Plus500 Forex Review 2026

Name: Plus500 Forex Review 2026
Item: Plus500
Rating: 3.9
Author: Adam Peters

Our Ratings

3.9

out of 5

Safety & Regulation

4.6

Fees & Costs

3.4

Markets & Products

3.9

Platforms & Execution

3.5

Deposit & Withdrawal

3.8

Trading Tools & Research

3.5

Account Opening

4.5

Customer Service

4.5

Education

3.9

Key Facts

Regulation

FCA, ASIC, FMA, CySEC, FSCA, EFSA, DFSA, JFSA, FSA Seychelles, MAS, SCB, CIRO, ISA, CFTC

Broker Type

Market Maker

Min. Deposit

$100

Platforms

Plus500 Mobile App, Plus500 Web Platform

Negative Balance Protection

Varies

Max Leverage

1:300

Demo Account

Yes

Spreads From

0.9 pips

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Plus500 - At a Glance

Company & Overview

Established: 2008
Headquarters: Matam, Building 10.2, Haifa, 3115001, Israel
International Offices: United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Cyprus, Isreal, Seychelles, Singapore, Estonia
Publicly Traded: Yes
Broker Type: Market Maker
Regulation: FCA (United Kingdom), ASIC (Australia), FMA (New Zealand), CySEC (Cyprus), FSCA (South Africa), EFSA (Estonia), DFSA (United Arab Emirates), JFSA (Japan), FSA Seychelles (Seychelles), MAS (Singapore), SCB (Bahamas), CIRO (Canada), ISA (Israel), CFTC (United States)
Segregated Client Funds: Yes
Negative Balance Protection: Varies
Offered on every licence, including Seychelles. Professional clients and the US futures arm are excluded.
Banking License: No
Languages: English, Czech, Danish, German, Estonian, Spanish, Greek, Croatian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish, Turkish, Bulgarian, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Customer Support: Live Chat, Email, Phone
Customer Support Hours: 24/7

Account Types

Demo Account: Yes
Swap Free Account: Yes
Joint Account: No
Corporate Account: No
Not offered. Accounts are for personal use only.
Managed Account: No
PAMM / MAM Trading: No
Social / Copy Trading: No

Account Conditions

Minimum Deposit: $100
Payment Methods: Bank Transfer, Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Skrill, Neteller
Account Currencies: AUD, CAD, HKD, JPY, NZD, SGD, CHF, EUR, GBP, USD, ARS, BSD, BHD, BRL, CLP, CNH, CNY, COP, CRC, HRK, ISK, IDR, KWD, MYR, MXN, TRY, OMR, PAB, QAR, RUB, SAR, RSD, SCR, ZAR, KRW, TWD, THB, AED, UYU, CZK, DKK, HUF, NOK, PLN, RON, SEK, BGN, ILS
Maximum Leverage: 1:300
Bonuses: Varies
Deposit and trading bonuses are prohibited for retail clients under ASIC, CySEC and FCA rules, so they are not available on those entities. Offered through the Seychelles entity where local rules permit.
Contests: No

Trading Conditions

Markets & Products: Forex, CFDs
Currency Pairs: 69 FX pairs
Minimum Lot Size: 0.01
Maximum Lot Size: 100
Decimal Pricing: 5 decimals
Order Types: Market orders and pending orders. Risk management orders are Close at Profit (take profit), Close at Loss (stop loss), Guaranteed Stop and Trailing Stop. Guaranteed Stop is available on selected instruments only, carries an additional spread charge, can only be set when opening a position, and cannot be removed once active. Close at Profit and Close at Loss are free but are not guaranteed to fill at the specified level.
Execution Type: Market maker, dealing desk
Margin Call Level: 50% of initial margin
Stop Out Level: 50% of initial margin
Hedging: No
Scalping: No

Fees & Costs

Spread Type: Variable
Spread From: 0.9 pips
Commission: No commission
Overnight / Swap Fees: Yes
Deposit Fee: No
Withdrawal Fee: Varies
Five free a month, then USD 10 each. Anything under USD 50 by e-wallet or USD 100 by bank or card costs a further USD 10.
Currency Conversion Fee: Yes
Account Maintenance Fee: No
Inactivity Fee: Yes
Up to USD 10 a month after three months without logging in. The trigger is logging in, not trading, so simply checking your account avoids it.
Custody Fee: No

Platforms & Tools

Trading Platforms: Plus500 Mobile App, Plus500 Web Platform
Mobile App: Yes
API Access: No
VPS Hosting: No
Automated Trading: No

How Plus500's costs compare

Spread from (major pairs)0.9 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.