Obchodovanie cez smartfón
InstaForex podporuje obchodovanie prostredníctvom mobilných zariadení. Mobilné aplikácie platforiem pre iOS a Android nájdete na našom webe: https://www.instaforex.com/sktrading_platform...
Môžem používať obchodnú platformu MetaTrader4 v operačnom systéme Mac OS?
Klientsky terminál si môžete nainštalovať a spustiť na počítačoch s operačným systémom Mac OS pomocou aplikácie Wine. Wine je bezplatný softvér, ktorý umožňuje použí...
Licencia spoločnosti
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Kapitola 11. Úrokové sadzby a swapové operácie
Už sme si objasnili, že obchodovanie s maržou (margin trading) predpokladá použitie požičaného kapitálu, keď si obchodník požičiava aktíva od svojho brokera na vykonávanie operácií na Forexe. Pre lepšie pochopenie tejto kapitoly si preštudu...
Leverage is the ratio between the amount of the margin and the borrowed funds allocated for it: 1:100, 1:200, 1:500. The leverage of 1:100 means that a trader is required to have an amount in the trading acount which is 100 times less than...
Where can I learn about Forex trading?You can explore the Beginners section on our website, where you'll find plenty of useful information about the Forex market. Additionally, you can download a trading platform and open a demo account. Tr...
InstaForex is a group of companies that are registered in different countries and operate under the InstaForex brand. The group includes various legal entities and authorized agents that provide services to clients in accordance with the lo...
1. If the server error occurred due to the company’s fault and you sustained losses due to the error, you have the right to send a complaint to the company. Complaints are accepted within two working days from the moment when the case occur...
How can I conclude a business contract with InstaForex?In accordance with the legislation of many countries, the conclusion of a contract in writing is not mandatory. Registering a trading account, you accept the Public Offer Agreement whic...
May I use a demo account for CFDs on shares?Trading on demo accounts is similar to trading on live accounts. Thus, trading on demo accounts there are no limits to what kind of trading instrument one uses....
In order to open MT4 trading account, you should:- follow the "For traders" - Account opening section;- read the Public offer agreement and accept it by clicking on the "Accept terms of agreement and confirm that I an 18" button;- fill...
The platform fails to connect to the server. What should I do?If you see the "No connection" message in the status line in the bottom right corner, please do the following:1. Close the platform and restart it.2. Close the platform, press th...
Why does the profit shown in my trading platform differ from the sum by which the balance has been increased?The point is that in your InstaTrader setups the option to show the deal result in the currency of the order, not in the one of the...
One of the main reasons why you could fail to open a deal in a trading platform is typing in the investor password instead of the trader password. Please make sure that you enter your trader password in the authorization form.Another common...
Stop out is an order generated by the server to force close a position in a trading account when the Margin level reaches 10% or less. To become familiar with the Stop out conditions, please follow "For traders" - "Trading conditions" - Acc...
Scalping is a differential trading method designed to profit form small price changes. It can be applied in any market, but it is especially effective on Forex as the most liquid and dynamic market.Scalping is a trading strategy that involv...
The pip value can be estimated with the help of three methods. It will depend on the trading volume; the choice of calculation method will be reliant on the currency pair:1. If USD is the second currency in a currency pair (for example, EUR...
Futures contract is an agreement or a contract to buy or sell a certain amount of a specific commodity at a predetermined price at a specified time in the future. What is the futures contract?Futures contract is the obligation to buy or sel...
Day trading is a market strategy which has been increasingly popular due to advancements in the computer network technology. It involves speculation on short-term fluctuations of market prices. Positions are frequently opened and closed, so...
The pip value for GOLD is calculated by the trading volume.Therefore, the pip value will be equal to $1 in the trade of 1 lot; while in the trade of 10 lots 1 pip will be equal to $10, etc.* The tick size for #GOLD is 10 pips....
To calculate the margin, it is necessary to know the following characteristics:* account balance and currency (1,000 USD)* leverage (1:100)* currency pair (EUR/USD)* trade size (1 lot 10,000 EUR)To assess the volume of the trade, it is nece...
If you have requested money withdrawal but the request is still being processed, you can cancel this withdrawal by clicking on the link: https://secure.instaforex.com/en/cancel-withdrawal.aspxYou can also contact the Finance Department:E-Ma...
This trading approach is used for gaining profit from intraday currency fluctuations. Some traders open more than 200 deals a day while holding a position open for just several minutes. Of course, the profit from each position is rather sma...
Williams' Alligator technical indicator is a combination of three Balance Lines (Moving Averages):The three moving averages comprise the Jaw, Teeth, and Lips of the Alligator:Jaw (blue line) – a 13-period smoothed moving average built at th...
As a rule, market participants are divided into several groups, each of them prefer their own trading methods. It is hard to say what is the exact ratio of supporters of various methods. However, we tend to think that most traders stick to...
