AvaTrade
A brokerage founded in 2006, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. It works with a fixed spread and a single trading account type on the contracts-for-difference side, and from the same profile you can also open accounts for FX options and for real futures contracts.
- CFD trading
- Options trading
- Futures trading
- Stock market investing (spot)
The chips also show what the company does NOT offer — useful information if those are exactly the directions you are looking for. For each ticked direction you will find a separate chapter below, with its accounts and its conditions.
- 20 years
- in the market
- over a thousand
- financial instruments
- 9 jurisdictions
- group authorisations
- fixed spread
- EUR/USD from 0.9 pips
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Chapter 01
Introducing the company
AvaTrade is a brokerage founded in 2006 in Dublin, Ireland, where its headquarters remain today. The group it belongs to operates authorised entities in nine jurisdictions, from Ireland and Cyprus to Australia, Japan and the British Virgin Islands. The company offers two directions: trading through contracts for difference (CFDs — over-the-counter instruments, meaning negotiated directly between the client and the company, through which you trade the price difference without owning the asset) and FX options, in a separate platform.
What makes it easy to recognise among our partners is the simplicity of its structure: a single trading account type, with no commercial tiers, and a fixed spread instead of a variable one. You choose the platform and, if needed, the version with no overnight interest. Everything else is the same for everyone.
The company's business card
| Legal name | AvaTrade este denumirea comercială a grupului Ava. Entitățile juridice sunt listate în Reglementare și siguranța banilor ›, iar entitatea pe care se deschide contul poate diferi de la o țară la alta |
|---|---|
| Year founded | 2006 |
| Group structure | companie privată, nelistată la bursă · entități autorizate în nouă jurisdicții |
| Head office | Dockline, Mayor Street, Dublin 1, D01 K8N7, Irlanda |
| Official website | www.avatrade.com |
| Leadership | echipa de conducere este publicată pe pagina oficială a companiei › |
| Offices | Dublin · Limassol · Sydney · Tokyo · Abu Dhabi · Johannesburg · Bogotá și altele |
| Audit | la entitatea din Uniunea Europeană, procedurile privind activele clienților sunt examinate de un auditor extern, Grant Thornton, o dată la șase luni |
| Directions offered | CFD trading · Options trading · Futures trading |
| Minimum deposit | 100 USD / 100 EUR |
| Sponsorships | echipă de Formula 1, din 2025 (materiale oficiale ale companiei) |
How the company earns
Market maker model (with a dealing desk)
Market maker model (with a dealing desk): the company is your counterparty in the trade and sets the quoted price itself, based on the external reference sources it uses. That is where its main revenue comes from — the spread built into the quote, not a separate commission: the company states explicitly that it is remunerated through the difference between the buy and sell price, and that this is not a fee added on top of the quote. To this are added interest on positions held overnight, currency conversion on operations in a currency other than the account's, the inactivity fee and the annual administration fee. The model is legal and supervised by the authorities that issued the licences; it is described in the order execution policy and in the trading conditions — the links are in Regulation and safety of funds ›. What each execution model means, we explained in the guide What a broker is ›.
What sets it apart
A fixed spread, not a variable one. At most companies the spread widens on news and during low-liquidity hours, and the cost of a trade cannot be calculated in advance. Here the quote starts from an announced value and stays there under normal market conditions — the company reserves the right to change it only in extreme volatility. It matters if you trade on news or if you want to know the cost before you open the position, not after.
A single account type. There are no Standard, Raw, Pro accounts with deposit thresholds and different conditions. All clients get the same conditions, no matter how much they deposit. It matters if you start with a small amount and don't want to find out later that you were on the tier with the worst conditions.
- Fixed spread
- A single account type
- Tier 1 licences in four jurisdictions
- MT4, MT5 and proprietary platforms
- AvaProtect
- FX options
Banking services and additional services
These are not protections for your money, but commercial services, with their own rules and their own risk.
AvaProtect
A proprietary tool of the company: for a premium paid at opening, you cover a specific position for a chosen period. If the loss materialises before expiry, including via stop-loss, the company credits it to your account; if at expiry the loss is only on paper, it credits it too and the position stays open. It works only in the proprietary app — not in MetaTrader. It is not a free safety net: the premium is calculated from expected volatility, is deducted from free cash, is non-refundable and does not cover overnight interest or other commissions.
