AvaTrade vs Headway

Both of these regulated forex brokers have built a positive reputation, and feedback from our members supports that. That said, AvaTrade currently holds a lower overall rating (4.2) compared to Headway (4.5). AvaTrade has a higher minimum deposit than Headway, at 100.0. Both platforms offer their clients bonuses, demo accounts, mobile trading, scalping, MAM/PAMM. Traders should note that AvaTrade offers a minimum lot size of 1.0E-4 and a maximum lot size of 0.0, while Headway offers 0.01 and 1.0E7. AvaTrade offers a lower maximum leverage of 1:400, whereas Headway allows trading with up to 1:1000000.
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Overall Rating: Platform: Pricing: Customer service: Features:
4.2/5 (17 reviews)
4.3/5
4.2/5
4/5
4.1/5
4.5/5 (23 reviews)
4.8/5
4.3/5
4.5/5
4.4/5
Minimum deposit ($) 100.0 1.0
Commission 0.0 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 5 5
Minimum lot size 1.0E-4 0.01
Maximum lot size 0.0 1.0E7
Spread Fixed, Variable Variable
Broker type STP, ECN, Market Maker STP, ECN
Maximal leverage (1:?) 400 1000000
Availability STP, ECN, Market Maker STP, ECN
Regulation CySEC (Cyprus), ASIC (Australia), CBI (Ireland), KNF (Poland), FSCA (South Africa), FSA (Japan), BVI FSC FSCA (South Africa)
Trading Platforms MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MetaTrader 5 (MT5), Web Platform, Mobile Platform, MT4 MultiTerminal MetaTrader 4 (MT4), MetaTrader 5 (MT5), Web Platform, Mobile Platform
Funding/Withdrawal methods Wire Transfer, Credit Card, Debit Card, Paypal, Perfect Money, Neteller, UnionPay, Skrill, Internal transfer, Sofort Banking, Klarna, Boleto, Giropay, POLi, Pix Credit Card, Debit Card, Cash, Perfect Money, Neteller, Skrill, FasaPay, Crypto, Astropay, Pix, USDT, GCash
Account Currency USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, JPY, CAD, ZAR, AUD USD, EUR, JPY, THB, ZAR, BRL, IDR
Languages English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Italian, Russian, Hebrew, Chinese, Polish, Malay, Thai, Arabic, Korean, Hungarian, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Arabic, Vietnamese
Country Ireland South Africa
Trading platform(s) timezone United Arab Emirates, Australia, China, Ireland, Japan, Mongolia, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, Spain United Arab Emirates
Other trading instruments Stocks, Options, Futures, Indices, Commodities, Energies, Shares, Spread Betting, CFDs, Cryptocurrency, Precious Metals, Bonds, Exchange ETFs, ETFs, Forex, Treasuries, Bonds, Cryptos* Stocks, Futures, Indices, Commodities, Energies, Shares, Cryptocurrency, Precious Metals, Forex, Synthetic cryptos
spreads
EUR/USD - -
GBP/USD - -
USD/JPY - -
USD/CAD - -
XAU/USD - -

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