Breakout trading means buying an asset after it has moved above a certain price level (and vice versa for selling). The breakouts can emerge on any time frames. The 5-minute and 15-minute charts are popular among day traders practicing brea...
Money Management is a set of rules and specific techniques used for minimizing the risks and maximizing profit.The risk is a maximum amount of assets that will be lost until a decision about closing of an unprofitable position is made. Thus...
Intraday trading is believed to be one of the most complicated types of Forex trading and, at the same time, the most widely used by independent traders. This trading system suggests opening and closing positions on Forex within one day, i....
Hedging is the parctice of protecting client's funds from unfavorable price fluctuations by opening a position in a contrary or opposing market. Hedging: ensures protection from possible losses by the time of forward deal settlement; provid...
Long-term trading is considered the most predictable trading strategy from the technical point of view. The thing is that long-term trends tend to continue and remain stable over a long period of time. The absence of noise (frequent small p...
Locking is a type of a hedging strategy aimed at minimizing risks associated with changes in markets behaviour. The difference between hedging and locking is that hedging is used for different trading instruments, while locking is used for...
The martingale strategy has been popular among gamble players since the 18th century. The main idea behind this betting strategy lies in the constant increase of bets after each loss. In such a way, all previous losses are easily covered by...
The news trading strategy represents one of the trading methods based on the idea that news moves the market. The release of positive news results in rising prices, while negative news makes them fall. In this approach, any factors that aff...
The medium-term trading strategy is a method based on medium-term time frames that range from several days to 1-2 months. The advantage of medium-term trading is that you can trade successfully doing other things at the same time. This stra...
A pending order is placed when opening a trading position. A pending order is an instruction to the broker to buy or sell a currency pair when the price reaches the pre-defined level mentioned in the order.There are four types of pending or...
There is no single opinion about the scalping trading strategy. However, more and more traders are getting interested in this method. Why does scalping look so appealing? Probably because it is one of the few ways to make a quick profit on...
The sky is the limit for traders when it comes to financial speculations. They either use casino methods or neglect risk management. Sometimes they delve into mathematics in search for patterns in the obviously chaotic behaviour of the mark...
The Elliott Wave Theory was once quite popular and remains widely-used to this day. However, every popular theory undergoes various modifications and additions. A good example of this is a complex mixture of the Chaos Theory and the Wave th...
Automated trading is the final step on the path of becoming a trader. If a trader is able not only to create his own trading strategy, but also to code it properly and make it workable, then his/her financial independence is guaranteed.What...
InstaForex affiliate program is a riskless method of making a profit with InstaForex. Forex brokers earn on spreads their clients pay to open trades. You can earn the part of the broker's profit if you become an affiliate and start attracti...
Whatever type of affiliate program you choose, you will always have the following advantages:1. You make a profit on every client’s trade of 1.5 pips from the spread or 0.015% from each deal’s volume (depending on a client’s trading account...
The charts of any currency price movement with any units of time measurement form periodical and identical patterns of different type. Some of these figures are always formed on the charts before the trend ends, when the operation volume in...
In technical analysis, there is a possibility to observe graphical figures which confirm the current trend. They are known as figures of the trend continuation. They depict a relatively short period of market consolidation after which break...
The average daily trading strategy consists of certain steps, including analysis, setting certain targets, placing orders, and executing a deal. The main idea of such a strategy is that the trade depends on the analysis that you have carrie...
When you develop a long-term trading strategy for EUR/JPY, it will be useful to look at the trading history of this currency pair in the past few years.So, if you look at the weekly chart of the EUR/JPY, you will notice continuous growth fr...
Pipsing involves daily work in front of your computer, minimum of news and maximum of luck. There is no need to know the financial mechanism of global economy regulation and countries’ GDP. Even the bullish market has a lot of pullbacks dur...
The next technical analysis indicator which should be paid attention to in the process of Forex education is the Parabolic Stop and Reversal System (PSAR). This indicator was developed by the famous trader Welles Wilder, who contributed muc...
The purpose of swing trading is to catch gains in the long term. This is the main difference between this method and intraday trading. Swing traders take profit every 3 to 5 days. The majority of the world's most successful traders use this...
Where do Japanese candlesticks come from? Candlestick charts are thought to have been developed by Munehisa Homma, a Japanese rice trader. He developed a method of analyzing the futures market to predict the prices of rice contracts. This m...
We will consider a number of patterns which comprise of two or more Japanese candlesticks. It should be noted, that they are of limited use on Forex as they presuppose that the closing price of the prior trading period and the opening price...
Forex graphic charts are usually made in two coordinates - the price (shown on the vertical y-axis) and the time (shown on the x-axis). Sometimes the tick volume chart is also made along the y-axis. The time–axis scale (also called interval...
The price is not the only weighty factor to be considered while analyzing Forex market. Besides the currency exchange rate, its trading volume plays an important role, too.There is the postulate of the Dow Theory that tells that the trend m...
