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Top forex brokers for 2021

We found 11 online brokers that are appropriate for trading forex.

Best forex brokers guide

Forex trading platforms

When comparing forex brokers and their trading platforms. Find the best forex broker that is perfectly suited for you depends on a few factors.

The trading platform or software application should be stable and user-friendly. The charting tools should be easy to use and provide free news feeds about the live financial markets. This feature is not mandatory for all brokers, only to those who are using an electronic communication network model. ECN provides traders with a direct access to the market and are able to offer the best deal execution. Order information is shown in real time and execution errors are reduced. Some of the best forex brokers offer the ECN model.

Broker customer service

In this era of advanced technology technical support becomes mandatory when trading forex. When deciding upon the best forex brokers, brokers should be kind in helping you when you face issues. Your customer experience should not be terrible. You should have confident that your broker will help when something happens. A good broker will talk to their clients to make sure they are satisfied and issues are resolved.

Forex trade transaction costs

You can compare forex brokers based on the above mentioned points but it is also important to know what transactional costs and fees they are charging. If it is too high, your profit margin will decrease.

You have to pay fees and commissions on each trade and so it is suggested to opt for the most affordable broker you can that has the features you require. When choosing one of the best forex brokers in the market. It is strongly recommended to keep a balance between transaction costs and reliability of the broker. Don't fall into the trap of investing with a broker who are offering cheapest rates with a bad or okay reputation.

Deposit-withdrawal withdrawing money from your brokerage should be hassle-free and your broker should offer multiple withdrawl methods. Both the deposit and withdrawal should be easy, smooth and speedy. There should be no excuse why your profits cannot be withdrawn. This is one of the main things to consider when comparing forex brokers.

Forex order execution

There should not be a huge pips difference while placing a trade. There should not be any reason why the broker fails to fill your order at your quoted price under normal conditions. Your 'buy' button click should reciprocate your price.

We've collected thousands of datapoints and written a guide to help you find the best forex brokers for you. We hope this guide helps you find a reputable broker that matches what you need. We list the what we think are the best forex brokers below. You can go straight to the broker list here.

Trading with forex brokers

How do you compare forex brokers? How do you find the best forex broker for you?

Finding the best forex broker will depending on your requirements. Your trading requirements can include the currency pairs you wish to trade the brokers trading platform, withdrawl and funding methods, broker fees and customer supoort.

Is trading forex safe?

When choosing a forex broker like XTB the administrative body and regulatory status of the broker is very important. Brokers who conduct trades without supervision of a regulatory body do so at their own discretion. Any capital you invest is at risk.

Regulated brokers will not manipulate market prices. When you send in a withdrawal request to a reputable broker the withdrawl request will be honored. If your forex broker violate any regulatory rules their regulated status could be stripped.

Any payments funded to a regulated forex broker account by traders are held in a segregated bank account.

For added security reputable brokers like XTB use tier-1 banks for this. Tier 1 is the official measure of a banks financial health and strength.

Try creating two accounts when you are trading with your forex broker. One is the real live forex account, with your real money and the other a demo forex account. The demo account allows you to learn and experiment.

Forex broker financial regulation and supervision in more detail

Check the forex broker you trade with is regulated and supervised by reputable organisations. Regulation gives you some recourse for those who have issues with your broker when trading forex pairs. Regulatory authorities protect the traders with things like reimbursement schemes that regain the client's investment in the event the broker becomes insolvent.

The brokerage firms have to comply with a variety of rules and criteria determined by the recognized international authority with the intention to provide secure trading and stay licensed. The whole notion of regulation is to protect forex traders and provide a safe trading environment.

Has your forex broker won awards?

When deciding upon a forex broker, seeing a history of awards gives you an idea of the brokers strengths. The awards a forex broker has won means that they have recieved an endorsement from that awards organisation. These awards add credibility for that broker.

What are your forex broker fees?

You will need to check there are no hidden fees or surprises with your forex broker.