Why the charts look different
The company's platforms run on GMT+0, London time, while most brokers use GMT+2 or GMT+3. What that means for you: the daily candle opens and closes at a different hour, so daily levels and candlestick patterns don't match those at another broker. It's not an error and not an advantage in itself — but if you work on four-hour timeframes or higher, you need to know this before your first trades, not after.
Analysis included
Trading Central signals and reports, integrated into the proprietary platforms. They are materials from an external provider, not personalised recommendations.
Education
The company has its own academy, in English. In Romanian and Russian — our materials and courses ›, built for the local market.
Copy trading and social trading
Through AvaSocial and DupliTrade you can follow or automatically copy other traders' trades. The copied trader's past results don't guarantee future ones, and the risk stays with your account. How to choose an account to copy — we cover at the copy trading consultation ›.
Chapter 02
Regulation and the safety of your money
The AvaTrade group operates authorised entities in nine jurisdictions. Clients from the Republic of Moldova register on the group's global licences — the ones serving clients outside the European Union. Below are all of the group's authorisations, each one verifiable by you in the authority's public register.
| Regulatory authority | Country | Legal entity | Licence no. | Check in the register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIER 1 — TOP-LEVEL REGULATION | ||||
| CBI — Central Bank of Ireland | Ireland | AVA Trade EU Ltd | C53877 | registers.centralbank.ie |
| CySEC — Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission | Cyprus | DT Direct Investment Hub Ltd | 347/17 | cysec.gov.cy |
| ASIC — Australian Securities and Investments Commission | Australia | Ava Capital Markets Australia Pty Ltd | 406684 | connectonline.asic.gov.au |
| JFSA — Financial Services Agency | Japan | Ava Trade Japan K.K. | 1662 | fsa.go.jp |
| FFAJ — Financial Futures Association of Japan | Japan | Ava Trade Japan K.K. | 1574 | ffaj.or.jp |
| TIER 2 — MID-LEVEL REGULATION | ||||
| FSCA — Financial Sector Conduct Authority | South Africa | Ava Capital Markets (Pty) Ltd | FSP 45984 | fsca.co.za |
| FSRA — Financial Services Regulatory Authority (ADGM) | UAE | Ava Trade Middle East Ltd | 190018 | adgm.com |
| ISA — Israel Securities Authority | Israel | ATrade Ltd | 514666577 | isa.gov.il |
| CMA — Capital Markets Authority | Kenya | Ava Trade Kenya Limited | 262 | cma.or.ke |
| TIER 3 — OFFSHORE (GLOBAL) LICENCES | ||||
| FSC — Financial Services Commission | British Virgin Islands | Ava Trade Markets Ltd | SIBA/L/13/1049 | bvifsc.vg |
How client money is protected
The protections below depend on the rules of each entity and we explain them at length, for all our partners, in the guides of the Brokers section; here — briefly, for orientation:
Segregation of funds — Segregation of funds — client money is held in bank accounts separate from the company's money, opened as "client asset accounts". The company cannot use it for its own expenses, and the bank holding it cannot set it off against the company's debts. At the European Union entity, the rules require daily reconciliation of the amounts, and the company states it works only with banks rated at least B by Moody's or S&P; the published list of institutions where this entity's client money may be held includes National Westminster Bank and J.P. Morgan SE. The money is kept in pooled accounts, shared across several clients — the company explains in its own document the risk this creates if the bank becomes insolvent. What the contract you sign says — something people rarely read, but which matters: the client agreement in force since 3 February 2026, the one presented to you at registration, provides the company with a lien and a right of set-off over your funds, for any obligations you may have towards it, as well as the right to pledge or rehypothecate the assets held as margin. These are standard clauses in over-the-counter brokerage agreements, but they are not neutral. We go through them together before you sign.
Negative balance protection — Negative balance protection — the account cannot go below zero. In the European Union and in Australia it is imposed by regulation, for non-professional investors. On the group's global licences, where clients from the Republic of Moldova register, it is provided for in the client agreement: if the amount in the trading account drops below zero, the company cancels the negative balance. Watch out, though, for an exception written into the same agreement: when trading futures contracts you can lose more than you deposited and remain liable for the difference. Since futures are not part of the offering we discuss here, the exception does not affect you — but it is worth knowing.