The primary task of technical analysis of financial markets in general and the Forex market in particular is finding a trend on a plotted chart. The Dow theory discerns three types of trends: long-term, medium-terms and short-term trends. T...
The plain form of the [[Moving Averages|moving average (MA)]] is a simple moving average, SMA. This type of technical analysis indicators is depicted as a curve on the price chart, the main task of which is to even (or filter) price changes...
The idea of Bollinger Bands Technical Indicator (BB) is similar to MA envelopes, which were discussed in the previous chapter, and are used to identify the optimal points of opening position on Forex and other financial markets. Unlike MA e...
The index is developed by J. Welles Wilder, Jr.CharacteristicsThe indicator spots the trend and its strength, as well as points at the possible price reversals. The scale from 0 to 100% is used to measure the trend. The positive line is def...
Another type of [[Moving Averages|moving average]] is the Exponential Moving Average (EMA). It can be considered as weighted MA which weights are decreasing exponentially with the remoteness of the trading period taken for calculation start...
The weighted moving average (WMA) is one of the varieties of the [[Moving_Averages|moving averages (MA)]]. The essential drawback of the [[Simple moving average |simple moving average (SMA)]] is the assignment of the equal weights to all th...
Moving average convergence divergence (MACD) is a technical indicator that follows the trend of a dynamic indicator. It shows the relationship between two moving averages of an asset price.The MACD technical indicator is calculated by subtr...
The “secret” of this trading strategy is that the shorter the duration of your trade, the less money you will make.Think about any investment you have ever made. Did you make a killing in one day?And even if you are so lucky, how many times...
Support level – is the prices level which has a rather big potential for buying with the purpose to stop and upturn the price fall. Support level is shown on the chart by a horizontal or almost horizontal line, which connects a few bottoms....
The trend exists as long as prices maintain the tendency to rise and to fall through time. When the trend is uprising, every following support and resistance level exceeds the preceding. During the downtrend every following level of low and...
Point and Figure charts differ from the bar charts in two significant ways. At first, bar charts are constructed on time intervals regardless of whether there is any change in price. A new plot on a Point and Figure chart is made only if th...
InstaForex Company does not come as a tax agent and does not provide data on clients' earnings to the tax authorities. In practice, trade taxation in the Forex market mostly depends on what method is used for withdrawal from a trading accou...
Carrying over a position from Wednesday to Thursday, a triple swap is accrued. It happens as the Forex market is the spot market. It means calculations of all the deals are made on the second working day after a trading operation was done....
To use non-standard indicators on the MT4 trading platform, select Open Data Folder command in the File menu. Then you need to choose the MQL4 folder and copy indicator files to the Indicators folder. In case the custom indicator is importe...
To calculate the transaction size for gold, we need to take into account the following details:To calculate the volume of the trade we will take into account the following conditions:- free margin (1,000 RUR)- leverage (1:100)Convert RUR to...
Deposit transactions via Neteller processed instantly, via Yandex.Money within 3 hours. Money transfers from Visa/MasterCard cards are processed over the time interval from 0 up to 24 hours depending on the method of payment. Cash deposits...
Balance is a cumulative financial result of all completed transactions and deposits/withdrawals of funds to/from the trading account.
Account history is a record of all the activity in the trading account, including completed transactions and non-trading operations.
Trading platform is a software product by MetaTrader 4 which allows clients to get real-time information about trading in financial markets (to the extent determined by the company), perform technical analysis, conduct trading operations, s...
Client log file is a file created by the trading platform which instantly records all requests and orders sent by the client to the dealer. ...
Normal market conditions meet each of the following requirements: absence of noticeable breaks in quotes supply on the trading platform, absence of rushing price dynamics, and absence of essential price gaps.
Volume of trading operation is the number of lots multiplied by the lot size.
Market opening is the time when markets open for trading after the weekend, holidays or after the interval between trading sessions.
Quotes feed is the sequence of quotes for each trading instrument on the trading platform.
Expert advisor is a program developed for managing a trading account written in MetaQuotes Language 4. The program sends requests and orders to a server through the client's trading platform.
Contract specifications are the basic trading terms such as spread, lot size, minimal transfer amount, minimum possible change in the trade volume, initial margin, margin for locking positions, etc. for each instrument.
There is no company, which gives bank guarantees providing Forex services. InstaForex has hundreds of thousands clients all over the world and they trust the company. Some time ago we offered bank guarantee but due to the world financial cr...
Indicator is a signal of some trend changes in the market. You can use different indicators of technical analysis when working on the foreign or stock exchanges, but it is not recommended to use more than three. To understand indicators bet...
To view your trading history, right-click on the “Account History” tab and select “All history” in the drop down menu.
Index, or a stock index, is a composite indicator of prices of assets belonging to a particular group (securities, commodities, derivatives), a so-called stock basket.As a rule, the readings of indices are not as important as the index chan...
A gap is a discontinuous space on the price chart which may appear during rapid price changes. On the chart, a gap looks like an area where the price moves sharply up or down, which creates a space between the closing level of one trading p...
