easyMarkets review

Regulated by

CySEC (079/07); ASIC (AFSL 246566); Seychelles FSA (SD056); BVI FSC (SIBA/L/20/1135); FSCA (54018)

Regulator tier

Tier 1

Register entry

CySEC register, licence 079/07

Client money segregated

Yes

Held at

Regulated banking institutions

Negative balance protection

Yes

Compensation scheme

ICF up to €20,000 for eligible CySEC clients

Audited by

Independent external auditors

Not available to

United States, Israel, Iran, North Korea and other restricted/sanctioned jurisdictions

A licence is the first thing a fake broker cannot produce, so it is the first thing to check.

easyMarkets holds tier-one authorisations from ASIC and CySEC. That matters more than any headline spread: it determines your leverage cap, whether losses can exceed your deposit, and what happens to your money if the firm fails.

It also operates an offshore entity (FSC and FSA). Which one you are onboarded to depends on where you live, and the two carry very different protections - worth confirming before you deposit.

ASIC caps retail leverage at 1:30, requires negative balance protection, and obliges the broker to hold client money in a separate trust account.

CySEC licences passport across the EU and follow the 1:30 retail leverage cap, with the Investor Compensation Fund covering eligible claims.

The FSCA licenses derivative providers in South Africa without a fixed retail leverage cap, so headline leverage is often higher than an FCA or ASIC entity may offer.

Check the licence yourself: the CySEC register of investment firms, ASIC Connect, the Seychelles FSA list of regulated entities, the FSCA list of regulated entities.

Legal entity

Easy Forex Trading Ltd

Company number

HE 203997

Headquarters

Limassol, Cyprus

Founded

2001

Publicly listed

No

Parent company

Independent

Employees

201-500

Also trades as

easyMarkets; Easy Forex; easy-forex

Deposit methods

Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer, Neteller, Skrill, Fasapay, Sticpay, Bitwallet, local bank transfer and regional methods

Withdrawal methods

Visa/Mastercard, bank transfer, Neteller, Skrill and supported local/e-wallet methods

Deposit time

Instant for cards, Neteller and Skrill; local banking up to 24 hours; bank wire typically 3-5 business days

Withdrawal time

Typically within 24 hours for cards/e-wallets; bank transfer typically 3-10 business days

Minimum withdrawal

$10

Local payment methods

PIX; UPI; local bank transfer; Internet Banking; BPAY; PayID; Fasapay; Sticpay; Bitwallet and other regional methods

Spread from

0.6 pips

EUR/USD spread

0.6 pips

GBP/USD spread

0.8 pips

Commission

$0

All-in cost, EUR/USD

0.6 pips

Spread type

Fixed on Web/App and MT4; variable on MT5

Overnight swap

Both: overnight financing applies; swap-free accounts available

Inactivity fee

$25/month after 12 months inactivity

Currency conversion

No separate fixed conversion fee; conversion applies where currencies differ

Costs matter less than whether you can withdraw, but an offer that looks impossible usually is.

Spreads from 0.6 pips suggest an all-in account, where the broker's fee is built into the price rather than charged separately. There is usually no commission on top, which makes the cost easier to predict.

Quoted spreads are best-case figures on the most liquid pair, in normal conditions. What you actually pay widens around news and at the session open.

easyMarkets lists a minimum deposit of $25. Treat it as the cost of opening an account, not the cost of trading one - position sizing on a small balance is what tends to cause damage.

Minimum deposit

$25

Account types

Standard, VIP, MT4, MT5, Islamic, Demo

Account currencies

USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD, JPY, CHF, SGD, NZD, CNY, HKD, NOK, SEK, PLN, CZK, TRY, ZAR, MXN

Islamic account

Yes

Demo account

Yes

Professional account

Yes

Minimum trade size

0.05 lots / 5,000 units on EUR/USD

Time to open

Minutes

Markets

Forex, Commodities, Metals, Indices, Shares, Cryptocurrencies, Vanilla Options

Currency pairs

65

Total instruments

200+

Crypto CFDs

Yes

Maximum leverage

1:30

Execution model

Market maker

Execution speed

Under 1 second

Order types

Market, limit, stop, stop-loss, take-profit, guaranteed stop-loss, easyTrade

Servers

Global data-centre infrastructure

Leverage is capped at 1:30, which is the retail limit under tier-one regulation. It is a protection rather than a restriction: it caps how quickly a position can move against your balance.

easyMarkets covers forex, commodities, metals, indices, shares, cryptocurrencies, vanilla options. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.

Funding options: visa, mastercard, bank transfer, neteller, skrill, fasapay, sticpay, bitwallet, local bank transfer and regional methods. Check withdrawal routes as well as deposit ones - they are often not the same, and the difference only becomes apparent when you try to take money out.

Platforms

easyMarkets Web/App, TradingView, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5

Own platform

Yes

Mobile app

Both proprietary and third-party

Browser trading

Yes

Automated trading

Yes, through MT4/MT5

Copy trading

Yes, through third-party/platform integrations

Indicators

100+ through TradingView; 30+ MT4; 38+ MT5

Third-party tools

TradingView, dealCancellation, Freeze Rate, easyTrade, Guaranteed Stop Loss

API access

No public retail API

MetaTrader 4 remains the most widely supported platform for expert advisors. If you rely on an existing EA, this is usually the deciding factor.

MetaTrader 5 handles more asset classes and order types than MT4, but expert advisors are not compatible between the two - an MT4 EA will not run on it.

TradingView integration lets you trade from charts you may already use, removing the need to run a second platform for analysis.

Support hours

24/5

Contact channels

Live chat, email, phone, personal account manager/dealing room

Languages

Multilingual

Telephone

+357 25 828 899

Email

support@easy-markets.com

Live chat response

Typically under 2 minutes

Education

Extensive: Trading School, videos, one-on-one training, seminars, articles, tutorials and learning centre

Research

Daily market analysis, trading ideas, market news and technical/fundamental commentary