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Minimum deposit
The minimum deposit amount is $1....
Minimum withdrawal
The minimum withdrawal amount for e-wallets and bank credit cards is $ 1, including the commission, via wire transfer is $ 300, the minimum withdrawal to the Bitcoin wallet is 0.000118 BTC, to a LiteCoin wallet is equivalent of $3. The exch...
Problems with depositing/withdrawing funds
In case a partial sum was transferred or other problems concerning deposit and withdrawal arise, please send a request to support@mail.instaforex.com.In the request, you need to specify your account number along with a code word and provide...
Commissions
No commissions are charged for withdrawal and replenishment, however, it must be borne in mind that the commission of the payment system itself (when transferring via EPS) or the bank's commission (when crediting and withdrawing by bank cur...
Margin call
Margin call is the broker's requirement for the client to deposit additional funds or securities for a short sale or a "purchase with leverage" type of transactions which were carried out using the broker's credit and led to current losses....
Margin
Margin is a sum of money which is to be available in the account in order to open a trade.
Canceling of withdrawal
If you have requested money withdrawal but the request is still being processed, you can cancel this withdrawal by clicking on the link: https://secure.instaforex.com/en/cancel-withdrawal.aspxYou can also contact the Finance Department:E-Ma...
Delay in deposit/withdrawal of funds
Late withdrawal or replenishment of funds can have many different reasons. But very often this happens not through the fault of the company, but due to some external factors.Some of the most common reasons for delays are:- finding the site...
Taxation
InstaForex Company does not come as a tax agent and does not provide data on clients' earnings to the tax authorities. In practice, trade taxation in the Forex market mostly depends on what method is used for withdrawal from a trading accou...
Time of depositing/withdrawing funds
Deposit transactions via Neteller processed instantly, via Yandex.Money within 3 hours. Money transfers from Visa/MasterCard cards are processed over the time interval from 0 up to 24 hours depending on the method of payment. Cash deposits...
Duration of the campaign
Chancy Deposit is a monthly campaign held from the first to the last day of the month.
How can I join the campaign?
Legally capable customers over 18 owning live trading accounts with InstaForex Company may take part in the Campaign.In order to participate in the campaign, it is necessary to replenish an InstaForex live trading account with at least 3,00...
Choosing a winner
Every month during the campaign period a winner is determined on a random basis.If the winner is brought in by means of an affiliate program, his/her agent receives an additional prize.
Results of the campaign
The results of the campaign are published within 14 days after the campaign is over and all necessary checks are carried out.
How can I get the Chancy Deposit?
In order to receive the prize, the winners should open and verify a trading account within 30 calendar days after the results are announced. The campaign administration will send you a notification by email and ask to provide the necessary...
When is the Club Bonus activated?
The deposit amount will be taken into the bonus calculation starting from the moment you have paid for the card.
Minimal deposit for MT5 accounts
The minimum deposit is $1. ...
Chapter 10. Margin trading
In the previous chapter we compared work on Forex with the opportunity to earn from the buy/sell operations at an exchange office. It is obvious that Forex has a range of advantages that allow traders to take significant profit in a short t...
Withdrawal of funds from bonus account
Yes, you can withdraw the funds that you deposited anytime without restrictions.
Bonus size
Unfortunately, an amount of crediting bonus is determined by the system individually.
Get Bonus button does not work
Please make sure the link you followed to go to the campaign web page is correct. We also recommend you to clear cookies and the browser cache or open another browser if the problem is not solved after following the stated link....
Bank card verification
If you top up your trading account with a credit card, you must verify it by uploading copies of the front and back sides of the credit card in the Verification > > Verify card section of the client area.The requirements for a bank card ver...
Frequency of card verification
You should verify your bank card only if you are going to use it for the first time to make a deposit. Once it is verified, you won’t have to repeat this procedure every time you replenish your trading account. However, should you wish to u...