PAMM (Percentage Allocation Management Module) is a trading account designed for trust management of investors' funds. The PAMM account enables beneficial cooperation between account managers and investors. With the PAMM system, profits and...
Bank-level security of a trading accountAny client can protect his/her trading account against hack attacks enabling the service of SMS code. It includes the request of one-time SMS code for every withdrawal. So a trader gets 100% protectio...
The MT4 trading platform can be installed and run on computers with Linux using Wine. Wine is free software that allows users of the Unix-based systems to run an application developed for the Microsoft Windows systems. Among all the Wine ve...
InstaForex is an ECN broker providing qualitative trading services on the Forex market. Cooperation with major market makers and brokers complete with large customer base provide InstaForex with high liquidity and opportunity to make fast o...
1. Clients over 18 years old have a right to participate in the contest.2. The participants open a separate DEMO account to take part in each monthly contest.3. TThe participants should provide authentic data upon registration, including th...
1. The winners should open and verify accounts within 30 consecutive days after the contest results are announced.2. The prize funds will be credited to a verified live trading account of the client.3. The winner acknowledges that any activ...
The holders of the largest deposits will be declared winners. The participants should meet the following requirement: at least 5% of the total profit must come from trading GBP/USD and GBP/JPY.
1. The winners of the Contest are determined by a transparent internet voting carried out among the visitors of the contest`s website.2. The voting starts when a profile appears on the website of the Contest and continues till the end of th...
1. The voting starts when a profile appears on the website of the Contest and continues till the end of the Contest. The website users, having a live trading account with InstaForex attached to the user's profile, have a right to vote for a...
InstaForex provides an opportunity to trade on Forex using three types of accounts in one: Micro Forex, Mini Forex, and Standard Forex. In order to make it possible, the company came up with a non-standard 10000 lot, which at the trade of 0...
Legally capable customers over 18 owning live trading accounts with InstaForex Company may take part in the Campaign.In order to participate in the campaign, it is necessary to replenish an InstaForex live trading account with at least 3,00...
In order to receive the prize, the winners should open and verify a trading account within 30 calendar days after the results are announced. The campaign administration will send you a notification by email and ask to provide the necessary...
The promotion of receiving a bonus of 30% of each deposit made to the trading account started on 03.01.2010. The end of the promotion has not yet been established....
1. If after the 30% bonus was credited, a customer failed to take profit in trading but withdrew the money, a part of the bonus proportionate to the withdrawal amount would be cancelled.Example 1. A customer deposited $1,000 and received $3...
1. Owners of InstaForex accounts can take part in all steps of the contest.2. Each participant should be registered on the InstaForex website.3. The participants should provide authentic data upon registration, including the full name as it...
Trading conditions applied to accounts participating in Great Race 2020 are the following:1. A participant receives a DEMO account after registration in the contest.2. The minimum deposit is 100,000 USD for all participants and cannot be ch...
1. All trades of the contestants are automatically closed at current prices at the end of each step of the contest.2. The owners of the largest deposits are declared the winners.3. If the results of the contest show that two contestants hav...
1. The winners should open and verify accounts within 30 consecutive days after the contest results are announced.2. The prize funds will be credited to a verified live trading account of the client.3. The winner acknowledges that any activ...
The profit received using bonus funds from the moment of registration of a trading account, or from the moment the bonus funds are credited to the account, can be calculated proportionally between real funds and bonus funds on the account....
1. Clients over 18 years old have a right to participate in the contest2. The contestant opens a separate DEMO account to participate in each weekly contest.3. The contestants should provide authentic data upon registration, including the f...
1. The winners should open and verify accounts within 30 consecutive days after the contest results are announced.2. The prize funds will be credited to a verified live trading account of the client.3. The winner acknowledges that any activ...
InstaForex uses fixed spreads on all trading instruments except of Major currency pairs, during the period of low liquidity (from 23:30 to 03:00 terminal time), the spread on some Forex Majors can be increased up to 10 pips;EUR/CZK, and EUR...
Such positive feature as bank-level security of a trading account was developedEvery client can protect his trading account from hack attacks by means of SMS-password service activation every time making a withdrawal. Thus, activating the S...
Forex news is available on our website. Moreover, there is section containing Forex analytical reviews, you can find it on. Economic Calendar helps you to be aware of the main economic events of the world. Besides, you are able to subscribe...
InstaForex offers clients an opportunity to trade on the Forex market using three types of accounts at once: Micro Forex, Mini Forex, Standard Forex. In order to make such a technology possible a nonstandard 10,000 lot was established, whic...
InstaForex supports trading via mobile devices. You will find mobile platform applications for iOS and Android on our website: https://www.instaforex.com/trading_platform...
In accordance with paragraph 5 of the InstaForex Companies Group public offer agreement, when contentious cases occur, the Client is entitled to file a claim with the Company. Claims are accepted within two working days from the date the pr...
