Forex Trading with AvaTrade

Dive into the vast, 24/5 world of FX trading, where opportunities arise at every moment in a market of unparalleled size. Choose AvaTrade as your broker and get access to some of the best Forex trading platforms!

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Forex Trading Made Easy

Enter the Forex market anytime with AvaTrade, your 24/5 gateway to the global currency market. Go long or short, and use leverage to enhance your trades. Begin now and start taking advantage of every market shift.

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Why Choose AvaTrade

  • Trade with a globally regulated broker operating under strict regulatory standards across multiple jurisdictions. Client funds are held in segregated accounts for increased security.
  • 1250+ instruments available, including Forex, Cryptocurrencies, Stocks, Commodities, and Indices
  • Forex trading platforms for Desktop, tablet, mobile, and Web-based trading with MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, our proprietary WebTrader, AvaOptions, and the award-winning AvaTrade App.
  • Exclusive features like AvaProtect automated risk management solution and actionable in-platform trading signals by Trading Central.
  • Free Demo Account to practice trading with zero risk.

Forex Trading Benefits

The FX Market, a.k.a. the Foreign Exchange Market, is a decentralised exchange where all the world's currencies are actively traded. While other markets have a centralised location, FX trading takes place electronically, anywhere and everywhere. Did you know that trading takes place 24 hours a day? As the world's most liquid market, forex trading volumes have topped $6.6 trillion daily (2019 figures), with rising numbers of forex traders entering the scene. Such is the size and scope of the forex markets that it dwarfs all other major markets combined.

We invite you to learn more about Forex Trading with our What Is Forex and How to Trade Forex guides.

Global currency trading activity is off the charts, and FX trading confers many benefits to you. As you're about to find out, forex presents incredible trading opportunities, and AvaTrade is ready to reveal it all to you. Open today a forex trading account and start!

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Forex Trading Platforms by AvaTrade

WebTrader - WebTrader is an award-winning proprietary platform that requires no download. It is user-friendly and intuitive and a favourite of many AvaTrade traders.

AvaTrade App - Trade on the move using our intuitive AvaTrade App. It boasts a simple and friendly interface and advanced trading features and charts, which work well on the smartphone screen.

MetaTrader 4 - Arguably the most popular trading platform, MetaTrader 4 creates a powerful and flexible trading environment. It is suitable for beginners and advanced traders and offers automated trading through Expert Advisors and a selection of order types.

MetaTrader 5 - an upgrade of the MetaTrader platform, delivers cutting-edge trading features, enhanced technical analysis tools, a broader range of order types, additional timeframes, and advanced graphical objects. This next-generation platform also introduces automated trading capabilities through its innovative coding language.

AvaOptions - Express your market view with calls and puts, and use our embedded tools to maximise your return when you trade Vanilla Options with AvaTrade.

Mac Trading - Mac users can trade with the MetaTrader4 Mac version, which has been optimised for the Mac interface. They can also use WebTrader

AvaSocial - A new standard in social trading technology. With the AvaSocial mobile app, you can follow and copy the trades of the very best traders. Use the experts' wisdom, ask your mentors or groups questions, and discover new and powerful strategies.

Open an FX Trading Account with AvaTrade and enjoy the benefits of an internationally regulated broker!

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Open a Forex Trading Account

In order to open your Forex trading account you need to take a few simple steps:


  • Click on the Register Now button
  • Fill in your email address and your desired password or simply use Social buttons under the form
  • Answer a few essential questions to improve your trading conditions
  • The next step is to fund your account
  • That's it, you are ready to trade!

Still not sure? Then read our complete guide on How to Open a Forex Account with AvaTrade

FAQs

Most traders start their forex career with hopes of getting rich, but is that truly possible? As with any type of investing, there are risks, of course, and the best way to get rich is to start with a large amount of capital. Forex trading can be a real struggle, and data shows that more than two-thirds of forex traders don't make money in any given year. Yet of the one-third that make money, some are indeed getting rich. If that's your hope too, then be sure to safeguard your account by using stop-losses, limiting your leverage, and using a reputable forex broker like AvaTrade.

AvaTrade offers a forex mini-account where you can start your trading journey with as little as $100. It's an excellent way to become familiar with the markets and begin learning about your trading style. You may not get rich, but you will get some valuable trading experience in live market conditions that can't be replaced, even by demo trading. In addition, you should begin developing some profitable strategies for trading the forex markets. If you have limited funds starting out this way can be your entryway to some of the most exciting markets.

Forex trading can be challenging when you're just starting, but as time goes by and you gain more experience, it becomes easier. The early difficulties are simply the learning curve as you understand the jargon, how to use the trading platforms, begin studying technical and fundamental analysis, and everything else that goes along with trading forex. As time goes by, many of these things become second nature, and forex trading becomes much less complicated. It might never become easy, but nothing worth having is ever easy.