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Best Forex Brokers for 2019.
The ForexBrokers.com annual Forex broker review (three years running) is the most cited in the industry . With over 60,000 words of research across the site, we spend hundreds of hours testing Forex brokers each year. How we test.
Looking to bet that the Euro (EUR) currency will go up in value against the US Dollar (USD)? If so, you will want to trade the EUR/USD currency pair. Representing every currency across the globe, the Forex market is the largest and most liquid market in the world, with trading conducted 24 hours a day, five days a week.
To trade Forex, you need an online broker. Trading with a trusted Forex broker is crucial for success in international currency markets. As a currency trader or investor, you may have specific needs related to which platform, tool, or research requirements should be met. Understanding your investment style can help determine which fx broker will be best for you.
Each year, our team here at ForexBrokers.com spends six months testing the biggest names in Forex and assembles a guide to the best Forex brokers for Forex and CFDs trading. Here's our findings for 2019.
CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Between 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
Best Forex Brokers.
Here's a breakdown of some of the best Forex brokers in the world.
IG - Best Overall, Most Trusted Saxo Bank - Best Web Platform, Research CMC Markets - Best for Low Costs, Active Trading TD Ameritrade FX - Excellent Trading Platform, US only Forex.com - Great All-around, Low Costs City Index - Well-rounded Offering XTB - Great Customer Service, Easy to Use Platform Dukascopy - Best Desktop Platform, Mobile App FXCM - Well-rounded Offering.
Best Overall, Most Trusted - Visit Site.
Regulated and trusted across the globe, IG offers traders an extensive list of tradable products, excellent trading and research tools, industry leading education, and competitive rates. This fantastic all-round experience makes IG our No. 1 overall broker in 2019. ( 76% of retail CFD accounts lose money. ) Read full review.
Best Web Platform, Research - Visit Site.
With competitive pricing, excellent trading platforms, quality research, reliable customer service, and over 30,000 CFDs offered, Saxo Bank offers traders a complete package worth being a customer for, under a global brand they can trust. ( 69% of retail CFD accounts lose money. ) Read full review.
Best for Low Costs, Active Trading.
Through its offices regulated in major global financial centers, CMC Markets offers traders a wide range of offerings with excellent pricing and its Next Generation trading platform, which is packed with innovative trading tools and charting. Read full review.
Well-rounded, US Only.
With nearly 80 currency pairs to trade alongside a plethora of trading tools and research, TD Ameritrade's thinkorswim platform provides US-based Forex traders a winning solution. Read full review.
Great All-around, Low Costs - Visit Site.
Forex.com has plenty of options for Forex and CFD traders across its regulated offerings globally. With full-feature platforms, diverse trading tools, and comprehensive research, Forex.com caters to traders of all experience levels. ( 70% of retail CFD accounts lose money. ) Read full review.
Well-rounded Offering - Visit Site.
City Index is a multi-asset Forex broker, regulated in the UK and Singapore, that offers competitive spreads across multiple trading platforms. The broker caters to the needs of various clients, from beginners to advanced automated traders, and offers an active trader program for high-volume investors. ( 70% of retail CFD accounts lose money. ) Read full review.
Great Customer Service, Ease of Use - Visit Site.
As a trusted multi-asset broker regulated in several major financial centers, XTB provides a well-rounded, competitive trading experience. No question, customer service and xStation 5 are the broker's two standout highlights. ( 79% of retail CFD accounts lose money. ) Read full review.
Best Desktop Platform, Mobile App.
Thanks to its JForex platform suite, Dukascopy provides Forex traders industry leading trading tools and market research, which includes our favorite mobile app for 2019. Customer service and a narrow offering are the only weak spots in an otherwise great offering. Read full review.
Well-rounded Offering.
While its range of tradeable markets is narrow, FXCM caters well to high-volume traders, algorithmic traders, and traders that appreciate robust charting tools and quality market research. Read full review.
Best Forex Brokers for Low Costs.
Forex trading costs are not easy to break down. Reasons why trading costs can be impacted: bid/ask spreads can vary across venues (because Forex is decentralized), Forex spreads may be either fixed or variable (floating), and variable spreads may widen or narrow (vary) at different rates across brokers.
