Question: Leverage, Spread & Execution model on TitanFX MT4 Trading Platform
TitanFX offers ECN trading environment through MetaTrader4.
And the broker offers two different types of accounts.
Leverage up to 1:500
With TitanFX, you can use up to 1:500 leverage for Forex tradings.
TitanFX offers 70 different currency pairs and and CFDs and for CFDs.
You can reduce the leverage in order to manage the risk exposure in your trading account though, Fortunately TitanFX also offers NBP((Negative Balance Protection) to its traders.
You do not need to open several accounts to trade Forex and CFDs together. With TitanFX, all financial instruments are available in one trading account.
ECN /STP environment
TitanFX is a white label of a main Australian broker though, the broker offers ECN/STP trading environment where there is no interference or price manipulations at all.
Also there is no trading restrictions in the trading platform, MT4.
As TitanFX only acts as a broker, you will have an access to the exchange market directly. It is also called DMA(Direct Market Access).
A broker being a ECN / STP broker, there are more merits for traders than the broker, as the ECN/STP brokers will earn lesser money and traders can trade in more favorable environment comparing to OTC brokers.
No restrictions in its trading platform
As TitanFX is a complete STP / ECN broker, there is no conflict of interest between traders and brokers.
This means that TitanFX does not need to restrict any profitable trading methods in its trading platform, but the broker is happy to let the traders to earn profits in anyway they want.
Only method which is prohibited is “arbitrage trading”.
Especially “Latency arbitrage” on CFDs are strongly prohibited.
Spread and trading commissions
There are two account types offered by TitanFX and both of them have different spread and trading commissions settings.
For the standard account, the minimum spread starts from 1.1 pips and there is no commissions.
For the Blade account, the minimum spread starts from 0.1 pips and there is $7 per 1 standard lot of commissions.
*Please note that in the TitanFX website, it is specified that the commissions for Blade account is only 3.5 pips per 1 lot, but it is actually 7 dollars per 1 round turn lot.