Forex trading

What is forex trading?

Stock markets around the world can all fall at the same time, but because currencies are valued relative to one another, if one weakens then another must get stronger. That means there is always money to be made.

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Company Spread Avg spread Leverage ratio 1: Trade min Account min 24 Hour trading Demo account Apply

CMC Markets

CMC-Markets
Variable 2 - 5 pips 200 £10,000 £200
Y
yes
N
no
Apply

Tradefair

tradefair-v2
Variable 2 - 5 pips 200 1 contract £0
Y
yes
Y
yes

Moneycorp Markets

Moneycorp
Variable 3 - 4 pips 100 £100,000 £10,000
N
no
Y
yes

Spreadex

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Fixed 2 - 5 pips 100 1 contract £0
Y
yes
N
no
Apply

TD Waterhouse

TD-Waterhouse-logo
Variable 2 - 5 pips 200 1 contract £0
N
no
N
no

Finspreads

Finspreads
Variable 2 - 5 pips 20 £0.50 £0
Y
yes
Y
yes

Saxo Capital Markets

Saxo-Bank
Variable 1 - 5 pips 200 £10,000 £5,000
Y
yes
Y
yes
Apply

Capital Spreads

Capital-Spreads
Fixed 1 - 5 pips 300 1 contract £0
Y
yes
Y
yes
Apply

XTB

xtb
Fixed & Variable 0 - 2.8 pips 100 £10,000 £500
Y
yes
Y
yes

Barclays

Barclays
Variable 2 - 5 pips 100 £50,000 £5,000
Y
yes
N
no

GFT

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Variable 1 - 5 pips 400 1 contract £120
Y
yes
Y
yes
Apply

Accendo Markets

Accendo-Markets
Variable 1 - 5 pips 100 1 contract £1,000
Y
yes
Y
yes

RBS

RBS
Variable 2 - 5 pips 200 £10,000 £200
Y
yes
N
no

InterTrader

intertrader-black
Fixed 2 - 5 pips 200 1 contract £0
Y
yes
Y
yes
Apply

Forex.com

forexcom
Fixed 0.8 - 2 pips 400 0.1 contract £250
Y
yes
Y
yes
Apply

Internaxx

Internaxx
Variable 1 - 5 pips 10 1 contract £0
N
no
Y
yes

IG Index

103x43_IG
Fixed 2 - 3 pips 50 £10,000 £0
Y
yes
N
no

ProSpreads

Prospreads
Fixed 1 - 3 pips 200 1 contract £1,000
N
no
Y
yes
Apply

Spreadco

SpreadCo
Fixed 0.8 - 3 pips 100 1 contract £100
Y
yes
Y
yes
Apply

eTorro

etoro
Fixed 2 - 5 pips 400 £2 £35
Y
yes
Y
yes
Apply

NatWest

NatWest
Variable 2 - 5 pips 200 £10,000 £200
Y
yes
Y
yes

FP Markets

FPMarkets_Logo
Variable 1 - 3 pips 100 £10,000 £1,000
Y
yes
Y
yes

Selftrade

Selftrade2
Variable 2 - 6 pips 10 1 contract £0
Y
yes
Y
yes

Forex trading articles

The Aussie takes a ‘permanent step down’

In the past two years, the Australian dollar has often dipped below parity with its US counterpart before climbing back. But it now seems to be taking a permanent step down.

Where to next for the pound?

This year hasn’t been kind to the pound – it’s fallen heavily against the US dollar. But after Britain’s latest GDP figures came in better than expected, the market turned bullish. So where’s it likely to go next? Dominic Frisby investigates.

MoneyWeek TV: Losing faith in currency

Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss faith in money, including the rise of the digital currency, bitcoin, and the future for gold. And SMBC Nikko’s Jonanthan Allum explains the recent surge in Japanese stocks.

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