On-line since: 1998
Country of origin: USA
Regulation: Regulated by the SEC, NASD, NYSE, SFA and other regulatory agencies around the world.
Payment options: Bank wire, checks and on-line check
Minimum account size: $5,000
Minimum lot size: 1 lot
Leverage: from 1:20 to 1:50
Spreads: ECN broker - 1 pip (or lower) on EUR/USD
Web-site: Interactive Brokers Group, LLC

The Interactive Brokers Group, Inc was established by Thomas Peterffy. Within the last 32 years, the Company was developing actively and became one of the leading companies in the segment of providing services for financial markets.
Interactive Brokers is working at more than 80 world financial markets, offering the professional traders the services of on-line trade, including trading at Forex, stock market, futures market and bonds trading across the world.
Interactive Brokers’ clients amount to around million traders from different countries.

On-line since: 1999
Country of origin: Denmark
Regulation: Saxo Bank is an officially registered European bank.
Payment options: Wire transfer
Minimum account size: $2,000
Minimum lot size: 1 lot
Leverage: 1:100
Spreads: 2 pips on EUR/USD
Web-site: www.saxobank.com

SaxoBank was founded in 1992 by the Danish businessman. Originally the Company was called Midas, but it was changed to SaxoBank at the time the bank obtained its European license for banking in 2001.
SaxoBank specializes in online investments at the international capital markets and provides its clients with opportunity to trade with the wide range of financial tools, such as currencies, contracts for difference, futures, options and other derivatives, the Bank renders services on trust management also.
The trading is carried out online with the help of SaxoTrader program, which is the proprietary of the Bank.
The thousands of investors and traders from more than 100 countries of the world are clients of the Bank. The client servicing is conducted from the Headquarters of the Bank in Copenhagen, and also from 12 offices, situated in the largest cities of the world.

On-line since: 2008
Country of origin: Cyprus
Regulation: Unregulated
Payment options: Wire transfer and credit cards
Minimum account size: $100
Minimum lot size: 0.01
Leverage: 1:100, 1:400 and 1:500
Spreads: 2 pips on EUR/USD
Web-site: prime4x.com

Prime4x company was found in 2005.
Prime4x company provides Forex services to the largest corporations, institutional and private investors all over the world.
The company’s goal is a creation of secure and reliable environment for trading at Forex market, and a maximally wide spectrum of the financial instruments for satisfaction of needs of its clients.

On-line since: 2008
Country of origin: Mauritius
Regulation: Regulated by Financial Service Commission (FSC) of Mauritius.
Payment options: Bank wire (USD, EUR, RUB), WebMoney, Moneybookers, Alertpay, Liberty Reserve, Robokassa, Z-Payment, Onpay.
Minimum account size: 5$
Minimum lot size: 0,1 lot
Leverage: 1:500
Spreads: 2 pips on EUR/USD
Web-site: www.nordfx.com

Nord Group Investments Inc. has a certificate of registration №: 082831 C1/GBL issued by FSC Mauritius.
Nord Group Investments Inc. offers to individuals and corporate bodies a full scale of services for trading at the international currency market Forex and provides a possibility to enter into CFDs on such instruments as stocks, precious metals, futures on commodities and utilities.
Nord Group Investments Inc. has a right to manage financial assets of their clients, lead brokerage activity, and make transactions and operations on stock markets, futures and currency markets.
NordFx Company maintains business ties with such large companies, as Forex Capital Markets (FXCM) and MF Global Inc.

On-line since: 2006

Country of origin: Austria

Regulation: Licence by Federal Servece for Financial Markets №078-10332-10000

Payment options: Moneybookers, bank wire, scratch-card, WebMoney, RBK Money, credit cards

Minimum account size: 100$

Minimum lot size: 0,1 lot

Leverage: 1:100

Spreads: 1-3 pips on EUR/USD
Web-site: moneyrain.org

MRC Companies Group is the leader in the field of on-line trading at Forex market, world share and stock markets. MRC Markets works in the trading sector all round the world providing its clients with the best work conditions in the global financial markets.
MRC Companies Group was established in 1971 as the Austrian financial company called Money Field.
The main goals of MRC is affording an access to the world’s financial markets for traders as well as for beginners, providing of a high level of trading-services to institutional and private investors by means of complex tools for market studying and innovation technologies, constant developing and advancing the new tendencies in Internet trading.

