
easyMarkets Forex Review 2026
75% of retail FX and CFD accounts lose money.
easyMarkets - At a Glance
- Established
- 2001
- Headquarters
- Kolonakiou 25-Block B Office 101. Limassol, Limassol District 4103, Cyprus
- International Offices
- Cyprus, Australia, China, South Africa, Seychelles, British Virgin Islands
- Publicly Traded
- No
- Broker Type
- Market Maker
- Regulation
- CySEC (Cyprus), ASIC (Australia), FSA Seychelles (Seychelles), BVI FSC (British Virgin Islands), FSCA (South Africa)
- Segregated Client Funds
- Yes
- Negative Balance Protection
- Yes
Offered on all four platforms across entities. easyMarkets ticks negative balance protection for easyMarkets Web, TradingView, MT4 and MT5 on its offshore entity account comparison, alongside guaranteed stop loss with no slippage.
- Banking License
- No
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Chinese, Japnese, Arabic, Portuguese, German, Polish, Italian
- Customer Support
- Live Chat, Email, Phone, Facebook Messenger, Viber, Whatsapp
- Customer Support Hours
- 24/5
- Demo Account
- Yes
- Swap Free Account
- Yes
- Joint Account
- No
- Corporate Account
- Yes
- Managed Account
- No
- PAMM / MAM Trading
- No
- Social / Copy Trading
- Yes
- Minimum Deposit
- $25
- Payment Methods
- Bank Transfer, Local Bank Transfer, Credit Card, Debit Card, Skrill, Neteller, Union Pay, Stickpay, Cryptocurrency
- Account Currencies
- EUR, USD, AUD, NOK, CAD, SGD, PLN, SEK, CZK, CHF, TRY, ZAR, JPY, GBP, CNY, NZD, MXN, HKD
- Maximum Leverage
- 1:400 (easyMarkets Web, App and TradingView), 1:2000 (MT4 and MT5, offshore entities). 1:30 for CySEC and ASIC retail clients
- Bonuses
- Varies
Deposit and trading bonuses are prohibited for retail clients under ASIC and CySEC rules, so they are not available on those entities. Offered through the Seychelles entity where local rules permit.
- Contests
- Varies
Trading competitions are restricted for retail clients under ASIC and CySEC rules. Available through the Seychelles entity where local rules permit.
- Markets & Products
- Forex, CFDs
- Currency Pairs
- 103 FX pairs
- Minimum Lot Size
- 0.01
- Maximum Lot Size
- 100
- Decimal Pricing
- 5 decimals
- Order Types
- Market orders with pending orders, stop loss, take profit and trailing stop. Guaranteed stop loss included at no extra cost. Two proprietary features on the easyMarkets platform only: dealCancellation, a paid option to undo a losing trade within up to 60 minutes of execution, and Freeze Rate, which locks a quoted price before execution. MT4 and MT5 carry the standard MetaTrader order set without these features.
- Execution Type
- Market maker, fixed and variable spreads
- Margin Call Level
- 100% margin level
- Stop Out Level
- 50% margin level (CySEC and ASIC retail entities)
- Hedging
- Yes
- Scalping
- Yes
- Spread Type
- Fixed, Variable
- Spread From
- 0.6 pips fixed on EUR/USD (easyMarkets Web, App and TradingView), 1.2 pips floating (MT4 and MT5 Standard), 0.6 pips (MT4 and MT5 VIP, USD 2,500 minimum)
- Commission
- No Commission
- Overnight / Swap Fees
- Yes
- Deposit Fee
- No
- Withdrawal Fee
- No
- Currency Conversion Fee
- Yes
- Account Maintenance Fee
- No
- Inactivity Fee
- Yes
- Custody Fee
- No
- Trading Platforms
- easyMarkets Web Platform, easyMarkets Mobile App, TradingView, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5
- Mobile App
- Yes
- API Access
- No
- VPS Hosting
- No
- Automated Trading
- Yes
How easyMarkets's costs compare
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
- Beginner-friendly focus and tools
- Demo account available for practise
- Low minimum deposit
- Multiple fast and secure payment methods
- Fixed spreads for predictable costs
- Unique dealCancellation feature (undo trades for a fee)
- Negative balance protection
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- User-friendly mobile and web platforms
- Supports TradingView, MT4, and MT5
- Islamic (swap-free) accounts available
- No restrictions on trading strategies
- Good customer support service
Cons
- Limited product selection
- Inactivity fee applies after 12 months of account inactivity
- Basic research tools
- No integrated social, copy, and PAMM trading features
- Customer support service could be improved