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Standard Account - CFD

The FXCM Standard Account is our most popular account type, giving you access to our full line of forex, commodities and indices products.

Forex

Spreads

When you're CFD trading, FXCM Standard and Active Trader Accounts accounts have some of the lowest spreads in the industry because our No Dealing Desk model streams the exact bid/ask quotes from our liquidity providers.

Pair Spreads Pair Spreads
AUD/CAD 1.1 GBP/CHF 1.7
AUD/CHF 1.1 GBP/JPY 1.3
AUD/JPY 0.7 GBP/NZD 5.3
AUD/NZD 1.6 GBP/USD 0.7
AUD/USD 0.4 NZD/CAD 1.3
CAD/CHF 1.1 NZD/CHF 1.3
CAD/JPY 0.9 NZD/JPY 0.9
CHF/JPY 1.3 NZD/USD 0.6
EUR/AUD 1.6 TRY/JPY 1.9
EUR/CAD 1.8 USD/CAD 0.6
EUR/CHF 1.0 USD/CHF 0.8
EUR/GBP 0.9 USD/CNH 6.2
EUR/JPY 0.8 USD/JPY 0.4
EUR/NOK 25.3 USD/MXN 51.4
EUR/NZD 3.6 USD/NOK 23.1
EUR/SEK 25.7 USD/SEK 18.1
EUR/TRY 26.1 USD/TRY 13.5
EUR/USD 0.3 USD/ZAR 111.8
GBP/AUD 2.8 ZAR/JPY 1.1
GBP/CAD 2.5    

COMMISSIONS

Unlike Mini Accounts, Standard and Active Trader CFD trading accounts charge commissions to keep spreads as low as possible, which is especially beneficial to day traders and scalpers. Also, commissions make forex pricing transparent by separating our per-order fee from the spread.

  £ PER 1K £ PER 1M

Standard
EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF £0.03 £30
All other pairs £0.05 £50

Commissions are charged when you open and close trades.

Indices and Commodities

Spreads

With all FXCM account types, you pay only the spread to trade indices and commodities. Our enhanced execution CFDs allow you to trade without stop and limit restrictions or re-quotes.

INSTRUMENT TARGET SPREAD INSTRUMENT TARGET SPREAD
US30 2 AUS200 1*
SPX500 0.5 EUSTX50 1
NAS100 1 USOIL 0.05
UK100 1* UKOIL 0.05
GER30 1* NGAS 10
ESP35 8 XAU/USD 0.5
FRA40 1* XAG/USD 0.05
HKG33 5 COPPER 0.002
JPN225 7 BUND 0.03

Standard and Active Trader Accounts: Standard and Active Trader accounts offer 18 CFD instruments and up to 39 currency pairs. FXCM may decide at its sole discretion to add or remove any CFD instruments currency pairs. Non-spread bet accounts default to a Low Spreads + Commission pricing structure. Spreads are variable and are subject to delay. Experienced traders can trade Standard and Active Trader accounts with up to 100:1 leverage. Traders that are new to FX and CFD trading will be defaulted to 50:1 leverage. Standard and Active Trader accounts with equity below 10,000 CCY may be switched to a Mini Account.

Average Spreads: Time-weighted average spreads are derived from tradable prices at FXCM from April 1,2017 to June 30,2017. The spread figures are for informational purposes only. FXCM is not liable for errors, omissions or delays or for actions relying on this information.

Compensation: When executing customers' trades, FXCM can be compensated in several ways, which include, but are not limited to: 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. Under the Dealing Desk execution model, FXCM may act as a dealer and may receive additional compensation from trading.

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

* Spreads in UK100, GER30, FRA40 and AUS200 may widen from 1 to 2 pips when the respective cash index exchange is closed for the day.