Mini Trading

Why a Mini Account?


Who Is It Right For?


  • Trading volumes of up to 10K or 10,000 units of the base currency.

  • 1 pip of price movement = USD 1 per lot or 10K of trading volume (currency pair USD/EUR).

  • Margin or leverage of up to 200:1.
    (Without proper risk management this high leverage can produce both negative and positive results.)

  • Various account denominations available: USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, NZD, CAD and JPY.

  • 56 currency pairs and additional CFD trading options: Indexes, gold, silver and crude oil.

  • New forex traders (beginners).

  • Traders who want to switch from stocks or the futures market.

  • Traders who want FXCM order execution.

  • Traders who need first class trading technology.

  • Traders who want to refine their strategies.

  • Account balance of less than USD 10,000.

  • Traders who want to have access to DailyFX+ and be able to use FXCMs exclusive services.

The FXCM Mini or Standard Account Offers All Available Features, Including:



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  • FXCM order execution (no dealing desk, no market maker).
  • Highly transparent and competing price quotations and bid/ask spreads.
  • Prices from 17 large banks.
  • Pricing down to the tenth of a pip also improves the spreads!
  • Trading without limits (long and short).
  • Chart trading.
  • Hedging feature.

The FXCM Mini or Standard account was designed for traders who are just starting to trade on the forex market along with those who would like to participate in real-time forex trading with low capital requirements. The Mini account also lets traders get to know FXCM – in particular the speed, quality and reliability of its order execution system and, not least, the stability of its award-winning trading platform.

Develop a Disciplined Trading Strategy

If you ask successful traders, they’ll tell you that the key to success is always discipline. We’ve all heard the saying, “Cut your losses and let your profits run." But how many traders actually follow this advice? Some traders cling to their losses in the hope that at some point the trade will swing around to a profit. Such irrational decisions are based on misguided emotions, a well-known pitfall for beginners. Since individual losses are inevitable when trading, keeping losses as low as possible is just as important as figuring out when to enter the market. The Mini account makes it possible to develop a disciplined investment strategy with trading decisions informed by an objective basis. In addition, the Mini account puts traders in a position to realize gains within a set framework.

Start Small, Build Up Confidence and Control

Traders are never limited to the amount of a lot during their trading even though the Mini account has a per-lot trading volume of 10K or 10,000 units of the base currency. Traders can set the trading volume for their transactions at 10K intervals (10K, 20K, 30K, etc.*). Over the course of time, as a trader broaden his experience, trading volume can slowly be increased to maximize profits. The option of individually setting the trading volume for each trade allows for effective risk and money management.

*The FX Trading Station permits a maximum trading volume of 50 million per transaction. To increase trading volume, you can either place additional orders or you can use the MetaTrader-platform, which has unlimited trading volume.

Ready to Take the MINI Challenge?

The nature of global forex trading is such that order execution varies, depending on which broker you trade with. 

At FXCM you get:

  • A very user-friendly, intuitive and multi-lingual trading platform.
  • Highly transparent competing price quotes and bid/ask spreads thanks to pricing from 17 large banks competing with one another.
  • Rapid order execution with real-time streaming prices.
  • ... And everything a successful trader needs while trading.

Try it for yourself – don’t just take OUR WORD for it!

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