Forex calculator
Notification:The value of a pip is calculated on the basis of the current rate of a given currency pair.Please note that 1 lot of InstaForex is equal to 10,000 units of the base currency.You can find below a formula to calculate the value o...
Methods to withdraw and deposit finds
InstaForex offers its clients a wide range of ways to fund their account. The current list of systems for replenishment / withdrawal is reflected in the Financial transactions section . The procedure for depositing funds is as simple as pos...
Methods to withdraw and deposit finds
InstaForex offers a wide range of payment methods. The process of funding a trading account is quite easy and will not take much time: 24 hours for a bank card transfer, 2 minutes for a transfer via payment systems, 1-3 days for a ban...
Changing Payment Requisites
To change payment requisites in your Personal Account, please follow these steps: Go to your Personal Account at linkLog in using your trading account number and Trader password.In the left menu, select "Financial Operations".In the "C...
Exchange rate conversion
How does InstaForex exchange rate converter for deposits and withdrawals differ from other forex brokers?If you replenish your account in a currency that differs from your account one, the company uses the current market rate. The informati...
Leverage
Leverage is the ratio between the amount of the margin and the borrowed funds allocated for it: 1:100, 1:200, 1:500. The leverage of 1:100 means that a trader is required to have an amount in the trading acount which is 100 times less than...
Profit miscalculation
Why does the profit shown in my trading platform differ from the sum by which the balance has been increased?The point is that in your InstaTrader setups the option to show the deal result in the currency of the order, not in the one of the...
Pipsing
This trading approach is used for gaining profit from intraday currency fluctuations. Some traders open more than 200 deals a day while holding a position open for just several minutes. Of course, the profit from each position is rather sma...
Money Management
Money Management is a set of rules and specific techniques used for minimizing the risks and maximizing profit.The risk is a maximum amount of assets that will be lost until a decision about closing of an unprofitable position is made. Thus...
Intraday trading
Intraday trading is believed to be one of the most complicated types of Forex trading and, at the same time, the most widely used by independent traders. This trading system suggests opening and closing positions on Forex within one day, i....
Locking
Locking is a type of a hedging strategy aimed at minimizing risks associated with changes in markets behaviour. The difference between hedging and locking is that hedging is used for different trading instruments, while locking is used for...
Martingale
The martingale strategy has been popular among gamble players since the 18th century. The main idea behind this betting strategy lies in the constant increase of bets after each loss. In such a way, all previous losses are easily covered by...
Scalping
There is no single opinion about the scalping trading strategy. However, more and more traders are getting interested in this method. Why does scalping look so appealing? Probably because it is one of the few ways to make a quick profit on...
Average daily trading strategy for EUR/JPY
The average daily trading strategy consists of certain steps, including analysis, setting certain targets, placing orders, and executing a deal. The main idea of such a strategy is that the trade depends on the analysis that you have carrie...
EUR/JPY pipsing
Pipsing involves daily work in front of your computer, minimum of news and maximum of luck. There is no need to know the financial mechanism of global economy regulation and countries’ GDP. Even the bullish market has a lot of pullbacks dur...
Balance
Balance is a cumulative financial result of all completed transactions and deposits/withdrawals of funds to/from the trading account.
Account insurance
There is no company, which gives bank guarantees providing Forex services. InstaForex has hundreds of thousands clients all over the world and they trust the company. Some time ago we offered bank guarantee but due to the world financial cr...
PAMM account
PAMM (Percentage Allocation Management Module) is a trading account designed for trust management of investors' funds. The PAMM account enables beneficial cooperation between account managers and investors. With the PAMM system, profits and...
Account protection
Bank-level security of a trading accountAny client can protect his/her trading account against hack attacks enabling the service of SMS code. It includes the request of one-time SMS code for every withdrawal. So a trader gets 100% protectio...
Determination of the Real Scalping winners
The holders of the largest deposits will be declared winners. The participants should meet the following requirement: at least 5% of the total profit must come from trading GBP/USD and GBP/JPY.
