Money Rain Corporation is a Forex broker with a MetaTrader 4 platform that offers quite interesting conditions to its traders. Its description was uploaded to my site today. MRC offers trading mini accounts from $100. The most interesting advantage it has is the interest on the trade balance, which is quite generous. Trading accounts can be kept in several currencies — the yearly interest rate depends on the account’s currency and it’s quite close to the refinancing rate set by the central bank of the given currency. Other highlights of Money Rain broker include:
1-3 pip spread on EUR/USD; depends on the account type.
Deposit funds via WebMoney, wire transfer and credit card.
Trade Forex, CFD, commodities and precious metals.
Another Forex broker that offers a technically easier start for the new Forex traders was added to my Forex broker list today — Forex4you. Although they claim to be on-line since 2007 I’ve never heard about this broker until several days ago, but they look worth looking at. It’s a MetaTrader 4 broker with very easy starting conditions. You only need $1 to open a real trading account and you can trade with the volumes as low as 0.0001 of the standard Forex lot. Other Forex4you’s highlights include:
2 pips spread on EUR/USD
Up to 1:500 leverage
Electronic payment systems accepted: WebMoney, Liberty Reserve and e-gold (a rare occurrence)
CFD trading is available
Annual interest rate on account balance — 7%, 8%, 10% or 12.5% depending on the account type
Wall Street Brokers is the new on-line Forex brokerage company that was added to the Forex broker list on my site today. It’s a somewhat strange broker that is registered in the United States but isn’t regulated by any institution there. It went on-line in 2008. Other highlights of this broker:
Forex, CFD, gold, silver, oil and futures trading
Credit card, Moneybookers or wire transfer for deposits and withdrawals
Automated trading with signals subscriptions (at a cost of 1 pip per trade)
3 pips spreads
Micro accounts from $10 and 1:500 leverage
Muslim-friendly accounts (actually ALL accounts bear no overnight interest)
4XP (or Forex Place) is the latest addition to the list of the Forex brokers on my site. It’s the MetaTrader 4 Forex broker registered in British Virgin Islands and only recently went on-line with its services. 4XP’s highlights:
Moneybookers, Neteller and EcoCard for deposits and withdrawals
I added a new Forex broker’s description to the site today — Plus500 — a rather new on-line broker, which is currently offering big bonus incentives for the real account traders. It offers $20 as free bonus (can’t be withdrawn until certain amount of lots is traded) on an account opening and also up to 30% on your first deposit (upon trading a certain amount of lots). Other Plus500’s highlights:
Taurus Global Markets is the latest Forex broker addition to the list on my site. It’s a rather new MetaTrader broker that is present on-line since 2007. Like many other MetaTrader brokers it’s not regulated by any serious financial authorities and is registered in the offshore zone — Bahamas in this case. The lack of regulation can be seen as a serious disadvantages by some traders but others prefer such brokers because of some other (rather obvious) advantages of the offshore companies. Like many other such brokers Taurus Global Markets (or simply TGM) offers also CFD (Contracts For Difference) trading. Another advantage of this broker is that it’s Muslim-friendly and offers accounts with no overnight interest by request. The disadvantages of TGM are the high minimum account size, which is $5,000 that can be transfered only using the wire transfer and the minimum trading volume of one standard lot (so, no mini-trading is allowed).
NTWO is a MetaTrader Forex and CFD broker with the offices in U.S. and United Arab Emirates (according to their website), but they are not registered with NFA or CFTC. Their site is active on-line since 2005. NTWO offers standard trading accounts from $2,000 and 1 lot minimum positions with the leverage varying from 1:25 to 1:200. The spread on EUR/USD is 3 pips. Apart from the common demo accounts with the virtual money, NTWO offers quite the unique training accounts — with $500 minimum and mini-lots, which is a part of their training course program. They state that such an account will help the Forex beginners to learn the real trading with the controlled risk and under the professional supervision.
WSD (or WSD Global Markets) is the on-line Forex broker based in New Zealand. WSD offers Forex, CFD, futures, options and oil trading services on-line since 2006. It features the MetaTrader 4 trading platform for all types of trading. To start trading with this broker you’ll have to open an account with at least $1,000 and send the signed documents via the postal mail during the process. The only way to transfer the funds and then to withdraw them is the wire transfer. The mini-lot trading is available and the only available leverage is the standard 1:100. The spreads offered by WSD aren’t very competitive — for example, EUR/USD has 4 pips spread and GBP/USD — 5 pips.
TeleTRADE is a very old Forex broker company. It’s quite popular in the ex-USSR territories due to the large amount of the off-line offices and the free trading seminars they are offering from time to time. The company was created back in 1994, but the on-line services were presented in 2001. Actually, the company’s age is probably its only advantage. The trading is done via MetaTrader 4 platform. Apart from Forex, CFD and gold trading is also available. The trading account can be opened with $2,000 and there is no mini-trading available — the minimum position size is 1 lot. TeleTRADE offers probably the highest spreads in the industry — 5 pips on EUR/USD. I don’t know why would anyone even bother trading with such a high spread. Another disadvantage of this broker is the numerous accounts of traders complaining about their brokerage ethics and services (including training).
CGTIM (or Commercial Group for Trading in International Markets) is a MetaTrader 4 Forex broker based in Jordan. As the other Jordanian brokers it offers Muslim-friendly trading accounts — with no overnight interest or swaps. Trading with this broker can be started with $1,000 for mini-Forex accounts. The deposit/withdrawal methods are limited to wire transfer, check and credit cards. Apart from Forex it offers CFD and some futures and indexes to trade on. Although, it’s presented on-line only since 2004, it already looks like it’s dying from an age — the website works with problems and opening a demo account via MT4 platform alone isn’t possible. In addition, the spreads offered by CGTIM look ridiculous nowadays — 4 pips on EUR/USD currency pair is simply too much. In my opinion, this broker can only be useful to the Islamic traders — and even not all of them, but those who live in Jordan and can confirm the legitimacy of CGTIM and quickly solve any problems with this broker. Because I don’t know for what someone would pay 4 pips per trade.
