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Spreads and Margins

We offer a large range of instruments with flexible spreads which brings a greater degree of price transparency to clients’ trades.

With institutional-level pricing and lower transactional costs, we can pass on the benefit of tighter spreads available to us from the Interbank market.

During certain times of the day, periods of lower liquidity and when there is increased market volatility, spreads will naturally widen. Fully understanding the dynamics of flexible spreads is the key to better-informed and more considered trading.

The following spreads and margins apply to trades performed using MetaTrader 4's Micro and Classic Accounts.

Minimum spread for the clients from the Middle East regionResidents of UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Yemen. is widened by 0.5 of a pip (for example, minimum spread in EURUSD is 2.1 of a pip).

Minimum spread for residents of India is widened by 0.2 of a pip (for example, minimum spreads in EURUSD is 1.8 of a pip). For the full list, please click here.

Minimum spread for residents of Mainland ChinaExcluding Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan is widened by 1 pip.


For CFD contract specifications, please click here.

 

Ticker

Minimum Spreads*
Typical Spreads
Instant Execution
**
Size of
1.0 lot
Limit & Stop levels
Commission
***

Precious Metals
XAUUSD
(Gold)
50 pips
51 pips 5 lots 100
troy oz
100 pips
$ 0
XAGUSD
(Silver)
4.0 pips
4.0 pips 5 lots 5000
troy oz
10 pips
$ 0
Foreign Exchange
EURUSD    1.6 pips 1.6 pips 50 lots EUR 100,000 2 pips $ 0
USDCHF 2.6 pips 2.7 pips 50 lots USD 100,000 4 pips $ 0
USDJPY 2.0 pips 2.0 pips 50 lots USD 100,000 3 pips $ 0
GBPUSD 2.5 pips 2.8 pips 50 lots GBP 100,000 3 pips $ 0
AUDUSD 2.8 pips 2.8 pips 50 lots AUD 100,000 3 pips $ 0
USDCAD 3.5 pips 3.7 pips 50 lots USD 100,000 4 pips $ 0
EURGBP 2.0 pips 2.1 pips 50 lots EUR 100,000 2 pips $ 0
EURCHF 2.8 pips 2.8 pips 50 lots EUR 100,000 3 pips $ 0
EURJPY 3.2 pips 3.2 pips 50 lots EUR 100,000 3 pips $ 0
GBPJPY 5.5 pips 5.6 pips 20 lots GBP 100,000 7 pips $ 0
GBPCHF 5.5 pips 5.8 pips 30 lots GBP 100,000 7 pips $ 0
EURCAD 7.0 pips 7.2 pips 30 lots EUR 100,000 8 pips $ 0
EURAUD 7.0  pips 7.0 pips 30 lots EUR 100,000 10 pips $ 0
USDSGD 5.0 pips 5.3 pips 10 lots USD 100,000 8 pips $ 0
CHFJPY 6.0 pips 6.0 pips 50 lots CHF 100,000 4 pips $ 0
EURNZD 15.0 pips 15.0 pips 10 lots EUR 100,000 12 pips $ 0
AUDJPY 5.0 pips 5.0 pips 25 lots AUD 100,000 5 pips $ 0
AUDNZD 12.0 pips 12.1 pips 30 lots AUD 100,000 12 pips $ 0
AUDCAD 7.0 pips 7.0 pips 20 lots AUD 100,000 7 pips $ 0
AUDCHF 7.0 pips 7.0 pips 30 lots AUD 100,000 6 pips $ 0
CADCHF 6.0 pips 6.0 pips 30 lots CAD 100,000 8 pips $ 0
CADJPY 5.0 pips 5.0 pips 30 lots CAD 100,000 6 pips $ 0
NZDUSD 6.0 pips 6.0 pips 10 lots NZD 100,000 5 pips $ 0
NZDJPY 7.0 pips 7.0 pips 25 lots NZD 100,000 7 pips $ 0
USDDKK 15.0 pips 15 pips 10 lots USD 100,000 30 pips $ 0
USDNOK 50.0 pips 53.9 pips 10 lots USD 100,000 50 pips $ 0
USDSEK 75.0 pips 75.2 pips 25 lots USD 100,000 50 pips $ 0
USDHKD 6.0 pips 6.1 pips 30 lots USD 100,000 7 pips $ 0
SGDJPY 5.0 pips 5.0 pips 10 lots SGD 100,000 6 pips $ 0


*     The above typical spreads will be applicable under normal market conditions.The Company has the right to amend the above spreads according to market conditions.

**   High volume deals are executed by request
*** Transaction costs are incorporated into the bid/ask spread

 

Hedged Margin

1/2 of Initial Margin

 

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