AvaTrade trading conditions
Compare available leverage, margin, execution, spreads, commissions, swaps, stop-out levels and permitted trading styles.
Also known as AvaTradeGO, AvaOptions, AvaSocial
- Editorial score
- 9.2/10How we scored AvaTrade
- User rating
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- Regulatory status
- Central Bank of IrelandASICFSC (BVI)FSCA (South Africa)+6
- Country
- Ireland
- Established
- Established 2006
- Website
- avatrade.com
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Compare available leverage, margin, execution, spreads, commissions, swaps, stop-out levels and permitted trading styles.
AvaTrade trading conditions
Trading conditions vary by account, platform, legal entity and client classification. The figures below reflect the latest information available to 88 Forex Brokers and should be confirmed before trading.
Spreads and commissions
AvaTrade advertises spreads from 0.9 pips on Retail. The stated commission is $0. Typical or live pricing may be higher than the advertised minimum, particularly outside liquid trading hours or during volatile markets.
Spreads from 0.9 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.
AvaTrade lists a minimum deposit of $100. 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.
- Spread type
- Variable
- EUR/USD average spread
- 0.9 pips
- GBP/USD average spread
- 1.5 pips
- Commission
- $0
- All-in cost, EUR/USD
- 0.9 pips
Leverage and margin
Maximum leverage is reported as 1:30, although the available limit depends on the account entity, instrument, client classification and local rules. Higher leverage increases both potential gains and losses and can lead to rapid account depletion.
Execution model
AvaTrade describes its execution model as Market maker. The available information indicates an average execution speed of Instant execution, typically under 1 second, order types of Market, limit, stop, stop-loss, take-profit, trailing stop and servers in Global data-centre infrastructure. Execution labels are not standardised across the industry, so review the order-execution policy and conflict disclosures rather than relying on a single term.
Trading rules
- Expert advisers
- Yes; MT4/MT5 Expert Advisors and automated strategies
- Copy trading
- AvaSocial; DupliTrade
- Negative balance protection
- Yes
Scalping, Hedging, Stop-out level and Guaranteed stop loss: the broker does not publish enough information for us to confirm this trading condition.
Account terms may differ by entity and country.
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