IRA
FOREX.com offers US individual customers the ability to trade forex by setting up an Individual Account with us and an IRA through a custodian of their choice or one of our three partner custodians with whom we have established relationships.
Account Opening Process:
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Complete a FOREX.com Individual Account Customer Application. |
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Complete IRA Trading Account Customer Agreement. |
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Complete appropriate IRA documents (please see below for the appropriate documents listed by trust company; it is your decision which trust company you choose to go through, unless you already have an established IRA with another company). |
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Send the FOREX.com Application, IRA Trading Account Customer Agreement and your trust company application directly to the trust company. As soon as your IRA funds are received by the trust company, they will send us our application and a certified check of your funds.
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The trading account will be opened in the "Name of the Trust Company" FBO "Your name" IRA with the Trust Company's address and with the Trust Company's Tax ID. (You still must submit your Social Security Number but IRA's do not receive 1099's). |
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You will be notified by the FOREX.com New Accounts Department when your trading account is open for you to conduct trading. |
Equity Trust Company
www.trustetc.com
Client Services, Processing Team
225 Burns Rd.
Elyria , OH 44036
(440) 323-5491
help@trustetc.com
Please complete the following forms:
Millennium Trust Company
www.mtrustcompany.com
To download the forms necessary to open an IRA account with Millennium Trust Company, click here.
820 Jorie Boulevard, Suite 420
Oak Brook , Illinois 60523
Toll Free : 800-258-7878
Voice: 630-368-5600
Fax: 630-368-5699
Email: info@mtrustcompany.com
Entrust Midwest, LLC
www.theentrustgroup.com
To download the forms necessary to open an IRA account with Entrust Midwest, click here.
Creekview Office Building
12800 Industrial Park Blvd., Suite 220
Plymouth, MN 55441
(763) 559-5363
Please note: Opening procedures for each trust company do vary slightly. Associates at each company will be able to guide you through the process smoothly.
To fund your account you must send contributions directly to the trust company you are opening an IRA account with; You may not fund your IRA account by sending funds directly to FOREX.com.
Margin Requirements:
*FOREX.com Margin Requirements for IRA Trading Accounts are up to 100:1 leverage for major currencies and 100% margin level requirement. FOREX.com may change Margin Requirements for IRA Trading Accounts at any time, without prior notice to Customer, and may call for additional Margin ("Margin Call") at (x) any time Customer's Margin Balance falls below FOREX.com's Minimum Margin Requirement as applied to that Account; and (y) any time FOREX.com, in its sole discretion, believes that it is prudent to do so. FOREX.com may at any time liquidate Customer's IRA Trading Account in accordance with Paragraph 9 in the Customer Agreement. FOREX.com may withdraw funds from the Customer's IRA Trading Account without notice: (x) to ensure that Posted Margin equals or exceeds Required Margin; and (y) to satisfy any payment obligation to FOREX.com, including fees and charges in respect of Customer's IRA Trading Account. In the event that Customer directs FOREX.com to sell any Margin, Collateral, Contract or other property and FOREX.com is unable to deliver such Margin, Collateral, Contract or other property to a purchaser because Customer fails to deliver it to FOREX.com, FOREX.com may borrow or purchase any Margin, Collateral, Contract or property necessary to make such delivery, and Customer hereby agrees to guarantee and hold FOREX.com harmless against any liability, claim, loss, damage, cost or expense, including attorneys' fees that FOREX.com may sustain.
The yearly maximum after tax cash contribution in 2006 & 2007 is $4,000 or $5,000 for people 50 or older.
Should you wish to request or withdraw funds from your account, you must make request directly to the trust company and the disbursements will be payable directly to the Trust Company FBO Client Name/Account Number.
Please visit each trust company's website for more information regarding applicable fees, charges, and expenses.
IRA transfers to the trust companies typically take 10-15 business days from the day the transfer is initiated. Once the funds have settled at the trust company, an additional 2-3 days are needed before the account is opened and funded at FOREX.com.
