⭐ ECN Forex Brokers

ECN = A-book = NDD + STP + DMA + DMT + ECN pricing

  • ECN is essentially a Network - (Electronic Communication Network) - where ECN participants trade with each other
  • There is No Dealing Desk (NDD), all orders go straight to the Market (STP), every ECN participant gets Direct Market Access (DMA) - access to Top-tier liquidity - by default
  • ECN is distinguished by Direct Market Trading (DMT) - ability to trade directly on ECN level, e.g. send orders directly to ECN liquidity pools and interact directly with ECN participants. See ECN vs DMA Forex brokers for detailed comparison.
  • With ECN traders are able to analyze DOM (Depth of the Market) - see liquidity, place own Bid/Ask offers - create liquidity, and trade inside the spread - take advantage of it
  • Trading on ECN requires an average deposit of $50,000. Can traders create meaningful liquidity or place a single trade at ECN level with a $100 deposit? No.
ECN = A-book = NDD + STP + DMA + DMT+ ECN pricing ...read more
  • ECN is essentially a Network - (Electronic Communication Network) - where ECN participants trade with each other
  • There is No Dealing Desk (NDD), all orders go straight to the Market (STP), every ECN participant gets Direct Market Access (DMA) - access to Top-tier liquidity - by default
  • ECN is distinguished by Direct Market Trading (DMT) - ability to trade directly on ECN level, e.g. send orders directly to ECN liquidity pools and interact directly with ECN participants. See ECN vs DMA Forex brokers for detailed comparison.
  • With ECN traders are able to analyze DOM (Depth of the Market) - see liquidity, place own Bid/Ask offers - create liquidity, and trade inside the spread - take advantage of it
  • Trading on ECN requires an average deposit of $50,000. Can traders create meaningful liquidity or place a single trade at ECN level with a $100 deposit? No.

*ECN - true ECN broker
*ECN-style pricing - broker offers Best pricing from Top-tier liquidity providers, yet isn't a true ECN
*ECN marketing - liquidity source is unknown and/or trading conditions don't match ECN, the broker is not a true ECN