Duration of 30% Bonus campaign
The promotion of receiving a bonus of 30% of each deposit made to the trading account started on 03.01.2010. The end of the promotion has not yet been established....
Rules on withdrawing 30% Bonus
The 30% Bonus can be withdrawn only after BUY or SELL trades are completed. The total volume of the trades must equal X*3 InstaForex lots, where 'X is the sum of received bonuses (the total amount of all bonuses including cancelled or partl...
Cancellation of 30% Bonus in part after withdrawal
1. If after the 30% bonus was credited, a customer failed to take profit in trading but withdrew the money, a part of the bonus proportionate to the withdrawal amount would be cancelled.Example 1. A customer deposited $1,000 and received $3...
Great Race prize fund
The prize fund in Great Race InstaForex 2020 is 55,000 USD.The prize funds for the four steps of the contest are distributed among the winners in the following way- 1 prize – 3,000 USD- 2 prize – 2,000 USD- 3 prize – 1,500 USD- 4 prize – 80...
Special trading conditions for the Great Race contest
Trading conditions applied to accounts participating in Great Race 2020 are the following:1. A participant receives a DEMO account after registration in the contest.2. The minimum deposit is 100,000 USD for all participants and cannot be ch...
Determining the winners of the Great Race contest
1. All trades of the contestants are automatically closed at current prices at the end of each step of the contest.2. The owners of the largest deposits are declared the winners.3. If the results of the contest show that two contestants hav...
Complaints about trading platform
In accordance with paragraph 5 of the InstaForex Companies Group public offer agreement, when contentious cases occur, the Client is entitled to file a claim with the Company. Claims are accepted within two working days from the date the pr...
Cent accounts
International online broker InstaForex offers its clients the opportunity to trade on the Forex market using accounts, the currency of which is expressed in the US Cents.Cent.Standard and Cent.Eurica account types are meant for beginning tr...
Special trading conditions of the Lucky Trader contest
1. A contestant receives a DEMO account after registration in the contest.2. The minimum deposit is 30,000.00 USD or all participants and cannot be changed.3. Leverage is 1:500.4. All orders opened at non-market prices are subject to cancel...
After what time the funds deposited by the account holder will be displayed in the Monitoring of PAMM-accounts?
On average, it takes about 2-3 hours (refreshment once in 3 hours) to display information on the chart, or 5-10 minutes to show it in the monitoring list.
Special trading conditions of the FX-1 Rally contest
1. A contestant receives a DEMO account after registration in the contest.2. The minimum deposit is 40,000 USD or all participants and cannot be changed.3. Leverage is 1:500.4. All orders opened at non-market prices are subject to cancellat...
Determination of the FX-1 Rally winners
1. All trades of the contestants are automatically closed at current prices within the first 10 minutes after the contest is over. The participants acknowledge that the closing prices may vary due to a several minutes difference in closing...
Benefits of verification
Account verification is necessary to confirm the customer’s identity. Customers with verified accounts have access to a wider range of deposit methods as well as to bonuses offered by InstaForex.
Restrictions for non-verified accounts
Yes, you can still deposit and withdraw funds if your account is not verified. However, some payment methods such as bank cards/wire transfers are available only for verified accounts.
Benefits of second verification level
After passing the second level of verification, you get access to the following benefits:- bonus programs (100% Bonus and Coupon Bonus);- possibility to win a prize for taking part in contests;- deposit/withdrawal of funds through bank card...
Currencies of MT5 accounts
At the moment, you can open MT5 account deposited only with US dollars.
Ways of verifying client's identity
In most cases it will be enough to upload the photo of your ID and Proof of Address to verify an account. You can check the list of the documents accepted for verification for your country here.If you cannot provide the copies of the docume...
Requirements for verification documents
All the documents uploaded for account verification must meet the following requirements:1. The photo must be clear and in color.2. The image must have a two-page spread, including all edges and corners:• photos of both sides of an ID card...
