Best Forex Brokers in United Arab Emirates

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Use our comparison tables to compare the best United Arab Emirates FOREX brokers authorised and regulated by the DFSA. Choose or switch to a FOREX broker that offers the most markets, best pricing and client security.

❓Good Money Guide Shortlisted Our Featured Forex Brokers Based On:

  • Over 30,000 votes and reviews in the annual Good Money Guide awards
  • Our team’s experiences testing the UAE Forex trading platforms with real money
  • In-depth comparison of the features that make these Dubai forex brokers the best
  • Exclusive interviews with the Forex brokers CEOs and senior management
  • Find out more about our review process in the How We Test Providers page.

UAE Forex Broker FAQs:

Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions by people searching for the best FOREX brokers in Dubai and UAE.

As an emerging trading hub with a large ex-pat community, you would expect to be able to open and trade in a wide variety of underlying currencies in the UAE  and indeed you can.

Though it will be worth checking specific details about trading account denominations with your chosen broker.

As an example IG‘s Dubai operation allows you to deposit in US dollars, British pounds, Euros, United Arab Emirates dirham’s (AED) and Saudi riyals (SAR).

However, trading accounts at IG Dubai can only be denominated in US dollars, Euros or sterling.

The most popular markets within the UAE are oil and gold, both are commodities that have been intrinsically linked to the growth of the region. That affinity is reflected in the larger leverage for retail clients, afforded to gold and oil by the DFSA.

CFDs on equity indices and FX majors are also widely traded in Dubai, which of course sits at a crossroads thats midway between European and Asian timezones, being four hours ahead of GMT and four hours behind Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai.

Yes. We have extensively tested each of the forex brokers in this list, interviewed the CEOs and analysed the key data points that make trading platforms stand out. You can see what others think of them and read our full reviews of the individual trading platforms here

If you would like to see what we think of each trading platform for specific products, you can read our forex trading platform reviews.

Yes, forex brokers that have local offices in the UAE are regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).

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