Gain Capital

Regulation

Gain Capital, also doing business as Forex.com is a U.S. regulated broker licensed with the CFTC. They also hold licenses to do business in the U.K. with the FSA and and in Japan too. This is a well respected broker and is listed on the NYSE under ticker symbol GCAP so you if you like their service you can buy a piece of the company. 

Minimum Deposit and Funding Options

Minimum deposits run at $250, standard accounts require a $2500 deposit. Gain Capital / Forex.com accept almost any method of payment including credit cards, wire transfer, and personal cheque.

Leverage and Spread

Spreads are between 1-2 pips on most major currency pairs. The bigger account you have with them the better spreads they give you. A large account can entitle you to half a pip spreads on majors. Like other U.S. regulated brokers, the U.S. facing brokerage offers max leverage of 50:1 on majors. They offer 20:1 leverage on more exotic currencies. The U.K. and other non-U.S. facing forex brokerage offers higher leverage of up to 200:1.

Trading Platform and Free Charts

Gain consistently wins awards for having the best retail forex platform. It won four consecutive awards for this from FX-Week which is a respected forex trade journal.  Gain Capital / Forex.com offers traders MT4 or the Meta Trader platform as well as a web-based platform and mobile platform. Free charts are available. As stated above, their platforms have won numberous industry accolades.

Demo Account

Live demo accounts are available to anyone interested in trying before buying. Demo accounts give you acces to any of Forex.com's live platforms and some basic tools. Trading in a demo account for a few weeks will give you a great indication that this is a top forex broker with a justified reputation for excellance.

Customer Service

Customer service and tech support is available by email and a quick and effective chat which we just tried. Telephone support is also available. Normally Customer service chat and phones lines are open 10 a.m. Sunday and are 24 hours until 5 p.m. Friday when the market closes.  Phones on Friday are open until 6pm.  Then on Saturday phone and chat support is available from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. All times are EST, NY City Time or GMT-5.

The forex market closes Friday at 5 p.m. EST and opens Sunday at 5pm EST, as you can see Gain Capital offers support for Forex.com pretty much throughout market trading times.

More info can be had at: 0800 032 1948 or email at ukinfo@forex.com