Forex broker Type
Min deposit
Deposit
 Leverage Spread* Commission**
AAFX
ECN marketing*
100 $1 : 20000.6 pips0 $
ACY Securities
ECN-style pricing*
20000 $1 : 5000 pips5 $
Advanced Markets
ECN-style pricing*
Alpari
ECN marketing*
500 $1 : 30000.1 pips16 $
AM Broker
ECN marketing*
1000 $1 : 5000 pips14 $
AMarkets
ECN marketing*
200 $1 : 2000 pips5 $
Anzo Capital
ECN-style pricing*
500 $1 : 5000.1 pips7 $
ARUM Capital
ECN-style pricing*
500 $1 : 300 pips5.4 $
ATIORA
ECN-style pricing*
1000 $1 : 1000.05 pips10 $
BAXTER-FX
ECN
50000 $1 : 1000 pips3.9 $
BlackBull Markets
ECN-style pricing*
2000 $1 : 5000.1 pips6 $
Blackwell Global
ECN marketing*
1 $1 : 300.1 pips9 $
Cabana Capitals
ECN marketing*
1000 $1 : 2000 pips10 $
Capital Street FX
ECN marketing*
10000 $1 : 1000.1 pips15 $
CapproFx
ECN marketing*
500 $1 : 10001 pips7 $
CLMarkets
ECN-style pricing*
500 $1 : 5000 pips7 $
Doo Prime
ECN-style pricing*
5000 $1 : 4001 pips
Dukascopy Bank SA
ECN-style pricing*
100 $1 : 1000.1 pips9 $
FBS
ECN-style pricing*
1000 $1 : 5000 pips12 $
Fidelis Capital Markets
ECN marketing*
100 $1 : 4000 pips6 $
Forex.ee
ECN marketing*
200 $1 : 5000 pips7 $
ForexVox
ECN-style pricing*
1 $1 : 5000 pips7 $
FreshForex
ECN marketing*
1 $1 : 5000 pips6 $
FXCC
ECN marketing*
10000 $1 : 2000.1 pips15 $
FXChoice
ECN marketing*
100 $1 : 2000 pips7 $
FXDD
ECN-style pricing*
1 $1 : 300.2 pips5.98 $
FXGiants
ECN marketing*
500 $1 : 2000 pips7.5 $
FXGlobe
ECN-style pricing*
2000 $1 : 3000 pips8 $
FXOpen
ECN-style pricing*
100 $1 : 5000.2 pips3 $
FxPlayer
ECN marketing*
5000 $1 : 2000.4 pips8 $
FXTM
ECN marketing*
500 $1 : 20000.1 pips4 $
FXTRADING
ECN-style pricing*
1 $1 : 4000 pips7 $
Fxview
ECN-style pricing*
GAINSY
ECN-style pricing*
10000 $1 : 1000 pips4 $
GCI
ECN marketing*
500 $1 : 4001.7 pips0 $
GetzCapital
ECN marketing*
10000 $1 : 5000 pips
GKFX Prime
ECN marketing*
1 $1 : 10000 pips20 $
Global Prime
ECN-style pricing*
200 $1 : 2000 pips7 $
Grand Capital
ECN-style pricing*
500 $1 : 1000.4 pips5 $
Grinta Invest
ECN marketing*
1 $1 : 2001.5 pips0 $
House Of Borse
ECN-style pricing*
1 $1 : 1000.1 pips8 $
Hugos Way
ECN marketing*
10 $1 : 5000.8 pips0 $
ICM Capital
ECN-style pricing*
IFX Brokers
ECN marketing*
INFINOX
ECN marketing*
1 $1 : 5000.2 pips15 $
INGOT Brokers
ECN marketing*
100 $1 : 2000 pips7 $
IronFX
ECN-style pricing*
500 $1 : 2000.3 pips13.5 $
Juno Markets
ECN marketing*
1000 $1 : 2000 pips8 $
Just2Trade
ECN-style pricing*
200 $1 : 5000 pips0 $
Key to Markets
ECN marketing*
100 $1 : 5000 pips8 $
Kitco Markets
ECN-style pricing*
Land-FX
ECN-style pricing*
2000 $1 : 2000 pips7 $
LCG
ECN marketing*
10000 $1 : 2000 pips4.5 $
LIRUNEX
ECN marketing*
200 $1 : 5000 pips12 $
LiteForex
ECN marketing*
50 $1 : 5000 pips10 $
LMAX
ECN
10000 $1 : 1000 pips5 $
LQDFX
ECN marketing*
500 $1 : 3000.1 pips7 $
MEX Exchange
ECN-style pricing*
1 $1 : 5000 pips7 $
Moneta Markets
ECN-style pricing*
200 $1 : 5000 pips0.01 $
MTrading
ECN marketing*
500 $1 : 10000 pips8 $
MultiBank Group
ECN marketing*
5000 $1 : 5000.1 pips
NBH Markets
ECN marketing*
5000 $1 : 5000.2 pips5 $
NSFX
ECN-style pricing*
5000 $1 : 500 pips8 $
OctaFX
ECN-style pricing*
100 $1 : 5000 pips6 $
OspreyFX
ECN marketing*
10 $1 : 5000.4 pips7 $
Price Markets
ECN-style pricing*
Profiforex
ECN-style pricing*
Profx Market
ECN marketing*
100 $1 : 5001.2 pips0 $
Renesource Capital
ECN
50000 $1 : 400 pips25 $
RoboForex
ECN marketing*
10 $1 : 3000 pips4 $
Samtrade FX
ECN-style pricing*
100000 $1 : 2001.7 pips0 $
Scandinavian Capital Markets
ECN
250000 $1 : 1000 pips10 $
Seven Star FX
ECN-style pricing*
5000 $1 : 3000 pips10 $
SuperForex
ECN-style pricing*
1 $1 : 10000 pips0 $
tegasFX
ECN-style pricing*
TeleTrade
ECN marketing*
100 $1 : 5000.2 pips8 $
Tifia
ECN-style pricing*
500 $1 : 5000 pips8 $
Titan FX
ECN-style pricing*
200 $1 : 5000 pips7 $
Trade12
ECN marketing*
10000 $1 : 4001 pips0 $
TradeFxP
ECN marketing*
2000 $1 : 1000.9 pips0 $
Traders Trust
ECN marketing*
2000 $1 : 5000 pips6 $
Traders Way
ECN marketing*
10 $1 : 10000 pips3 $
Tradeview
ECN-style pricing*
Tradize
ECN marketing*
10000 $1 : 2000 pips10 $
TrioMarkets
ECN marketing*
25000 $1 : 5000 pips11 $
Turnkey Forex
ECN marketing*
200 $1 : 4000 pips4 $
Uniglobe Markets
ECN marketing*
1000 $1 : 2000 pips20 $
Valutrades
ECN marketing*
1 $1 : 5000 pips6 $
Vantage FX
ECN-style pricing*
500 $1 : 5000 pips6 $
VARIANSE
ECN marketing*
5000 $1 : 300 pips0 $
Velocity Trade
ECN
25000 $1 : 1000.5 pips5 $
VT Markets
ECN-style pricing*
200 $1 : 5000 pips6 $
World Forex
ECN marketing*
XGLOBAL
ECN-style pricing*
XtreamForex
ECN marketing*
250 $1 : 4000 pips7 $
Yadix
ECN-style pricing*
500 $1 : 5000 pips12 $
ZFX
ECN marketing*
1000 $1 : 4000.2 pips14 $
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** Commission per standard lot Round Turn