The main trading conditions of the InstaForex Sniper contest
1. A participant receives a DEMO account after registration in the contest.2. The minimum deposit is 10,000 USD for all participants and cannot be changed.3. Leverage is 1:500.4. Orders opened at non-market prices are subject to cancellatio...
Determining winners
1. The Winner's account will be determined by the following scheme: the last 5 digits of the account are used to determine the winner (no matter whether it is a 5-digits, 6-digits or 7-digits account). If these 5 digits coincide with device...
Chapter 9. Forex market and exchange offices
Forex trading is aimed at making money on currency speculations. We have been describing the currency market above but avoided such topics as what starting capital is needed to work on Forex and what profit can be expected. In this chapter...
Chapter 11. Margin requirement
Each time a trader opens a position through an online broker (dealing company), the part of funds on his account becomes frozen. This part is called a security deposit and used for a guarantee that a trader will never lose more than he has...
Chapter 17. Stock exchanges and stock indices
Even though this section is devoted to forex education, we will also touch on the stock exchanges and stock indices. At first glance, it seems that the chapter is not related to Forex, but, in fact, it is. Currency rates are interrelated wi...
Updating information in the Client Area
Funds accounting lasts for an hour after an InstaCredit investor approves application and receives a security deposit from InstaCredit trader in a sum specified by the parties in advance. And information is updating every hour as well.
How to manage profits earned from StartUp Bonus
First of all you should get profit at least 10% from StartUp bonus amount and make a deposit the same 10% from StartUp bonus amount using your own funds to convert that profit to StartUp bonus 100%.You should do this within 7 days since the...
Refer Friend Bonus (startup bonus)
Yes, you can. Kindly check the letter with the bonus account details, there is an affiliate link for inviting new clients. If your friend (attracted person) will follow your affiliate link and open the account with the StartUp bonus, you (a...
How to receive 55% Bonus
Every Client of the company has the right to receive the bonus in the amount of 55% of his deposit to the trading account. The 55% bonus can be credited within the campaign’s effective period but not later than one week after the deposit is...
How often 55% Bonus can be received
The Client has the right to receive the 55% bonus for every deposit. The bonus is calculated for the difference between deposits and withdrawals.
Rules of 55% Bonus withdrawal
The 55% bonus can be withdrawn only after BUY or SELL trades are completed. The total volume of the trades shall be equal to X*6 InstaForex lots, where X – the total volume of received bonuses (the total volume of all bonuses including canc...
How to receive 55% Bonus
To get the Welcome Bonus 55%, please open the trading account of Standard type in USD, US Cent, EUR or EUR Cent currency, deposit it and fill the 55% bonus form at "For traders" - "Trading conditions" - "InstaForex bonuses" - 55% Bonus sect...
Participants in 100% Bonus campaign
Every InstaForex client is entitled to receive bonus in an amount equaling 100% of the deposited amount. This is a one-time bonus that cannot be credited to a trading account that had already received bonuses of other types. The 100% Welcom...
How to receive 100% Bonus
To get the 100% Welcome Bonus, please open a trading account of Standard type in USD, US Cent, EUR or EUR Cent currency, pass the account verification, deposit it and fill the 100% bonus form at "For traders" - "Trading conditions" - "Insta...
How is the Club Bonus credited?
The amount of the credited Bonus depends on the trading account surplus. * Thus, the credited Bonus will be equal to:Surplus is < 500$ - 1% of surplusSurplus is 500-1000 – 2%Surplus is 1000-1500 – 3%Surplus is 1500-2500 – 4%Surplus is 2500-...
How can I get the Club Bonus?
To get the Club bonus, you should fund your trading account and, after your deposit is credited, send a request here.
CPA program
The CPA (Cost Per Action) program perfectly suits webmasters, search engine promotion and online marketing specialists who do not have a deep knowledge of the forex market. This type of partnership does not require complex calculations, ter...
Personal data security assurance
According to the Public Offer Agreement, the company guarantees that the client’s personal data and especially the client’s identity documents are considered confidential and shall not be disclosed to any third party.As an extra protection...
