InstaForex is an international Forex broker founded in 2007 by InstaForex Group. Right after its registration, the company signed a contract with MetaQuotes Software Corp., the leading-edge maker of online trading software. Also the broker entered into a contract on cooperation with the largest news suppliers (eSignal, Reuters and others). During the first months InstaForex reached agreements with major international contractors providing access to the foreign exchange market. Thus began the story of InstaForex in the brokerage services industry.
Since the very beginning the company has sticked to the principle of providing its customers with the high-grade services regardless of market conditions. InstaForex team are the professionals highly skilled in financial consulting, legal backing and dealing operations. The number of InstaForex employees is constantly growing as we gladly recruit young and talented specialists experienced in providing online trading services.
The trading terms of our company are always kept up with the latest trends in the brokerage industry. InstaForex is aimed at meeting a challenge of the modern quality standards both in its services and trading terms. There are currently more than a million of customers who have appreciated the top quality offered by the broker!
Today InstaForex is an international broker providing access to financial markets worldwide. It offers trading on Forex through ECN, derivatives and commodities trading. Over 265 InstaForex offices were opened in different parts of the world!InstaForex has been a pioneer in development and introduction of various up-to-date technologies and services. For example, InstaForex customers were the first traders ever to transfer money from trading accounts to VISA cards and to use a co-brand InstaForex MasterCard to manage their accounts. Over the recent years, InstaForex was also among the first brokers to roll out PAMM accounts; ForexCopy, the system for copying successful trades; binary options, etc.
In 2010 the company was the first to give its clients an opportunity to open live accounts in MetaTrader 5 trading platform. Finally, it is the only broker that launched 8 MetaTrader servers.
The full range of options for successful investment in global financial markets, convenient trading terms and huge client base – all this gives grounds for calling InstaForex one of the market leaders. Moreover, the broker’s achievements have been repeatedly confirmed by a number of prestigious awards. The company was recognized as the Best Broker in Asia by the World Finance Awards (2009, 2010, and 2011); Best Retail Broker by the European CEO Awards and Jordan Expo (2011); Best Broker in Asia by ShowFx Asia (2009, 2010, and 2011); Best Retail Forex Broker and Best Broker in Asia 2012 by IAIR Awards; and the Best Broker in Asia 2012 by International Investment and Finance Expo held in China.
We work hard to make sure we provide our customers with the best trading terms and the widest range of services. However, we do not stop here. We ensure that our clients get pleasant bonuses and improve their trading strategies with no risks. That is why InstaForex team launched a series of contests and campaigns in 2011 with the total prize pool of almost one million U.S. dollars. Three of our clients were lucky to win luxurious cars: Hummer H3, Lotus Elise, and Lotus Evora! Currently, we carry out the Best Trading, Luxury Driving and Sports Lotus is Your Trade Bonus campaigns with Porsche Cayenne and Lotus Evora as the main prizes. InstaForex welcomes commitment to high achievements and active lifestyle. In 2010 the company became the title sponsor of Tornado, a well-known Ukrainian team in the ultimate fighting world, since then called Tornado-InstaForex. In 2011 there was one of the greatest events: InstaForex got the joint project with the Tatra rally team off the ground that resulted in a new name in the truck racing world InstaForex Loprais Team. The guys have already celebrated their sensational victory in the Silk Way Rally in July 2011! Also in 2011 the famous basketball player Ilona Korstin became the face of InstaForex. In 2012 Hollywood actor and UFC champion Oleg Taktarov and highly ranked tennis player Janko Tipsarević joined the broker. In 2013 Viktoria Azarenka, world No. 1 female tennis player and Olympic tennis champion, became the new face of the company. In addition, InstaForex became the sponsor of Marussia F1 Team, the regular participant of the prestigious FIA Formula One World Championship.
InstaForex is a fast growing company that opens new horizons for its clients and partners. We hope that you will appreciate the quality of the services we provide. In order to get more information about our company and our advantages, please go to About Company.
InstaForex broker with its website instaforex.com is a part of InstaForex Companies Group. This is a group of financial and investment companies which render online trading services. InstaForex Company is ECN Forex broker. Currently, we have more than 500,000 individual and corporate customers. Every day over 400 new traders open accounts with InstaForex to invest in financial markets. A comprehensive range of trading options, instant technical support and consulting services are available to all our customers, regardless of their capital. Our strategic priority is to render full-range services and to provide customer stewardship at every step, starting from new account registration to money withdrawal.