Check are their any withdrawal fees when withdrawing your money from your forex brokerage account.

Check your forex broker does not charge inactivity fees.

Check your forex broker does not charge deposit fees.

Be aware of what commissions or fees are charged per trade by your forex broker.

Forex broker negative balance protection

When trading forex using leverage an adverse move could result in losing more than your trading account balance. Your forex broker account balance could potentially become negative. We recommend you making use of negative balance protection. Using negative balance protection ensures your losses will always be limited to the current balance of your account the money in your account.

Does your forex broker offer educational resources?

To trade effectively in forex, it is important to a have a good understanding your forex brokers trading tools and the international forex markets.

Make sure your forex broker offer a good selection of educational resources. Spend some time reading up on how the markets and trading works, making active trades, active trading times, and managing risk.

Take time to look around the various forex broker platforms and train yourself to think more systematically and logically about the forex markets. It's a new skill-set for many, but it is what the market requires of you.

What level of customer support does your forex broker offer

Its important when you have an issue with your forex broker its important you are able to resolve issues quickly and adequately. Does the broker customer service support multiple languages from all over the world. Having a broker that can hire people from various locations in the world who can better communicate with you in your local language is a huge advantage well trying to deal with issues.

Check if your forex broker offers the below customer support

Livechat support

Email support

Phone support

Minor and major forex currency pairs

Multiple currencies are traded on the forex market. When traders talk of minor currency pairs they are taking about world currencies which are not paired with the USD (US dollar) but often include GBP (united kingdom of great britain pound sterling). The yen and euro currency pairs are also known as minor pairs.

All minor currency pairs do not contain USD (US dollar) on either the left (base currency) side or right (quote currency) side of the currency pair. Minor currency pairs are known as minor pairs because the market share of these currencies is smaller than that of the major currency pairs.

Major currency pairs have the largest market share of world trading volume. Major currency pairs include major currencies and are the most traded currency pairs in forex.

What you will need to open a forex broker account

When you open an account, you'll likely be asked for the following, so it's good to have these handy:

A scanned colour copy of your passport, driving license or national ID

A utility bill or bank statement from the past three months showing your address

You'll also need to answer a few basic compliance questions to confirm how much trading experience you have, so it's best to put aside at least 10 minutes or so to complete the account opening process.

Reputable forex brokers checklist

There are a number of important factors to consider when picking an online forex trading brokerage.

Check your forex broker has a history of at least 2 years.

Check your forex broker has a reasonable sized customer support of at least 15.

Does the forex broker fall under regulation from a jurisdiction that can hold a broker responsible for its misgivings; or at best play an arbitration role in case of bigger disputes.

Check your forex broker has the ability to get deposits and withdrawals processed within 2 to 3 days. This is important when withdrawing funds.

Does your forex broker have an international presence in multiple countries. This includes local seminar presentations and training.

Make sure your forex can hire people from various locations in the world who can better communicate in your local language.

Our team have listed brokers that match your criteria for you below. All brokerage data has been summarised into a comparison table. Scroll down.

Our brokerage comparison table below allows you to compare the below features for brokers offering forex brokers.

We compare these features to make it easier for you to make a more informed choice.

Minimum deposit to open an account.

Available funding methods for the below forex brokers.

What you are able to trade with each brokerage.

Trading platforms offered by these brokers.

Spread type (if applicable) for each brokerage.

Customer support levels offered.

We show if each brokerage offers micro, standard, VIP and islamic accounts.

Top 15 forex brokers of 2021 compared

Here are the top forex brokers.

Compare forex brokers min deposits, regulation, headquarters, benefits, funding methods and fees side by side.

All brokers below are forex brokers. Learn more about what they offer below.

You can scroll left and right on the comparison table below to see more forex brokers that accept forex clients

Best brokers for forex options

The following online brokers are all great choices for traders looking to trade options where the underlying security is foreign currencies. In our opinion, these forex options brokers are of the highest quality and we can strongly recommend signing up at any one of them.

