iFOREX Europe
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89.13% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

iFOREX Europe Vs. FXCM - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Updated Oct 20 2022

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89.13% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Overview

iFOREX Europe (formerly Vestle) is the Europe brand part of the global iForex Group that specialises in CFD trading and offers over 600 instruments over currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.

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.

Best For
  • Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform
  • Professional algorithmic traders looking to benefit from their comprehensive API offering.
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

0

Other Licenses

1

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Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

2

Other Licenses

2

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🏛 Financial Regulators
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • FCA (United Kingdom)
  • FSCA (South Africa)
The Good
  • Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs
  • Comprehensive API offering with a variety of conditions and programming languages at no additional cost
  • Proprietary platform (Trading Station)
The Bad
  • High spreads on all of their instruments
  • Web and mobile platforms are slow and lack tools
  • Their FAQ database doesn’t effectively answer the most common questions any trader could have
  • Lack of asset variety in their offering (over 463+ financial instruments)
  • Costly spreads when compared to similar competitors
Status
Operational Operational
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Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 day 1 day
📋 Documents Required
  • Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
  • Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

  • Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
  • Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

📍 Year Founded
2018 1999
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200 $50
💰 Payment Methods
  • Bank Transfer
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Neteller
  • Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - EUR 4 - EUR GBP, USD, CHF.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No No
❌ Restricted Countries

US, CA, SY, IR, JP.

RU, US, CA, JP, SK, BE and more.

📊 STP Account
Yes No
📊 DMA Account
No No
📊 ECN Account
No No
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs CFDs
Total Asset Offering
584 447
Exchange Access
0 0
📙 Real Stocks
0 0
📙 Stock CFDs
400 341
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
50 41
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19 14
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
32 19
📔 ETFs
0 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
42 0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
41 22
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0 10
📓 Options
0 0
📓 Options CFDs
0 0
📗 Futures
0 0
📗 Futures CFDs
0 0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value 1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value 1 Unit
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30 30
💪 Professional Leverage
500 400
✍ Customisable Leverage
No No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes Yes
📱 Android App
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No No
📺 cTrader
No No
💻 Web trader
Yes Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No Yes
👫 Social Trading
No Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee

iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.

50 units of the account's base currency yearly after 1 year of inactivity.

💰 Deposit Fees
None

Yes on bank transfer withdrawals depending on location (from $10 to $40 on local currency).

💰 Withdrawal Fees

No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).

None
💰 Commissions
None None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips Dynamic - From 1.2 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 90 Pips Dynamic - From 58 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips Dynamic - From 41 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $3 Dynamic - From $1.04
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 30 Pips Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120 Dynamic - From $51
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No No
📡 Educational Content
No Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No No
📡 Account Management
Yes No
📡 Webinars
Yes No