InstaForex trading conditions are rightfully considered as one of the best across the globe. Our customers have free access to a great variety of trading instruments as well as to state-of-the art information technologies and software products from the leading companies such as MetaQuotes Software MetaTrader 4 developer), Reuters, e-Signal and others. To get access to trading possibilities, open InstaForex trading account online.Partnership with major market makers and brokers-contractors as well as a strong clientele hold great strategic potential of InstaForex and enable it to keep the top position on Forex and efficiently meet sensitive requirements of traders.InstaTrade Investment Company is a Russian stock broker which provides access to MYCEX and RTS stock exchanges, and is a part of InstaForex Companies Group.InstaForex Companies Group has a comprehensive range of financial instruments enabling individuals and institutions to invest in exchange and stock markets.
InstaForex Company has more than 250 representative offices worldwide. Most of them are situated in Asia where the company has achieved the biggest success. A British magazine World Finance Media has awarded it The Best Broker in Asia at the prestigious World Finance Awards for three years in a row. The company received multiple awards from other leading mass media, such as the CNBC Business Magazine and the European CEO (The Best Retail Broker award). Its achievements have been repeatedly marked at international financial ShowFX World and ShowFX Asia exhibitions. To see a full list of awards, visit our "Awards" section.
In 2008 InstaForex Company became a member of RAFMM having proved its leadership in financial markets and high quality of rendered services. The Russian Association of Financial Market Members is an independent regulatory authority which unites licensed financial companies in Russia and considers any claims emerging between brokers and their customers.InstaForex staff members are experienced professionals. Transparency, competence and personal approach are our top priorities which present a model to emulate to brokers in Russia as well as European and Asian countries.
InstaForex team helps each customer to achieve personal goals, invest efficiently in Forex and enjoy the process! Join InstaForex community and start right now!
Why choose Instaforex?
InstaForex customers are able to use InstaForex bonus points to pay up to 50% of their purchases costs in InstaForex branded store. The bonus points are automatically credited to all live accounts for each closed deal. Broker's partners can earn bonus points by carrying out operations on the currency market or get them from every trade closed by their referrals.
InstaForex customers can take advantage of an extraordinary opportunity to partake in the no-lose ForexCopy system. Within the system a forex trader follows trades of another one in a real time mode. In order to automatically copy trades, a trader needs to subscribe to a preferred account, adjusting such parameters as a ratio of copying and currency pairs on which trades will be copied and executed. If such a trade turns out to be profitable, a ForexCopy trader receives a commission set earlier for providing this service to the follower.
InstaForex Company gives you the opportunity to work with 107 currency pairs, 34 CFDs on American shares and transactions on gold and also renders ECN broker services. We provide competitive and effective spreads for each trading instrument in order to create convenient trading conditions for our clients.
InstaForex Company is a world's leading broker providing its customers with the opportunity to withdraw funds from their accounts directly to InstaForex MasterCard, no matter where the card was issued. This service is very popular among InstaForex clients, as funds withdrawn from the account are available on InstaForex MasterCard at any cash dispenser of the world. It makes InstaForex trading accounts highly reliable and convenient for customers.
We offer traders the opportunity to work on the money market regardless of the capital size. You simply choose the most convenient working conditions that suit your deposit and start trading on Forex. You can begin working with a deposit of any size — $10 or $100,000 — gradually increasing it in order to pass over to bigger investments for good profit. Most of our clients began with a $10 deposit, and have developed into professional traders with thousands of dollars. You can do the same!
You can choose any leverage from 1:1 up to 1:1000 depending on the risk management strategy you use when trading. Should you be a long-term trader who abides by conservatism when it comes to capital management, then a 1:100 leverage is for you. But if you are an aggressive type of daytime trader, then a 1:1000 leverage may become your irreplaceable profit tool.
InstaForex Company has launched Option Trading Cabinet, a section in Client Cabinet. Option trading implies operating contracts that yield fixed profit with limited risks determined by the trader.
What is a futures contract or simply a future? A future is a derivative financial instrument, standard instant exchange-traded contract to sell or buy a basic asset, when the parties (seller and buyer) agree on the price and delivery date only. Futures have been designed to decrease the risks for a basic asset owner.
InstaForex Company provides great opportunities for its clients. You do not need a spread to work on the money market anymore! This gives both new and professional traders even more possibilities! Without spread, the trading process is easier to perceive visually, and technical analysis is more effective for decision making.We do not increase the spread when news is released, that is why our traders can be perfectly sure that abrupt spikes will not cause them unstable profit.
