Active Trader
Realize your full trading potential
Designed for high-volume traders, you’ll enjoy exceptional customer experiences tailored to your unique needs:
- Earn interest on your average daily available margin up to 4.5% APY 1
- Reduced trading costs by up to 15% with cash rebates
- One-on-one support from a dedicated Relationship Manager
- Reimbursement on bank fees for wire transfers
You’ll automatically qualify for Active Trader when you open an account with a minimum of $10,000, or trade $50M of volume in a calendar month, or maintain an available daily balance of $25,000. Rebates accrue for FX trades only.

Why Active Trader?
Active Trader is a program delivering a range of premium benefits for high-volume traders. With features including lowered trading costs and the ability to earn interest on your available balance, this account recognizes and rewards your dedication to the markets.
Reward yourself the more you trade
As an Active Trader client, you can earn cash rebates on your monthly trade volume. Our new and improved scheme means you automatically receive monthly cash rebates when you trade a minimum of $50M in forex in a calendar month or maintain an available daily balance of $25,000.
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How to Become an Active Trader

New Clients
1. Open an account using our online form.
2. Fund with at least $10,000, trade $50M of volume in a calendar month, or maintain an available daily balance of $25,000.
3. Automatically qualify for Active Trader status and enjoy your premium benefits.

Existing Clients
1. Reach an available daily balance of $25,000* or more to receive an automatic upgrade to Active Trader status.
2. Continue enjoying your Active Trader status by:
- • maintaining an average available daily balance of $25,000 or more and completing at least $200K in average monthly trade volume each calendar quarter
OR
- • maintaining a total quarterly trade volume of at least $50M
*If existing client has never previously held Active Trader status
A lot can happen in 20 years. But throughout that time we’ve remained steadfast, providing traders with the stability and opportunities they need to make their mark on the financial markets.
Take your trading to the next level with state-of-the-art tools that cover every aspect of the markets.
Our experienced staff are on hand to assist you 24 hours a day, 5 days a week.
*Refers to FX executions for the FOREX.com group. Please note that multiple factors may impact execution speed, including but not limited; market conditions, platform type, network connectivity, trading strategies, and account type. FOREX.com's execution statistics represent orders executed on FOREX.com's platforms during market hours between September 30, 2023, 5:00 pm ET, and October 31, 2023, 5:00 pm ET for all FOREX.com's international affiliates and exclude trades/orders entered on the MetaTrader platform.
Market volatility, volume, and system availability may delay trade executions. Price can change quickly in fast market conditions, resulting in an execution price different from the price available at the time order is submitted. Price improvement is not guaranteed and will not occur in all situations.
Excludes trades that received non-standard order processing and orders that failed to trigger.
More about Active Trader
A minimum initial deposit of $10,000 or trade volume of $50M in a calendar month or $25K in available trading resources per day is required to automatically qualify for Active Trader. Continued eligibility is contingent on total quarterly trade volume of at least $50M or an average account balance of at least $25,000 and a monthly average trade volume of $200K per calendar quarter. If Active Trader status is lost, requalification requires total monthly trade volume of at least $50M or available trading resources of at least $25,000 and trade volume of at least $200K for the previous month. The Average Savings displayed above are based on average savings a client may have received after rebates based on FOREX.com standard Typical EUR/USD Spread from October 2023. Typical spreads represent the median spread offered during the month.
Active Trader is not available for Managed accounts, accounts referred by an Introducing Broker, or IRA accounts.
Rebates will generally be posted to the account within ten business days of the following month, but there may be occasions where the process takes longer. You should not use rebates as a basis of any trading decisions in your account, including to satisfy your total margin required. Additionally, rebate credits are not intended to limit your liability in respect of your trades and may not be used to set-off any payment obligation you have to us. Please refer to the margin and liquidations section of the website to understand our policy.
1 Balances between $10,000 and $500,000 will earn interest at 4.5% APY, while any additional balance in excess of $500,000 will earn interest at 1.5% APY. Active Trader status is required to earn stated APY. Interest will be calculated based on the average daily Available Margin.
†Average daily Available Margin (Trading Resource) is calculated by taking the average of your available margin (trading resources) as of 5PM each trading day during the prior month. Margin utilized for your open positions is not included. Interest will be posted within 15 business days of the following month. APY rates are subject to change daily. This promotion is void where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.FOREX.com retains the right to alter, amend or terminate this Rebate Scheme, or any aspect of it, at any time and without prior notice. FOREX.com reserves the right to refuse or withdraw the rebates from any account.
The cash rebates are not transferable between clients.