AvaTrade Broker Review

Is AvaTrade Safe?

With more than 200,000 registered clients globally, and more than 2 million trades executed monthly, AvaTrade is a leading broker in the Forex trading industry. The company was formed in 2006 when AVA Trade EU Ltd was founded in Ireland.

Ava Capital Markets (Pty) Ltd has been regulated in South Africa by the FSCA (FSP 45984) since 2016. The European entity, AVA Trade EU Ltd, is compliant with MiFID and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (Reference No.: C53877) and Ava Capital Markets Pty Ltd is licensed in Australia by ASIC (license: 406684).

Some of AvaTrade’s recent awards include:

• Most Trusted Trading Platform Europe 2022 (International Business Magazine)
• Best Mobile Trading Platform 2022 (Investingoal)
• Best Overall Broker 2022 (Daytrading)
• Best Broker UK 2022 (World Economic Magazine)

AvaTrade’s reputation is further enhanced by its history of innovative risk-management tools for its traders; in January 2020 it launched AvaProtect, this new trading tool allows ‎clients to purchase protection against losing trades for a specified time period – if you close your trade during that time period any losses will be fully refunded.

While the AvaProtect feature is active, you will still be able to benefit from any gains on your position of course. The cost of AvaProtect changes according to the market and the size of the trade; AvaProtect is also available on the AvaTradeGO App.

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Trading Conditions

AvaTrade has a selection of trading instruments, including Forex, commodities, stocks, indices, cryptocurrencies, bonds, and ETFs. Besides these, AvaTrade also has vanilla options, which is an uncommon feature with Forex brokers. With competitive pricing, leverage up to 1:400 on Forex pairs, AvaTrade should appeal to both new and experienced traders.

Account Types

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Demo Account – AvaTrade’s free demo account is a handy tool to practice your trading, test an expert advisor, or acquaint yourself with how Forex trading works. With 100,000 USD virtual funds, the demo account accurately simulates AvaTrade’s real account and will only expire after 21 days.

Regular Account – AvaTrade’s regular trading account has a minimum deposit of 100 USD and offers competitive spreads, dependable customer support, and access to a wide range of tradeable instruments. Regular account holders enjoy progressive perks according to the amount they deposit. From 1,000 USD and upward, you get a bonus of 20% on your deposit and 1-on-1 trading sessions with a personal account manager. Clients who deposit 2,000 USD or more will also gain free access to DupliTrade, a powerful copy trading platform. More about DupliTrade later on.

VIP Account – VIP accounts require a minimum deposit of 50,000 USD. With this account, you will enjoy several privileges, including a personal account manager, faster withdrawals, better trading conditions, and a 10,000 USD bonus (the maximum allowable by AvaTrade). VIP clients also have access to DupliTrade. Please note that you can reach VIP status by growing your account to 50,000 USD with profitable trading.

Spreads and Commissions

At AvaTrade you can expect spreads as low as 0.7 pips (e.g. on the EUR/USD and USD/JPY), and there is no commission on trades, whatsoever. Rollover (interest) may be charged (or earned) on certain positions that are held overnight.

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Deposits and Withdrawals Fees

Ways to Deposit to AvaTrade

You can fund your AvaTrade trading account with:

• Moneybookers (Skrill): 100 – 5,000 USD
• WebMoney: 100 – 5,000 USD
• Neteller: 100 – 5,000 USD
• Wire transfer: 100 USD minimum
• Credit or debit cards: 100 – 20,000 USD

How Fast are Deposits Processed?

• E-payments are processed within 24 hours.
• Wire transfers from offshore bank accounts (outside of Kenya) can take up to 7 business days to be processed.
• Wire transfers from local Kenyan banks will typically be cleared in under five business days.
• First deposits with credit or debit cards can take up to 1 business day to reflect in your trading account due to the security verification process.

How to Withdraw Funds From AvaTrade

Due to anti-money laundering regulations, withdrawals can only be sent via payment methods with which you funded your account, except when profits have been made by trading and 200% of the initial deposit amount has already been withdrawn via the initial payment channel. Withdrawals are typically processed and sent within 1 to 2 business days. Once the withdrawal is processed, additional time may be required for you to receive it. Here are the different times according to the different payment channels:

• For credit and debit cards – up to 5 business days.
• For e-money – up to 24 hours.
• For wire transfers – up to 10 business days (depending on the bank’s location).