Furthermore, execution policies vary across firms in terms of how orders are handled (slippage/rejections), even when all else is equal. Brokers may be acting as market makers (dealers) to execute your trades and/or may be acting as agents for execution (relying on other dealers to execute). Forex spreads may include a round-turn commission. In addition, not all brokers publish their average spread data, and for those who do - not all brokers record their average spread over the same time-frames, making it difficult to make an accurate comparison.
To assess brokers, we took into consideration how much beginners, average traders, and even more seasoned traders would pay, looking at average spreads for standard Forex contracts (100,000 units) as well as mini accounts (10,000 units) and micro accounts (1,000 units), where applicable. We then calculated the all-in cost by including any round-turn commission that was added to prevailing spreads.
When it comes to competitive all-round pricing, CMC Markets took first place as the best broker in the commissions and fees category. With an average spread of just 0.744 pips on its EUR/USD (using September 2018 data), CMC Markets offered the most competitive all-in cost to trade, considering there were no added commissions or fees. Also, the broker's active trader rebate program helps to round off its ranking.
In second place was Forex.com . During Q3 2018, average spreads for the EUR/USD pair stood at 0.77 pips on the broker's proprietary Advanced Trader platform, and the extension of its active trader program in 2018 helped lift City Index into third place for Commissions and Fees.
While the all-in cost to trade can be critical for many traders, it is essential to look at the whole picture in terms of how a broker's overall offering could best suit your needs. Questions to ask include: What are average spreads for the account types offered? How will differences in margin requirements or execution type offered affect my Forex trading volumes and related trading costs? These are just some of the questions that can help traders consider key differences between offerings.
Best Forex Trading Platforms.
Forex trading platforms are the modern gateway to investing in international currency markets. Regardless of your trading style, or preferred multi-asset instrument, the platform technology you use can affect nearly all aspects of your trading experience. From accessing research to analyzing news events or performing technical analysis on charts, Forex trading platforms share the common goal of making it easy to help you trade and discover trading opportunities, while managing your personal investments.
Over the past decade, Forex trading platform technology has continued to evolve steadily across devices, with a shift from desktop to web and then to mobile. With ongoing enhancements to the user experience throughout the year, Forex brokers compete for market share amid shifting regulations and the evolving needs of traders.
From among the 28 Forex brokers we tested this year, it was clear that the best Forex platforms continued to innovate and pack a slew of features and tools into a simplified user experience, while keeping the technology up to date with the latest supported standards. All in all, these platforms provide customers a rich and pleasurable experience in all critical areas of Forex trading.

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For the Best Forex Trading Platform category, Saxo Bank took the top podium spot this year for its highly refined SaxoTraderGO platform and its new SaxoTraderPRO platform, available for desktop, web, and mobile. Saxo Bank has managed to nearly perfect the user-interface design and user-experience process with news, research, and integrated pattern-recognition, along with syncing watch lists and charts, and responsiveness across devices. Whether trading spot Forex or options on FX, Saxo makes it easy for traders to access over 30,000 markets, while providing advanced order types and trading features. These offerings help lift Saxo to first place in this category.
Available to US residents only, second up on the podium is TD Ameritrade for its highly innovative and rich thinkorswim desktop platform. thinkorswim features thinkScripts for algorithmic trading, as well as the ability to create push notifications and alerts on indicators, and even the capability of building custom ones from scratch. thinkorswim offers over 400 indicators - more than any other broker we have reviewed. The addition of a candlestick pattern editor and numerous research and social-network sharing features, along with extremely powerful charting, helped TD Ameritrade advance in this category.
Overall, the best Forex platform for you will depend on a myriad of factors. First, do you prefer a web-based environment or desktop download? Next, consider how important tools such as charting or automated trading are to you. Available order types and other unique tools and advanced features are also items to keep in mind.
Fortunately, nearly every Forex broker supports opening a demo account and testing out the experience in a simulated trading environment.

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Best International Offering.
Foreign exchange markets are open 24 hours a day, five days a week, which means investors can constantly scan international markets for opportunities to invest. Having access to multiple asset classes from within a single platform is important to many investors, as financial markets, including Forex and even cryptocurrencies, are highly interconnected. The ability to react quickly to geopolitical and economic news events in real time is key.
