The safety dossier

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easyMarkets review

Who regulates easyMarkets, under which licence, and what that means for your money.

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easyMarkets carries the protections that decide what happens to your balance if the firm fails, though not every entity it operates carries the same ones, and which you get depends on where you live. Regulated by CySEC (079/07); ASIC (AFSL 246566); Seychelles FSA (SD056); BVI FSC (SIBA/L/20/1135); FSCA (54018), offering easyMarkets Web/App, TradingView, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5.

Our rating

★★★★½

One rating, identical across our sites - only the way it is shown changes. It averages six assessments: regulation, trading costs, platforms, markets, support and education.

Regulation and safety

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

The licence is what decides where your money sits and who is obliged to do something about it.

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.

The company behind the brand

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

What it costs to trade

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

Cost is the last thing to weigh here, and never the thing that should decide it.

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.

Platforms and tools

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.

Markets and execution

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.

Accounts

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

Deposits and withdrawals

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

Support and education

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

Information is regularly updated. Last compiled from easyMarkets's own website on 26 August 2026.

Questions people ask about easyMarkets

What happens to my money if easyMarkets goes bust?

easyMarkets sits behind ICF up to €20,000 for eligible CySEC clients. A scheme covers eligible clients of the entity that holds the licence, so the entity you were onboarded to decides whether it covers you.

Is my money kept separate from easyMarkets' own?

Yes. easyMarkets holds client money in accounts kept apart from the firm's own. Segregation is what stops a broker's creditors reaching your balance if the firm fails, which is why it matters more than any headline spread. We do not hold the name of the bank it uses.

Can I lose more than I deposit with easyMarkets?

easyMarkets provides negative balance protection, so a gap through your stop should not leave you owing money. It is usually a rule of the regulator rather than a favour from the broker, which means it can differ between the entities one brand operates.