InstaForex is obliged to:* pay the 1.5 pip affiliate commission for forex major instruments.* pay the 1.2 pip affiliate commission for CFD instruments.* pay $20 affiliate commission for GOLD; $10 affiliate commission for SILVER.* pay 33.3%...
Below are three methods aimed to attract new clients (referrals) so that they bring you profit by each executed deal:- Using affiliate link. Everyone who follows this link and opens a trading account then, becomes your referral.- Using affi...
International online broker InstaForex offers its clients the opportunity to trade on the Forex market using accounts, the currency of which is expressed in the US Cents.Cent.Standard and Cent.Eurica account types are meant for beginning tr...
Only the U.S. dollar trading accounts can be registered in the PAMM system for now.
The PAMM system by InstaForex protects investors from the risk of funds withdrawal by a PAMM trader. However, a PAMM trader can withdraw only a part of his share in the PAMM account which not involved in trading.
If the investors' share on the trader's account exceeds 90% and there are few of them or just one investor - then such situation can happen. But the PAMM system accepts funds for managing from hundreds of PAMM investors providing the possib...
If the PAMM trader is inactive during 72 hours (3 days) after receiving the request, the invested sum will return back to your PAMM investor trading account.
Unfortunately, you cannot deactivate this option. However, if you want to register with the PAMM system as another participant (PAMM investor or PAMM trader, or vice versa), you just have to open a new trading account. InstaForex does not s...
1. Clients over 18 years old have a right to participate in the contest2. Each contestant should be registered on the InstaForex website.3. The contestant opens a separate DEMO account to participate in each two-week contest.4. The contesta...
1. A contestant receives a DEMO account after registration in the contest.2. The minimum deposit is 30,000.00 USD or all participants and cannot be changed.3. Leverage is 1:500.4. All orders opened at non-market prices are subject to cancel...
The winners should open and verify accounts within 30 consecutive days after the contest results are announced. The prize funds will be credited to a verified live trading account of the client.The Company will send a notification to the pa...
Yes, he does, according to the normal procedure.
The Company reserves the right to cancel bonus without prior warning, so we strongly recommend not to use bonus funds in calculation of profit in your trading strategy. The Company is not responsible for any consequences of bonus’s cancella...
You can switch the type of your account from Standard/Eurica to Eurica/Standard in your Client Cabinet. To do this, you need to enter the login and password to your trading account opened with the InstaForex company. In the menu of the Cabi...
You do not need to open a live account to participate in a contest.
InstaForex does not delete trading accounts therefore we recommend that you use only one of them and you will not be disqualified.
The distance between the candlestick body and the maximum day price in the form of a vertical line is called the candlestick upper shadow (uwakage). The distance between the candlestick body and the minimum price is also depicted as a line...
Having registered in the system as a PAMM partner, you get the part of a PAMM trader's dividends. If someone of the attracted investors starts trading, you get the commission as if your PAMM partner account is usual affiliate account.
If, when investing funds, the total amount of bonuses received (the amount of bonuses taking into account canceled bonus funds is taken into account) on the account exceeds 30% of the amount of the current free real funds of the PAMM invest...
1. Owners of InstaForex trading accounts can take part in the weekly contest.2. Clients over 18 years old have a right to participate in the contest3. Each contestant should be registered on the InstaForex website.4. The contestant opens a...
1. A contestant receives a DEMO account after registration in the contest.2. The minimum deposit is 40,000 USD or all participants and cannot be changed.3. Leverage is 1:500.4. All orders opened at non-market prices are subject to cancellat...
1. All trades of the contestants are automatically closed at current prices within the first 10 minutes after the contest is over. The participants acknowledge that the closing prices may vary due to a several minutes difference in closing...
1. The winners should open and verify accounts within 30 consecutive days after the contest results are announced.2.The prize funds will be credited to a verified live trading account of the client.3. Prizes, unlike profits, cannot be withd...
According to the Public Offer Agreement accepted by the Client when registering an account with InstaForex, verification of a trading account is optional. However, the Company has the right to request the Client to confirm the validity of t...
The list of documents accepted for every verification level can be found in the For Traders section of the InstaForex website Trading account verification. One document from the list is sufficient to verify the account at any given level....
Yes, you can adjust the subscription parameters and choose either to copy all trades or the trades on the desired currency pairs only.
Yes, you can unsubscribe from the ForexCopy system at: Client Cabinet-> ForexCopy System-> Profile-> Deactivate account.
You can close a copied trade in InstaTrader, but you cannot cancel it.
All applications for copying trades can be accepted automatically or manually, it depends on preferences of a ForexCopy trader. If the application for copying has not been approved within 72 hours (3 days), then it is canceled automatically...
Unfortunately, you cannot participate in the current contest. You will be able to trade when the next step of the contest starts.
At the moment trading system of InstaForex includes 11 trading serves, 9 are for live accounts and 2 for demo accounts. Servers in the USA:InstaForex-USA.com (choose in the list of servers, or type in InstaTrader settings - InstaForex-USA.c...
