ActivTrades Reviews

Is ActivTrades any good?

ActivTrades offers competitive spreads, particularly on forex majors, and provides access to popular platforms like MetaTrader. The proprietary ActivTrader platform also enhances trading with advanced features and risk management tools, including progressive trailing stops, position hedging and client sentiment indicators.

Is ActiveTrades regulated in the UK?

Yes, ActiveTraes is legit and safe to use as they are deemed trustworthy enough to be regulted by the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) in the UK. You can confirm this on the FCA register here. You can also see any fines that the UK regulator has issues against ActiveTrades, the last one being in 2011.

Who owns ActiveTrades?

According to Companies House in the UK, ActiveTrades Plc is owned by Alex Pusco, who HQ’d ActivTrades in London in 2005. Pusco, is also the founder of UK based SteamBank a specialist savings fintech.

Why don’t ActivTrades have the Dow Jones?

You can trade the Dow Jones 30 or Dow Jones Industrual Average on ActiveTrades but it is called the US 30. But, it is called the “US IND 30” as you trade OTC (over-the-counter) with ActiveTrades using either tax-free financial spread bets of CFDs (contracts for difference). Both are deriviative products that mirrow the underlying index price movements. This is becuase you cannot trade DMA Dow futures on exchange, plus, by not calling the DJIA by it’s proper name, brokers usually aviod paying liceencing fees to in the index owner.

How much does ActivTrades charge to withdraw money?

There are no withdrawal fees charged by ActivTrades. This is especially good news for new or smaller traders as it means that you can move your money in an out of the broker frequently without incurring fees.

What account types do they offer?

With ActiveTrades you can trade financial spread bets, CFDs, demo accounts, Islamic accounts and professional trading accounts.

Negative balance protection for professional clients

In 2018 Activtrades introduced a new account especially for its more experienced clients. By reclassifying as a professional client, their customers can still take on high levels of leverage.

Their account boosts protections for professional clients. They can still take on leverage rates of 1:400 while keeping the enhanced insurance of up to £1million.

The company has added that professional clients will still have their negative balance protection and their funds will be held securely in a separate account.