The forex market, where foreign currencies are traded, is an incredibly liquid and fast moving market. Forex options are a great way to combine the trading opportunities in that market with the flexibility and versatility that contracts offer, and the trading based on foreign currencies is becoming more and more popular. Forex options are commonly used for hedging purposes as well as for speculating to make profits.

One of the most trusted names

Get up to $600 cash credit

Forex education center to help your trading

Offering 90 days free trade commission

Training area for learning the basics of forex

Trade with over 50 currency pairs

Fully customizable forex charting

Very competitive pricing in the market

Excellent customer support and service

If you have an interest in trading forex, then you will need to find a suitable broker. We believe that our list above contains the best brokers for this particular form of trading. For more guidance on how to choose the right broker for you, please see below.

How we rank brokers

Choosing which broker to sign up with is often one of the most challenging decisions facing traders, and it's certainly one of the most important. The main reason choosing an online broker is so hard is largely because there are so many of them to choose from. A simple internet search would reveal a huge range of brokers offering their services and most of them are perfectly good.

However, while it's relatively easy to find a decent broker the difficulty is in choosing which one is the most suitable for your own requirements. Not all traders need the same things from their broker, so a broker that might be a good choice for one trader may not necessarily be a good choice for you.

It is with this in mind that we created a comprehensive section on this site, dedicated to detailing the best brokers. Rather than simply produce a single list of the best services, we have actually made recommendations in a number of different categories to help you find a broker that is best for a particular purpose.

Key factors for forex brokers

We believe it's also helpful to offer some advice on how to choose which of our recommendations might be best for you. So, in addition to the recommended online forex options brokers listed above we have also covered some of the specific things you should be considering when selecting one to sign up at.

Commission structure

Speed & quality of transactions

Customer service

Commission structure

Trading forex options typically involves making a number of transactions on a regular basis, which means you should try and use an online broker that charges relatively low commissions on each trade. We should point out that it is not necessarily a simple matter of choosing the very cheapest broker, as there are other factors to also take into account, but the commission structure should definitely be a big consideration.

It's important to choose a broker that has a commission structure that is suitable for the type and the amount of transactions that you will be making because, not all brokers charge their commissions in exactly the same way.

Some places charge a fixed amount of commission per contract being traded, while others charge a percentage of the value of each trade. A particularly common structure is a fixed amount per trade that covers a certain amount of contracts, and then an extra charge for each additional contract in the trade.

If you have an approximate idea of the average value of each trade you will be making, and the amount of contracts in each trade, then you can do some simple calculations and work out what structure is likely to offer you the best value in the long run. It is worth noting that a number of traders offer customers a choice of plans.

As well as the commissions that are charged per trade, a lot of brokers have a schedule of additional fees too. These can include annual or monthly account management fees, charges for using certain tools, or charges for depositing and withdrawing. Although the commissions will usually make up the majority of the costs involved with using a broker, these additional fees can sometimes be substantial too so it is worth checking out everything that a options broker charges.

Sign up incentives

The amount of online brokers in the market means that there'a s a lot of competition between brokers to try and attract new customers. This is great news for traders, as the end result of this is ultimately that most brokers work that bit harder to give their customers the best deals.

One particular method that's used by brokers is to offer some kind of incentive to new customers in order to encourage them to open an account with them. A common incentive is bonus funds that are added to your account when you make your first deposit, giving you extra money to trade with. Other incentives include free or reduced rate commissions for a period of time after joining, or some form of rebate on commissions once you have made a certain amount of trades.

Please be aware that most of these sign up incentives will come with terms and conditions. If you do claim a sign up bonus then you will usually have to pay a certain amount in commissions before you will be able to make a withdrawal from your account. Some of these bonuses can in fact never be withdrawn and can only be used for the purposes of making trades, although you do get to keep any profits that you make when using the bonus.

The terms and conditions at the best brokers will usually be perfectly fair, but you should make sure you understand what they are before signing up and depositing your funds.

