
IronFX Forex Review 2026
75% of retail FX and CFD accounts lose money.
IronFX - At a Glance
- Established
- 2010
- Headquarters
- Spyrou Kyprianou 68, Germasogeia, 4042 Limassol, Cyprus.
- International Offices
- United Kingdom, Cyprus, Australia, South Africa
- Publicly Traded
- No
- Broker Type
- STP, ECN, Market Maker
- Regulation
- FCA (United Kingdom), CySEC (Cyprus), FSCA (South Africa), BVI FSC (British Virgin Islands)
- Segregated Client Funds
- Yes
- Negative Balance Protection
- Yes
Provided per trading account on the UK entity. The risk disclosure states clients will not enter into a negative balance or be required to recover such losses. Cover on the BVI entity is not documented.
- Banking License
- No
- Languages
- English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portguese, Chinese, Arabic, Persian, Russian, Dutch, Malay, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Thai, Indonesian
- Customer Support
- Live Chat, Email, Phone
- Customer Support Hours
- 24/5
- Demo Account
- Yes
- Swap Free Account
- Yes
- Joint Account
- Yes
- Corporate Account
- Yes
Dedicated corporate accounts with named account managers.
- Managed Account
- Yes
- PAMM / MAM Trading
- Yes
- Social / Copy Trading
- Yes
- Minimum Deposit
- $100
- Payment Methods
- Bank Transfer, Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Cryptocurrency, Skrill, Neteller, Union Pay, FasaPay, GlobePay, Bitwallet, WebMoney, Perfect Money
- Account Currencies
- USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, CHF, CZK, PLN, ZAR, XBT, XET
- Maximum Leverage
- 1:30 (FCA), 1:30 (CySEC), 1:30 (FSCA), 1:2000 (BVI FSC)
- Bonuses
- Yes
Offered through the BVI entity only. FCA and CySEC prohibit deposit and trading bonuses for retail clients.
- Contests
- Yes
Offered through the BVI entity only. Trading competitions are restricted for retail clients under FCA and CySEC rules.
- Markets & Products
- Forex, CFDs
- Currency Pairs
- 80+ FX pairs
- Minimum Lot Size
- 0.01
- Maximum Lot Size
- 200
- Decimal Pricing
- 5 decimals
- Order Types
- Instant orders, which may be requoted if the price is unavailable, plus four pending types: buy limit, buy stop, sell limit and sell stop. Stop loss, take profit and trailing stop can be attached. Trailing stop runs in the client terminal, not the server, so it stops working if the terminal is off.
- Execution Type
- Hybrid STP, ECN and market maker
- Margin Call Level
- 50%
- Stop Out Level
- 20% or 50% (by account type)
- Hedging
- Yes
- Scalping
- Yes
- Spread Type
- Fixed, Variable
- Spread From
- 1.2 pips (Standard Fixed Account), 0.0 pips (Raw ECN Account), 0.3 pips (ECN VIP Account)
- Commission
- Standard Floating Account: No commission, Standard Fixed Account: No commission, Raw ECN Account: $3.0 per lot per side, ECN VIP Account: No commission
- Overnight / Swap Fees
- Yes
- Deposit Fee
- No
IronFX charges nothing on deposits. Banks and payment providers may add their own fees.
- Withdrawal Fee
- Varies
No standard withdrawal fee, but IronFX reserves the right to apply a 3% "no trading" fee where a client has deposited and requested a withdrawal without ever entering a trade.
- Currency Conversion Fee
- Yes
- Account Maintenance Fee
- No
- Inactivity Fee
- No
- Custody Fee
- No
- Trading Platforms
- IronFX Mobile App, IronFX Web Platform, MetaTrader 4 (MT4)
- Mobile App
- Yes
- API Access
- No
- VPS Hosting
- Yes
- Automated Trading
- Yes
How IronFX'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.
- Fast and easy account opening.
- Free demo account available for practice trading.
- Solid educational resources for beginners.
- A wide range of fast and secure payment methods.
- Multiple account currency options.
- Negative balance protection.
- Different account types for different trading styles.
- Islamic (swap-free) accounts available.
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- Low forex trading fees.
- Ultra-low spreads from 0.0 pips on Raw ECN account.
- High leverage trading capability.
- User-friendly mobile and web proprietary platforms.
- Supports MetaTrader 4 (MT4) integration.
- Supports EA trading.
- No restrictions on trading strategies.
- Integrated copy trading feature (TradeCopier).
- Integrated PAMM trading features.
- Great customer support service.
Cons
- Product offering is limited to CFDs.
- Average spreads on Standard Accounts, compared to competitors.
- No TradingView, MetaTrader 5, and cTrader integration.
- Limited research tools.
- An inactivity fee after a year of account inactivity.
- Customer support could be improved.