Compensation scheme — Compensation scheme — the protection for the extreme case: if a company went bankrupt or could no longer honour its obligations to clients, a compensation fund returns the money, up to a cap. It does not cover trading losses — only the company's failure. Clients of the Irish entity are covered by the Irish investor compensation scheme: 90% of the net loss, at most 20,000 EUR per client, and only if they are non-professional investors. On the group's global licences, on which clients from the Republic of Moldova register, no such fund exists — which is why the reputation and regulation of the whole group matter so much. What a compensation fund is, we explained in the Glossary ›. We have explained what a compensation fund is in the Glossary.
The official documents, straight from the source
- The company's document centrethe general terms, the risk disclosure, the order execution policy, the key information documents for CFDs and for options, the conflicts of interest policy, the complaints procedureOpen
- Fees and trading conditionsthe source of the figures in the chapters below, alongside the general terms in force since 3 February 2026 and the key information documents. Links verified on 24 Aug 2026Open
Chapter 03
CFD trading
The company's main direction: contracts for difference on currencies, indices, commodities, stocks, exchange-traded funds, bonds and cryptocurrencies. You don't buy the real assets — you trade the price difference, with leverage and in both directions of the market. The cost is a single number, the spread, and it is fixed.
The tables below show the main conditions. The button adds the detailed rows — technical specifications, useful if you already know what you are looking for.
Chapter 04
Options trading
European vanilla FX options, in a separate platform, AvaOptions. An option gives you the right, not the obligation, to buy or to sell at a set price, by a set date. The buyer's risk is limited to the premium paid; the seller's is not. The contracts are not exchange-listed — they are over-the-counter, meaning concluded directly with the company, just like CFDs. At expiry they close automatically at intrinsic value, with no delivery of the asset.
General conditions
| Maximum leverage | up to 1:100 |
|---|
- Minimum deposit
- the same as for the trading account
- Available asset classes
- dozens of currency pairs
- Cost model
- premium · variable spread · commission · premium conversion
Chapter 05
Futures trading
Real futures contracts, traded on exchanges, not contracts for difference built on their price. The difference is not one of nuance: here your order reaches the exchange, the price is the market's, and the company is not your counterparty — it acts as a commission agent, in its own name but on your account and at your risk, and execution and settlement go through an intermediary specialised in commodities and futures. Among our partners, few offer this.
The tables below show the main conditions. The button adds the detailed rows — technical specifications, useful if you already know what you are looking for.
Chapter 06
Platforms and tools
The two directions have separate platforms: CFDs are traded in MetaTrader or in the proprietary platforms, options only in AvaOptions.
| Platform | What for | Where it runs |
|---|---|---|
| MetaTrader 4 | CFDs, robots (Expert Advisors) — the market standard | Desktop, Web, iOS, Android |
| MetaTrader 5 | CFDs across all classes, robots, market depth | Desktop, Web, iOS, Android |
| WebTrader | the proprietary platform, in the browser, no installation · integrated Trading Central analysis | Web |
| Aplicația AvaTrade | the proprietary mobile app · the only place where AvaProtect works | iOS, Android |
| AvaOptions | vanilla FX options, with profit-and-loss diagrams and implied volatility | Desktop, iOS, Android |
| AvaSocial | proprietary social trading: you follow and copy other traders | iOS, Android |
| DupliTrade | automatic strategy copying, through an external partner | Web |
| CQG · Deepcharts | terminals for futures contracts, with direct exchange access | Desktop, Web |
| TradingView | available for futures — analysis and execution in the same window | Web |
| Capitalise.ai | automation without coding: you describe the rule in words, the platform executes it | Web |
Analysis included
The company provides analysis tools inside the client area — calendars, calculators and market commentary. These are information tools, not trading recommendations.
Education
The company publishes its own learning material in its support languages. In Romanian and Russian, the teaching side is ours. See our courses
Copy trading and social trading
You can automatically copy another trader's trades or, conversely, publish your own strategy. The past results of the copied trader do not guarantee future results, and the risk remains entirely that of your account: the losses occur in your account, not in theirs.