Speed & quality of transactions

Trading options and forex options in particular often requires quick reactions and it can be essential to move quickly in order to enter or exit a position at precisely the right time if a trade is going to be profitable. Because of this, it's vital that your broker executes your transactions as quickly as possible after your order is placed.

Just a short delay can result in your order not getting filled at the best prices or possibly not getting filled at all, which can obviously impact your profits. To be fair, the best online brokers are all very good in this respect but it is still something that you should be conscious of.

Customer service

A lot of traders don't even think about the quality of the customer service when they are signing up with an online broker. It probably isnвђ™t the most important thing to consider, but it is still much better to get good customer service as a poor service can be very frustrating to say the least.

Of course, if you stick to using reputable brokers then the chances are that you will have very little need to contact customer service вђ“ but there are bound to be some occasions when you encounter a problem or have a question you want to ask. A good way to test the customer service at an online broker is to give them a call or send them an email with some questions before you sign up, and see how quickly they respond and how helpful they are.

Summary

The best advice we can give on this subject is really just to put some thought into choosing an online broker. If you spend a little bit of time and effort into thinking about exactly what you want from your options broker then it makes it much easier to determine which broker is best for you.

We have made the task much easier for you, as you can be safe in the knowledge that all of the places we have recommended are very good, but it is still worth comparing our recommendations yourself and working out which one is the most suitable for you and your own requirements.

Forex

Open 24/5, forex is the most actively traded market in the world with a daily turnover of around $6 trillion dollars. It provides a wealth of possibilities for traders who wish to harness its inherent volatility and hedge against risks to extend their investment portfolios. Trade 30+ major & minor forex pairs with leverage on our award-winning trading platform.

Symbol	contract size	commission	margin	spread	trading days	trading hours	margin call
EURUSD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
USDJPY	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
GBPUSD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
USDCHF	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
USDCAD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
NZDUSD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
AUDUSD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
EURJPY	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
EURCHF	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
EURGBP	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
GBPJPY	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
GBPCHF	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
GBPNZD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
GBPCAD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
CHFJPY	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
EURAUD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
EURCAD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
GBPAUD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
AUDCAD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
AUDJPY	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
AUDCHF	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
AUDNZD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
CADCHF	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
CADJPY	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
NZDCAD	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
NZDCHF	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-
NZDJPY	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	0
USDTRY	100000	$0	$1000	floating	mon - fri	00:00 - 24:00	-

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You can rest easy when you trade with IFX brokers. Client funds are kept separate in a segregated account and monitored daily by our 3rd party auditor. Top that with our fidelity and indemnity insurance, zero balance protection and fund protection from your trading activities with our risk management tool - the IFX wallet.

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Whether you are a beginner or an experienced trader, IFX academy will provide the tools to accelerate your growth as a successful trader. You will be taught to shrewdly manage risk and optimise your rewards. Itвђ™s simple: our online forex training courses and continued support give you the edge.

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Jam-packed with all the features you expect from a leading broker, myifxbrokers, is similar to a high-powered exotic car. You are placed firmly in the driverвђ™s seat, controlling all your trades from a user-friendly dashboard. And you have the advantage of foresight, speed and power from our sophisticated forex trading strategies, market scanner and professional trading tools.

Competitive trading conditions

IFX brokers incorporates trade execution, with pricing from multiple banks and liquidity providers and 100% automated execution which completely eliminate broker intervention. Cybersonic trade execution is from as low as 2.5 milliseconds and settled immediately.

Instant deposits and withdrawals

IFX brokersв„ў enables clients to open accounts and deposit funds in the following base currencies: south african rand (ZAR), united states dollar (USD), british pound sterling (GBP), euro (EUR). With a variety of payment options clients can start trading almost instantly.

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In a true ECN environment IFX clients benefit from the best possible prices available from tier-1 banks and dark pool liquidity providers.

