Rakuten Securities Australia Spreads, leverage, minimum deposit Revealed

WikiFX | 2021-05-10 11:00

Abstract：Rakuten Securities claims that its regulation by ASIC will come into effect on March 29, 2021, but no specific regulation number is provided, which means that Rakuten Securities is currently an unregulated broker, and investors' trading activities and funds safety on the Rakuten Securities platform cannot be effectively protected. Investors should be careful to stay away from Rakuten Securities as a trader.

　　General Information & Regulation of Rakuten Securities

　　Rakuten Securities Australia (RSA) is an index, metals, and CFD broker based in Tokyo, Japan, and is one of the major online traders in Japan, aiming to provide traders with competitive spreads, excellent customer service, and has over 2.6 million customers to date. Rakuten Securities official website shows the regulation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission will be effective on March 29, 2021.

　　Market Instruments of Rakuten Securities

　　Rakuten Securities provides traders with popular financial tradable instruments, mainly popular Forex currency pairs, gold, silver, and index CFDs.

　　Minimum Deposit of Rakuten Securities

　　Rakuten Securities offers investors 100x leverage Accounts/Standard Accounts and 400x Leverage Accounts. The minimum deposit for all these three accounts is $50, and for using the copy trading service, a minimum $1,000 account balance is required.

　　Leverage

　　Leverage is 1:30 for major currency pairs, 1:20 for minors, 1:10 for commodities, 1:2 for cryptocurrencies, and 1:5 for stocks.

　　Spreads & Commissions of Rakuten Securities

　　For 100x leveraged accounts, the EURUSD spread is 0.5 pips, GBPUSD spread at 0.8 pips, AUDUSD spread at 0.5 pips, USDJPY spread at 0.6 pips, XAUUSDspread at 1.5 pips, XAGUSD spread at 3.0 pips, AUS200 spread at 1.5 pips, and Germany30 spread at 0.6 pips. For 400x leveraged accounts, the EURUSD spread is 0.8 pips, GBPUSD spread at 1.1 pips, AUDUSD spread at 1.1 pips, USDJPY spread at 0.9 pips, XAUUSD spread at 1.9 pips, XAGUSD spread at 3.5 pips, AUS200 spread at 1.7 pips, and German30 spread at 0.8 pips. The overnight interest rate is -4.5 for EURUSD, -2 for GBPUSD, and -3 for AUDUSD. Rakuten trade does not charge trading commissions for trading on either account.

　　Trading Platform Available of Rakuten Securities

　　Rakuten Securities offers traders the flexibility to choose from the market-leading and highly acclaimed MT4 trading platform and MT4 for Android, MT4 for iOS, and MT4 for Windows. MT4 is the ideal platform for the forex trading industry, with an intuitive user-friendly interface, robust data analysis, and technical indicator tools. MT4 allows traders of all levels to develop appropriate trading strategies to help them get ahead in the financial markets. Rakuten Securities offers a social trading service through MyFXBook, a third-party service provider. This service allows traders to copy others' trades.

　　Deposit and withdrawal of Rakuten Securities

　　Rakuten Securities welcomes various convenient deposit and withdrawal methods, mainly NAB (domestic and international wire transfers), VISA, MASTERCARD credit/debit cards, NETELLER, Skrill, wire transfers. Traders who withdraw funds via NETELLER & Skrill are subject to a 2% fee.