Markets.com Forex Review 2026
75% of retail FX and CFD accounts lose money.
Markets.com - At a Glance
- Established
- 2008
- Headquarters
- 10 Simonides Street, 2nd and 3rd floor, Nicosia, Cyprus.
- International Offices
- Cyprus, South Africa, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
- Publicly Traded
- No
- Broker Type
- Market Maker
- Regulation
- CySEC (Cyprus), FSCA (South Africa)
- Segregated Client Funds
- Yes
- Negative Balance Protection
- Yes
The only broker here that offers it with no conditions at all: no professional exclusion, no abuse clause, and costs are covered too. Newer clients also get a guaranteed stop, capping the loss on each trade at what they put in.
- Banking License
- No
- Languages
- English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Portuguese, Greek, Polish, Swedish, Czech, Latvian
- Customer Support
- Live Chat, Email, Telephone
- Customer Support Hours
- 24/5
- Demo Account
- Yes
- Swap Free Account
- Yes
- Joint Account
- Yes
Available only with a spouse or first-degree relative: mother, father, brother or sister. Both parties must hold their own verified registration, then complete a joint account application form.
- Corporate Account
- Yes
Register as normal, then contact support for the document requirements.
- Managed Account
- No
- PAMM / MAM Trading
- Yes
- Social / Copy Trading
- Yes
- Minimum Deposit
- $100
- Payment Methods
- Bank Transfer, Local Bank Transfer, Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Apple Pay, Paypal, Skrill, Neteller, Ideal, Sofort, AO Pay, Beeteller, PayRetailers, Capitec Pay
- Account Currencies
- USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, DKK, SEK, PLN, NOK, ZAR
- Maximum Leverage
- 1:30 (CySEC), 1:300 (SVG)
- Bonuses
- Yes
- Contests
- No
- Markets & Products
- Forex, CFDs
- Currency Pairs
- 67 FX pairs
- Minimum Lot Size
- 0.01
- Maximum Lot Size
- 50
- Decimal Pricing
- 5 decimals
- Order Types
- Market, limit, stop, and stop loss and take profit orders, with trailing stop on the Markets.com platform. MT4 and MT5 add the standard pending order set.
- Execution Type
- Market maker (principal)
- Margin Call Level
- 100% margin level
- Stop Out Level
- 50% margin level
- Hedging
- Yes
- Scalping
- Yes
- Spread Type
- Variable
- Spread From
- 1.0 pips (EUR/USD)
- Commission
- No commission on the Markets.com web and mobile platform. MT4 and MT5 carry per-lot commissions, USD 7 per lot on EUR/USD
- Overnight / Swap Fees
- Yes
- Deposit Fee
- No
- Withdrawal Fee
- No
Free, though your bank may charge. Money goes back to the method you paid in with, and third-party accounts are refused. Minimum USD 5.
- Currency Conversion Fee
- Yes
- Account Maintenance Fee
- No
- Inactivity Fee
- Yes
USD 10 a month after 90 days without a trade or deposit, which is one of the shortest triggers here. If you hold several accounts you only pay once all of them are idle.
- Custody Fee
- No
- Trading Platforms
- Mobile App, Web Platform, TradingView, MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MetaTrader 5 (MT5)
- Mobile App
- Yes
- API Access
- No
- VPS Hosting
- No
- Automated Trading
- Yes
How Markets.com'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.
- Established in 2008 with a strong and proven track record.
- Trusted broker with millions of users globally.
- Segregated client funds.
- Wide range of global market access through CFDs.
- Fast and easy account opening process.
- Free demo account available.
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- Outstanding research tools & market analysis.
- Islamic swap-free accounts available.
- Multiple fast and secure payment methods.
- Multiple account currency options.
- Negative balance protection.
- Low forex trading fees.
- No deposit or withdrawal fee.
- High leverage trading capability.
- User-friendly mobile and web proprietary platforms.
- Supports TradingView, MetaTrader 4, and MetaTrader 5 integration.
- No restrictions on trading strategies.
- Integrated social, copy, and PAMM trading features.
- Great customer support service.
Cons
- Product offering is limited to forex and CFDs.
- An inactivity fee after 3 months of account inactivity.
- Educational content is limited.
- Copy trading is not available in all regions.