ECN stands for electronic communications network. The ECN provides an electronic system for buyers and sellers to come together for the purpose of executing trades. It does this by providing access to information regarding orders being entered, and by facilitating the execution of these orders.

Designed to match buy and sell orders currently present in the exchange, it provides prices reflecting the highest bid and lowest ask listed on the open market.

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Forex online brokers

Launched in 2015, the cryptocurrency NEM is chiefly known for having introduced the proof-of-importance (PIF) algoritm to the blockchain universe. Also, NEM uses multisignature accounts and the eigentrust++ reputation system.

NEM is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and blockchain plaform created in java. With the NEM system, multiple ledgers can co-exist on the same blockchain without conflict. Thanks to the NEM smart assets, users can create moasics to represent any asset, including cryptocurrency coins.

There are two main compents of the NEM design architecture: the NEM infrastructure server (NIS) which is the node server, and the client which is used for interacting with the nodes.

Namespaces is NEM’s naming system for domains, and it can handle both higher-level domains and lower-level domains (subdomains). With a standard domain, an individual user can thus create a large number of subdomains.

NEM implements a version of multsig (multi-signature) technology known as as m of n multisignature, where m ≤ n. A transaction will not be broadcast into the blockhain until a certain number (m) of signatories out of the total number of signatories (n) have signed the transaction.

How old is NEM?

NEM was launched in march 2015.

A driving force behind the creation of NEM was the bitcoin talk forum member ”utopianfuture”. An open call for project participation was posted in the forum, urging people to join if they wished to create a community-oriented cryptocurrency. Eventually, the new cryptocurrency was launched, on march 29, 2015.

The basics

Launch: march 2015

Genesis block production: fixed 8,999,999,999 XEM total

Issuing of new coins: fixed decentralised P2P consensus

Transaction fee: transaction fees are paid with XEM, the native token of the NEM system.

Subdominations: 1 XEM is equal to 0.001 mxem (millixem). There is also the subdomination µxem (microxem), with 1 XEM being equal to 0.000001 XEM.

Wallet: the nanowallet is the cryptocurrency wallet created specifically for NEM. It is based on both HTML and javascript.

Proof-of-importance (POI)

NEM uses proof-of-importance (POI) to score how an individual can harvest XEM. The idea is to encourage users to actively carry out transactions instead of just stockpiling XEM.

The number of transactions you carry out (with other users) influences your score.

You will only be scored if you have at least 10,000 XEM in your balance. With a lower balance, you will have no score.

Eigentrust++

NEM uses a version of eigentrust called eigentrust++. Both are reputation management algorithms for P2P networks.

With eigentrust++, there is a strong focus on quality of work when assigning reputation to a node.

Refusal to hard-fork

In the past, some cryptocurrencies have been hard-forked to restor stolen coins. The decision to fork has always been a controversal and highly contensious one within the cryptocurrency communities. It therefore garnered a lot of attention (and both praise and critisism) when the NEM development team in early 2018 refused to fork NEM efter a theft of 523 million XEM coins (roughly 400 million USD at the time) that took place in january 2018.

On the 26th of januari, 2018, hackers attacked the cryptocurrency exchange coincheck and stole 523 million XEM coins. No other cryptocurrency coins were stolen, because the hackers specifically exploited a weaknesses in coinchecks implementation of NEM.

After being informed of the heist, the NEM development team steadfastedly refused to carry out a hard fork to restore the stolen coins. Instead, they created an automated taggin system that followed the stolen NEM coins and tagged the accounts that recieved them. A large amount of data was gathered in this fashion and handed over to the law enforcement authority. After delivering the data, the NEM development team stopped tracking the coins around mid-march 2018.

What is mijin?

Mijin is a private commercial blockchain based on NEM software and owned by the japanese software development company tech bureau. The aim of mijin is to make institutional banking more secure and also less costly.

Side note: tech bureau, which is based in osaka, owns zaif, a cryptocurrency exchange licensed and regulated by the japanese financial services agency.

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