What it lacks: What it lacks: TradingView integration for CFDs. For futures it exists; for CFDs, it doesn't. If you build your analysis there and trade CFDs, you'll have to execute in another window — we call things by their name.
Chapter 07
Deposits and withdrawals
The rules follow the standards of the field: money comes in and goes out only through cards or bank accounts opened in your name (an anti-money-laundering rule). Below you have the conditions for transactions with bank accounts from Moldova.
| Method | Deposit / duration | Withdrawal / duration | Keep in mind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visa / Mastercard card | 0% · instant; the first deposit with a new card can take up to one business day due to security checks | 0% · processed in 24–48 hours, then your bank's timelines | the first part of a withdrawal goes back to the deposit card, until the deposited amount is fully covered |
| Bank transfer | 0% · up to 7 business days, depending on your bank | 0% · up to 10 business days until the money reaches your account | send the company the transfer confirmation so it can track the payment |
| E-wallets (Skrill, Neteller, WebMoney) | 0% · under 24 hours | 0% · processed in 24–48 hours | the company offers them to clients outside the European Union and Australia — Moldova included |
How a withdrawal is made
Withdrawal requests are processed, after the account has been verified, usually much faster than the official deadlines indicate. The withdrawal first returns to the method used for the deposit; the profit can go out to a bank account or another method, but strictly in your name.
These are not obstacles — they are exactly the rules that make the difference between a financial institution and a scam.
Note for Moldova — read before you deposit
Some banks in the country may delay or even reject transfers to brokerage companies. The reason is not you: the stock market field is only now coming under local regulation (Law 177/2025), and the banks, faced with the wave of frauds in which criminals pose as “brokers” or “investment firms”, still do not have clear procedures for telling a regulated brokerage company apart from a scam. In developed countries, stock market investing is integrated directly into online banking; here, the banks are only just learning that a regulated brokerage company is, like them, a supervised financial institution. The good news: if you understand what you are doing and can explain to the bank where the money is going — your own trading account, with a regulated company, verifiable in public registers — the situation is usually cleared up quickly. You have the same support for withdrawals: if the bank asks about the origin of the money, trading and stock market investing are legal activities, and our partner companies issue official activity reports (account statements) precisely for this kind of transparency.
Your bank may charge its own conversion or currency transfer fee — check its tariffs before your first deposit, and if you want, we will work out the cheapest route together, free of charge.
Chapter 08
Customer support
| Phone | +353 1 901 0120 — linia publicată în documentele oficiale ale companiei. Numere locale pentru alte țări, pe pagina de contact › |
|---|---|
| cs@avatrade.com pentru suport · complaints@avatrade.com pentru reclamații formale · compliance@avatrade.com pentru întrebări despre protecția fondurilor | |
| Channels | WhatsApp +44 7520 644093 · chat în platformă și pe site · centru de asistență cu răspunsuri la întrebările frecvente |
| Hours | 24 de ore pe zi, cinci zile pe săptămână — orarul declarat de companie pe pagina oficială de contact. Piețele sunt deschise de duminică ora 21:00 GMT până vineri ora 21:00 GMT |
| Languages | peste zece limbi, inclusiv rusa — fără română, dar exact pentru asta ne ai pe noi |
| Trading.md support | In Romanian and Russian, at the office in Chișinău, str. Pușkin 26, or online, free of charge for clients who opened their account through the links on the Trading.md pages · 078 080 840 |
The complaints procedure
First you write to the support team. If the issue isn't resolved there, you fill in the complaint form from the document centre and send it to the dedicated complaints address. From that moment the deadlines written in the agreement start running: the company informs you in writing about the status of the investigation at least once every 20 business days and tries to conclude it within 40 business days with a final response; if it cannot do so within that period, it must tell you when it estimates it will. If the final response does not satisfy you, you can turn to the authority supervising the licence your account was opened under, within six years of that response. But before anything else, tell us what happened and we will try to help: most of the time the trouble comes from certain services and procedures not being known well enough. And if a complaint really is necessary, we help you word it properly — it's part of our support.
Chapter 09
How to open the account, step by step
Six steps, in their natural order — and if you get stuck somewhere, ask us for help, it is free.
Open the registration form
Through the button on this page, so that the registration is linked to us and you receive the support and the conditions of Trading.md clients.
