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ATFX Broker Review 2023 - A detailed Product Guide with Regulations

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tradingcritique.com gives you the updated ATFX Broker review for the year 2023. ATFX is a regulated CFD broker. To know about the detailed product guide such as the account types, trading platforms, financial instruments, fees, customer support, etc of ATFX along with its regulations read further.

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  • Minimum Deposit: $100
  • Max Leverage: 1:400
  • Trading Commissions: 0
  • Regulated by:  FCACySECFSC
  • Financial instruments: CFD trading on Forex, Indices, Commodities, SharesCrypto
  • Customer support: 24/5
  • Trading Hours: 24/7
  • Deposit Fees: 0

ATFX (https://www.atfx.com/en/) is a globally recognized and award-winning online Forex and CFD broker. AT Global Markets (UK) Ltd was founded in 2017. It has its headquarters in Cornhill in London (UK). It has been authorized and regulated by several territories such as Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East. More than 450+ employees are working in ATFX in about 14 different countries.

ATFX use MetaTrader 4 trading platform for trading. ATFX provides 3 different types of accounts with a free demo account. The underlying market assets available in ATFX to do CFD trading are Forex currency pairs, global indices, commodities, cryptocurrencies, and shares. They offer customer service in more than 14 languages via Email, Phone calls, Messenger, and live chat.

Image 1: Home Page of ATFX website

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Regulation and trustability

ATFX was regulated and licensed under FCACySEC, and FSC. The regulations in various countries with other details are given in the table below.

Table 1:  Country wise Regulations, Company and Licence details of ATFX

Country Company name Registration details Regulations
United Kingdom
AT Global Markets (UK) Ltd
Registration Number –  760555
Cyprus
ATFX Global Markets (CY) Ltd
License Number –  285/15.
The Republic of Mauritius
AT Global Markets Intl Ltd
License Number – C118023331.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
AT Global Markets LLC
Company number – 333 LLC 2020
A limited liability company not regulated
The residents of some countries are not authorized to do trading with ATFX due to regulations and ATFX is not accepted by these countries legally. If some country has local laws and regulations against trading that is being done in ATFX, such residents are also not allowed to do trading with ATFX.
The following Countries’ residents are not allowed to trade with ATFX,

Awards won by ATFX

ATFX has been awarded many awards. The list of some awards awarded to ATFX is given in the below table.

Table 2: Awards won by ATFX and the award details

Awardee ATFX is Awarded for
Best LATAM Region Broker
Best Online Trading Services
Best FX Broker
  • The Most Transparent Broker
  • The Best Educational Program
Best Forex Customer Service
OnlineBroker-Portal Award 2019
#1 Best Client Support
Online Personal Wealth Awards 2018
Best NDD Forex Broker
Fastest Growing Forex Broker, Europe
Image 2: Awards and recognition for ATFX
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Investments, Products, and Instruments

ATFX provides underlying assets to do a type of Derivative trading called CFD trading. They provide Competitive and tight spreads with Zero commission for all the trading instruments. The number of underlying market assets that are available in ATFX are the following,

