Funding and access
AAAFx review
How to fund and withdraw with AAAFx, and what it costs to trade.
AAAFx is workable, with clear compromises. Regulated by Mwali International Services Authority, Comoros Union (BFX2025097), offering MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, ActTrader, ZuluTrade. What follows is drawn from the broker's own published material and covers the things that decide the account you end up with: who oversees them, what trading actually costs, and where the compromises sit.
Our rating
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.
What it costs to trade
- Spread from
- 0.0 pips
- EUR/USD spread
- Approx. 0.2 pips, ECN
- GBP/USD spread
- Approx. 0.4 pips, ECN
- Commission
- $2.50 per side / $5 round turn, ECN
- All-in cost, EUR/USD
- Approx. 0.7 pips
- Spread type
- Variable
- Overnight swap
- Both: overnight swaps may be charged or credited; Islamic account available
- Inactivity fee
- $10/month after 3 months inactivity
- Deposit fee
- None for supported methods
- Withdrawal fee
- None for supported methods
- Currency conversion
- Conversion at applicable exchange rate
A quoted spread from 0.0 pips is a raw-spread figure, which almost always means a separate commission per lot. Compare the two together - a "zero spread" account with a high commission can cost more than a wider spread with none.
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.
AAAFx lists a minimum deposit of $10. 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.
Markets and execution
- Markets
- Forex, Indices, Commodities, Shares, Cryptocurrencies
- Currency pairs
- 50+
- Total instruments
- 200+
- Crypto CFDs
- Yes
- Maximum leverage
- 1:500
- Execution model
- STP / liquidity-provider execution
- Execution speed
- Under 100ms
- Order types
- Market, limit, stop, stop-loss, take-profit, trailing stop
- Servers
- Global financial data-centre infrastructure
Leverage up to 1:500 is available on this entity. High leverage does not increase your expected return - it increases position size for the same deposit, and shortens the move needed to close you out.
AAAFx covers forex, indices, commodities, shares, cryptocurrencies. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.
Funding options: visa, mastercard, bank transfer, skrill, neteller, cryptocurrency and regional payment 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 and tools
- Platforms
- MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, ActTrader, ZuluTrade
- Own platform
- No
- Mobile app
- Third-party
- Browser trading
- Yes
- Automated trading
- Yes; MT4/MT5 Expert Advisors and ActTrader algorithmic strategies
- Copy trading
- Yes, ZuluTrade
- Indicators
- 30+ MT4; 38+ MT5; custom indicators supported
- Third-party tools
- ZuluTrade, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, VPS
- API access
- Yes, institutional/partner connectivity
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.
Regulation and safety
- Regulated by
- Mwali International Services Authority, Comoros Union (BFX2025097)
- Regulator tier
- Tier 3
- Register entry
- MISA broker register, licence BFX2025097
- Client money segregated
- Yes
- Held at
- Top-tier banks
- Negative balance protection
- Yes
- Compensation scheme
- No statutory investor compensation scheme
- Audited by
- Independent external auditor
- Not available to
- Afghanistan, Belarus, Burundi, China, Congo, Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Palestine, Romania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, United States, Venezuela, Yemen, Hong Kong
AAAFx lists its regulation as Mwali International Services Authority, Comoros Union (BFX2025097).
Accounts
- Minimum deposit
- $10
- Account types
- ECN, ECN Zero, ECN Plus, Islamic, Demo
- Account currencies
- USD, EUR
- Islamic account
- Yes
- Demo account
- Yes
- Professional account
- Yes, ECN Plus/high-volume configuration
- Minimum trade size
- 0.01 lots
- Time to open
- Typically a few minutes
Deposits and withdrawals
- Deposit methods
- Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer, Skrill, Neteller, cryptocurrency and regional payment methods
- Withdrawal methods
- Bank transfer, cards, Skrill, Neteller, cryptocurrency and supported regional methods
- Deposit time
- Instant for cryptocurrency and most electronic methods; bank transfers typically 1-3 business days
- Withdrawal time
- Typically processed within 1 business day; settlement varies by method
- Minimum withdrawal
- $10
- Local payment methods
- Cryptocurrency and jurisdiction-specific electronic payment methods
Support and education
- Support hours
- 24/5
- Contact channels
- Live chat, email, contact form
- Languages
- Multilingual
- Telephone
- N/A
- contactus@aaafx.com
- Live chat response
- Typically under 2 minutes
- Education
- Moderate: educational articles, platform information, trading guides and forex resources
- Research
- Economic calendar, trading calculators and market tools
The company behind the brand
- Legal entity
- AAAFx Global Ltd
- Company number
- HT00725072
- Headquarters
- Fomboni, Moheli, Comoros
- Founded
- 2007
- Publicly listed
- No
- Parent company
- Independent
- Employees
- Approx. 50-100
- Also trades as
- AAAFx; Triple A FX
Information is regularly updated. Last compiled from AAAFx's own website on 26 August 2026.