IC Markets

IC Markets was incorporated in Sydney, Australia in 2007 by a team of professionals in the financial services industry who were instrumental in the success of one of Australia’s largest CFD and Forex providers. IC Markets goal is to bridge the gap between retail and institutional clients offering a trading solution previously on available to Investment banks and high net worth individuals. IC Markets True ECN account was born, providing superior execution technology, lower spreads and unrivalled liquidity.

These day’s forex traders have choice, it is for this reason IC Markets strives to stand out from other brokers by focusing on delivering what traders want, tight spreads, quality trade fills, fast execution and exceptional customer service. Find out why IC Markets is the preferred broker for active day traders, scalpers and EA traders globally.

IC Markets is licensed and regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) with AFSL number 335692. With a license and regulation from ASIC, one of the strictest and most demanding financial regulators, traders can feel completely confident. Client money is held in segregated accounts to any only used for the purpose of facilitating your trading.

Lower Spreads

Our mission is to provide traders with the lowest spreads possible during all market conditions. We have invested heavily in technology and establishing strong relationships with the largest and most reliable liquidity providers. We are constantly adding additional liquidity to our True ECN trading environment in order bring traders the best possible forex trading conditions.

Faster Execution

IC Markets utilises enterprise grade hardware on our trade servers in the NY4 & LD5 data centre in New York & London respectively. Our trader servers are collocated with our ECN engine and liquidity providers in these data centres. Dedicated fibre optic cross connects to our ECN and liquidity providers ensures the lowest latency and fastest possible trade execution for our clients.

Superior Technology

IC Markets has partnered with the world’s best trading technology companies to bring you the ultimate trading environment and cutting edge trading tools, these tools include: Depth of Market (DoM), inbuilt spread monitoring, ladder trading, automated close of trades with custom order templates and more. Our iPhone and Android trading applications have been optimised to provide you with the best possible mobile trading experience.

Better Fills

Clients can be filled on trade sizes from 1 micro lot (1,000 base currency) to 1,000 lots (100 million base currency) through our ECN. Our ECN sorts and ranks prices to allow real-time execution of large trades over multiple liquidity providers and their pricing tiers, this ensures the best price for any trade size.

The Ultimate in Trading Conditions

Our True ECN trading environment has been created with traders in mind. We have no restriction on trading including; no minimum order distance (trades can even be placed within the spread), scalping, hedging and automated trading are all allowed. Our True ECN account spreads start at 0.0 pips, we have flexible leverage options offering up to 500:1 and accept deposits in 9 major currencies.

Unrivalled Customer Service

IC Markets strives to offer you the best possible customer service and support. Our team has a significant amount of experience within the forex industry, all of which trade themselves so they understand what traders want and need. You can trade with confidence knowing that the IC Markets team will always be there to help 24 hours 5 days a week.

Advanced Trading Tools

Our additions to MetaTrader 4 such as a one click trade module, market depth, spread monitor, trade risk calculator and advanced order types previously not available on MetaTrader 4 make for a better trading experience.

Superior Trading Platforms

MetaTrader 4 and cTrader are two of the best trading platforms available in the market today. IC Markets has revolutionised forex by giving traders direct access to our True ECN trading environment using either of these two popular trading platforms.

Trust and Transparency

Trust and Transparency form the basis of IC Markets core values. IC Markets is a True ECN broker so there is no deal desk or other form of trade intervention between the client and the market. All trades are straight through processed to our ECN and LPs, to put it simply you are trading in the real interbank forex market.

Regulation

IC Markets is regulated by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and meets strict capital requirements. When funding your trading account client funds are held in segregated client trust accounts with Australian banks. IC Markets does not use these funds for any purpose other than to maintain margin needed to cover positions opened by clients.

website: www.icmarkets.com
Regulated by: ASIC
minimum deposit: $200 or equivilant
deposit bonus: available
Spreads: EURUSD from 0pips
Instruments You Can Trade: Forex,Commodities, Metals, CFDs, Indices, Options
Deposits/Card Type: Credit/DEbit Cards, Bank Transfer, Digital Funds
EA Restrictions: No Restrictions all EAs allowed, Recommended for scalpers and EA traders