InstaForex Company offers the most competitive swaps, having abandoned the standard system of making profit with a spread against the client. InstaForex Company is the first to introduce the EQUAL swap system with Sell and Buy deals. So, the swap in a Buy deal is always equal to that in a Sell deal. The company does not take any commission for the swap, as a result, the client does not overpay keeping the deals open for more than several hours - in cases, when opened positions on a currency instrument remain opened at midnight.Swap-free accounts are designed for those whose trading systems do not consider swaps, or whose religious beliefs forbid them to use swaps. In this regard, swap-free accounts are also called Islamic accounts. When you change to a Swap-free account, the trading terms of the Standard or Eurica accounts remain the same.
A 5% annual interest is credited on all types of accounts. The interest is calculated for funds not invlolved in trades. InstaForex customers do not need not worry that their profit will decrease due to inflation. InstaForex Company pays a 5% annual interest to its customers at the end of each month!
PAMM accounts service in InstaForex Company is a tool of collective investing in projects rendering investment services. Every client of InstaForex Company can accept investments from other traders or invest funds in someone else`s account and become a share owner in this account.Every partner of InstaForex has an opportunity to send a request for VIP affiliate program and gain additional advantages compared to a standard affiliate program. Priviledges include higher commission up to 2 pips per trade and individual approach to the account holder.
InstaForex Company provides its clients with a unique opportunity to become a full-fledged member of the exclusive club of InstaForex international online broker. Membership in InstaForex Club means a range of privileged options; one of the main opportunities is getting special bonuses for each deposit on a trading account.Under the conditions of the present global crisis, only Forex allows hedging business risks related to considerable rates fluctuations. InstaForex Company is one of the few companies offering its clients consultations on hedging and a program aimed at assets hedging.
Forex TV materials cover the latest events, trends and many other aspects of Forex. Watching it, you are sure to keep track of fresh news related to the currency rates movement and be aware of the impact they might have on the currency pairs in future.Our specialists offer technical customer support 24/7. Even if you use a demo account, you can count on expert advice and get answers to all the questions you may have, until you become experienced enough to start working on a live account. The main goal of our customer support service is politeness and effectiveness when dealing with customers.
Forex analytics is an irreplaceable instrument of effective trading for numerous market participants. With high quality analytical information and professional forecasts of further market movement at hand, you will always be on top of the freshest market trends.Nowadays InstaForex Company has 220 offices all over the world. Choose the country below to find information about the office you are interested in.
With InstaForex traders enjoy an entire spectrum of possibilities. If you have become our customer, you can be confident that you will get access to all types of new trading services on the financial markets. InstaForex specialists analyze brokerage service markets and do their best to quickly react to new trends. We constantly seek innovation, staying abreast of competitors development; continuing our regular work, we also introduce new contract types.
Each company's client can download mobile platform, web platform, MetaTrader 4 and Metatrader 5 platforms. It should be reminded that InstaForex is the first company in the world to have launched MT5 live trading accounts.
InstaForex company offers a unique service to its clients - segregated accounts providing protection of their capital from risks of any force majeur situations related to the company’s activity. In a generally accepted sense, the term "segregated account" means storage of clients’ funds separately from the funds of the company.We offer our clients a wide range of ways to replenish their accounts — from electronic payment systems to wire transfers.
Every customer can protect his trading account from hacking by enabling SMS password service which includes a request of one-time SMS password for every withdrawal. So, activating the SMS protection service in Client Cabinet, the owner of a trading account defends his funds from unauthorized withdrawal by hackers in case the trader password was stolen.
InstaForex Company offers its clients to get the Welcome bonus to the trading account. The floating Welcome bonuses are credited after every deposit to the trading account through one of the payment systems available at InstaForex Company. The floating Welcome Bonus equals 30% of the deposited amount, regardless of the payment system.
InstaForex Company regularly holds different contests and campaigns for its clients with the annual prize fund of more than $500,000. Thereby, the company’s prize pool is constantly growing. At present, every owner of a trading account with InstaForex Company can participate in monthly and weekly contests and get a part of the prize pool. We annually arrange the raffle of an impressive prize indeed — the automobile (2010 — Hummer H3, 2011 — Lotus Elise, 2012 — Lotus Evora, 2013 — Porshe Cayene).
InstaForex international broker is an official sponsor of InstaForex Loprais Team, a constant Dakar Rally competitor. You have the opportunity to win tickets to the Paris-Dakar Rally and support the team in a real time mode. Keep up with news.
InstaForex Company is a developer of the universal portal for traders MT5.com. MT5 is an international online platform having the unique by its parameters and variety set of tools and services, for all traders. The priority of the MT5.com portal for traders is providing traders on Forex and other financial markets with timely and up-to-date information about trading helping each trader move to a higher professional level.
