Trade forex
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Tight spreads across spot, options, swaps, and forwards
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Average execution speed of 0.009 seconds (October 2025) on market orders
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Advanced tools on a professional-grade platform available for free
This is what you should know about Trade forex
Forex, or FX, involves trading one currency for another at an agreed exchange rate. It is the world’s largest financial market, operating 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. Forex trading is highly speculative, and you should understand the risks involved.
Forex (FX) products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 61% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading FX with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how FX trading works and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
Trading platform features
Efficient trade ticket
Trade in fewer clicks with our optimised trade ticket designed for speed while providing all the info you need in the ticket itself.
Technical analysis and advanced charting tools
Get integrated trade signals plus 85+ technical indicators, annotation and drawing tools, and quick trading straight from the chart.
Extensive risk management tools
Use stop-limit orders, trailing stops, account-wide stop loss, cancel all orders, margin monitoring, FX exposure reports, and more to help manage your risk.
Comprehensive option chain
Trade directly from the option chain and access real-time data plus crucial metrics like the Greeks and volatilities.
Third-party tools and APIs
Tailor your setup with OpenAPI, FIX API, and integrations such as TradingView and MultiCharts.
More reasons to trade options with Trade forex
Fast, transparent execution
With Saxo tech, you’ll get an average execution speed of 0.009 seconds on market orders (October 2025 statistics) and no asymmetric slippage. Our fully customised orders offer you potential price improvements on every trade and an optimal balance between fill ratio and price level.
To protect you from being stopped out early, we trigger stop orders on the opposite side of the spread, based on a neutral price from a primary inter-bank venue.
We fully disclose our dealing practices and never trade against you in the market.
Negative balance protection
Retail FX traders covered by ESMA regulation are eligible for negative balance protection, which prevents you from losing more money than what’s in your account.
Tiered margin methodology
With tiered margin, the average margin requirement (“blended margin requirement”) increases with the level of exposure. As the level of exposure decreases, the margin requirement also decreases.
We use a tiered margin methodology for FX spot, forwards, and FX options.
Professional status
If you are eligible for a professional account, you can take advantage of better margin rates and waive certain protections to have greater trading flexibility.
Regulated financial institution with a banking licence
We’re a licensed Danish bank regulated in 15 countries and your deposits are backed by the Danish Guarantee Fund up to EUR 100,000.
Investing platform features
Helpful screeners
Find funds that fit your goals by filtering for currencies, countries, return percentages, and more to make targeted investment decisions.
Easy portfolio monitoring
View a consolidated breakdown of your portfolio’s exposure across asset classes, sectors, countries, and currencies.
Comprehensive reporting suite
Create customised reports to review your performance and analyse your investment strategy so you can consistently gain an edge.
Get started today
Open an account
Sign up and submit your documentation, then watch your email for your login details.
Add funds
Once you have an account, add funds quickly and securely via bank transfer. Other deposit options vary by country.
Start investing
Filter for the products you’re interested in, browse research and analysis, and get started on your investment journey.
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