InstaForex vs Pacific Financial Derivatives (PFD)

Both of these regulated forex brokers have built a positive reputation, and feedback from our members supports that. That said, InstaForex currently holds a stronger overall rating (3) than Pacific Financial Derivatives (PFD) (2.6). InstaForex has a higher minimum deposit than Pacific Financial Derivatives (PFD), at 1.0. Both platforms offer their clients demo accounts, mobile trading, MAM/PAMM. Traders should note that both companies offer the same minimum lot size 0.01, but InstaForex has a maximum lot size of 10000.0, while Pacific Financial Derivatives (PFD) offers 50.0. InstaForex offers a greater leverage limit of 1:1000, whereas Pacific Financial Derivatives (PFD) allows a maximum of only 1:300.
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Overall Rating: Platform: Pricing: Customer service: Features:
3.2/5
2.8/5
2.9/5
3.1/5
2.6/5 (6 reviews)
3/5
2.5/5
2.5/5
2.5/5
Minimum deposit ($) 1.0 0.0
Commission 0.03 0.0
Accepting US clients?
Swap free accounts
Segregated accounts
Interest on margin
Managed accounts
Accounts for money managers (MAM, PAMM)
One click trading
API
OCO orders
Trading over the phone
Hedging allowed
Trailing stops
Mobile trading
Scalping allowed
Bonuses
Demo Accounts
Web based trading
Contests
Decimals 4 5
Minimum lot size 0.01 0.01
Maximum lot size 10000.0 50.0
Spread Fixed, Variable Variable
Broker type Market Maker NDD
Maximal leverage (1:?) 1000 300
Availability Market Maker NDD
Regulation CySEC (Cyprus) FMA (NZ)
Trading Platforms MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MetaTrader 5 (MT5) MetaTrader 4 (MT4)
Funding/Withdrawal methods Wire Transfer, Credit Card, Debit Card, WebMoney, cashU, Skrill, BPay Wire Transfer, Neteller, UnionPay, Skrill, Local Deposits, iDeal, Sofort Banking, Przelewy, Giropay, POLi
Account Currency USD, EUR, RUB USD, GBP, EUR, JPY, NZD, AUD
Languages English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Indonesian, Arabic English, Russian, Mandarin, Chinese
Country Ukraine New Zealand
Trading platform(s) timezone Ukraine New Zealand
Other trading instruments Options, Futures, Indices, CFDs Indices, Commodities, Energies, CFDs
spreads
EUR/USD - -
GBP/USD - -
USD/JPY - -
USD/CAD - -
XAU/USD - -

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