Fill in your personal details
Name, country, e-mail, phone — exactly as they appear in your identity document. One different letter delays the verification.
Answer the experience questionnaire
Questions about income, savings and your experience with leveraged instruments. Answer honestly: the questionnaire establishes what can be offered to you.
Upload the documents
The identity document and the proof of address, in the Client Cabinet. Clear photographs, the corners visible, the document within its validity period.
Create the trading account
You choose the platform, the account type, the currency and the leverage. You can change them later by opening a new account — you are not locked into your first choice.
Fund the account and get started
You deposit through one of the accepted methods, in your name. Our recommendation: start on a demo, in parallel, until you understand the platform.
Account verification
In principle, all brokers ask for the same thing: that you prove who you are and where you live. The details differ — which documents they accept, from which institutions, in what format and how long it takes.
Which documents and how many
Two, as a rule: one that confirms your identity and one that confirms your address. They must be within their validity period and legible in full.
Who issues the accepted document
Not every piece of paper with your address on it is accepted. The accepted issuing institutions differ from one company to another, and for Moldova not all the variants work the same way.
Selfie, video or just an upload
At some companies it is enough to upload the files. At others a photograph with the document in your hand or a short video verification is needed.
How long it takes and what a refusal means
From a few minutes to a few weeks, depending on how clear the documents are. A refusal does not close the door: it usually means that additional or clearer documents are required.
You do not have to remember all of this. We have been working with each partner for years and we know their requirements well, so we help you prepare the documents free of charge before you send them — including if you have already been refused once. Most of the time it gets resolved, and the final decision remains with the broker.
Documents and account types
| Identity document | Identity card or passport, valid, with all the corners visible in the photograph. |
|---|---|
| Proof of address | A recent document that contains your name and your address. |
| Additional checks for large amounts | The company may ask for documents about the origin of the funds — it is an anti-money-laundering requirement, not a suspicion directed at you. |
| Multiple accounts | You can have several trading accounts under the same client profile, with different platforms and currencies. |
| Company account | available: the company's documents, the beneficial owners' details and the signatory's documents are required, and the procedure takes longer than for individuals. If you want to trade through a company, let's first discuss what it involves: Investing through a corporate account › |
Chapter 10
Frequently asked questions
Chapter 11
Conclusion: who it suits
It suits
For someone who wants a predictable cost and a simple structure: fixed spread, a single account type, the same conditions regardless of the amount deposited. And for someone looking for FX options or real, exchange-traded futures contracts — few of our partners have both under the same profile. The risk-hedging tools in the proprietary app are a plus for beginners.
To weigh up
The inactivity fees are among the highest in the industry and start early — after three months. If you take long breaks, you need a plan. There is no real-ownership investing, and TradingView analysis cannot be executed directly on CFDs. And on the global entity there is no compensation fund.
Other partners in the same directions
FxPro
A regulated brokerage company founded in 2006, headquartered in London. Offers trading exclusively through contracts for difference (CFDs), with five platforms under a single client agreement.
Tickmill
A brokerage company founded in 2014, with its operational headquarters in London and authorised entities in four jurisdictions. It offers a single direction: CFD trading — contracts for difference on the currency market, indices, commodities, bonds, cryptocurrencies, stocks and ETFs.
Admiral Markets
A brokerage company with the group's headquarters in Tallinn, founded in 2001, holding an investment firm licence since 2009. It offers CFD trading and, on investment accounts, the purchase of stocks and funds with real ownership. The group has authorised entities in several jurisdictions and publishes audited financial reports, because it has bonds listed on the Tallinn stock exchange.
Disclaimer
CFDs and options are complex instruments, with leverage, and involve a high risk of losing money rapidly. Before you trade, make sure you understand how they work and that you can afford the risk of losing the amount invested. Past performance, of an instrument or of a copied trader, does not guarantee future results. This page is for informational purposes and does not constitute personalised investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell a financial instrument. Royal Consulting S.R.L., which operates the Trading.md platform, is a consulting, financial education and intermediation company. It is not a brokerage company, it does not execute orders, it does not hold client funds and it is not an investment adviser. The data on this page was verified on 2026-08-24 from the company's official documents and pages. The conditions may change without prior notice; the official version is always the one published by AvaTrade.