Funding and access
FXCess review
How to fund and withdraw with FXCess, and what it costs to trade.
FXCess sits below the standard we would recommend without reservation. Regulated by Anguilla company registration; international brokerage operated by Notesco Int Limited, offering MetaTrader 4, FXCess WebTrader. 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, STP/ECN
- GBP/USD spread
- Approx. 0.4 pips, STP/ECN
- Commission
- Approx. $4.50 per side / $9 round turn, Zero Spread
- All-in cost, EUR/USD
- Approx. 0.9 pips
- Spread type
- Fixed and variable, account-dependent
- Overnight swap
- Both: overnight swaps may be charged or credited; swap-free accounts available
- Inactivity fee
- $50 after 12 months inactivity, then annually
- Deposit fee
- Generally none internally
- Withdrawal fee
- Generally none internally; bank/payment-provider charges may apply
- Currency conversion
- Conversion at prevailing 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.
FXCess 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, Futures, Metals, Indices, Commodities, Shares
- Currency pairs
- 80+
- Total instruments
- 200+
- Crypto CFDs
- No
- Maximum leverage
- 1:1000
- Execution model
- Hybrid instant execution / STP-ECN
- Execution speed
- Under 100ms
- Order types
- Market, buy limit, sell limit, buy stop, sell stop, stop-loss, take-profit, trailing stop
- Servers
- Global financial data-centre infrastructure
Leverage up to 1:1000 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.
FXCess covers forex, futures, metals, indices, commodities, shares. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.
Funding options: visa, mastercard, bank wire, e-wallets 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, FXCess WebTrader
- Own platform
- No
- Mobile app
- Third-party
- Browser trading
- Yes
- Automated trading
- Yes, MT4 Expert Advisors
- Copy trading
- Yes, multi-account/copy functionality
- Indicators
- 30+ built-in MT4 indicators plus custom indicators
- Third-party tools
- MetaTrader 4, 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.
Regulation and safety
- Regulated by
- Anguilla company registration; international brokerage operated by Notesco Int Limited
- Regulator tier
- Tier 3
- Register entry
- Anguilla Commercial Registry
- Client money segregated
- Yes
- Held at
- Regulated banking institutions
- Negative balance protection
- Yes
- Compensation scheme
- No statutory investor compensation scheme
- Audited by
- Independent external auditors
- Not available to
- United States, Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Syria, North Korea and other jurisdictions where services are prohibited or restricted
FXCess lists its regulation as Anguilla company registration; international brokerage operated by Notesco Int Limited.
Accounts
- Minimum deposit
- $10
- Account types
- Classic, ECN, STP/ECN, Zero Spread, Swap-Free, Demo
- Account currencies
- USD, EUR, GBP
- Islamic account
- Yes
- Demo account
- Yes
- Professional account
- Yes, ECN/high-volume configuration
- Minimum trade size
- 0.01 lots
- Time to open
- Typically a few minutes
Deposits and withdrawals
- Deposit methods
- Visa, Mastercard, bank wire, e-wallets and regional payment methods
- Withdrawal methods
- Original funding method for deposited capital; bank wire for profits
- Deposit time
- Instant for most electronic methods; bank transfers typically 2-5 business days
- Withdrawal time
- Typically processed within 24 hours; bank settlement may take 2-5 business days
- Minimum withdrawal
- $10
- Local payment methods
- Country-specific online banking and regional payment providers
Support and education
- Support hours
- 24/5
- Contact channels
- Live chat, email, support ticket
- Languages
- Multilingual
- Telephone
- N/A
- support@fxcess.com
- Live chat response
- Typically under 2 minutes
- Education
- Moderate: trading articles, platform guidance, educational resources and trading guides
- Research
- Market news, economic analysis, trading tools and market commentary
The company behind the brand
- Legal entity
- Notesco Int Limited
- Company number
- A000001800
- Headquarters
- The Valley, Anguilla
- Founded
- 2018
- Publicly listed
- No
- Parent company
- Notesco Group
- Employees
- 100+
- Also trades as
- FXCess