In the early 2000s, a fine line used to exist: brokers were most often concentrated on offering just one asset, for example Forex, to their customers. However, today trading platforms are no longer just for trading Forex, stocks, or futures; instead, multi-asset offerings are now industry standards among all the largest online brokers. That said, the range of products and markets you can trade still varies considerably across firms.
IG maintained its first place podium position year-over-year, with 15,000 tradable instruments available, including 91 Forex pairs. It also has the most regulatory licenses among all brokers, including licenses from top-tier jurisdictions such as the US, UK, and Switzerland. IG further extended its US presence by acquiring a Forex Dealer Member license, as it prepares to roll out retail Forex to US customers in 2019. In addition to significantly expanding its range of cryptocurrency CFDs, the broker provides access to global stock exchanges through its share-dealing account offering (for more information about IG's share-dealing offering, read our IG Group UK share dealing review on our sister site, StockBrokers.com).
Interactive Brokers (IBKR) took second place with a wide range of top-tier regulatory licenses. Interactive Brokers provides traders access to 6,100 CFDs (up from 4,217), 115 Forex pairs (up from 85), global exchange-traded products, US-traded bitcoin futures, and much more, including powerful research tools. IBKR's removal of its previously steep minimum account opening deposit (down to $0 from $10,000) was a major milestone in 2018 that enhanced its offering to a wider audience.
Best Forex Research.
Almost every Forex broker aims to provide its clients with research content and tools to find and analyze investment opportunities. At the same time, we are living in the digital information age where traders can get lost in the sea of Forex news headlines, making it hard to get the information they need unless brokers provide the right structure for Forex research.
Beyond news headlines and an economic calendar, leading Forex brokers usually integrate in-house research for fundamental news and technical analysis, then couple it with outsourced research content. Firms that take it a step further may even create their own TV channel, for example, to stream video updates instead of providing basic daily or weekly video updates.
Furthermore, many research tools are increasingly integrated within trading platforms, such as daily or weekly market recaps and analysis, live trading rooms, and integrated pattern- recognition tools for news events and charts, as well as screeners, heat maps, and sentiment indicators.
Saxo Bank maintained its first place position as the best broker for Forex research in 2018. While many brokers struggle to organize research for their customers, Saxo Bank does a fantastic job centralizing the research it provides across its platform suite in a clear manner, and within its recently redesigned website, as well as on its Trading Floor offering. Saxo Bank incorporates a social network in which traders share commentary about markets on Trading Floor and provides access to in-house and outsourced research reports, including pattern-recognition tools. Saxo Bank also puts out longer annual and quarterly market research reports and forecasts, including its "Outrageous Predictions" report.
IG held its second place position for research, with a broad range of tools available through its web platform and numerous in-house analyst and third-party content. The broker offers its own streaming video, IG TV, along with a vast array of daily blog updates and detailed posts from a team of global analysts. Lastly, the broker's integration of DailyFx continues to evolve as the site remains a leader for retail traders seeking educational and research content. Twitter feeds stream live within the platform, helping traders access news more readily than via traditional Forex news headlines.
When selecting a Forex broker for its FX research tools, remember that quality is just as important as quantity. The reason why our top picks for research consistently earn high marks each year is that they provide a great blend of in-house market analysis as well as tier-1 quality third-party research.
Best Forex Trading Apps.
While nearly all Forex brokers have offered mobile apps for years, the competition continues to increase as clients demand many of the same features in mobile that are normally found on desktop and web platforms.
To determine the best Forex brokers for mobile trading in 2019, we focused on identifying mobile experiences that were bug-free, cleanly designed, and provided a wide range of features. Additionally, we looked for brokers who have been able to create a seamless experience between their mobile apps and their desktop and/or web-based platforms.
Dukascopy Bank held its first place position year-over-year, as its J ForexTrader app (formerly SWFX) now even enables traders to run an algorithm straight from their smartphones, which is an industry first. The J Forex Trader app comes with numerous research and pattern recognition features and also includes an impressive array of charting capabilities, complex order types, and other advanced offerings, such as depth of book, all packed into a clean user design.
