Eightcap fees explained

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Overview of Eightcap fees and charges

When trading or investing at an online broker, fees can have a big impact on your results, so it's good to know what kind of charges you'll be facing and how these compare to fees at other brokers.

If fees are your top concern, Eightcap is a good choice, as it has low fees in general. Check our toplist for cheaper brokers.

I found Eightcap's trading fees fairly low

Krisztián Gátonyi

Forex • Market Analysis • Algo Trading

I've personally tested dozens of global brokers, carefully looking at their fees not just on their website but also in the course of live trading. Here's how Eightcap fared:

Eightcap charges low FX fees and low CFD fees.
There is no inactivity fee even if you leave your account idle for a long time.
The basic withdrawal fee is $0, but some transactions may cost more.
Read our full review of Eightcap for info on safety, trading platforms and funding.

Eightcap fees at a glance
Assets	Fee level	Fee terms
EURUSD	Low	Raw account: $3.50 commission per lot per trade plus spread cost. 0.1 pips is the average spread cost during peak trading hours.
GBPUSD	Low	Raw account: $3.50 commission per lot per trade plus spread cost. 0.2 pips is the average spread cost during peak trading hours.
S&P 500 CFD	Low	The fees are built into the spread, 0.6 points is the average spread cost during peak trading hours.
Inactivity fee	Low	No inactivity fee

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Low FX fees

This is mostly in line with similar competitors.

Eightcap forex fees
	Eightcap Eightcap	Fusion Markets Fusion Markets	Pepperstone Pepperstone
commission per lot	3.50	2.25	3.50
EURUSD spread Usual spread in pips	0.1	0.0	0.1
GBPUSD spread	0.2	0.0	0.2
AUDUSD spread	0.3	0.0	0.2
EURCHF spread	0.9	0.2	0.4
EURGBP spread Usual spread in pips	0.3	0.0	0.3

Low CFD fees

Spread and commission for a $2,000 CFD trade
	Eightcap Eightcap	Fusion Markets Fusion Markets	Pepperstone Pepperstone
S&P 500 index CFD fee Includes all fees (spread, commission, financing rate) of a $2,000 20:1 position open, 1-week-hold, and close	$2.6	$1.7	$2.8
Euro Stoxx 50 index CFD fee Includes all fees (spread, commission, financing rate) of a $2,000, 20:1 position: open, hold for 1 week, and close	$2.5	$2.2	$2.8
Apple CFD fee Includes all fees (spread, commission, financing rate) of a $2,000, 20:1 position: open, hold for 1 week, and close	$3.1	$3.0	$3.9
Vodafone CFD fee Includes all fees (spread, commission, financing rate) of a $2,000 20:1 position open, 1-week-hold, and close	$6.7	- Vodafone stock CFD is not available	$7.1

No inactivity fee, no withdrawal fee

There are no inactivity, deposit or account fees. For international wire transfers, your bank may charge you a receiving fee that will be passed onto you (it could be $20 or higher).

Eightcap inactivity, withdrawal and other fees
Broker	Inactivity fee	Withdrawal fee
Eightcap		$0
Fusion Markets		$0
Pepperstone		$0

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