ActivTrades Online Trading

ActivTrades is a globally esteemed CFD broker which was established in 2001. It provides more than 500 CFDs on Forex, Indices, Commodities, Financials, Shares, ETFs.Take your trading further on Android, accessing hundreds of CFDs on Forex, Indices, Commodities, Shares and ETFs. Discover new possibilities with the enhanced ActivTrader app. No minimum deposit required! ActivTrades Corp is authorized and regulated by The Securities Commission of the Bahamas. CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 82% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Features:

Balance Protection

Your ActivTrades trading account will never be overdrawn. We always reset your balance to zero should it become negative, so that losses cannot exceed your deposits.

Efficient trading services

Trade with reliable and fast execution, no requotes, low latency and competitive spreads across a range of products.

Live Education

Get a comprehensive learning experience. Join our free webinars and seminars, where trading experts present an extensive array of topics from beginners’ tutorials to advanced trading techniques.

Customer Support

Our highly skilled Support Desk is operational 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, providing timely responses to client queries in 14 languages. Contact us via phone, chart or email.

Pros & Cons:

Pros

ActivTrades offers tight spreads, particularly for forex trading with spreads starting from 0.5 pips on major currency pairs without additional commissions. The €/£10 inactivity fee doesn’t kick in for 52 weeks either, so it doesn’t penalize active traders.

Although cTrader isn’t supported, MT4, MT5, TradingView and the broker’s ActivTrader cater to diverse trading needs, with the firm’s web-accessible platform hitting the mark for beginners during testing with a slick look and feel.

ActivTrades provides fast, dependable and multilingual support based on our tests of its live chat, email, and phone assistance, making it excellent for active traders and beginners.

Cons

There are no copy trading or social trading features, which is a drawback for traders seeking passive investment opportunities or the ability to mimic the trades of more experienced traders, especially compared to eToro and Vantage.

There's a varied selection of 1000+ markets, such as forex, commodities, indices, and ETFs, but the range of asset classes overall is limited, notably there are zero stocks outside the US, UK and Europe, while BlackBull offers a superior 26,000+ markets.

ActivTrades still has some way to go to match firms like XTB and CMC Markets in the education department, with some well-presented, informative webinars but limited courses and quizzes for a more comprehensive and engaging learning journey.

About:

ActivTrades is a UK-based brokerage firm providing an electronic trading platform to trade Forex, Contracts for Difference (CFDs), and spread betting. It provides services to retail and institutional traders via the electronic trading platforms ActivTrader, MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and TradingView.

The company's client base is primarily based in Europe, especially in Italy and Germany, as well as in South America, the Middle East and South East Asia.