Saxo Bank took second place with its SaxoTrader GO mobile app. SaxoTrader GO is highly responsive and provides traders a unified experience with its web-based platform, offering unique features such as syncing trend lines, indicators, and watch lists. In addition, the broker's native integration of trading signals and pattern recognition, powered by Auto Chartist, is also automatically synced with its web platform.

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Best Customer Service.
When using a Forex broker, a single customer service experience is not enough to assess the all-round quality and scope of service. Instead, multiple interactions with a broker's customer support staff should be conducted to determine an overall rating of customer service.
Here at ForexBrokers.com, we follow the rigorous testing approach used by our sister site, StockBrokers.com, the most respected in the industry when it comes to trusted US stockbroker reviews.
For the 28 international Forex brokers included in our customer service assessment, we conducted institutional-grade phone testing with the help of UK-based customer experience research group Customerwise. Over the course of six weeks, 229 phone tests were conducted across the UK (Note: brokers who do not offer any UK-based phone support were excluded from testing).
In the final ranking for best customer service, IG ended up first followed by XTB, ADS Securities, LCG, and Saxo Bank in fifth. View the full rankings.
Best for Day Trading (Professional Client Status)
When it comes to active trading / day trading, not all Forex brokers' offerings are created equal. The trading requirements, and resulting commission/spread discounts a Forex trader is entitled to, can vary considerably across Forex brokers.
The available trading tools day traders need, such as advanced order types, for example, may vary from one firm to another. Not only that, but in today's highly regulated Forex world, traders who want to maximize their margin leverage must apply and obtain ESMA's professional client status with the broker.
Needless to say, professional Forex traders are consistently engaged with the market on a daily basis. Tracking news, monitoring watch lists, conducting analysis, and placing trades make up most of the usual routine. As a result, this unique breed of investor places far more trades, on average, than any long-term investor.
Overall, the best broker for active trading will depend on your specific situation when it comes to commission and fees. All the Forex brokers in this category offer competitive pricing for active and professional traders who trade frequently. Here's our top picks for 2019.
CMC Markets maintained its first place position in our 2019 Review, as clients can access all-in costs of 0.744 pips on the EUR/USD, using average spread data published by the broker for September 2018. Through its active trading rebate program, CMC Markets reduced the barrier to entry from £200 million down to £50 million in monthly volume, making it easier for traders to qualify. The broker also rebates £7 back per million traded for those who trade between £200-£300m per month, and £10 per million, for its highest tier above £300m per month.
Meanwhile, second place finisher Saxo Bank removed the minimum monthly requirement for the base tier of its fx volume-based discount plan, which has six tiers as part of its active trader offering. As per September 2018 data, the all-in cost to trade the EUR/USD at Saxo Bank was 0.8 pips, based on 0.3 pip average spreads plus the default 0.5 pip commission equivalent on its volume-based pricing. The broker also launched a new pricing model with even lower trading costs than its volume-based pricing and is aligned with the industry best practices outlined in the Global FX Code.
If you're considering an active trader program you might first ask: How much do I plan to trade over the calendar month? How will the available margin rates at my broker affect my trade sizes and overall volumes? How sensitive is my trading strategy to spread/commission rates? Other factors that can play a crucial role in your overall experience are the execution method, order types, trading platforms, and other such preferences.
How to Choose a Forex Broker.
Here are some of the most important factors to keep in mind when choosing an online broker for currency trading.
Regulation and Trust: Not all regulatory jurisdictions and licenses are created equal for international Forex and CFD Brokers. Investors should know which country their broker is based in and which country's laws apply to their account, and the regulatory status of that broker. To avoid Forex fraud, it is critical to use a well-known and well-regulated broker. See: How to Avoid Forex Trading Scams.
Company Policies and History: As part of every investors due diligence process, steps to help ensure account security should include verifying a firm's regulatory licenses and its legal obligations in safeguarding clients' money. It is also important to review the customer agreements, read up on the company's history, and verify that its primary offices are located in a well-respected country, if not your own.
Range of Markets Offered: It is always important to determine which markets or individual trading products (currency pair or stock symbol) you want to trade, then check to make sure they are offered. Also check to ensure the products you want to trade are available in your region.