🔥 "ECN pricing" NOT equals "ECN dealing"

For many Forex traders seeing the word "ECN" triggers expectations of getting onboard of ECN trading.

In fact "ECN pricing" should be called "ECN-style pricing". This way it sets clear expectation that it is all about matching the ECN style, not being an actual ECN.

"ECN pricing" is just that: Pricing.
It says nothing about the dealing model.

"ECN pricing" means a Broker does not make own pricing (like Market Makers do), but instead sources best price quotes from liquidity providers (LPs) and passes them to clients. High quality LPs + more LPs = best possible pricing.

Yes, it is the best pricing (best Bid/Ask quotes) delivered from Top-tier liquidity providers, but this is where the word "pricing" ends.

"ECN pricing" says nothing about "How the broker handles client orders", e.g. nothing about the dealing model.

ECN pricing = ECN-style pricing ≠ ECN dealing

This is where many traders would be surprised to learn that a broker with "ECN pricing" could be a Market Maker or STP or DMA

ECN with ECN pricing

ECN Brokers offer true ECN pricing.

STP and DMA with "ECN pricing"

STP and DMA brokers promoting "ECN pricing" offer "ECN-style pricing"

  • STP and DMA brokers with "ECN pricing" will send all orders to their LPs (A-book).
  • STP and DMA brokers can choose to add mark-up to price quotes and/or charge commission.
  • DMA brokers will have better LPs, and more LPs, which improves overall trading experience for clients.

Market Makers with "ECN pricing"

Marker Makers promoting "ECN pricing" offer "ECN-style pricing"

Such Market Makers would be Hybrid = A+B-book dealing type, where A-booked orders are passed to LPs (No Dealing Desk model), while B-booked orders are held in-house and processed internally, e.g. countertraded by the broker (Dealing Desk model).

Conclusion

As we can see, it is "Business as usual" for all Forex brokers.

Just that little fancy word "ECN" mentioned by a Broker tends to receive more attention from traders, and thus higher client conversion for the Broker.

It's a pure marketing power in action!

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