Risk Warning: CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 71.65% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

cTrader Raw Spread Account

cTrader was built to operate specifically in an ECN environment and when combined with IC Markets pricing and unrivalled execution speeds cTrader makes a valuable addition to your trading arsenal and will help take your trading to the next level.

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IC Markets cTrader platform is a market leading ECN trading platform designed from the ground up with forex trading in mind.

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cTrader Raw Spread

  • cTrader Raw Spread Connectivity
  • Spreads from 0.0 pips
  • Ultra fast order execution
  • 1:30 Leverage
  • Deep liquidity
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Ultra fast order execution

The IC Markets cTrader server is located in the LD5 IBX Equinix Data Centre in London. The LD5 IBX data centre referred to as a financial ecosystem is home to over 600 buy and sell side firms, exchanges, trading venues, market data and service providers. They cTrader server is cross connected to our ECN to ensure ultra low latency and the fast execution of your trades. cTrader’s backend allows simultaneous processing of your orders, enabling you to take advantage of every market condition.

The IC Markets cTrader server has under 1ms latency to major VPS providers either collocated in the LD5 IBX data centre or through dedicated lines to nearby data centres. This low latency environment is ideal for automated and High Frequency Trading and scalping.

No Restrictions on Trading – Scalping Allowed

IC Markets cTrader platform has no restrictions on trading. We have some of the best trading conditions for scalping and high frequency trading globally, allowing traders to place orders between the spread as there is no minimum order distance and a freeze level of 0. This means orders including stop loss orders can be placed as close to the market price as you like.

Traders can also hedge positions as there is no first in first out (FIFO) rule with IC Markets. Please note that different hedge margin level and settings may be applied to different products and platforms.

Spreads from 0.0 pips

IC Markets boasts some of the tightest spreads of all forex brokers globally. Spreads start at 0.0 pips on the MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms with the average on EURUSD being 0.1 pips 24/5. This is currently the tightest average EURUSD spread globally.

Our diverse liquidity mix from up to 50 different liquidity providers means that we are always able to source liquidity for our clients and keep our spreads tight, especially during high volatility times such as news announcements.

Level II Pricing – MarketDepth

cTrader’s depth of market shows the full range of executable prices coming directly from liquidity providers. Orders are filled against the full order book using Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP). cTrader offers complete transparency of the liquidity of each currency pair by showing the available volumes for each price level at any given time. High liquidity, asynchronous spot prices and low latency guarantee the tightest possible spreads.

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