FX Trading Tools & Platforms: Which platforms and trading tools are available for the products you are considering? Are they compatible with your web browser, computer operating system, or mobile smartphone, or any other devices you are planning to use for trading?

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FX Analysis and Global Market Research: Available research tools for scanning, analyzing, and conducting technical and fundamental analysis will vary from broker to broker.
Forex spreads, commissions, and overall trading costs: For Forex trading, the all-in cost to complete (open/close) each trade will consists of the spreads, plus and any round-turn commissions. The same generally applies to CFDs, in terms of bid/ask spreads plus any per trade commission.
Order Execution: Available execution methods can depend on whether the broker is a principal dealer acting as a market maker, and/or if they are an agency-only broker relying on third-party dealers (liquidity providers). Other execution methods, policies, conditions, or available order types can vary (including premium or free trade protection tools such as guaranteed stop-loss orders, fill-or-kill or fill within a maximum deviation range) can vary from broker to broker.
Order Type and Execution: Some execution methods or order types may incur negative or positive slippage. This means orders will fill but the fill price could be better or worse than that requested. Since each broker is different, some firms may re-quote an order with a new price for you to accept (or reject) in case the price has changed.
Customer Service: Customer service is important. The scope and quality of support can be a major differentiator across online FX brokerages, ranging from the speed and overall quality of assistance to availability across global trading hours and international markets.
Education: Currency trading can be complex. Even seasoned investors are constantly learning to expand their breadth of currency markets. The disparity between currency brokers that provide thorough, high-quality education and those who do not is vast.
Summary: Best Forex Brokers 2019.
Broker Best For Total Forex Pairs Total CFDs Overall Rating IG Best Overall, Most Trusted 91 15000 4.5 Stars Saxo Bank Best Web Platform, Reseach 182 32999 4.5 Stars CMC Markets Best for Low Costs, Active Trading 183 9959 4.5 Stars TD Ameritrade Well-rounded, US only 75 0 4.5 Stars Forex.com Great All-around, Low Costs 84 220 4 Stars City Index Well-rounded Offering 84 4500 4 Stars XTB Well-rounded Offering 48 1728 4 Stars Dukascopy Bank Best Desktop Platform, Mobile App 64 357 4 Stars FXCM Well-rounded Offering 39 24 4 Stars.
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Methodology.
For our 2019 Forex Broker Review we assessed, rated, and ranked 28 international Forex brokers. Each broker was graded on 81 different variables and, in total, over 60,000 words of research were produced.
While encouraged, broker participation was optional. Each broker had the opportunity to complete an in-depth data profile and provide executive time (live in person or over the web) for an annual update meeting.
All data submitted by brokers is hand-checked for accuracy. Ultimately, our rigorous data validation process yields an error rate of less than .1% each year, providing site visitors quality data they can trust. Learn more about how we test.
Forex Risk Disclaimer.
"There is a very high degree of risk involved in trading securities. With respect to margin-based foreign exchange trading, off-exchange derivatives, and cryptocurrencies, there is considerable exposure to risk, including but not limited to, leverage, creditworthiness, limited regulatory protection and market volatility that may substantially affect the price, or liquidity of a currency or related instrument. It should not be assumed that the methods, techniques, or indicators presented in these products will be profitable, or that they will not result in losses." Learn more.
About the author: Steven Hatzakis Steven Hatzakis is the Global Director of Research for ForexBrokers.com. Steven previously served as an Editor for Finance Magnates, where he authored over 1,000 published articles about the online finance industry. Steven is an active fintech and crypto industry researcher and advises blockchain companies at the board level. Over the past 20 years, Steven has held numerous positions within the international Forex markets, from writing to consulting to serving as a registered commodity futures representative.
Trading CFDs, FX, and cryptocurrencies involves a high degree of risk. All providers have a percentage of retail investor accounts that lose money when trading CFDs with their company. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money and whether you understand how CFDs, FX, and cryptocurrencies work. All data was obtained from a published web site as of 02/18/2019 and is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. The ForexBrokers.com staff is constantly working with its online broker representatives to obtain the latest data. If you believe any data listed above is inaccurate, please contact us using the link at the bottom of this page.
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