How Do I Choose The Right Forex Broker?

Thursday, 07/08/2014 | 00:28 GMT by Kiana Danial
  • There are many different retail brokers who offer online platforms for forex trading.
How Do I Choose The Right Forex Broker?

There are many different retail brokers who offer online platforms for Forex trading. Some of them have reliable platforms, and some don’t. Some charge a larger transaction fee, and some a smaller one. Some are regulated by reliable authorities, and some aren’t. The list goes on.

In today’s online-search-aholic society, it is important to remember that some of these brokers pay large amounts of advertising fees to the search engines so that they pop in front of prospective clients’ eyes.

The level of security is the first and foremost characteristic of a broker. You don’t want to hand over your hard earned money to a company that only claims it’s legit, right? Other important factors to check before opening a live account include but not limited to Execution and slippage, trading platforms, customer service, and minimum account size. Many of this also depends on your trading style as well. For example if you only want to test-drive Forex Trading , it would be important for you to choose a broker who allows you to open an account with $50 or something. If you are a short-term trader, slippage would become an issue.

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10 Things to Check Before Choosing Brokers

  1. Regulated or Not
  2. Transaction Costs
  3. Execution & Slippage
  4. Type of Brokers
  5. Minimum Account Size
  6. Trading Platforms
  7. Deposit and Withdrawal
  8. Customer Service
  9. Promotion
  10. Compare

If you need to explore these factors more extensively, hop on Invest Diva's online education program today and explore over 100 videos that cover everything you need to know about forex trading in the most fun, straightforward and entertaining way.

There are many different retail brokers who offer online platforms for Forex trading. Some of them have reliable platforms, and some don’t. Some charge a larger transaction fee, and some a smaller one. Some are regulated by reliable authorities, and some aren’t. The list goes on.

In today’s online-search-aholic society, it is important to remember that some of these brokers pay large amounts of advertising fees to the search engines so that they pop in front of prospective clients’ eyes.

The level of security is the first and foremost characteristic of a broker. You don’t want to hand over your hard earned money to a company that only claims it’s legit, right? Other important factors to check before opening a live account include but not limited to Execution and slippage, trading platforms, customer service, and minimum account size. Many of this also depends on your trading style as well. For example if you only want to test-drive Forex Trading , it would be important for you to choose a broker who allows you to open an account with $50 or something. If you are a short-term trader, slippage would become an issue.

[embed width="500" height=“500"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-r4JRP7fD8[/embed]

10 Things to Check Before Choosing Brokers

  1. Regulated or Not
  2. Transaction Costs
  3. Execution & Slippage
  4. Type of Brokers
  5. Minimum Account Size
  6. Trading Platforms
  7. Deposit and Withdrawal
  8. Customer Service
  9. Promotion
  10. Compare

If you need to explore these factors more extensively, hop on Invest Diva's online education program today and explore over 100 videos that cover everything you need to know about forex trading in the most fun, straightforward and entertaining way.

About the Author: Kiana Danial
Kiana Danial
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About the Author: Kiana Danial
CEO of Invest Diva and author of “Invest Diva’s Guide to Making Money in Forex” published by McGraw-Hill in August 2013, Kiana is a multilingual forex analyst, award-winning speaker, TV personality and entrepreneur based in New York. She holds two degrees in Electrical Engineering from universities in Japan. While in Japan, Kiana discovered that stay-at-home women in Japan with no prior economic or finance degree were making a fortune trading currencies on the foreign exchange market, or forex. She spent years studying the habits of investors and discovered the importance of education in profitable trading. This is precisely why she found InvestDiva.com the financial novice's guide to smart, safe, and profitable trading. CEO of Invest Diva and author of “Invest Diva’s Guide to Making Money in Forex” published by McGraw-Hill in August 2013, Kiana is a multilingual forex analyst, award-winning speaker, TV personality and entrepreneur based in New York. She holds two degrees in Electrical Engineering from universities in Japan. While in Japan, Kiana discovered that stay-at-home women in Japan with no prior economic or finance degree were making a fortune trading currencies on the foreign exchange market, or forex. She spent years studying the habits of investors and discovered the importance of education in profitable trading. This is precisely why she found InvestDiva.com the financial novice's guide to smart, safe, and profitable trading.
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