Forex.com Review UK 2026 (FCA Regulated)

Forex.com scores 83/100 in our testing. This review is based on a live UK account, opened at the broker's FCA-authorised entity, funded in GBP and traded. The EUR/USD, GBP/USD and EUR/GBP spread figures shown are modal values recorded on that account across three trading days in July 2026.

Forex.com is a forex specialist with a deep currency-pair range across three platform routes: its own web and desktop software, MT4 and TradingView. It trades as a name of StoneX Financial Ltd (FCA FRN 446717) within the NASDAQ-listed StoneX group, and it suits traders focused on FX who want platform choice under one roof. Cost-led scalpers who chase the single tightest spread should choose a raw-account broker instead.

Three strengths stand out. First, the currency-pair depth: FX is the specialism and the lead reason to use it. Second, platform breadth: its own software sits alongside MT4 and a native TradingView connection, so charting and MetaTrader users are both covered. MT5 is the gap, and it is a real one rather than an oversight on our side. Third, the safety profile: a NASDAQ-listed StoneX parent sits behind an FCA-authorised UK entity with FSCS cover for eligible clients.

Forex.com is not the cost leader. Standard-account pricing is commission-free, but our July 2026 recording put EUR/USD at a modal 1.0 pips against an advertised 0.7, which lands it mid-pack among the commission-free accounts we test. The £100 minimum deposit also sits above the £0-entry rivals in our set.

Forex-focused traders who want platform choice and a listed-group parent get the most from Forex.com. Cost-led scalpers, or traders who want a £0 entry point, are better served elsewhere in the set.

Forex.com quick facts

StoneX Financial Ltd operates Forex.com in the UK, and the table below collects the figures a UK trader checks first.

Trading costs and fees

Forex.com runs a deep FX range on commission-free pricing, and the standard account is the one a UK trader opens. Forex.com’s RAW Pricing account is not available to UK clients: it is offered on other entities, including Australia, but the UK account types are Standard, MT4 and Corporate only, all of them spread-only (broker site, accessed 29 July 2026). See how we gather spread data for the protocol and the evidence tier behind this review.

Standard account costs

On a live UK account in July 2026, EUR/USD tested at a modal 1.0 pips, GBP/USD at 1.3 and EUR/GBP at 1.69, against an advertised 0.7 on EUR/USD. That puts one standard lot of EUR/USD near £7.42, all of it spread, and lands Forex.com mid-pack among the commission-free accounts we test. The forex specialism and platform breadth are the draw rather than the cost.

The MT4 account prices the same way, spread-only with no commission, so the platform choice does not change the cost model here.

Other fees UK traders should check

Forex.com charges no deposit or withdrawal fee of its own, though a card issuer can add a cash-transaction or conversion charge (broker site, accessed 10 July 2026). Two floors to note: the £100 minimum applies per card transaction as well as at opening, and withdrawals carry a £100 minimum per transaction or your full remaining balance if lower. Overnight funding applies to positions held open, on top of a spread carrying the entire cost.

Trading platforms

Forex.com offers its own web and desktop platforms plus MT4 and TradingView. The platform choice suits traders who move between charting and MetaTrader, with the MT5 caveat below.

Forex.com web and desktop platforms

Forex.com’s own software carries the StoneX research desk’s analysis, an economic calendar and technical signal tools built in. It is the default and the most feature-complete route into the FX range.

MetaTrader 4

MT4 runs as its own account type and remains the default for expert advisors. Our MT4 account comparison covers the UK field.

MetaTrader 5 is not offered to UK clients

Forex.com does not offer MT5 on its UK entity, StoneX Financial Ltd, and this is worth stating plainly because the group makes it easy to conclude otherwise. We tested six candidate MT5 URLs on 29 July 2026 and every one returned a clean 404 with no redirect, and five further UK surfaces agree. MT5 is live one directory away on the group’s CySEC entity, StoneX Europe Limited (licence 400/21), which is not the firm a UK client contracts with.

