AvaTrade is an Irish forex broker company that is based in Dublin. Forex brokers are companies that provide traders with access to platforms that allow them to buy and sell foreign currencies.
Forex brokers are also known as retail forex brokers or currency trading brokers. Retail currency traders in turn use these brokers to gain access to the 24-hour currency market for speculation purposes.
The AvaTrade brokerage was founded in 2006 with the main mission to empower more people to trade forex with confidence and improve their financial position.
The company has its administrative headquarters in Dublin, but it also operates sales centers in Dublin, Paris, Milan, Sydney, Tokyo, Madrid, Mongolia, Beijing, Nigeria, Santiago, and Johannesburg.
Due to its worldwide presence, The broker is regulated by financial watchdog authorities in Europe, the British Virgin Islands, Australia, Japan, and South Africa. With its strong core values of integrity and innovation, The broker has from the beginning vowed to put the customer first.
About Avatrade
AvaTrade is a leading Forex and CFD broker committed to its core values of integrity, innovation, and empowering people to trade with confidence. The broker was established in 2006 with the vision of making the trading world accessible to everyone.
AvaTrade stands at the forefront of regulated brokers, subjected to strict regulation around the world. Its global spread has reached hundreds of thousands of clients in over 150 countries, and more than 400 employees in local offices worldwide.
The clients enjoy an array of services, a variety of instruments and flexible trading terms and conditions, in an advanced and safe trading environment.
Standard account
which is owned by an individual.
A real account icon will be located in the image shown above to indicate that your account has been upgraded to a real account
Demo account
for beginner traders, to learn trading in a risk-free environment.
Once you created a demo account you will have the option to upgrade to a real account anytime.
Islamic account
which is a swap-free account, which means that it doesn’t charge swaps for the account
After your account has been funded you can apply for an Islamic Account, which operates under Sharia Law.
The account types at AvaTrade are also described as silver, gold, platinum, and AVA Select accounts.
All types of accounts offer educational trading webinars, online courses, video tutorials, free e-books, free withdrawals, live market news, access to market news and blogs, mobile trading, AVA debit card, and margin protection plan.
All of the accounts also offer access to a senior account analyst and the AVA Select account offers a dedicated senior account analyst.
Most of the accounts offer services like mobile breaking news, market analysis by the trading center, and daily signals. The AVA Select account is the only one that offers flexible trading conditions and special gifts.
Experienced traders with AvaTrade can aspire to open a Professional Trading account, to be able to use much higher leverage than with the Standard account.
Certain conditions apply, however: the trader should have relevant experience in the financial sector, can prove sufficient trading activity in the previous 12 months, and must hold a minimum of €500 000 portfolio value.
An AvaTrade demo account is also offered and provides the best way for potential account holders to get to know the platform and enhance their abilities in trading first, in the process of determining ideal instruments and a trading style to use.
The demo account reflects real-time market conditions and prices and can be used for 21 days. It can also be easily extended by a trader through contacting the AvaTrade customer support service or his account manager.
