With your Live Account you can take advantage of all the tools, services and trading conditions that GTCM offers its clients. You can choose from different trading platforms (Web PROfit and Mobile PROfit), invest in the most traded instruments and enjoy our competitive pricing.
The new regulation by The European Securities and Markets Authority (
ESMA) means that several changes are going to be made for retail clients starting from August 1st, 2018.
The measures will significantly affect
only Retail Clients - our Professional Clients will not be affected!
A Professional Client is a client who has the knowledge and experience to make his/her own investment decisions and properly assess the risks, and accepts to waive some of the protections under the rules of business conduct, including the right to compensation under the Investor Compensation Fund and the right to address a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman. The company guarantees Best Execution and Negative Balance Protection to all its clients regardless of their categorization, even though brokerage firms are required to achieve these only for Retail Clients. For more information please refer to our
Client Categorisation policy.
As a Professional Client you benefit from a higher leverage, a 0% margin close-out and many trading promotions and advantages!
The table below highlights the differences between professional and retail client.
| Trading Features |
Professional Clients |
Retail Clients |
| Maximum leverage: major currency pairs |
No change |
30:1 |
Maximum leverage: non-major currency pairs,
gold and major indices |
No change |
20:1 |
Maximum leverage: commodities other than
gold and non-major equity indices |
No change |
10:1 |
Maximum leverage: individual equities and
other reference values |
No change |
5:1 |
| Maximum leverage: cryptocurrencies |
No change |
2:1 |
| Margin Close-Out |
0% |
50% |
| Negative Balance Protection |
✔ |
✔ |
| Trading Benefits |
✔ |
X |
| Protection Rights |
X |
✔ |
As a professional client, you need to meet at least two of the following requirements:
1. You have carried out transactions, in significant size, on the relevant market at an average frequency of 10 per quarter over the previous four quarters.
2. The size of your financial instrument portfolio, defined as including cash deposits and financial instruments, exceeds EUR 500,000.
3. You work/have worked in the financial sector for at least one year in a professional position which requires knowledge of the transactions or services envisaged.
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