Due to technical faults, not all instruments can be traded on MT5 accounts. The whole range of trading instruments will be available in the near future. ...
Yes, you can cancel the subscription after you close all the trades copied from this ForexCopy trader's account. After that, go to Client Cabinet-> ForexCopy system-> My traders to unsubscribe.
You can cancel the subscription of a ForexCopy follower to your account only in case the subscription has been profitable, and a follower closes all the trades copied from your account.
In most cases it will be enough to upload the photo of your ID and Proof of Address to verify an account. You can check the list of the documents accepted for verification for your country here.If you cannot provide the copies of the docume...
All the documents uploaded for account verification must meet the following requirements:1. The photo must be clear and in color.2. The image must have a two-page spread, including all edges and corners:• photos of both sides of an ID card...
1. A participant receives a DEMO account after registration in the contest.2. The minimum deposit is 10,000 USD for all participants and cannot be changed.3. Leverage is 1:500.4. Orders opened at non-market prices are subject to cancellatio...
1. The Winner's account will be determined by the following scheme: the last 5 digits of the account are used to determine the winner (no matter whether it is a 5-digits, 6-digits or 7-digits account). If these 5 digits coincide with device...
Until the 1970s, the exchange rate of a particular currency was determined by the country's gold reserves. That was due to the fact that global markets were regulated by the gold standard. Each currency had its equivalent in a troy ounce. H...
It is vital to understand what part a private investor plays in the global currency exchange market before starting trading forex. Giving an insight into the types of forex participants, as well as their influence on the market, will help y...
In the physical retail market, we sell goods for money. How does it work in the forex market, where the money is a commodity? It is simple: in the Forex market, we trade one currency against the other. It means that several units of one cur...
Until now, talking about quotes, we have intentionally used only spot (current) Forex exchange rates to make our website easier to understand. However, a Forex quote consists of two rates (prices) - the sell rate (bid) and the buy rate (ask...
The trading operations on Forex are carried out not only against the US dollar. We intentionally have not touched on these operations until now to make the content more intelligible. The currency rates, which do not include the US dollar, a...
Despite the fact that Forex operates within 24 hours, there are certain time frames during which it can be more or less active in relation to transactions with different currencies. It can be explained by the working hours of the world’s ma...
Forex trading is aimed at making money on currency speculations. We have been describing the currency market above but avoided such topics as what starting capital is needed to work on Forex and what profit can be expected. In this chapter...
In the previous chapter we compared work on Forex with the opportunity to earn from the buy/sell operations at an exchange office. It is obvious that Forex has a range of advantages that allow traders to take significant profit in a short t...
Each time a trader opens a position through an online broker (dealing company), the part of funds on his account becomes frozen. This part is called a security deposit and used for a guarantee that a trader will never lose more than he has...
We have already clarified that margin trading supposes the usage of the loan capital, when a trader borrows assets from his broker to carry out operations on Forex. For better understanding of this chapter, let us study the principle of cas...
As we have already mentioned, an individual trader gets access to Forex by means of a broker or a dealing company. Traders earn money via currency speculations. In other words, they close positions at a higher price compared to the price of...
We have thoroughly considered the basic terms used on Forex and the main principles of margin trading. It is the time to study how to calculate profit and loss of the opened trades. We know that a trader enters the international curren...
There are many articles on the internet in which trading on Forex is compared to gambling in casinos, and in particular, to roulette. The authors of these articles bring out different proofs, citing mathematical extracts from the theory of...
Even though this section is devoted to forex education, we will also touch on the stock exchanges and stock indices. At first glance, it seems that the chapter is not related to Forex, but, in fact, it is. Currency rates are interrelated wi...
As we have already found out from previous chapters, the currency price is determined by a great variety of factors, such as: economic, political and some others. All listed factors concerning each country separately influence its national...
Yes. You can turn on the Swap Free service in Client Cabinet in the Personal information section. With this service, swaps for rollovers are not charged.
Yes, you can. Kindly check the letter with the bonus account details, there is an affiliate link for inviting new clients. If your friend (attracted person) will follow your affiliate link and open the account with the StartUp bonus, you (a...
Every Client of the company has the right to receive the bonus in the amount of 55% of his deposit to the trading account. The 55% bonus can be credited within the campaign’s effective period but not later than one week after the deposit is...
The 55% bonus can be withdrawn only after BUY or SELL trades are completed. The total volume of the trades shall be equal to X*6 InstaForex lots, where X – the total volume of received bonuses (the total volume of all bonuses including canc...
In case of any withdrawal, which causes the total amount of all bonus funds (including cancelled bonuses) to exceed 55% of the free margin in the trading account, is followed by cancellation of the bonus part equaling the difference between...
The company reserves the right to cancel the 55% bonus without prior warning, so we strongly recommend refraining from use of bonus funds in developing your trading strategy. The company is not responsible for any consequences of bonus canc...