On-line since: 2006
Country of origin: Россия
Payment options: WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, Liberty Reserve, bank wire, RBK Money,Integrated instaneous payment sistem, PayPal
Minimum account size: 1 $
Minimum lot: 0.001 lot
Leverage:  1:500
Spreads: 2 pips on EUR/USD
Web-site: www.masterforex.org

MasterForex Company was established in 2006.
The general principles of MasterForex Company are: honest and open relationship with clients, experience and professionalism of managers, intention to offer the best trading conditions for clients. At present, MasterForex Company puts two types of real trading accounts at its clients’ disposal: cent and dollar accounts.
MasterForex Company provides its clients with an access to the interbank currency market, directing the client’s orders to the Electronic Communications Network (ECN).
Initially, MasterForex was a dealing centre, nevertheless, now the Company is one of the dynamically developing Forex brokers, supplying its clients with a full range of high- quality services at Forex market.

On-line since: 2001
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Regulation: Regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and a member of the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
Payment options: Wire transfer, checks, credit cards and Moneybookers
Minimum account size: $200
Minimum lot size: 0.1 lot
Leverage: up to 1:50
Spreads: 3 pips on EUR/USD
Web-site: www.igmarkets.com/

IG Markets is a part of IG Group Holding which includes several companies rendering financial services both for private investors and professional brokers.
IG Companies Group was established in 1974.
IG Markets Company is regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) of Great Britain. IG Markets is the member of London Stock Exchange (LSE).
IG Markets comes as a market-maker in the financial derivative market offering contracts for difference CFD with shares and stock indexes and also margin trading at Forex currency market. The company’s clients turn out to be brokers, investments managers, trading companies and private investors.

On-line since: 2007
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Regulation: Authorized and regulated by FSA (United Kingdom)
Payment options: Bank wire, credit cards, PayPal, CashU
Minimum account size: $50
Minimum lot size: 0.02 lot
Leverage: 1:200
Spreads: 3-7 pips on EUR/USD
Web-site: http://www.hymarkets.com

HY Markets is based in London; and is one of the subdivisions of Hynaer Group- a large conglomerate, the activity of which covers offering financial services, charity work and education.
The group is successfully in business for more than 30 years and provides its clients a direct and fast access to trading at financial markets across the world.

On-line since: 2001
Country of origin: Luxembourg
Regulation: Registered in Luxembourg (registration number: B-10.559).
Payment options: Wire transfer
Minimum account size: €10,000
Minimum lot size: 0.1 lot
Leverage: 1:50
Spreads: Variable; 3 pips on average on EUR/USD
Web-site: www.hmslux.com

HMS Markets Company was found in 1972.
HMS Markets is regulated by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier Luxembourg (CSSF); HMS LUX S.A. is one of the leading inter-dealer brokerage companies in Luxembourg, which service banks, hedge funds, traders and investors around the world.
HMS LUX S.A. is an independent firm licensed as Commissionaire et Courtier en Instruments Financiers.
HMS LUX S.A. is a member of the Deposit Guarantee and Investor Compensation Scheme in Luxembourg.

On-line since: 2001
Country of origin: Australia
Regulation: Registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is also a member of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), an independent Australian government body that regulates financial markets, securities, futures and corporations since January 1991.
Payment options: Credit cards, eCheck, PayPal, bank wire and paper checks
Minimum account size: $250
Minimum lot size: 0.1 lot
Leverage: from 1:100 to 1:400
Spreads: Variable (3 pips average) on EUR/USD
Web-site: www.gftforex.com

Global Futures Exchange and Trading Company, Inc. was established in 1998. The headquarters office of the company is in Encino, California, USA, also Global Futures Exchange and Trading Company has two representation offices in Florida and North Caroline.
The company is registered in the National Futures Association (NFA) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commissions (CFTC). Global Futures Exchange and Trading Company is one of the largest independent brokerage firms providing private investors and traders with full range of services on futures and options markets and international Forex currency market.

