easyMarkets Review 2026: Fixed Spreads, Guaranteed Stop Loss and Fees

easyMarkets (formerly Easy Forex) is a CFD broker operating since 2001. EU clients are served by Easy Forex Trading Ltd, a Cyprus investment firm licensed by CySEC (CIF licence 079/07). Group companies are also regulated by ASIC (Australia), the FSA (Seychelles) and the FSC (British Virgin Islands), serving clients outside the EU.

In short: easyMarkets offers fixed spreads on its own platform (EUR/USD from 0.6 pips), a $25 minimum deposit and free deposits and withdrawals. Guaranteed stop loss is available, but not free — you pay for it through a wider spread. The dealCancellation and Freeze Rate tools advertised on other versions of the site are not offered to EU clients. After 12 months without trading, a $25 fee applies every six months. We checked easy-markets.com/eu and the company’s documents on 25 October 2026.

1. Is easyMarkets safe?

Yes. EU clients are served by Easy Forex Trading Ltd, licensed by CySEC (079/07). Client funds are held in segregated accounts, retail clients have negative balance protection, and the Cyprus Investor Compensation Fund covers eligible claims up to €20,000.

Check the entity: easy-markets.com routes clients by country of residence. EU residents should land on the /eu/ site (Easy Forex Trading Ltd). If the sign-up form names EF Worldwide Ltd (BVI or Seychelles), that is a non-EU company with no EU protections and no compensation scheme, as the broker itself states.

2. Accounts, spreads and fees

Spreads are fixed on the easyMarkets platform (web and app) and TradingView, although the broker may widen them in very rare low-liquidity conditions. MT4 and MT5 spreads are variable. There is no commission and no account fee — the cost is in the spread, plus overnight swaps.

• Minimum deposit $25; minimum trade 0.01 lot.
• Retail leverage up to 1:30 (professional accounts get higher leverage but lose some retail protections).
• Inactivity fee: after 12 consecutive months without trading, $25 (or the full balance if lower), charged every six months; zero-balance accounts may be closed.
• 18 account currencies, including EUR, USD and GBP.

3. Guaranteed stop loss, easyTrade and dealCancellation

• Guaranteed stop loss — closes at your exact level with no slippage, even on gaps. Available on the easyMarkets platform and enabled when opening a trade, at the cost of a wider spread (per the broker’s KID). It is not free.
• easyTrade — fixed-risk trades: you pay a premium and cannot lose more than that amount.
• dealCancellation and Freeze Rate — not offered to EU clients; the EU URLs redirect to the general tools page and the dealCancellation terms apply to the Seychelles entity.
• Negative balance protection and Trading Central analysis on all platforms.

4. Deposits and withdrawals

• Cards, Skrill, Neteller, online banking and bank transfer — no deposit or withdrawal fees.
• Bank withdrawals from $50; no minimum for cards and e-wallets. Funds return via the deposit method.
• Withdrawals are usually processed within one business day; bank transfers can take 3–10 business days.

5. Pros, cons and verdict

6. Alternatives

• Tickmill — raw spreads from 0.0 pips.
• ActivTrades — fund insurance up to €1m, MT4, MT5, TradingView.
• XTB — CFDs plus real stocks and ETFs.

7. How to open a easyMarkets account — step by step

1. Register on the easyMarkets website — EU clients should be served by an EU company: Easy Forex Trading Ltd (Cyprus) — CySEC, CIF licence 079/07. Check the company name in your client agreement before depositing.
2. Enter your personal details and complete the questionnaire. Before offering CFDs, an EU broker must assess your knowledge and experience (the MiFID II appropriateness test) and warn you if CFDs are not appropriate.
3. Verify your identity with a passport or ID card and a proof of address (e.g. a utility bill or bank statement), as required by anti-money-laundering rules.
4. Choose the account type and base currency. An account in the currency you deposit in saves conversion costs.
5. Fund the account — minimum deposit according to the broker: $25. Deposits are accepted only from accounts or cards in your own name; available methods: cards, Skrill, Neteller, bank transfer — free.
6. Log in to the trading platform in your browser or the mobile app. Before investing a larger amount, test how orders work with a small trade or on a demo account, if the broker offers one.

8. What trading with easyMarkets really costs

Below are the costs from the summary table above — taken from easyMarkets’s website and documents when we updated this review:

• EUR/USD spread: from 0.6 pips (fixed on the easyMarkets platform); MT4/MT5: from 1.2 pips (Standard), from 0.6 pips (VIP)
• Commission: none — cost included in the spread
• Deposits and withdrawals: cards, Skrill, Neteller, bank transfer — free; bank withdrawals from $50

How to work it out: on EUR/USD one pip on a 1-lot position (€100,000) is worth about $10, so a 1-pip spread costs about $10 when you open the trade. A commission quoted “per lot per side” is charged twice — on opening and on closing. Add overnight swaps for every night the position stays open and any currency conversion if your account currency differs from the instrument’s. On 0.1 lot all these amounts are ten times smaller.

Inactivity fee: $25 every 6 months after 12 months without trading. If you plan a long break from trading, withdraw your funds or close the account so the fee does not eat into your balance.

9. Withdrawing money from easyMarkets — how it works

You request a withdrawal in the client area. Under anti-money-laundering rules, funds usually go back via the method used to deposit (e.g. to the card up to the amount deposited by card) and only to an account or card in your own name. The first withdrawal may require full account verification, so upload your documents right after registering. Only free funds that are not used as margin can be withdrawn.

10. easyMarkets compared with other brokers

For comparison, here is easyMarkets next to other brokers whose reviews we updated in October 2026. Figures come from their summary tables — see the full reviews for details.

11. Leverage and client protection in the EU (ESMA)

As an EU investment firm, easyMarkets applies the restrictions introduced by ESMA and adopted permanently by national regulators to retail clients:

• leverage up to 1:30 on major currency pairs, 1:20 on other pairs, gold and major indices, 1:10 on other commodities and indices, 1:5 on shares and 1:2 on crypto;
• margin close-out at 50% of required margin;
• negative balance protection — retail clients cannot lose more than they deposited;
• a ban on bonuses and trading incentives for retail CFD clients;
• a mandatory risk warning with the share of losing retail accounts — for easyMarkets: 73% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider.

Higher leverage is only available to professional clients who meet the MiFID II criteria — at the cost of some protections, including negative balance protection.

12. Tax on profits from easyMarkets

Tax treatment depends on your country of residence. easyMarkets generally does not file tax returns for you, so keep the annual statement of trades from the client area. For Polish residents: profits from a foreign broker are reported in the PIT-38 return (19% tax), with foreign-currency amounts converted at the National Bank of Poland average rate from the business day before each trade.

13. Glossary: terms to know before opening a easyMarkets account

• Spread — the difference between the buy and sell price, paid on every trade.
• Pip — the smallest typical price move of a currency pair (0.0001 for EUR/USD).
• Lot — the standard position size: 1 forex lot is 100,000 units of the base currency; 0.01 lot (micro lot) is 1,000.
• Commission — a fixed fee per trade, usually on raw-spread (ECN/Raw) accounts.
• Swap — the daily cost or credit for holding a position overnight, based on the interest-rate differential.
• Margin — the part of the position value set aside as collateral; at 1:30 leverage about 3.33% of the position.
• Margin call and stop out — a warning and automatic closing of positions when equity falls relative to required margin.
• Slippage — execution at a different price than requested, common around news releases and price gaps.

14. FAQ

Risk warning: CFDs and options are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 73% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. This review is for information only and is not investment advice.