OANDA account
Trade with a trusted and award-winning broker
- Access global markets, thousands of instruments at your fingertips.
- OANDA delivers signals and recommendations so you can make decisions based on live data.
- Take control, use the OANDA mobile tools for investment management.
- Avoid unnecessary trading costs; no commission on most instruments, see the historical spreads.
OANDA account
Trade with a trusted and award-winning broker
- Access global markets, thousands of instruments at your fingertips.
- OANDA delivers signals and recommendations so you can make decisions based on live data.
- Take control, use the OANDA mobile tools for investment management.
- Avoid unnecessary trading costs; no commission on most instruments, see the historical spreads.
Over 4000 instruments to trade at your fingertips
Trading
There is a one year limit timescale on the opening of positions.
The demo account reflects the authentic trading enviroment. It's the same as the real account.
No. You can only trade when the market is open.
Yes, depending on particular asset class the costs include spreads or/and percentage commission or/and swaps. See fees & commissions table.
Yes, a position can be reduced. The remaining and closed position has to be equal to or greater than the minimum lot size of the position in the instrument.
A margin call is the request by your broker to reduce open exposure or to deposit additional money to maintain all open positions when price moves against your positions.
No. Margin requirements vary depending on the platforms and instruments. The requirements are set out in the OANDA Financial Instruments Specification.
It's a difference between the Bid and Ask price; the difference between the 'buying' and 'selling' price.
Margin trading can magnify gains and losses.
A market order is a position opened at the current market price. Market orders occur when a client decides to open a position at the current market price.
To maintain an overnight position certain instruments may be subject to a swap charge. Swap values are expressed in pips. Swaps can be positive (credited) or negative (charged) depending on your position and instrument. On the trading platform, swap costs are indicated in the account currency after calculation from pips.
Yes, a pending order can be modified when the market for that instrument is open. Please check the table "Minimum distance of pending orders from the current market price", located in Financial Instruments Specification under this link
You can use the deposit calculator or open the trade on a demo account.
No, Your CFD contract will be rolled over. Please check this link to see the rollover table for current year.
You can contact the OANDA Support Team through live chat, facebook messenger or e-mail. You can find all contact details here
Contracts For Difference (CFDs) enable you to trade the price movement of financial assets, including indices futures, commodity futures, shares, and exchange traded funds (ETFs), without actually owning the underlying asset. With stocks CFDs you can handpick a selection of the most popular global company stocks and build a diversified and personally tailored portfolio. OANDA recommends stock CFDs for beginners and advanced investors.
A spread is the difference between the price of the Bid and Ask which varies depending on each instrument. Target Transaction Spread can be found in Financial Instruments Specification document under this link
Data such as earnings releases can increase profits or losses. Investor should ensure they're aware of the risks.
Rollovers are automatically applied by the broker.
The euro is the base currency and USD is the quote currency.
The price and trade size will be adjusted accordingly.
You can calculate margin with the specification details
The high is a highest price level an instrument has reached during that trading day. The low is a lowest price level that an instrument has reached during that trading day.
They are a group of commodities that derived from farming or the cultivation of the soil, producing crops and raising livestock, for example corn, wheat or soybeans.
They are metals of high economic value, considered to be rare, for example, gold, silver, platinum or palladium.
Yes, OANDA publishes alerts together with a schedule of upcoming rollovers.
They are a group of commodities that are grown, for example, cocoa, coffee, cotton or sugar.
Energies includes crude oil, brent oil, gasoline, heating oil and natural gas.
Documents
Go to the documents tab in your Client Zone and follow the on screen instructions.
Please send all documents directly in the Client Zone.
Please contact our customer support line or go directly to your Client Zone to do that yourself.
Deposit / Withdrawals
There is no minimum deposit required. Consult Fees and Commissions table to learn more.
We accept instant payments via credit cards and online payment systems. You can also deposit funds with regular SEPA bank transfer. All deposit options can be found on the Deposit Funds page and inside your Client Zone here. Bank transfers must be made through an account held by the customer in their name.
The initial deposit can be by way of a bank transfer (through an account held by the customer in their name with a bank located in EU or in equivalent state) or with a credit-card (card issued in the name of account holder from a reputable financial institution located in EU or in a equivalent state) payment. This is a part of the verification process and in necessary to open and activate an account.
Once our team confirms that your personal details match the data from the bank transfer, we will unlock the account and you will be notified by email. To open an account you have to fulfil both requirements; make an initial deposit through bank transfer and send documents for verification.
Log in to your Client Zone here and select the withdrawals option. For the first withdrawal we ask you to provide the bank account number. Withdrawals are only available via bank transfer. Check the Fees and Commissions table
The withdrawal process takes up to three days.
Support
The withdrawal process takes up to three days.
Log in to your Client Zone here and select the withdrawals option. For the first withdrawal we ask you to provide the bank account number. Withdrawals are only available via bank transfer. Check the Fees and Commissions table
There is no minimum deposit required. Consult Fees and Commissions table to learn more.
Please send all documents to: verification@oandaeurope.com
The demo account reflects the authentic trading enviroment. It's the same as the live account with just premium live account features turned off.
No, the currency on your platform is permanent and it cannot be changed. However you can always create multiple accounts with different base currencies in the Client Zone.
You can contact our Support Team through live chat, Facebook or e-mail.
You will find all contact details here
A powerful multi-asset trading app
- Experience unlimited access to global markets for Stocks and CFDs. Design and build your own investment portfolio.
- Commission-free trading on forex, cryptocurrencies, indices and commodities CFDs.
- Trade with the trend or counter trend. Check how others are trading. Get news, trade ideas and market analysis.
- Available through the OANDA app delivered to your smartphone.
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