InstaForex Company is a member of the Russian Association of Financial Market Members. The priority of the RAFMM activity is formation of honest, mutually beneficial and trust-based relations between traders and companies that provide access to the world financial markets. The main aim of the RAFMM is operative and fair settlement of disputes between clients and finance companies.
InstaForex Company takes part in international exhibitions all over the world. You have a great chance to meet its representatives at expositions held in the capitals of numerous countries.
Miss Insta Asia beauty contest is a project of InstaForex international broker. Miss Insta Asia is the most unusual beauty contest in the Internet. The contest is mainly targeted at girls from the Asian part of the world, however, each girl, regardless of the place of residence, has an opportunity to take part in the contest and to strive for the Miss Insta Asia title. The total prize pool of the contest is $30,000 that will be shared among three competitors with the majority of votes. The counting of votes is transparent; each user can participate in the voting.
InstaForex owns 8 trading servers and 50 data centres all over the world which ensure even load distribution. Such extensive network allows rendering reliable and high quality service to more than 1 000,000 clients from every corner of the world and makes the trading process with InstaForex Company very convenient. Regardless of the location, every trading server functions stably and accurately, covering the gap of thousands kilometres from one server to another in 0.2 second. Any client of InstaForex Company opening a live trading account can choose the location of a trading server depending on his preferences and place of residence.
InstaForex Club
InstaForex introduces a unique opportunity to become a full member of the elite InstaForex Club.
InstaForex Club membership provides a range of exclusive options - the ability to obtain special bonus points for every replenishment is one of them.
Having registered with InstaForex Club, you, being a member of the elite community, can partake in the raffles of Porsche Cayenne and Lotus Evora on favourable terms. In addition, you can take part in other contests and campaigns organized by InstaForex with the total prize pool exceeding $500,000.
Absolutely every InstaForex customer is able to join InstaForex Club.
Fill in the request form in the corresponding section of Client Cabinet to get InstaForex Club Card.
After the request is completed, the client receives PIN code for InstaForex Club Card while the card itself linked to the trading account is sent to the club member by post in the letter.
$10 will be charged from a customer’s trading account on the card issue as a security measure. However, after activation of InstaForex Club Card in Client Cabinet, you automatically receive 1,000 InstaForex bonus points which are equal to $10. InstaForex bonus points can be spent in InstaForex shop. Thus, you can get InstaForex Club Card for free.
After the InstaForex Club Card is activated, the client is liable to get the Сlub Bonus for every replenishment. InstaForex bonus points can be received via the link in Client Cabinet.
The line of bonuses:
The amount of bonus depends on the trading account surplus*. Below is the scheme of bonus calculation
- Surplus is < $500, your bonus is 1% of surplus;
- Surplus is $500-$1000, your bonus is 2%;
- Surplus is $1000-$1500, your bonus is 3%;
- Surplus is $1500-$2500, your bonus is 4%;
- Surplus is $2500-$5000, your bonus is 5%;
- Surplus is $5000-$7500, your bonus is 6%;
- Surplus is $7500-$10000, your bonus is 7%;
- Surplus is $10000-$13000, your bonus is 8%;
- Surplus is $13000-$15000, your bonus is 9%;
- Surplus is $15000 and over, your bonus is 10%.
*Surplus is estimated after the club card activation.
Any basic Forex information would not be full without explanation of what Forex means. Forex market or sometimes called as FX stands for a foreign exchange market (also known as “currency market”) where people – traders and brokers – are involved into buying and selling world currencies against each other. At the moment a lot of people join Forex market as traders due to great popularity and huge financial base and opportunities this market can offer even if comparing it with stock exchange markets. Besides approximate daily trade results which Forex and related markets show are really impressive –more than 3 trillion USD – which is over all results of all U.S stock markets. Due to the fact that trading at Forex market can be conducted all over the world by means of the Internet and other communication means like fax and phones Forex trading is also considered as one of the most convenient and easy to use ones comparing with stock markets.
Why spreads are so important in Forex trading? 
As it was mentioned there are two types of analysis exist at the FX: technical and fundamental. While fundamental Forex analysis is based in gathering and analyzing Forex trends of past technical analysis is grounded on studying of price charts in order to make forecasts concerning any prices fluctuations of any currency pair. As you may guess knowing basics of technical Forex analysis can serve as a solid background when you as a trader have to decide whether to buy or sell currencies at the FX market. 
Methods of the technical Forex analysis include a variety of different techniques centered on studying price charts particularly. In the core of this analysis lies the estimation and forecasting of actual price action which is usually not so changeable but modern software offers such innovative tools for accurate setting up of charts that many traders can learn them in few months which is really fast taking into account a great amount of details and nuances. In addition to this the technical analysis involves formulas appearing on the top of the certain price charts. 