TopFX Review

Offering of investments

TopFX offers 548 CFDs across a variety of popular asset classes that includes equities, ETFs, commodities, metals, and forex.

Cryptocurrency: Crypto CFDs are not available to retail traders from any broker’s U.K. entity, nor to U.K. residents.

Feature
Forex Trading (Spot or CFDs)	Yes
Tradeable Symbols (Total)	655
Forex Pairs (Total)	60
U.S. Stock Trading (Non CFD)	No
Int’l Stock Trading (Non CFD)	No
Social Trading / Copy Trading	Yes
Cryptocurrency (Physical)	No
Cryptocurrency (CFD)	Yes
Disclaimers	Note: Crypto CFDs are not available to retail traders from any broker’s U.K. entity, nor to U.K. residents (except to Professional clients).

Commissions and fees

TopFX offers two account types – both of which are available on MetaTrader and cTrader. There’s the spread-only ZERO account, and the commission-based RAW account. The RAW account charges a commission of 2.75 EUR per side (5.50 per round turn standard lot). The minimum deposit depends on your chosen payment method. Keep in mind: there are no average spreads available to assess the true cost of trading with TopFX.

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Feature
Minimum Initial Deposit	Depends on payment method
Average Spread EUR/USD – Standard	N/A
All-in Cost EUR/USD – Active	N/A
Active Trader or VIP Discounts	No
Execution: Agency Broker	No
Execution: Market Maker	Yes

Mobile trading apps

With no proprietary mobile app available, TopFX trails behind industry leaders such as IG and Saxo Bank. For our top picks among trading apps, read our guide to Best Forex Trading Apps.

Apps overview: TopFX offers two mobile trading apps: cTrader and MetaTrader 4 (MT4). iOS and Android versions of both apps are available respectively from the Apple App Store and Google Play store.

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Feature
Android App	Yes
Apple iOS App	Yes
Mobile Alerts – Basic Fields	Yes
Watchlists – Total Fields	7
Watchlist Syncing	No
Charting – Indicators / Studies (Total)	30
Charting – Drawing Tools (Total)	15
Mobile Charting – Draw Trendlines	Yes
Charting – Multiple Time Frames	No
Forex Calendar	Yes

Other trading platforms

TopFX offers both the cTrader and MetaTrader 4 (MT4) trading platforms. Autochartist is integrated directly into cTrader, but MT4 is the standard out-of-the-box developer version, and there are no notable add-ons to help TopFX stand out from amongst the best MetaTrader and cTrader brokers.

Platforms overview: The MetaTrader 4 suite is available at TopFX for macOS and Windows operating systems, alongside the web version that can be accessed via any modern browser.

Charting: The MetaTrader platform suite is known for its robust user-friendly charts. Zooming in and out and rearranging windows and tabs is a breeze on MT4. It also supports the ability to drag and drop from the default list of nearly 50 indicators. cTrader charts are equally impressive with 65 indicators, four chart types, and dozens of drawing tools.

Autochartist: TopFX offers cTrader with Autochartist directly integrated to help traders find investment opportunities.

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Feature
Virtual Trading (Demo)	Yes
Proprietary Platform	No
Desktop Platform (Windows)	Yes
Web Platform	Yes
Social Trading / Copy Trading	Yes
MetaTrader 4 (MT4)	Yes
MetaTrader 5 (MT5)	No

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Market research

Market research is lacking at TopFX, which puts it at a disadvantage against most of the brokers I’ve reviewed. I couldn’t find any articles, analysis, videos, or market commentary at TopFX, making it a poor choice for market research – especially when compared to the best brokers in this category.

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Feature
Daily Market Commentary	No
Forex News (Top-Tier Sources)	Yes
Autochartist	Yes
Trading Central (Recognia)	Yes
Social Sentiment – Currency Pairs	Yes

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Education

Educational content at TopFX is largely absent. TopFX’s Facebook page does feature a quarterly recap of stock earnings, some basic platform tutorials, and a few (albeit very brief) educational videos.

Room for improvement: The addition of written articles and an expansion of its range of educational videos would give a needed boost to TopFX’s learning center. The top brokers in this category offer educational videos and articles, and sometimes even quizzes and progress tracking to help you learn about trading and investing. TopFX has lots of space to improve in this category.

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Feature
Has Education – Forex or CFDs	No
Client Webinars	No
Client Webinars (Archived)	No
Videos – Beginner Trading Videos	No
Videos – Advanced Trading Videos	No
Investor Dictionary (Glossary)	No

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Final thoughts

TopFX has built a good foundation for its platform offering by making both MT4 and cTrader available. It offers a decent variety of instruments, with 548 symbols and 45 forex pairs.

However, TopFX doesn’t offer MT5 or the larger range of markets typically offered by the leading brokers. Moreover, market research is practically non-existent on the TopFX platform, and it lacks meaningful educational content. Finally, publishing its average spread data each month would highlight the true value of its pricing across its two main account types.

About TopFX

Founded in 2010, TopFX is regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Investment Commission (CySEC) and in Seychelles is a brand of Fondex Limited which is regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

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