On-line since: 2002
Country of origin: Belize
Regulation: Registered by International Financial Services Commission of Belize.
Payment options: Wire transfer, credit cards, PayPal, Moneybookers, WebMoney and check
Minimum account size: $2,000
Minimum lot size: 0.1 lot
Leverage: up to 1:200
Spreads: 3 pips on EUR/USD
Web-site: www.gcitrading.com

GCI was found in 2002, and is among pioneers at the markets of currency and contract for difference (CFD) trading.
GCI Financial (GCI) is a regulated trading company, specialized in brokerage services at Forex. Moreover, GCI actively participates on the market of CDFs for shares, indexes and futures.
GCI Company has about 10 000 clients all over the world, including individual traders, companies and account managers.
GCI offers its clients a modern, reliable and not sophisticated system for online trading. The clients’ funds are kept on segregated accounts and are insured; and the dealing experience of the company meets the highest requirements.

On-line since: 2008
Country of origin: Cyprus
Regulation: Regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (license #078/07).
Payment options: Wire transfer, credit cards and PayPal
Minimum account size: $100
Minimum lot size: 0.1 lot
Leverage: from 1:1 to 1:500
Spreads: 1.8 pips on EUR/USD
Web-site: http://fxpro.com

FxPro – one of the leading international companies competing in the exchange markets was launched in 2006. A strategic target of FxPro Company is to become one of the major and successful financial companies in the Forex services field, at the same time bringing a high profit for its clients.
FxPro Company is accredited and regulated by Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission, reaches the EU Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).
FxPro broker affords an opportunity of trading with a wide range of financial instruments, starting from currency rates, futures and indexes to metals and contracts for difference (CFD) with shares. Citizens of more than 120 countries in the world turn out to be the company’s clients.
Thus far, FxPro broker has representative offices in Great Britain, Russia, Austria, France and Greece.
FxPro Company aims to give their clients entirely safe, transparent and trust-worthy trading atmosphere.

On-line since: 2005
Country of origin: Seychelles
Regulation: The FSC license was terminated in May 2010 - are not regulated.
Payment options: WebMoney, Liberty Reserve, Wire Transfer, AlertPay, Perfect Money, CashU, e-Gold
Minimum account size: from $25 for standard accounts , ECN/STP from $1000
Minimum lot size: 0,1 lot
Leverage: from 1:1 to 1:500
Spreads: 0,5 pips on EUR/USD
Web-site: www.fxopen.com

FXOpen Company was established in 2003 as an educational project, offering team and individual lessons on technical analysis at the securities and Forex market.
The Company offers dealing services since 2005. Since the beginning of 2009 FXOpen provides for its clients trading via the Electronic Communications Network (ECN) with a direct execution of orders on the basis of MetaTrader 4 terminal, moreover, the Broker also offers swap-free accounts.

On-line since: 2006
Country of origin: Mauritius
Regulation: Is a licensed provider of investment adviser services and regulated by FSC (Financial Services Commission) of Mauritius. License no. C109007280, issued on 25.03.2009.
Payment options: Wire transfer, WebMoney, Moneybookers and Liberty Reserve
Minimum account size: $100
Minimum lot size: 0.1 lot
Leverage: from 1:1 to 1:500
Spreads: 0.8 pip on EUR/USD
Web-site: www.fxcompany.net/

The Company FxCompany Financial Group Ltd. provides its clients with innovative technologies of trading and brokerage services at the international currency market Forex, as well as at markets of CFD shares, precious metals and futures. The activity of the Company FxCompany Financial Group Ltd. is licensed and regulated by Financial Services Commission.
FxCompany Financial Group Ltd. is one of the most dynamically developing companies. Nowadays FxCompany has more than 100 representative offices and branches all over the world.
The main target of FxCompany is provision of qualitative and wide range of financial services in the financial industry.
FxCompany is an example of perfect services’ quality for experienced traders as well as for the newbies. Moreover, FxCompany renders partnership program, management of capital and different services for the legal bodies.