The Company reserves a right at its discretion to calculate and distribute profit received with the use of bonus funds from the moment of registration of trading accounts, or from the moment of crediting of bonus funds to the account, in pr...
To get the Welcome Bonus 55%, please open the trading account of Standard type in USD, US Cent, EUR or EUR Cent currency, deposit it and fill the 55% bonus form at "For traders" - "Trading conditions" - "InstaForex bonuses" - 55% Bonus sect...
Every InstaForex client is entitled to receive bonus in an amount equaling 100% of the deposited amount. This is a one-time bonus that cannot be credited to a trading account that had already received bonuses of other types. The 100% Welcom...
The bonus is credited one time only on one trading account and cannot be credited to a trading account that had already received bonuses of other types.
100% Bonus is cancelled at any withdrawal from trading account. Also, the bonus is cancelled automatically in case equity totals less than 120% of the bonus amount.
There is no limit on withdrawing the profit gained from the bonus, but the bonus is cancelled at any withdrawal from the trading account.
To get the 100% Welcome Bonus, please open a trading account of Standard type in USD, US Cent, EUR or EUR Cent currency, pass the account verification, deposit it and fill the 100% bonus form at "For traders" - "Trading conditions" - "Insta...
Every owner of InstaForex Club Card has a right to receive the Club Bonus on his/ her trading account.
The Club Bonus can be credited after every replenishment of the trading account.
The amount of the credited Bonus depends on the trading account surplus. * Thus, the credited Bonus will be equal to:Surplus is < 500$ - 1% of surplusSurplus is 500-1000 – 2%Surplus is 1000-1500 – 3%Surplus is 1500-2500 – 4%Surplus is 2500-...
Any profit made over the Club bonus can be withdrawn without any restrictions.
To get the Club bonus, you should fund your trading account and, after your deposit is credited, send a request here.
Every client can receive coupon bonus one time and on one trading account only. Also, a client should have high level of verification in order to obtain this bonus.
The Client agrees that in case of any funds withdrawal from his trading account, the bonus will be cancelled in full.
The Company reserves the right to cancel bonus without notice, for that reason, it is strongly recommended not to include bonus in calculations of trading strategy profitability. The Company is not liable for any consequences of bonus cance...
The profits derived from the Coupon bonus can be withdrawn with the condition, that the bonus is cancelled in full amount after any withdrawal from trading account.
If you top up your trading account with a credit card, you must verify it by uploading copies of the front and back sides of the credit card in the Verification > > Verify card section of the client area.The requirements for a bank card ver...
The client terminal can be installed and run on computers with Mac OS using Wine. Wine is free software that allows users of the Unix-based systems to run an application developed for the Microsoft Windows systems. Among all the Wine versio...
You should verify your bank card only if you are going to use it for the first time to make a deposit. Once it is verified, you won’t have to repeat this procedure every time you replenish your trading account. However, should you wish to u...
If you are ready to work with a client throughout their entire trading activity, this program is perfect for you, as you will earn from every trade made by the client you referred! For example, the program may appeal to traders who enjoy sh...
The CPA (Cost Per Action) program perfectly suits webmasters, search engine promotion and online marketing specialists who do not have a deep knowledge of the forex market. This type of partnership does not require complex calculations, ter...
If you cannot upload your documents in the Client Area, you can email them to the Verification department at verification@mail.instaforex.com You need to provide your account number and the code word in an email. You can find the code word...
Notification:The value of a pip is calculated on the basis of the current rate of a given currency pair.Please note that 1 lot of InstaForex is equal to 10,000 units of the base currency.You can find below a formula to calculate the value o...
To get the 30% Welcome Bonus, you should fund your trading account and, after your deposit is credited, send a request here. Please note the bonus can be credited to your trading account not later than a week after you have funded your acco...
In order to participate in the campaign, it is necessary to fund an InstaForex live trading account with at least 500 USD and pass registration here.After successful registration, you automatically become a candidate for the main prize over...
1. The winner can obtain one of the campaign main prizes only in one of the Company's representative offices in the Russian Federation (Kaliningrad, Moscow, and St. Petersburg). The prize can be delivered to any part of the world based on t...
At present InstaForex is one of the leading brokers in the Forex market. The number of the Company’s clients exceeds 2,000,000 people around the world and the trading operations’ volume of InstaForex is enhancing every day. In this regard,...
InstaForex offers a wide range of payment methods. The process of funding a trading account is quite easy and will not take much time: 24 hours for a bank card transfer, 2 minutes for a transfer via payment systems, 1-3 days for a ban...
The problem can be caused by one of the following reasons:1. You have entered the wrong mailbox during registration.2. You have installed SPAM filters on your mailbox, mistakenly blocking our mail.3. Your mail does not work (letters from ot...
To change payment requisites in your Personal Account, please follow these steps: Go to your Personal Account at linkLog in using your trading account number and Trader password.In the left menu, select "Financial Operations".In the "C...