Instrument types Features to trade in ATFX
Forex
  • CFD trading using Forex Currency pairs as underlying assets
  • Major, Minor and Exotic Forex Currency pairs available
  • Competitive spreads on EUR/USD and GBP/USD
  • 24/5 Forex trading
  • 40+ Forex Currency pairs are available
  • Zero Commission
Major Currency Pairs
  • EUR/USD
  • USD/JPY
  • GBP/USD
  • USD/CHF
  • AUD/USD
  • NZD/USD
  • USD/CAD
Minor Currency Pairs
  • AUD/CAD
  • AUD/CHF
  • AUD/JPY
  • AUD/NZD
  • CAD/CHF
  • CAD/JPY
  • CHF/JPY
  • EUR/AUD
  • EUR/CAD
  • EUR/CHF
  • EUR/GBP
  • EUR/JPY
  • EUR/NZD
  • GBP/AUD
  • GBP/CAD
  • GBP/CHF
  • GBP/JPY
  • GBP/NZD
  • NZD/CAD
  • NZD/CHF
  • NZD/JPY
Exotic Currency Pairs
  • EUR/HUF
  • EUR/PLN
  • EUR/TRY
  • USD/CNH
  • USD/HKD
  • USD/SGD
  • USD/CZK
  • USD/DKK
  • USD/HUF
  • USD/MXN
  • USD/NOK
  • USD/PLN
  • USD/RUB
  • USD/TRY
  • USD/SEK
  • USD/ZAR
Shares
  • CFD trading of Shares/Stocks
  • International stocks available for CFD trades
  • 50+ Hong Kong’s hottest stocks available with minimum spreads from 0.04 to 0.60
  • Zero Commission with no hidden fees
  • Leverage 20:1
Some examples of International and Hong Kong stocks available in ATFX is listed below. Many more shares are available to do CFD trades.
International Stocks
  • Apple, Inc.
  • Amazon.com, Inc.
  • American Express Company
  • Boeing Company
  • Citigroup Inc.
  • Caterpillar Inc.
  • Costco Wholesale Corporation
  • Walt Disney Company
  • eBay Inc.
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Facebook, Inc.
  • FedEx Corporation
  • General Electric Company
  • General Motors Company
  • General Motors Company
  • oldman Sachs Group, Inc.
  • Deutsche Lufthansa AG
  • Volkswagen
Hong Kong Stocks
  • CK Hutchison Holdings
  • HSBC Holdings
  • Henderson Land Development
  • c
  • MTR Corp
  • Swire Pacific Ltd
  • Ali Heath
  • Cathay Pacific Airways
  • Tingyi HLDG Co
  • Jiangxi Copper Co Ltd
  • Fosun International
  • ZTE Corp
  • Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd
  • Kuaishou Technology
  • AIA Group
  • ICBC
  • NongFu Spring
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
Indices
  • Secure and Convenient CFD trades of Indices
  • Risk management tools – Stop Loss, Limit orders
  • 13+ Indices available to trade in ATFX are,
  • CHI50
  • HK50
  • AUS200
  • EU50
  • ESP35
  • FRA40
  • SPX500
  • GER30
  • IT40
  • JP225*
  • UK100
  • US30
  • NAS100
Commodities
  • CFD commodities trading
  • 4 Commodities under precious metals and Crude oil are available
  • Precious metals CFDs
    • XAU/USD – London Gold (Spot Contract)
    • XAG/USD – London Silver (Spot Contract)
  • Crude Oil CFDs
    • USOIL – US WTI Crude Oil Spot
    • UKOIL – UK BRENT Crude Oil Spot
  • 23/5 Commodities CFD trading
Crypto
  • Cryptocurrency CFD Trading
  • Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin are available cryptos in ATFX
  • 24/7 Crypto CFD trading
Crypto Instruments
  • BITCOIN CFDs
  • ETHEREUM CFDs
  • LITECOIN CFDs
Minimum Spread
  • 40
  • 6
  • 5
Margin Rate
  • 50%
  • 50%
  • 50%
Image 3: Trading instruments to do CFD trading in ATFX
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ATFX Trading Platform

ATFX provides a trading platform to runs on both Mobile and PC. They offer the well-known MetaTrader 4 (MT4) trading platform on Windows OS, Mac OS, Web trader, Android (mobile and tablet), and iOS (iPhone and iPad).

MetaTrader 4

MetaTrader 4 (MT 4) is a well-known trading platform that is available worldwide. This platform is easy for beginners to customize and learn. MT4 supports mobile, iOS and Windows systems in different languages and different currencies. Automated trading strategies are also available, and it is offered through professional advisors.

MT 4 offers the following features for trading in ATFX,

Image 4: Using MT4 Trading platform with ATFX
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Mobile Trading

ATFX offers a Mobile version of the MetaTrader 4 platform. It has features like customizable indicators, multi-language support, real-time market information with 24/5 customer service. The mobile app is available in Android and Apple iOS versions, which has been downloaded by 1000+ users.  

Account Types

ATFX offers 8 types of accounts running on the MT4 platform. 6 out of these 8 Accounts are Retail Trading accounts for Retail traders whereas the other two is Professional Account for Professional traders. Along with these 8 accounts, ATFX also provides a free Demo account. We will see in detail the account type and its features in the below sections.

The eight ATFX Account types are,

  1. Micro Account
  2. Standard Account
  3. Classic Account
  4. Edge Trading Account
  5. Raw Account
  6. Premium Account
  7. Professional Edge Account
  8. Professional Premium Account

ATFX Micro Account

After practising your trades in the ATFX Demo account, you can try trading in ATFX Micro account because of its low minimum deposit. With just $100 of minimum deposit, you can access all kinds of financial markets available as underlying assets to do ATFX CFD Trading.

The features of the ATFX Micro account are  

ATFX Standard Account

ATFX UK Standard account is authorized and regulated by FCA with negative balance protection. The minimum deposit for opening ATFX standard account is $/€/£500. Most of the features available in other account types are available for this account also with proper customer service though the minimum deposit amount is less.

ATFX Classic Account

ATFX Classic account can be opened with a minimum deposit and minimum balance of $1000 with no commission. The features slightly differ from the ATFX Micro account.

The features of the ATFX Classic account are,

ATFX Edge Trading Account

This Edge account needs a minimum balance of up to $ 5,000. ATFX has the right to convert the Edge account to a Standard account if the value in your ATFX trading account reduces to $ 5,000. This account has no commission with negative balance protection.

The Features of the ATFX Edge account are,

 

ATFX Raw account

ATFX Raw account can be opened only if you have a minimum ATFX trading account balance of $10,000. You must maintain this amount to continue with your ATFX Raw account. This account provides tight spreads, and you need to pay a commission for it. You can use Free VPS (Virtual Private Server) under this raw account.

The features of the ATFX Raw account are,

ATFX Premium Account

ATFX provides an exceptional premium service under this ATFX Premium account. You should maintain a balance of $10,000 to have an active ATFX Premium account. This has a choice to buy and sell via VPS (virtual private server) without charges.

