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FAQs: About FX Solutions

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Yes, Australian residents are able to trade forex and CFDs with FX Solutions Australia. Please be sure to review and acknowledge your understanding of the Product Disclosure Statement.


Q: What are your commissions and fees?

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Working with FX Solutions, you are dealing directly with the market maker. In this electronic exchange, there are no ticket costs and brokerage fees. Executing a trade with FX Solutions incurs only the costs reflected in the bid/ask spread.


Q: What are your trading hours?

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24-hour support is available to FX Solutions customers from 17:15 Eastern Time Sunday through 16:30 Eastern Time Friday. For support availability during major holidays, see the home page of the FX Solutions website, which will show any holiday hour changes for the current week.


Q: Does FX Solutions offer any additional services?

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FX Solutions believes strongly in the importance of education for successful Forex trading. CFD trading, and trading in spot metals. Customers will find a number of educational resources on our website to help them learn forex trading, including tutorials designed to show you how to trade forex on the GTS platform.

Many trading tools are available with the GTS platform. These include news feeds in real time; audible price alarms; the unique FX AccuCharts plug-in; and a sophisticated Instrument Calculator combining margin, pip and premium variables.


Q: What are FX Solutions' margin requirements?

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Unlike most of its competitors, FX Solutions' GTS Pro platform calculates margin in "real-time" based on the currency pair traded. With FX Solutions your margin will be determined by the amount of leverage you select within the Global Trading System platform.


Q: Can I place orders over the phone?

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Yes, FX Solutions customers may place trading orders by phone. The dealing desk will quote the customer a two way price and the customer may deal on either side; the dealing desk will then confirm the trade back to the customer. After confirmation the dealing desk will enter the completed trade into the customer's GTS account. For a list of all toll-free numbers please click here.


Q: Can I trade on fixed spreads for Forex and Spot Metals?

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Yes. Please visit the Currency Pairs and Spreads page for the respective effective spread that is available to FX Solutions' customers during normal market conditions.


Forex Symbol Currency Pairs Spreads
AUD/CAD Australian Dollar / Canadian Dollar 9 pips
AUD/CHF Australian Dollar / Swiss Franc 10 pips
AUD/JPY Australian Dollar / Japanese Yen 7 pips
AUD/NZD Australian Dollar / New Zealand Dollar 20 pips
AUD/USD Australian Dollar / U.S. Dollar 4 pips
CAD/CHF Canadian Dollar / Swiss Franc 10 pips
CAD/JPY Canadian Dollar / Japanese Yen 9 pips
CHF/JPY Swiss Franc / Japanese Yen 8 pips
EUR/AUD Euro / Australian Dollar 12 pips
EUR/GBP Euro / British Pound 5 pips
EUR/CAD Euro / Canadian Dollar 9 pips
EUR/JPY Euro / Japanese Yen 4 pips
EUR/NZD Euro / New Zealand Dollar 25 pips
EUR/CHF Euro / Swiss Franc 5 pips
EUR/USD Euro / U.S. Dollar 3 pips
GBP/AUD British Pound / Australian Dollar 12 pips
GBP/CAD British Pound / Canadian Dollar 15 pips
GBP/CHF British Pound / Swiss Franc 12 pips
GBP/JPY British Pound / Japanese Yen 9 pips
GBP/NZD British Pound / New Zealand Dollar 30 pips
GBP/USD British Pound / U.S. Dollar 5 pips
NZD/JPY New Zealand Dollar / Japanese Yen 10 pips
NZD/USD New Zealand Dollar / U.S. Dollar 7 pips
NZD/CAD New Zealand Dollar / Canadian Dollar 20 pips
NZD/CHF New Zealand Dollar / Swiss Franc 25 pips
USD/CAD U.S. Dollar / Canadian Dollar 5 pips
USD/CHF U.S. Dollar / Swiss Franc 4 pips
USD/HKD ** U.S. Dollar / Hong Kong Dollar 13 pips
USD/JPY U.S. Dollar / Japanese Yen 3 pips


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