If MT5 is the requirement, UK brokers running MT5 compares the field that does offer it. Note also that Forex.com’s UK MT4 page sits at metatrader-4-platform, not metatrader-4, so a 404 on the shorter path is not evidence that MT4 is missing too.

TradingView

TradingView connects to a Forex.com account, giving chartists the deeper toolkit without leaving the broker. UK brokers with TradingView are compared in one place.

Trust and safety

StoneX Financial Ltd holds the FCA authorisation behind Forex.com in the UK, under a Nasdaq-listed parent.

FCA regulation

Forex.com is a trading name of StoneX Financial Ltd, authorised and regulated by the FCA under FRN 446717, incorporated in England and Wales under Companies House number 05616586 with its registered office at 1st Floor, Moor House, 120 London Wall, London EC2Y 5ET (Forex.com UK site footer and Companies House, both checked 29 July 2026). The parent is StoneX Group Inc., listed on the Nasdaq as SNEX.

This is a change worth noting if you already hold an account. The UK business previously ran through Gain Capital UK Limited (FRN 113942, Companies House 01761813). That company is still shown as Authorised on the FCA register and its licence surrender is expected, but it is no longer the counterparty for Forex.com’s UK clients. City Index is a trading name of the same firm, so Forex.com and City Index are now one UK legal counterparty rather than two, which matters for FSCS cover. On execution model, Forex.com prices FX through its own dealing infrastructure within the StoneX group and publishes order-execution and best-execution policy documents on its UK site rather than a single headline fill-speed figure, so we quote no latency number.

Client money, FSCS and negative balance protection

Forex.com trades as StoneX Financial Ltd, a StoneX company with a Nasdaq-listed parent behind it. Client money is held in segregated accounts under the FCA’s CASS rules, separate from the firm’s own funds. Negative balance protection applies to retail accounts, so a position cannot leave you owing more than your balance. If the firm failed, FSCS cover runs up to £85,000 per eligible person, covering shortfalls in client money and assets rather than trading losses. That is the investment limit and it did not change when the FSCS deposit limit rose to £120,000 on 1 December 2025, which covers savings held with banks, building societies and credit unions rather than money held with a broker (FSCS, checked 29 July 2026).

One consequence of the entity position above is worth spelling out: FSCS cover is per firm, not per brand. Because Forex.com and City Index are both StoneX Financial Ltd, a client holding money with both is covered once up to £85,000, not twice. The Financial Ombudsman Service handles what the firm cannot, and our guide to the FCA regime covers its award limits.

History and ownership

Forex.com dates to 1999 and now operates in the UK through StoneX Financial Ltd, inside the Nasdaq-listed StoneX group. The listed parent publishes audited accounts, which is a materially stronger disclosure position than a privately held rival offers. StoneX Financial Ltd itself has a longer name history than the brand suggests: incorporated 9 November 2005 as Ambrian Commodities Limited, it became INTL FCStone (Europe) Ltd in 2011, INTL FCStone Ltd in 2013 and StoneX Financial Ltd in 2020 (Companies House 05616586, checked 29 July 2026). It shares that entity, not merely a parent, with City Index.

Public reviews

Trustpilot rates FOREX.com 4.6 out of 5 from 2,420 reviews (Trustpilot profile, captured August 2026). That is the joint-top score among the FCA-regulated brokers we cover, where the range runs from 2.0 to 4.6. Read it as a brand-level signal rather than a UK verdict: Trustpilot profiles cover the whole brand across every market it serves, not the FCA-authorised UK entity on its own. Scores also move, so treat the figure as a August 2026 snapshot.

TradingView users rate Forex.com 4.4 out of 5 from 14,083 ratings (TradingView profile, captured August 2026), on 186.3K connected accounts. Both figures sit among the larger ones on this site, so the score rests on a wide base and not on a handful of strong opinions.

Account types and minimum deposit

Forex.com’s UK account types cover a standard account, an MT4 account and a corporate account.

