Active Trader

FXCM's Active Trader account is designed for traders who actively trade. When trading is more than a hobby, treat yourself to our very best. Active Trader benefits include dedicated support, premium services and custom solutions. Active Traders are eligible for different tier pricing including a Tax Free3 account for UK residents with tight spreads and no commissions.

BENEFITS

Designed with the dedicated trader in mind, the Active Trader account represents FXCM's highest level of service and furnishes customers with many unique features:

DEDICATED SUPPORT

A committed team of experienced professionals offer top-tier support to Active Trader accounts. From one-on-one consultations with a Relationship Manager to the exclusive Back-Office Team ensuring FXCM's resources are being properly utilised, customer support is second to none.

API TRADING

If you're a programmer looking to develop a black-box solution or an order-processing application, you can use our FIX, ForexConnect and JAVA APIs to create the custom solution you need. With your Active Trader account, you get free access to multiple APIs.

INSTITUTIONAL DERIVED TRADE IDEAS

Supplement your trading strategy with access to high-end institutional derived FX data through an eFXplus premium subscription*. Receive real-time alerts on fresh trade ideas, and currency forecasts from institutional research. Scan insightful economic forecasts and analytical views supported by trade level and targets from the model portfolios of multiple banks. Review market sentiment generated by quant models. Fill out the eFXplus access form to see if you qualify for a subscription.

MARKET DEPTH

An Active Trader account unlocks market depth functionality on the Trading Station platform. Multiple levels of liquidity are visible at each price, providing extremely useful information to short-term and high-frequency traders.

CUSTOM SOLUTIONS

The favourable market access of VPS hosting comes complimentary with an Active Trader account that is subject to tier pricing on spread costs. A 2% credit of deposited funds is available for allocation towards the FXCM APPs store.

While Active Trader account might provide some benefits, we remind clients that CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage.

HOW DO I ENABLE MY ACTIVE TRADER ACCOUNT?

REQUEST A CALL WITH FXCM

ACTIVE TRADER PRICING

FXCM's Active Trader account is designed for traders who actively trade. You can get different tier pricing on your spread costs based on the volume you trade.

Forex Commissions

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Commission per lot (100K) £2.00 £1.70 Custom
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Disclosure
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Tax Treatment: The UK tax treatment of your financial betting activities depends on your individual circumstances and may be subject to change in the future, or may differ in other jurisdictions.

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This is the average discount across our major pairs: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF, AUD/USD, EUR/JPY and GBP/JPY.

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Monthly trading volume is calculated as the total notional value of all trades executed within a calendar month, expressed in USD equivalent. For example, if you trade 50,000,000 EUR/USD in one month at an exchange rate of 1.20, your notional trading volume would be approximately 60,000,000 USD. Clients trading above 50 million in monthly volume may qualify for Active Trader pricing, subject to maintaining a minimum account equity of £25,000. For major currency pairs, commissions are £2.00 per side per 100K traded volume for monthly volumes above 50 million, and £1.70 per side per 100K traded volume for monthly volumes above 150 million. Clients trading significantly higher volumes (e.g. above 500 million per month) may qualify for further preferential pricing, subject to commercial agreement.

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EFX Access: You can receive the eFXPlus service for your live FXCM Account at no cost if you have a live FXCM account that has placed at least a singular trade this current month. If you do not meet this requirement at the end of the month, your subscription will be cancelled.

Commissions: Commission-based pricing is available on Active Trader account types. Commissions are charged at the open and close of trades in the denomination of the account.

Compensation: When executing customers' trades, FXCM can be compensated in several ways, which include, but are not limited to: spreads, charging commissions at the open and close of a trade, and adding a mark-up to rollover, etc. Commission-based pricing is applicable to Active Trader account types.

Intermediary Markup: In some instances, accounts for clients of certain intermediaries are subject to a markup.

Active Trader Accounts: Active Trader accounts offers spreads plus mark-up pricing or spreads plus commission pricing depending on your equity level and trading volume.

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.