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Forex

ICM offers online trading in all major currencies and cross rates, the tightest fixed spreads in the industry, and the lowest margin requirements.  Additional benefits include:
 
Low fixed spreads
Industry's leading trading software
400:1 leverage, 0.25% margin requirements
Mobile phone / WAP trading capability
Advanced charts and indicators
 
Hedging capability
API/Expert Advisor automated trading
Guaranteed fills
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Forex Trading Specifications
 

WinTrader1
WinTrader offers a 10,000 currency unit lot size for Forex products. 
 
Instrument Margin Req. Per Lot Lot Size    Approximate
  Tick Value
Spread    Trading Hours

Currencies          
EUR/USD $25 10,000 Euros    .0001 = $1 2    24 hours
USD/JPY $25 10,000 USD    .01 = $1 2    24 hours
USD/CHF $25 10,000 USD    .0001 = $0.85 3    24 hours
GBP/USD $25 10,000 GBP    .0001 = $1 3    24 hours
USD/CAD $25 10,000 USD    .0001 = $.85 4    24 hours
EUR/JPY $25 10,000 Euros    .01 = $0.80 3    24 hours
EUR/GBP $25 10,000 Euros    .0001 = $1.6 4     24 hours
EUR/CHF $25 10,000 Euros    .0001 = $0.70 4    24 hours
GBP/JPY $25 10,000 GBP    .01 = $0.80 8    24 hours
GBP/CHF $25 10,000 GBP    .0001 = $0.70 8    24 hours
CHF/JPY $25 10,000 CHF    .01 = $0.80 4    24 hours
AUD/USD $25 10,000 AUD    .0001 = $1 4    24 hours
NZD/USD $25 10,000 NZD    .0001 = $1 4    24 hours
AUD/CAD $25 10,000 AUD    .001 = $0.90 4    24 hours
EUR/CAD $25 10,000 Euros    .0001 = $0.60 7    24 hours
EUR/AUD $25 10,000 Euros    .0001 = $0.70 6    24 hours
AUD/JPY $25 10,000 AUD    .0001 = $0.90 4    24 hours


MetaTrader
MetaTrader offers a 100,000 currency unit lot size. But smaller lot sizes can be traded in MetaTrader by using fractional lots (e.g., trading 0.10 lots for 10,000 currency units or 0.01 lots for 1000 currency units).
 
Instrument Margin Req. Per Lot Lot Size    Approximate
   Tick Value
 Spread2    Trading Hours

Currencies          
EUR/USD $250 100,000 Euros    .0001 = $10 2    24 hours
USD/JPY $250 100,000 USD    .01 = $10 2    24 hours
USD/CHF $250 100,000 USD    .0001 = $8.50 3    24 hours
GBP/USD $250 100,000 GBP    .0001 = $10 3    24 hours
USD/CAD $250 100,000 USD    .0001 = $08.50 4    24 hours
EUR/JPY $250 100,000 Euros    .01 = $8 3    24 hours
EUR/GBP $250 100,000 Euros    .0001 = $16 4    24 hours
EUR/CHF $250 100,000 Euros    .0001 = $7 4    24 hours
GBP/JPY $250 100,000 GBP    .01 = $8 5    24 hours
GBP/CHF $250 100,000 GBP    .0001 = $7 6    24 hours
CHF/JPY $250 100,000 CHF    .01 = $8 4    24 hours
AUD/USD $250 100,000 AUD    .0001 = $10 4    24 hours
NZD/USD $250 100,000 NZD    .0001 = $10 4    24 hours
USD/ZAR $250 100,000 USD    .001 = $10 100    24 hours
EUR/CAD $250 100,000 Euros    .0001 = $6 7    24 hours
EUR/AUD $250 100,000 Euros    .0001 = $7 6    24 hours
USD/MXN $250 100,000 USD    .0001 = $10 100    24 hours

1 - Values are for US Dollar denominated accounts.  Euro denominated accounts will have tick values and margin requirement values in EUR, and the contract sizes are therefore larger.

2 - Typical Spreads. Actual spreads may be lower or higher depending on market conditions and liquidity.

 

 
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