Forex.com Review 2026

Name: Forex.com Review 2026
Item: Forex.com
Rating: 4
Author: Gerald Stratton

Our Ratings

4.0

out of 5

Safety & Regulation

4.4

Fees & Costs

2.6

Markets & Products

4.2

Platforms & Execution

4.5

Deposit & Withdrawal

3.8

Trading Tools & Research

4.5

Account Opening

4.3

Customer Service

4.1

Education

4.1

Key Facts

Regulation

NFA, CFTC, CIRO, FCA, ASIC, SFC Hong Kong, JFSA, MAS

Broker Type

Market Maker, STP, DMA

Min. Deposit

$100

Platforms

Web, Mobile, TradingView, MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MetaTrader 5 (MT5)

Negative Balance Protection

Varies

Max Leverage

1:200

Demo Account

Yes

Spreads From

1.2 pips

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Forex.com - At a Glance

Company & Overview

Established: 2001
Headquarters: 30 Independence Blvd, Suite 300, Warren, New Jersey, 07059, USA.
International Offices: Canada, Cyprus, USA, Cayman Islands, United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Australia
Publicly Traded: No
Not listed itself. Owned by StoneX Group, which is listed on NASDAQ.
Broker Type: Market Maker, STP, DMA
Regulation: NFA (United States), CFTC (United States), CIRO (Canada), FCA (United Kingdom), ASIC (Australia), SFC Hong Kong (Hong Kong), JFSA (Japan), MAS (Singapore)
Segregated Client Funds: Yes
Negative Balance Protection: Varies
Guaranteed for UK, EU and Australian clients. US accounts are not: Forex.com says it does not usually chase small negative balances but reserves the right to pursue large ones. Professional clients are excluded everywhere.
Banking License: No
Languages: English, Arabic, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese, Polish
Customer Support: Email, Phone, Live Chat
Customer Support Hours: 24/5

Account Types

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

Account Conditions

Minimum Deposit: $100
Payment Methods: Bank Transfer, Credit/ Debit Card, Paypal, Skrill, Neteller
Account Currencies: CHF, EUR, GBP, USD, PLN, SGD
Maximum Leverage: 1:200
Bonuses: No
Contests: No

Trading Conditions

Markets & Products: Forex, CFDs
Currency Pairs: 82 FX pairs, plus gold and silver
Minimum Lot Size: 0.01
Maximum Lot Size: 50
Decimal Pricing: 5 decimals
Order Types: Market orders with limit and stop entry orders. Exit orders are take profit, standard stop loss, trailing stop and guaranteed stop loss, the last available on the UK and EU entities only and charged only if triggered. Trailing stops move with a favourable market and hold position when it reverses. Minimum trade size 1,000 units on currencies.
Execution Type: Market maker with DMA on selected accounts
Margin Call Level: 100%
Stop Out Level: 100% (US and global), 50% (UK and EU)
Hedging: Yes
Scalping: Yes

Fees & Costs

Spread Type: Variable
Spread From: 1.2 pips (Spread-Only, no commission), 0.0 pips (RAW Pricing, plus commission)
Commission: RAW Pricing account: USD 7 per USD 100,000 traded, charged on each leg. A round turn on one standard lot of EUR/USD at 1.1000 costs about USD 15.40. Spread-Only and MetaTrader accounts charge no commission.
Overnight / Swap Fees: Yes
Deposit Fee: No
Withdrawal Fee: No
Currency Conversion Fee: Yes
Account Maintenance Fee: No
Inactivity Fee: Yes
USD 15 per month after 12 months of inactivity.
Custody Fee: No

Platforms & Tools

Trading Platforms: Web, Mobile, TradingView, MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MetaTrader 5 (MT5)
Mobile App: Yes
API Access: Yes
VPS Hosting: Yes
Automated Trading: Yes

How Forex.com's costs compare

Spread from (major pairs)1.2 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.