Benefits of third verification level
The third verification level is required for the clients who need to withdraw profits received with the use of some no deposit bonus types. If you are required to pass the third level of verification, you will see a message about it on the...
How to receive 30% Bonus
To get the 30% Welcome Bonus, you should fund your trading account and, after your deposit is credited, send a request here. Please note the bonus can be credited to your trading account not later than a week after you have funded your acco...
Main prizes
1. The winner can obtain one of the campaign main prizes only in one of the Company's representative offices in the Russian Federation (Kaliningrad, Moscow, and St. Petersburg). The prize can be delivered to any part of the world based on t...
The main trading conditions of the Real Scalping contest
1. A participant receives a competitive DEMO account after registration in the contest.2. The minimum deposit is 20,000.00 USD for all participants and cannot be changed.3. Leverage is 1:500.4. All orders open at non-market prices are subje...
Special trading conditions of the InstaForex Sniper contest
1. A participant receives a DEMO account after registration in the contest.2. The minimum deposit is 10,000 USD for all participants and cannot be changed.3. Leverage is 1:500.4. Orders opened at non-market prices are subject to cancellatio...
Determination of the InstaForex Sniper winners
1. All trades of the contestants are automatically closed at current prices at the end of the contest.2. The owners of the largest deposits are declared the winners.3. If the results of the contest show that two contestants have deposits of...
Duration and terms of the campaign
Try your luck with InstaForex! The luckiest trader will become the owner of a two-seater supercar Ferrari F8 Tributo.To join the contest, you need to deposit USD/EUR* 1,000 to your InstaForex live account and sign up here.All registered acc...
Choosing a winner
The winner of the Ferrari InstaForex contest will be determined according to the following scheme: the winner is selected on the basis of the last 5 digits of a trading account, no matter if it contains 5, 6, or 7 digits. If these 5 digits...
Order VPS service
You can order the VPS hosting in your Client Area.The cost of the VPS hosting will be charged from the client’s deposit. The monthly payment, depending on the selected tariff, ranges from $3 to $40. All VPS statistics and deposited funds wi...
VPS tariff plans
InstaForex offers the most reasonable prices for the VPS hosting. Traders can choose one of the three VPS configurations for OS Windows with MetaTrader installed. Customer account balanceVPS 1024VPS 2048VPS 3072Account balance less than USD...
Use of online cards
Yes, you can deposit and withdraw funds using an online card. For this, you need to verify the card in the Verification > Card Verification section of the Client Area. Alternatively, you can verify your card through InstaVerify mobile app f...
Limited verification
Please note that if you are planning to deposit/withdraw funds using a bank card or a wire transfer, then previously accepted documents for account verification do not meet the requirements of processing systems.To repeat verification, plea...
Refusal of reverification
Rules for accepting documents by payment systems have been tightened up. That is why the company may ask its clients to verify their accounts again if a deposit/withdrawal of funds is performed by means of a bank card or a wire transfer.The...
Verification validity duration
Documents provided for verification must be valid at the moment of request. The day a document expires, the verification status of your trading account is automatically reset to zero.Your identity document should expire no sooner than six m...
How many 30% Welcome Bonuses can be claimed
The Client has a right to get the 30% bonus each time he/she deposits funds to his/her trading account. The amount on which a bonus can be accrued is equal to difference between deposits and withdrawals.
Participation in 30% Bonus campaign
After deposit, client can claim for the 30% welcome bonus from this page - https://secure.instaforex.com/en/agreement/bonus30
How to start trading IPO shares?
We offer trading on IPO shares via CFDs. It enables you to speculate on price changes in both rising and falling markets, providing you with flexibility in seizing trading opportunities.To start trading IPO shares, first of all you need to...
What is the minimum deposit to start trading IPO shares?
It is required to have enough margin amount to open a position. We would recommend using our trader calculator to get info about the exact margin sum. However, technically, 1 USD is the minimum deposit amount....