CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 69.66% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
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FXCM's Bitcoin Spreads are among the tightest in the industry – sometimes half the price of competitor.
| Broker | Bitcoin Spread* |
|---|---|
| FXCM1 | 30 |
| CMC2 | 37 |
| IG3 | 38 |
| Plus5004 | 45 |
| City Index5 | 70 |
This table is for comparative purposes only and does not indicate any future performance levels. The spread figures are taken from prominent UK competitor websites and are correct to the best of our knowledge as of May 27, 2019. FXCM cannot guarantee the accuracy of such figures and is not liable for errors, omissions or delays or for actions relying on this information. Please refer to the respective CFD broker's website to get familiarized with the assumptions or basis used during the calculation of the spreads. Please note that overnight charges may differ among brokers and are not included in this comparison.
Up to 2:1 effective leverage[1] available. Control the position size of your choosing requiring only half of the necessary funds. Use effective leverage to trade 1:1 as well. The choice is yours.
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Let us settle the debate for you. CFDs offer advantages to the speculator that are not provided by underlying "physical" crypto market. They are:
If you buy and sell physical cryptocurrencies you need to make a decision on whether or not you leave your physical cryptocurrencies with your provider. If you do, you risk they may be hacked. If you do not, you have to learn how to use hardware wallets where one wrong keystroke could mean all funds are lost.
Crytpocurrencies are not widely accepted as payment for goods and services. No need to hold them physically.
CFDs are regulated financial products. Physical crypto is not. To the trader that means the firm they deal with is subject to oversight by both regulators, auditors, and best execution committees. With a CFD, you can be sure you are receiving the best price available as it's a regulatory requirement. You are not guaranteed that with physical crypto.
FXCM is regulated and your funds are held at leading financial institutions. Your funds are not kept by an unregulated exchange but instead with a company complying with required hacking prevention measures. And in the event FXCM is unable to pay back funds due to insolvency, customers can rely on FSCS protection up to £85,000 per individual.
Our platforms are battle-tested and have been in development throughout FXCM's 20 year history. They are more feature-rich than the newly-established trading platforms of physical crypto companies. You may trade any crypto product you like without regard for what you currently hold in your account. For example, an FXCM account in GBP can go long BTC/USD without need to first own USD. That is not the case with major crypto "exchanges".
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The CryptoMajors basket is a unique product that combines Bitcoin (BTC/USD), Ether (ETH/USD), Ripple (XRP/USD), Litecoin (LTC/USD) and Bitcoin Cash ABC (BCH/USD) into one instrument and is a benchmark designed to reflect the change in value of some of the world's top digital currencies.
Bitcoin is a global form of digital currency. Unlike traditional currencies, which were frequently backed by gold and silver, bitcoin is based on distributed computing. While traditional currencies are printed by central banks, bitcoins are created or "mined" by distributed computer networks.
Past Performance: Past Performance is not an indicator of future results.
| Margin | Average Spread | Smallest Trade Size | Largest Trade size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:1 | 26.23 | 0.01 BTC | 5 BTC |
Ether is the digital currency used by Ethereum. Ether is the fuel or "gas" used to pay for transactions made on the Ethereum platform. Ether gives participants a reason to contribute resources used by the platform, thereby ensuring a robust network. Further, it provides developers with incentive to write efficient code, as inefficient software programs are more expensive.
Past Performance: Past Performance is not an indicator of future results.
| Margin | Average Spread | Smallest Trade Size | Largest Trade size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:1 | 1.87 | 0.10 ETH | 100 ETH |
Litecoin is an open-source, decentralized digital currency that was created in 2011 using code from a Bitcoin client. Because of the close relationship between the two, many have described Litecoin as being the Silver to Bitcoin's gold.
Past Performance: Past Performance is not an indicator of future results.
| Margin | Average Spread | Smallest Trade Size | Largest Trade size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:1 | 0.6 | 1 LTC | 1000 LTC |
Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency that forked from Bitcoin in 2017. Its one major difference is that the blocks in bitcoin cash's blockchain allow far more space and therefore have the capacity to hold significantly more transactions.
Past Performance: Past Performance is not an indicator of future results.
| Margin | Average Spread | Smallest Trade Size | Largest Trade size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:1 | 2.93 | 0.1 BCH | 100 BCH |
XRP is the native token of the Ripple network. Ripple is a cryptocurrency platform that facilitates exchange between participants via the online space. However, unlike Bitcoin and Litecoin instead of the primary objective being the creation of a decentralized and anonymous peer-to-peer mode of transfer, the target audiences for XRP are traditional banking institutions and is used to settle cross-border and cross-bank transactions transparently.
Past Performance: Past Performance is not an indicator of future results.
| Margin | Average Spread | Smallest Trade Size | Largest Trade size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:1 | 0.007 | 100 XRP | 10000 XRP |
EOS is the cryptocurrency of the EOS network, a Blockchain platform built for developing dApps (distributed apps). The main aim of EOS is to build a much more scalable, faster, and more efficient version of Ethereum.
Past Performance: Past Performance is not an indicator of future results.
| Margin | Average Spread | Smallest Trade Size | Largest Trade size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:1 | 0.03 | 1 EOS | 1000 EOS |
EOS and Stellar have recently been added to our product offering and the spreads displayed above are the target spreads.
Stellar is a platform that was designed to facilitate the transfer of funds instantly, anywhere in the world. The lumen, often abbreviated XLM, is the protocol token of the Stellar network
Past Performance: Past Performance is not an indicator of future results.
| Margin | Average Spread | Smallest Trade Size | Largest Trade size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:1 | 0.0015 | 100 XLM | 10000 XLM |
EOS and Stellar have recently been added to our product offering and the spreads displayed above are the target spreads.
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