This account has tight spreads with Zero commission. As an ATFX premium account holder, you can have access to Private ATFX events.

When any Broker says ‘No commission’ it means that they profit from the difference in the Spread for buying and selling of the same financial asset.

The difference between ATFX Raw and Premium account is that, in the Raw account there is commission with spreads from 0.0 pip whereas in Premium there is no commission with spreads from 1.0 pip. Either way ATFX profits and get a commission. In the Raw account they get it directly in the name of commission and from the Premium account they get a commission from the spreads indirectly.

The features of the ATFX Premium account are,

ATFX Professional Account

ATFX professional account is for Professional traders. You need to fulfil some eligibility criteria to qualify for the Professional account. You will have fewer restrictions and more options to trade in the Professional account compared to the other accounts.

All Regulations does not apply to a professional account such as negative balance protection. Hence, only expert traders should opt for this account type as it is risky for novice traders.

The Eligibility Criteria to Qualify for an ATFX Professional account are,
Only if the above-mentioned eligibilities are fulfilled you can open an ATFX professional account.

ATFX offers two types of Professional accounts namely, Edge and Premium. Its features are explained in the table below.

Table 4: ATFX Professional account types with their features

ATFX Professional Account typeMinimum DepositSpreadsInstruments tradable

Professional EDGE

$/€/£5000

Competitive Spreads

All

Professional Premium

$/€/£10,000

Raw Spreads

Shares and Cryptocurrencies are not tradable

ATFX Demo account

ATFX offers a free demo account. When you create a demo account, they offer a $50,000 virtual balance in your account. The funds are virtual, so you can’t withdraw money from the demo account.

You can switch from your demo account to a live trading account at any time. In the ATFX Demo account too, you can find real-time market information like 24/7 News Express, Economic Calendar, etc.

Image 5: Opening a Demo Account in ATFX
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Fees, Commission, and Bonus

In the ATFX standard account, the minimum deposit amount is $100. They do not collect any fee for money transfers, including the transfers made via bank transfer, credit/debit card, or e-wallet. The different methods of Card and E-Wallet transfers accepted in ATFX are,

Image 6: Deposit methods in ATFX
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The limitation on the deposit amount varies depending on the method of deposit. The minimum deposit amount per day in various transactions is given below,

 

The minimum withdrawal amount is €/$/£100. Any amount above €/$/£100 can be withdrawn free of cost, even the full balance of the account. When you withdraw less than €/$/£100, ATFX will charge up to $5. Withdrawal days depends on the banking process, taking a maximum of 7 business days.

ATFX Broker Review - Customer support

ATFX offers customer service in more than 13 languages including English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish, Italian, German, Arabic, Vietnamese, Thai, Uyghur, etc. They can be reached via Email, Phone calls, Facebook messenger, and live chat.

ATFX serves 24/5 and also provides a personal adviser to its clients. The Global Email to contact ATFX customer support is cs.uae@atfxgm.com. The nearest customer care details are available on the Contact us section of the ATFX website. The Hotline phone numbers for various countries are listed in the table below.

Table 5 :  ATFX Hotline numbers for different countries

 

CountryFree Phone numbers to contact Axi
International Phone971 4 875 4100
China400-1200-143
Korea007 981 420 302 10
Malaysia1800 81 3690
Philippines+63 (2) 231 2153
Taiwan0080 112 7901
Thailand1800 01 2752
Vietnam+84 284 458 1666

ATFX has also received various awards for the Best Customer Service, namely,

Education and Research

ATFX has researched and compiled news on Trading Strategies, Global Financial Markets Activities, Financial Events, Quarterly Market Outlooks, Market Analysis, etc. They provide free education resources like videos, Ebook, Seminars, Courses, Glossary, etc.

ATFX has clearly explained the different types of ATFX market assets and how to trade with them. What is mt4? How to use it? What are its features? are explained in a useful way for beginners or those who do not know about MetaTrader 4. They have also given a lecture on how to use the demo account with a video tutorial.

Under the ‘Learn to Trade’ section from the ATFX main menu, you can find information about,

Image 7: Education section in ATFX
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In a Nutshell – Key Points on ATFX

  1. Regulated by FCACySECFSC.
  2. CFD trading on underlying market Assets such as Forex, Indices, Commodities, SharesCrypto.
  3. ATFX offers MetaTrader 4 Trading Platform.
  4. It has 8 types of accounts including Retail and Professional Acco along with a free DEMO account.
  5. The minimum deposit amount is $100
  6. The maximum Leverage available in ATFX is 1:400
  7. Deposit Fees is completely free.
  8. Trading commission is free and is payable according to the type of ATFX account you select.
  9. Residents of the countries – Canada (Provinces of British Columbia, Quebec, and Saskatchewan), Japan, Taiwan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Iran, and the United States of America (USA), cannot trade in ATFX.
  10. They provide 24/5 Customer support via Email, Phone calls, live chat in 13 languages.
  11. You can trade any time, 24/7.
  12. A good number of Education materials are available in ATFX to learn about trading under the ‘Learn to Trade‘ section.
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