Account options for UK clients

The standard account runs on Forex.com’s own web and mobile platforms; the MT4 account is the MetaTrader route; a corporate account is available alongside (broker site, accessed 10 July 2026). All price the same way. Forex.com does not offer a spread betting account on the UK entity, so CFD profits fall within capital gains tax. Tax treatment depends on your individual circumstances and can change.

Minimum deposit

The minimum deposit at Forex.com is £100 or currency equivalent, across the account set. That sits above the £0-entry rivals in our set.

Funding and withdrawals

Forex.com charges no fee of its own in either direction, but £100 floors apply on both.

Deposit methods (UK clients)

Funding methods are debit or credit card (Visa, Mastercard) and bank wire transfer; cheques are not accepted. Forex.com charges no deposit fees of its own, though a card issuer can add a cash-transaction or conversion charge (broker site, accessed 10 July 2026).

Withdrawals

Withdrawals carry a £100 minimum per transaction, or the full remaining balance if lower (broker site, accessed 10 July 2026). Card withdrawals are typically immediate and wires take up to one to two business days, with no Forex.com fee either way.

Account opening

Opening is online, with identity and address verification under the FCA’s client-onboarding rules. The £100 minimum applies at funding.

Product range

Forex.com leads with a deep FX pair range, plus index, commodity and share CFDs. See the CFD broker hub for the UK for each asset class in depth.

Any crypto product Forex.com markets elsewhere is unavailable to UK retail. The FCA banned the sale of crypto derivatives to UK retail consumers from 6 January 2021. The markets table above states that in the crypto row, and no crypto tier appears in the leverage list because the FCA caps do not include one.

Forex pairs

Currency-pair depth is the specialism and the lead use case: the FX range runs well past the majors, which is the point of a forex-first broker. A tested EUR/USD of 1.0 pips is mid-pack, so the reason to come here is the breadth of pairs rather than the price of the headline one.

Leverage for UK traders

Retail leverage at Forex.com follows the FCA’s standardised caps rather than anything the broker sets. The caps are set by the FCA, not the broker; our leverage limits guide covers how margin follows.

Customer service

Forex.com’s UK support runs by phone, live chat and email, with a help centre covering account and platform queries.

We have not run timed response tests on the UK desk, so support here is described from published information rather than scored from our own contact.

Research and education

Research is a genuine strength for an FX specialist. In-platform analysis draws on the StoneX research desk, with an economic calendar and technical signal tools built into Forex.com’s own platforms. Education spans course-style content for newer traders and platform tutorials for those moving up. Chartists get the deeper toolkit through the TradingView integration, which is where the platform breadth pays off. We describe the offer from Forex.com’s published material pending a formal assessment.

How Forex.com compares to alternatives

City Index is not an alternative counterparty. Both brands are StoneX Financial Ltd under FRN 446717, so choosing between them is an interface decision, and opening both puts your money with one firm twice.

Pepperstone runs a raw commission account that Forex.com does not offer to UK clients, which answers the cost question directly, and IG pairs a listed parent with a far wider share list. City Index adds spread betting but sits on the same FCA authorisation, so it diversifies the platform and not the counterparty. Our top forex brokers for UK traders ranks the wider field.

Should you open an account with Forex.com?

Yes, for forex-first traders who want a deep pair range with MT4 and TradingView under a Nasdaq-listed parent. StoneX Financial Ltd is FCA-authorised under FRN 446717, its own software sits alongside MT4 and a native TradingView connection, and funding is free in both directions. Traders who need MT5 should look elsewhere: the UK entity does not offer it.

Not for raw-account cost leaders’ customers and zero-minimum shoppers. The standard account prices through the spread, our July 2026 recording put EUR/USD at a modal 1.0 pips against an advertised 0.7, and entry needs £100 where rivals open from nothing.

A demo is the no-cost way in, and our guide to demo accounts covers using one properly. If platform choice under one roof fits how you trade, open a Forex.com demo account before funding a live one (affiliate link, see our advertiser disclosure).