Dukascopy Forex Review 2026

Name: Dukascopy Forex Review 2026
Item: Dukascopy
Rating: 4.1
Author: Adam Peters

Our Ratings

4.1

out of 5

Safety & Regulation

4.4

Fees & Costs

3.8

Markets & Products

4.6

Platforms & Execution

4.8

Deposit & Withdrawal

3.5

Trading Tools & Research

3.3

Account Opening

3.6

Customer Service

4.3

Education

3.9

Key Facts

Regulation

FINMA, Bank of Latvia, JFSA

Broker Type

STP, ECN

Min. Deposit

$100

Platforms

Mobile App, Web Platform, Desktop Platform, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5

Negative Balance Protection

Varies

Max Leverage

1:200 (FINMA), 1:60 (weekends)

Demo Account

Yes

Spreads From

0.8 pips

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75% of retail FX and CFD accounts lose money.

Dukascopy - At a Glance

Company & Overview

Established: 2004
Headquarters: ICC, Route de Pré-Bois 20, CH-1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland.
International Offices: Switzerland, Latvia, Hong Kong, Japan
Publicly Traded: No
Broker Type: STP, ECN
Regulation: FINMA (Switzerland), Bank of Latvia (Latvia), JFSA (Japan)
Segregated Client Funds: Yes
Negative Balance Protection: Varies
Not offered on the Swiss entity, and Dukascopy discloses that 0.21% of retail clients have had to pay in to clear a negative balance. Swiss regulation does not require it. EU clients through the Latvian entity are covered.
Banking License: Yes
Languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Russian, Mandarin, Chinese, Polish, Arabic, Hungarian, Malay, Farsi, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Latvian, Romanian
Customer Support: Live Chat, Email, Phone
Customer Support Hours: 24/5

Account Types

Demo Account: Yes
Swap Free Account: Yes
Joint Account: Yes
Corporate Account: Yes
Managed Account: Yes
PAMM / MAM Trading: Yes
Social / Copy Trading: No

Account Conditions

Minimum Deposit: $100
Payment Methods: Bank Transfer, Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Cryptocurrency, Skrill, Neteller
Account Currencies: USD, CHF, EUR, GBP, BTC, USDT, ETH, AUD, CAD, CNH, CZK, DKK, HKD, NZD, HUF, ILS, JPY, MXN, NOK, PLN, RON, SEK, TRY, AED, SAR, XAU, SGD, ZAR
Maximum Leverage: 1:200 (FINMA), 1:60 (weekends)
Bonuses: Yes
Contests: Yes

Trading Conditions

Markets & Products: Forex, CFDs, Cryptocurrency, Binary Options
Currency Pairs: 108 FX pairs
Minimum Lot Size: 0.01
Maximum Lot Size: 250
Decimal Pricing: 5 decimals
Order Types: Market, limit, stop, stop limit and market if touched orders, plus place bid and offer orders that can be filled inside the spread. Client-set equity stop loss level closes all positions at a chosen drawdown. Stop loss execution is guaranteed, though gaps can cause large slippage.
Execution Type: ECN, sole counterparty
Margin Call Level: 100% (100% use of leverage)
Stop Out Level: 50% (200% use of leverage)
Hedging: Yes
Scalping: Yes

Fees & Costs

Spread Type: Variable
Spread From: 0.8 pips
Commission: Volume-based ECN commission model. From $5 to $35 per $1 million traded.
Overnight / Swap Fees: Yes
Deposit Fee: Varies
Free by bank transfer or crypto. Cards cost 1.5% within Europe and 2.5% outside, and Apple Pay and Skrill 2.5%. Dukascopy can add another 0.5% on top.
Withdrawal Fee: Yes
Charged on everything. Bank transfers run from CHF 2.30 to USD 35 depending on route, cards cost EUR 1.50 plus 2.5%, and crypto costs USD 30.
Currency Conversion Fee: Yes
Account Maintenance Fee: Yes
Inactivity Fee: Yes
Up to CHF 100 every six months without a trade, so twice a year at most. Avoidable entirely, and refunded on request as credit against future fees. Nothing in your first six months.
Custody Fee: Yes

Platforms & Tools

Trading Platforms: Mobile App, Web Platform, Desktop Platform, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5
Mobile App: Yes
API Access: Yes
VPS Hosting: No
Automated Trading: Yes

How Dukascopy's costs compare

Spread from (major pairs)0.8 pips

Catalogue median: 0.8 pips across 49 brokers · lower is cheaper

Minimum deposit$100

Catalogue median: $10 across 49 brokers · lower is more accessible

The marker is the median of every active broker we rate, computed from the same structured data as the reviews. Headline from-spreads are the broker's advertised best case; your account type and instrument change them.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Strong regulatory oversight.
Established since 2004 with a strong and proven track record.
Extensive product offering.
Wide range of global market access.
Fast and easy digital account opening process.
Free demo account available for practice trading.
Multiple fast and secure payment methods.
Multiple account currency options.

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Segregated client funds.
Negative balance protection.
Islamic swap-free accounts available.
Low forex trading fees.
Advanced and user-friendly proprietary platform, available in mobile, web, and desktop versions.
Supports MetaTrader 4 and 5 integration.
No restrictions on trading strategies.
Adequate support for algorithmic trading.
Integrated PAMM trading features.
Solid research tools & market analysis.
Great customer support service.