trader levels. Their greatest selling points are their strong regulatory framework and robust proprietary platforms. |
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Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
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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 | |
1999 | 1996 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
$50 | 0 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
4 - EUR GBP, USD, CHF. | 9 - USD, EUR, GBP, SGD, CHF, JPY, AUD, CAD, HKD. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | Yes |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
RU, US, CA, JP, SK, BE and more. |
AF, AL, BS, BB, BW, BF, BI, KH, KY, CF, TD, CD, CG, CU, ER, ET, GH, IR, IQ, JM, KP, LY, MU, MN, MA, MM, NI, NG, PK, PS, PA, SN, SL, SO, SS, SD, SY, TT, TN, UG, VU, YE, ZW. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
No | Yes |
Banking License | |
No | No |
Debit Card | |
No | No | Assets |
📚 Assets Type | |
CFDs | CFDs |
Total Asset Offering | |
447 | 107 |
Exchange Access | |
0 | 0 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
0 | 0 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
341 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
0 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
41 | 68 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
14 | 13 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
19 | 16 |
📔 ETFs | |
0 | 0 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
0 | 4 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
22 | 0 |
📒 Bonds | |
0 | 0 |
📒 Bonds CFDs | |
10 | 6 |
📓 Options | |
0 | 0 |
📓 Options CFDs | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures CFDs | |
0 | 0 | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
1 Share | Unavailable |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
1 Unit | Varies by crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC) |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | 1 unit of any currency pair (Eg: 1 Euro, 1 USD, 1 GBP, etc) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold) | Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
Unavailable | 1 Bond |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
30 | 30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
400 | 100 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
No | Yes |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
No | Yes |
📺 cTrader | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
Yes | No |
👫 Social Trading | |
Yes | No |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
No | Yes |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
50 units of the account's base currency yearly after 1 year of inactivity. |
$10 after 1 year of inactivity. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
Yes on bank transfer withdrawals depending on location (from $10 to $40 on local currency). |
Credit and Debit cards are free, when it comes to Bank transfer depends on the account's base currency (eg: the first withdrawal costs $, €, £ 20 and any subsequent ones 35). In the case of SGD, there are no fees. |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Commissions | |
None | None | Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 1.2 Pips | Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 58 Pips | Dynamic - From 30 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 41 Pips | Dynamic - From 26 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $1.04 | Unavailable |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $51 | Dynamic - From $100 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | No |
📡 Educational Content | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Live Chat Support | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
No | No |
📡 Account Management | |
No | No |
📡 Webinars | |
No | No |