1. A participant receives a competitive DEMO account after registration in the contest.2. The minimum deposit is 20,000.00 USD for all participants and cannot be changed.3. Leverage is 1:500.4. All orders open at non-market prices are subje...
1. A participant receives a DEMO account after registration in the contest.2. The minimum deposit is 10,000 USD for all participants and cannot be changed.3. Leverage is 1:500.4. Orders opened at non-market prices are subject to cancellatio...
1. All trades of the contestants are automatically closed at current prices at the end of the contest.2. The owners of the largest deposits are declared the winners.3. If the results of the contest show that two contestants have deposits of...
The prize fund of the contest is 45,000 USD distributed among the winners the following way:- 1st place - 20,000 USD- 2nd place - 10,000 USD- 3rd place - 5,000 USDForex Lady - 5,000 USD.Insta Choice - 5,000 USD.This amount is distributed am...
While working with the trading platform traders may face some technical errors (messages). They could appear at the moment of information exchange between the platform and the server. Below, there is a list of the most common errors.1. ...
Can I trade CFDs on American shares in a demo account? A demo account does not provide CFDs trading. In order to trade CFDs, you should open a live account According to the website, a 6% annual interest rate is accrued on th...
1. The winner can receive the prize at the representative office in Kaliningrad or Moscow, Russia, as well as anywhere in the world on agreement.2.The winner can receive the prize only after ID validity is checked and the Acceptance Certifi...
The winner of the Ferrari InstaForex contest will be determined according to the following scheme: the winner is selected on the basis of the last 5 digits of a trading account, no matter if it contains 5, 6, or 7 digits. If these 5 digits...
Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a service that allows users to trade non-stop in the forex market, regardless of a trader’s physical location and the capability to access trading platforms.In fact, a VPS is similar to a remote computer with...
The speed of the VPS hosting depends on the selected VPS configuration. For example, the VPS 256 tariff is not intended for simultaneous launching of more than two MT4 trading platforms with operating expert advisors.If this requirement is...
Yes, you can deposit and withdraw funds using an online card. For this, you need to verify the card in the Verification > Card Verification section of the Client Area. Alternatively, you can verify your card through InstaVerify mobile app f...
Please note that if you are planning to deposit/withdraw funds using a bank card or a wire transfer, then previously accepted documents for account verification do not meet the requirements of processing systems.To repeat verification, plea...
You might have uploaded a screenshot. Electronic documents are accepted only in PDF format.Make sure that you do not violate the laws of your country, providing electronic documents. You may check up the list of accepted documents, followi...
Rules for accepting documents by payment systems have been tightened up. That is why the company may ask its clients to verify their accounts again if a deposit/withdrawal of funds is performed by means of a bank card or a wire transfer.The...
Documents provided for verification must be valid at the moment of request. The day a document expires, the verification status of your trading account is automatically reset to zero.Your identity document should expire no sooner than six m...
The Client has a right to get the 30% bonus each time he/she deposits funds to his/her trading account. The amount on which a bonus can be accrued is equal to difference between deposits and withdrawals.
According to the Paragraph 7 of Agreement on 55% Bonus "The Company reserves the right to cancel the 55% Bonus without prior notice. For that reason, we strongly recommend that you refrain from factoring in bonus funds when calculating prof...
There are numerous types of online scams including phishing, website cloning, and others. They all aim to gain access to your personal data and e-wallets. Now scammers even create fake trading platforms in an attempt to deceive InstaForex u...
We offer trading on IPO shares via CFDs. It enables you to speculate on price changes in both rising and falling markets, providing you with flexibility in seizing trading opportunities.To start trading IPO shares, first of all you need to...
You can trade IPO shares on the MetaTader 4 platform.
A fixed leverage is available for trading IPO shares. However, you should remember that margin trading poses significant risks, magnifying both potential profits and potential losses. The contract specifications will be published on our tra...
It is required to have enough margin amount to open a position. We would recommend using our trader calculator to get info about the exact margin sum. However, technically, 1 USD is the minimum deposit amount....
We publish a list of the upcoming IPOs on our website.
Account verification is not needed for trading IPO stocks. However, verification may be necessary when funding your trading account, as some payment systems require it.
There are the following risks:- Market volatility: IPO shares can be subject to significant price fluctuations in the early stages of trading. The market demand and sentiment surrounding the company's stock can lead to high volatility, resu...
The InstaForex cashback service is an opportunity to get back a portion of the commission from closed deals. Thanks to this program, you can refund to your trading account 5% and more from spreads, swaps, and commissions incurred during tra...
The InstaForex Rebate Service is a unique program that refunds a portion of the spread* for every transaction made, regardless of its outcome. With this service, you can receive 1.5 points from each transaction, trading in your usual mode....
The free private VPN service from InstaForex provides secure, stable, and anonymous access to trading from anywhere in the world.To get access to a VPN, you need to open a real account with InstaForex and maintain a balance of at least $500...