AvaTrade Deposit and Withdrawal Fees

AvaTrade doesn’t charge clients for making deposits and withdrawals. The only costs are the bank card, e-wallet, or bank transfer fees.

AvaTrade for Beginners

As you would expect from one of the larger brokers, AvaTrade offers a comprehensive repository of educational material to get new traders started, as well helpful tools and analysis to assist traders in finding the best opportunities. While customer support is 24/5, the same as most other brokers, it is available in 14 languages and high-quality support is a top priority.

Educational Material

AvaTrade has a good range of educational material to offer its clients, and much of it is designed for new traders. AvaTrade also offers a Sharp Trader website with a swathe of analytical material including videos, trading tools and daily analysis.

Trading for beginners – The Trading for beginners section gives you all the information you need to tackle Forex and CFD instruments with confidence. In this section, traders can learn about many trading topics, including ‘What is Forex’, ‘What is a pip’, ‘What is Metatrader?’, ‘MACD trading strategies’, ‘How to read a Forex chart’, ‘Technical analysis’, and more.

Video Education – AvaTrade’s video section is strong and covers many different topics including Advanced Trading Tools, Beginner Lessons, Forex Trading Strategies, and more.

Ebook – AvaTrade’s Ebook gives traders a good overview of basic Forex terminology and the different groups of currency pairs available. The Ebook also explains how to read a Forex quote and the advantages of Forex trading.

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Broker

Beginner Course

Advanced Course

Well Structured Education

Education Quality

Webinars

AvaTrade

Yes

Yes

Yes

High

Yes

eToro

No

No

No

Low

Yes

CM Trading

No

No

No

Medium

Yes

Analysis Material

AvaTrade offers traders a free educational and analysis website called Sharp Trader designed to include everything a trader needs for day to day trading. Traders can enjoy daily technical and fundamental analysis by AvaTrade’s experienced researchers and videos reviewing a wide range of topics for all levels of trading knowledge. The site also offers trading tools – including an economic calendar and trading calculators as well as access to AvaTrade’s trading platforms.

Customer Support

AvaTrade’s clients have access to professional customer support, 24 hours a day, five days a week. The AvaTrade support team can be reached via telephone, live chat, and email in 14 languages including English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, and Taiwanese. Additionally, if you deposit 1000 USD or more AvaTrade will assign a dedicated account manager to assist you with your first trades and teach you how to use the various platforms and tools.

Trading Platforms

Metatrader 4 – The MT4 trading platform is one of the most widely used Forex trading platforms and can also be used to trade other instruments like commodities, cryptocurrency, stock index, and stock CFDs. One of the features that make MT4 popular is its auto trading feature that enables algorithmic trading and strategy backtesting with expert advisors (trading robots).

Metatrader 5 – The primary difference between MT4 and MT5 is that MT4 is a Forex-only platform, while MT5 is a multi-asset trading solution. With MT5, you can trade not only Forex but also stocks, stock indices and precious metals. MT5 also has a built-in news feed, market depth indicator, economic calendar, and trades can be made on charts. Be aware that MT5 is only supported by AvaTrade in some regions and may not be available in yours.

AvaOptions – With AvaTrade, you can also trade vanilla options. Options trading is exciting and provides traders with opportunities to benefit from more than just the 2-dimensional nature of Forex trading. You can trade vanilla options on more than 40 currency pairs, gold, and silver. With an AvaOptions demo account, the AvaTrade support team is there to assist you while you learn the ropes.

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Platform Choice

Copy Trading

Platforms

AvaTrade

4.5/ 5

Yes

MT4

MT5

Avatrade Social

AvaOptions

eToro

4/ 5

Yes

etoro

CM Trading

4/ 5

Yes

MT4

WebTrader

Trading Tools

Avatrade offers a number of trading tools, including Autochartist, Duplitrade and Zulutrade.

Autochartist is an award-winning automated technical analysis tool that works with MT4 and identifies trading opportunities across hundreds of financial instruments. Autochartist is free to any AvaTrade client making a 500 USD deposit.

