Eightcap Review

Offering of investments

Eightcap’s 45 forex pairs and roughly a dozen CFDs put its offering of investments below the industry average. The following table summarizes the different investment products available to Eightcap clients.

Cryptocurrency: Cryptocurrency trading is available at Eightcap through CFDs, but not available through trading the underlying asset (e.g. buying Bitcoin). Note: 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)	326
Forex Pairs (Total)	45
U.S. Stock Trading (Non CFD)	No
Int’l Stock Trading (Non CFD)	No
Social Trading / Copy Trading	Yes
Cryptocurrency (Physical)	No

Commissions and fees

Eightcap offers two account types across its global entities, including those in Australia and Vanuatu. The commissions and fees you pay will depend on whether you choose the commission-based Raw account or the spread-only Standard account.

Eightcap lists an average spread of 0.06 pips for its commission-based Raw account. However, after factoring in the per-side commission of $3.50 per trade, the all-in cost amounts to roughly 0.76 pips – coming in just under the industry average of 0.8 pips. It’s worth noting that Eightcap did not provide a date range for its published average spread data.

Overall, Eightcap is slightly more expensive than the lowest-cost forex brokers.

  

Feature
Minimum Initial Deposit	$100
Average Spread EUR/USD – Standard	N/A
All-in Cost EUR/USD – Active	0.76
Active Trader or VIP Discounts	No
Execution: Agency Broker	Yes
Execution: Market Maker	Yes

Mobile trading apps

With no proprietary mobile app available, Eightcap simply can’t compete with industry leaders like IG and Saxo Bank. For our top picks among trading apps, read our guide to best forex trading apps.

Apps overview: As Eightcap is a MetaTrader-only broker, iOS and Android versions of the MT5 app come standard and are both available for download from the Apple App Store and Google Play store, respectively.

 

  

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

Other trading platforms

Eightcap offers a suite of plug-ins from FX Blue that enhance the standard MetaTrader platform suite. It also supports integration with Capitalise.ai, allowing algorithmic trading within your MetaTrader 4 (MT4) account. With a variety of extra features that enhance the standard MetaTrader experience, Eightcap has inched closer towards offering what the best MetaTrader brokers provide, but did not finish best in class in 2022.

Platforms overview: Eightcap is a MetaTrader-only broker offering the popular MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) platform suite from MetaQuotes Software Corporation. Eightcap also recently introduced the ability for clients to connect their accounts to TradingView, a popular third-party charting platform.

Trading tools: In addition to plug-ins from FX Blue, Eightcap provides access to Capitalise.ai, a third-party platform for coding automated trading strategies in plain English – without the need to program any code.

       

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)	Yes

Market research

Eightcap produces a modest variety of research content that includes daily updates in both written and video format – however, its research offering doesn’t stack up against what the best brokers offer.

Research overview: Eightcap’s research primarily takes the form of daily written updates from its in-house staff – such as its Trading Week Ahead series – accompanied by the occasional video posted to the firm’s YouTube channel, which hosts its Market Update video series.

Market news and analysis: Expanding the range of research by integrating third-party research tools and content (such as Autochartist and Trading Central) would help lift Eightcap’s ranking in this category.

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

Education

Eightcap’s educational offering delivers a wide variety of written articles, but only a limited selection of videos. Some of the best brokers in this category offer lesson programs, complete with quizzes and progress tracking – features that are absent at Eightcap.

Learning center: Eightcap offers just a dozen educational videos, and a handful of archived webinars, such as its TraderFest series which covers CFDs and forex. These videos are archived on its YouTube channel and organized by playlist. The selection of written educational content articles has improved, and includes at least 74 articles covering fundamentals and trading strategies.

Room for improvement: Expanding the selection of educational videos and organizing articles by experience level would help balance Eightcap’s overall educational offering.

 

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

Final thoughts

By offering various platform plug-ins and granting access to third-party tools like Capitalise.ai, Eightcap has taken strides to improve on the standard MetaTrader platform suite. Eightcap also offers more cryptocurrency pairs than nearly every other broker we reviewed – a feature it launched in 2021.

Significant hurdles remain for Eightcap to become a top MetaTrader Broker, such as its narrow range of available markets and lack of a proprietary mobile app.

About Eightcap

Eightcap was established in 2009 in Melbourne, Australia, and holds an Australian Financial Service License (AFSL) with the Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC). Eightcap’s U.K. entity, Eightcap Group Ltd, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and its EU entity is authorised by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC). Lastly, in the offshore island nation of Vanuatu, Eightcap Global Pty Ltd holds regulatory status with the Vanuatu Financial Services Commission (VFSC) since December 2019.

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