FXCM -Overview of Minimum Deposit, Spreads & Leverage

　　General Information

　　FXCM is a leading international provider of online forex trading, CFD trading, and related services. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in London, UK, the company's mission is to give traders around the world access to the world's largest and most liquid markets by providing innovative trading tools, employing talented trading mentors, meeting strict financial standards, and striving to provide the best online trading experience in the market.

　　Regulatory Information

　　FXCM is currently authorized and regulated by two tier-one regulators:

　　FXCM AUSTRALIA PTY. LIMITED, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), with Regulatory License No. 217689

　　Forex Capital Markets Limited, authorized and regulated by the Australia Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), with Regulatory License No.309763

　　Market Instruments

　　offers investors a diverse range of tradable instruments, including currency pairs, precious metals, commodities, global stock indices, treasury bonds, as well as a forex basket, a stocks basket, CNH, and other popular products.

　　Leverage & Accounts

　　There are two types of accounts: Regular Accounts and Premier Accounts. Regular accounts have a minimum deposit of $50 and allow investors to trade up to 39 popular currency pairs and the entire CFD range with up to 1:400 leverage. The Premier Account is designed for high-volume investors and requires, firstly, an FXCM account or a new account, a total USD notional trading volume of $10 million per natural month. The account offers investors a range of benefits: exclusive support, premium services, and tailor-made trading solutions.

　　Spreads & Commissions

　　The spreads are 1.3 pips for EUR/USD, 2.3pips for EUR/GBP, and 1.8pips for AUD/USD. The Premier account offers investors a cashback offer. If a client trades EUR/USD pair and reaches $300 million in notional volume for the month (for the fifth step), then the cashback amount is $25/million, for a total cashback amount of $7,500. The cashback for equity index CFD products ranges from $1 to $3 per million USD.

　　Trading Platform

　　FXCM has fully optimized and upgraded its MT4 platform to execute traders' orders faster and more consistently. The advantages of MT4 are setting stop-loss/stop gain before execution, setting stop loss and stop gain of 0.01 (micro) lot when creating a new trade, trading with more accurate lot sizes, enhancing risk management by partially closing positions, and controlling when traders want to close a position and how much of a position traders want to close. In addition, FOREX offers a free MT4 Virtual Private Server (VPS) storage service. This VPS has three advantages: EA will continue to operate when the computer is turned off; the server is dedicated to EA trading and will not operate other applications; and traders can log into their platform from any computer even if they do not have MetaTrader 4 installed.

　　Deposit & Withdrawal

　　FXCM welcomes several payment methods, including online banking payments, bank transfers, and other payments. The minimum single deposit for CUP is $100, and the minimum deposit for a credit card or wire transfer is $50. Besides, traders can withdraw funds once a month for free.