Spread Costs

FXCM offers competitive spreads on our currency pairs and CFD instruments. Active Traders can get deep discounts on spread costs based on the volume traded. Learn More

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Effective Spreads

Better Spreads, Trade Better!

Over 87%1 of all orders receive positive slippage or zero slippage, this means those trades were executed at the rate client clicked on or better with FXCM. This effectively lowers your spread at execution. Possibly get executed at prices better than displayed spreads.

The effective spread is a better measure of trading costs because it captures Price Improvements. Know your trading costs and ask your broker about their effective spreads.

View our historical chart to see the difference between the displayed spread and effective spreads.

Note: Rollover occurs at 17:00 ET every day. Spreads can widen specifically during this time.

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As per the June 2021 Slippage Statistics Report

Disclosure

Compensation: When executing customers' trades, FXCM can be compensated in several ways, which include, but are not limited to: spreads, charging fixed lot-based commissions at the open and close of a trade, adding a markup to the spreads it receives from its liquidity providers for certain account types, and adding a markup to rollover, etc.

Trading Accounts: Price arbitrage strategies are prohibited and FXCM determines, at its sole discretion, what encompasses a price arbitrage strategy. Trading accounts offer spreads plus mark-up pricing. Spreads are variable and are subject to delay. Major currency pairs default to 30:1, minor currency pairs, gold and major stock markets indices default to 20:1, commodities other than gold and minor stock market indices default to 10:1, shares or other assets default to 5:1, and cryptocurrencies to 2:1.

AUD/USD average spread displayed is applicable to FXCM Australia Pty. Limited ("FXCM AU") clients having AUD denominated trading accounts. The applicable average spread of the AUD/USD pair for FXCM AU clients holding trading accounts denominated in other currencies is: 1.8.

GER30 average spread displayed is for peak hours only (7:00-21:00 GMT). Effective from February 11th 2019, the GER30 remains open during off peak hours (0:30-7:00 GMT). Spreads may widen during off-peak hours, for more information on GER30 trading hours and spreads, please visit FXCM Help.

Spreads Widget: When static spreads are displayed, the figures reflect a time-stamped snapshot as of when the market closes. Spreads are variable and are subject to delay. Single Share prices are subject to a 15 minute delay. The spread figures are for informational purposes only. FXCM is not liable for errors, omissions or delays, or for actions relying on this information.

Risk Warning: Our service includes products that are traded on margin and carry a risk of total loss of your deposited funds. The products may not be suitable for all investors. Please ensure that you fully understand the risks involved.