The QuantumFX standard account starts at USD 5'000 or equivalent. Our institutional account begins at 50'000 USD or equivalent. QuantumFX offers customers the most competitive rates in the market. We offer spreads as low as 2pip. Underneath are listed the pairs most often traded and the spread rates at which QuantumFX is willing to deal at.

Spread rates, margins & leverage

*Spread rates are normally fixed and will only widen significantly in rare occurrences such as:

Central bank rate decisions (ECB, FED, BOE; BOJ etc).

Monetary policy decisions (FOMC meetings etc).

Unexpected events leading to volatile market conditions.

Volatile market conditions.

Illiquid market conditions (public holidays etc.)

In order to reflect on the real market dynamics QuantumFX broadcasts factual spreads receivable from our liquidity providers. Our systems are conceived to choose and transmit the best prices available to us from our partner banks. However, high market volatility caused by lasting macroeconomic effects may cause our counterparties to quote larger-then-normal spreads on non-RFQ systems, causing QuantumFX to adapt to this environment in real time.

**These pairs can be traded live from 9h00 - 21h00 CET. Outside this time; limit/stop orders and margin requirements are being monitored.
We accept no responsibilities for price slippage between the close and open prices on the next days trading.

***USDMXN can be traded live from 14h30 - 21h00 CET.  

Spot Gold & Silver trading

Gold/Silver

Trading hours: 09:00 – 21:00 CET.

QuantumFX provides spot gold and silver trading at very competitive spreads and margins. Spot gold & silver trading is dealt with in exactly the same way as execution in any currency pair. The denominations are different though because gold & silver are quantified in ounces. The minimum transaction sizes are therefore 200 ounces for Gold and 10'000 ounces for Silver. Spreads & margins remain the same as with the other currency pairs.

Min trade size: Gold 200 oz. Silver 10'000 oz.

Max trade size: Gold 10'000 oz. Silver 100'000 oz.
Margin: 1.00% (no widening overnight & weekend).

Margin rates

Minimum margin rates for QuantumFX institutional accounts go as follows (Our margins do not widen overnight and during the weekend):

All customers are fully responsible for monitoring the activity on their accounts. In the case that open positions result in excessive margin exposure and attain the allowable limit, liquidation will occur automatically and all open positions will be closed.

Margin capacity

Margin indicates the level of leverage on which a customer may execute transactions and serves as a credit limit that he may not exceed. On a 1% margin, an account containing USD 50'000 theoretically has the capacity to execute transactions up to USD 5'000'000. In practice, customers should aim for a lower margin utilisation. QuantumFX offers 1% initial margin. As a service, QuantumFX dealers will attempt to contact customers accustomed to dealing by telephone with the dealing desk whose open positions are close to full margin capacity. All customers are however fully responsible for monitoring the activity on their accounts. QuantumFX is obliged to liquidate all open positions on an account in the event that a negative result on those positions causes the specified 1% margin level to be crossed, liquidation occurs automatically.

The margin capacity QuantumFX offers reflects our willingness to provide the traders with the level of risk they wish to adopt, we do not however recommend trading close to 1% margin capacity as this engages a large amount of risk. Ultimately the choice is left to the trader to make transactions that meet his/her appetite for risk.

See also: Margin trading accounts