Autochartist’s advanced recognition engine identifies the strongest potential trading opportunities and predicts future price movements. Some of Autochartist’s key features are:

• Chart pattern recognition
• Fibonacci pattern recognition
• Key level analysis
• Pattern quality indication

Also available on AvaTrade are DupliTrade and ZuluTrade, both Automated Copy Trading Platforms

With a minimum deposit of 2,000 USD at Avatrade, traders gain access to DupliTrade, a copy trading platform linked to your MT4 trading platform. DupliTrade allows you to automatically duplicate the actions of expert traders (with proven histories) directly into your AvaTrade trading account.

Your MT4 trading account can also be linked to a ZuluTrade account, also used for copy trading.

*AvaTrade’s MT4 MAM accounts can also be used for copying trades from a master trading account to an unlimited number of ‘copying’ accounts.

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Broker

Economic Calendar

Autochartist

Trading Central

Trading View

Free VPS

AvaTrade

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

eToro

No

No

No

No

No

CM Trading

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Mobile Trading App

For those traders who are often on the move, AvaTradeGO is a choice mobile trading platform. It is available for Android and iOS devices and has a user-friendly, advanced, and intuitive home screen. With AvaTradeGO, you can open and manage several MT4 accounts on the same control panel.

Evaluation Method

We value transparency and openness in the way we review the partners. To bring transparency to the forefront, we have published our review process that includes a detailed breakdown of the AvaTrade offering. Central to that process is the evaluation of the reliability of the broker, the platform offering of the broker and the trading conditions offered to clients, which are summarised in this review. Each one of these is graded, and an overall score is calculated and assigned to the broker.

AvaTrade Risk Statement

Trading Forex is risky, and each broker is required to detail how risky the trading of Forex CFDs is to clients. AvaTrade would like you to know that: CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Overview

We investigated AvaTrade, and find them to be an outstanding broker. The only disadvantage being that AvaTrade charges an ‘inactive account fee’ of 25 USD on trading accounts that have been dormant for three months or longer. For accounts denominated in other currencies, it is 25 units of the particular base currency. Accounts that lie dormant for more than a year may also be charged an administration fee.

FAQ

Is AvaTrade Safe?

Yes. AvaTrade is an internationally, and FSCA regulated Forex CFD broker.

What is the AvaTrade minimum deposit?

Clients can open a live AvaTrade account with 10 000 Shilling (100 USD).

How do I fund my Avatrade account?

Clients can fund accounts using Skrill, Webmoney, Neteller, ETF, and credit cards. Payments will reflect in your trading account between 1-5 days depending on the deposit method.

How can I withdraw money from Avatrade?

Clients can only make withdrawals via payment methods used to fund your account, with the only exception made for clients who are withdrawing earnings and have already made a withdrawal via the original funding method. Withdrawals are typically processed and sent within 1 to 2 business days.

Does AvaTrade have a demo account?

The free AvaTrade demo account has 100,000 USD virtual funds. The account will expire after 21 days, but can be reopened by the support team.

Editorial Team

 

Chris Cammack
Head of Content

Chris joined the company in 2019 after ten years experience in research, editorial and design for political and financial publications. His background has given him a deep knowledge of international financial markets and the geopolitics that affects them. Chris has a keen eye for editing and a voracious appetite for financial and political current affairs. He ensures that our content across all sites meets the standards of quality and transparency that our readers expect.

 

Alison Heyerdahl
Senior Financial Writer

Alison joined the team as a writer in 2021. She is the Senior Editor for FXScouts.  She has a medical degree with a focus on physiotherapy and a bachelor’s in psychology. However, her interest in forex trading and her love for writing led her to switch careers. She has a passion for Forex trading and over a decade of editorial experience researching Forex and the financial services industry, producing high-quality content. She hosts a weekly podcast, “Let’s Talk Forex,” alongside her colleague, Chris, and has produced over 100 Forex educational videos for the FXScouts YouTube channel. She also writes weekly technical analyses and has tested and reviewed over 100 Forex brokers.

 

Ida Hermansen
Financial Writer

Ida joined our team as a financial writer in 2023. She has a degree in Digital Marketing and a background in content writing and SEO. In addition to her marketing and writing skills, Ida also has an interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain networks. Her interest in crypto trading led to a wider fascination with Forex technical analysis and price movement. She continues to develop her skills and knowledge in Forex trading and keeps a close eye on which Forex brokers offer the best trading environments for new traders.