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AvaTrade review video
5:21 · 12 chapters · rated 4.5/5 by FX Recap · facts checked 1 October 2026
AvaTrade in brief
AvaTrade holds one of the widest sets of licences in retail forex, from the Central Bank of Ireland and ASIC to Japan's FSA, and adds tools few brokers have: AvaProtect trade insurance, AvaOptions and three copy trading services. Costs sit in the spread, but a $50 inactivity fee after three months makes it a poor home for idle money.
This video follows our written AvaTrade review, which has the sources for every figure, the full fee and leverage tables, and our assessment on each of the ten points in our methodology.
- Licences
- Central Bank of Ireland C53877, ASIC 406684, Japan FSA 1662, FSCA 45984, ADGM FSRA 190018, Israel ISA, CySEC 347/17 (DupliTrade), BVI FSC (international), CMA Kenya 262
- Minimum deposit
- 100 in your base currency (USD, EUR; GBP and AUD in the UK and Australia only)
- EUR/USD spread
- 0.8 pips typical (international, October 2026)
- Commission
- None: AvaTrade is paid through the spread
- Maximum leverage
- 1:400 on forex (international and professional) · 1:30 for EU, ADGM and Australian retail
From our written review, facts checked 1 October 2026 against avatrade.com and regulator registers.
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