I tried to open a DEMO account which I had to register and I can’t open a demo until I complete KYC, but anyway, they do separate CFD and forex in their back office, so it looks like regular spot forex trading
MY Bad
Share CDFs
Trade stockes on NASDAQ, NYSE, ASX, HKE & LSE
But they don’t use CFD to describe forex trading as they do on their website
For sure. From the customer perspective of actually doing it, they’re identical.
The only difference is a mechanical one inside the broker: either currencies change hands between the customer and the broker or they don’t. The customer can’t possibly tell this by looking just at his end. Only the details inspected (or not!) by a regulator or an internal auditor can determine whether or not that has actually happened (and therefore whether or not it was a CFD).
Received email confirming that payout was approved at 16:51 (came only after the money was transferred)
So, speed was very good.
Cost is bad. Withdraw was in USDC.
Exchange rate at that moment was 1.00 but they charged 17 USD for a withdraw of only $1300 (from $1300 I only received USDC 1283). Gas fee was less than $0.60 so they are charging quite a lot for withdraws.
From the article you referenced on Benzinga comparing CFD’s and forex trading:
Q Can you trade forex without a CFD?
A Yes, you can trade forex without a CFD if you trade directly in the spot forex market. This approach means that you buy and sell actual currencies at their current market prices without using derivative contracts or leverage. [emphasis added]
This would tell me that even trading forex on a broker regulated in the U.S., such as OANDA, I must have been trading a CFD, because I was using leverage, and there was no way to arrange for OANDA to send me the Euro or whatever other currency I was “buying”.
FWIW trading on Ox Securities at least looks like trading forex with any broker. I have used Signal Start to copy a signal to my MT5 account there.
I am still with PlexyTrade with no issues, thus far.
My experience is the same. Haven’t needed to withdraw since the switch from LQDFX. I did make two deposits recently in USDC via Confirmo. The funds were credited to my account within minutes—almost immediately. Conversion charges were negligible.
That’s understandable because most of these videos are selling something. I don’t buy anything they sell and do not recommend anyone else buy anything they sell.
If we are still talking about withdrawing from Plexytrade, it makes a difference which “gateway” you choose. I would guess the high withdrawal fees were for using the “Crypto” gateway. Fees are much lower if you choose Confirmo.