It is not a secret that multiple awards are valuable for any Forex broking company as they confirm their reliability.
(Europe’s Best Forex Training Project 2009-2012) has recently defined “Best Forex Brokers 2012”. On December 20th, the Academy completed year-long open voting and published the results. There were 14 nominations. Each winner was awarded with an exclusive cup.
Let’s have a closer look at the list of winners…
Grand Prix: World’s Best Forex Broker 2012 - MigBank
This is the main award of ’s rating of Forex brokers . It means that the winner has managed to outpace all of its rivals according to more than 20 independent criteria (major licenses, tight spreads, optimal trading conditions, voting etc.).
Along with all these factors, MigBank offers its services to people speaking over 20 languages and living in 120 countries. That is why the company enjoys popularity around the globe and has managed to conquer the “Olympus”, thus becoming number 1 according to one of the most unbiased and transparent ratings you can find.
The Swiss broker is very grateful to those clients who cast their votes for it as this factor was decisive when determining the winner. That was a tough battle.
Simultaneously, MigBank was recognized World’s Best Broking Bank 2012, outpacing HY Markets and Dukascopy.
World’s Best Micro Broker 2012 – NordFX
Micro accounts are accounts for beginning traders who do not have decent capital to trade big but still want to try Forex trading. NordFX was recognized the industry’s best broking company offering cent accounts for beginning traders.
What was so special about NordFX that made dozens of thousands of traders choose NordFX as the best in this niche?
First of all, it is about the company’s bonus offer – no-deposit Welcome bonus – that allows anyone who makes his/her first steps in Forex trading to start from scratch without investing a penny. In particular, anyone can get a free $8 bonus to start trading on a cent account. The profit can be withdrawn.
Moreover, NordFX can boast the best quality of dealing among all micro brokers.
Another factor is innovative products and services, including new types of accounts and a brand-new ECN trading terminal called “Integral FX”, which allows any beginner to test his/her trading strategy in real trading environment starting just from $1 (100 cents).
As a result, NordFX did outpace such well-known brands as Alpari and Roboforex (2nd and 3rd place correspondingly).
Best ECN Broker 2012 – FXOpen
As you know, ECN-based trading is for professionals. It allows traders to access genuine interbank liquidity instantly and without mediators. It means you get optimal prices from the industry’s best liquidity providers at low costs and high speed.
According to the year-long voting and other rating criteria, awarded FXOpen with the “Best ECN Broker 2012” title.
It turns out that FXOpen offers best ECN-trading conditions, including:
· Best spreads (from 0.1pts)
· Instant execution of orders (from a couple of milliseconds)
· Unprecedented opportunity to become a PAMM manager through participating in free regular tournaments
· The company helps winning traders with decent trading skills to find big-scale investors
As a result, FXOpen outpaced Alpari and NordFX.
Best Forex Broker For Investors 2012 – ForexTrend
Investment has become very popular among those people who would like to make passive income by trusting their money with professional managers.
Obviously, these days, when financial markets are volatile and unstable, it is difficult to make money trading those markets on your own. Therefore, it is better to trust it to real winning professionals who have been in the industry for many years and totally know what they are doing. Forex is one of the most liquid financial markets. It allows investors to make decent profits without risking decent amounts of money.
How did ForexTrend manage to outplace other respected Forex brands?
The thing is that ForexTrend has revolutionized the industry by changing the way people think about investing in Forex. We mean the company’s revolutionary idea called PAMM indices.
This innovative solution implies that several PAMM accounts can be combined in a single index, which can be traded like a conventional asset. PAMM indices have become real safe-haven assets amid the instability we can see in financial markets these days. All the PAMM accounts are run by professional managers (who are winning traders making decent profits on a regular basis). But the major benefit is that the risk of losing is practically reduced to nothing as there is very little chance that several traders with different trading strategies and approaches start losing at the same time. It is like diversifying your investment portfolio and simultaneously trusting your money with real professionals with ease and comfort (all you need is to buy and then sell a certain index). You can invest in as many indices as you want, taking diversification to a whole new level.
Thousands of people from around the globe have already tried this service and are grateful to the company for such an outstanding opportunity to make decent profits without major risks.
Best Forex Bonus Program 2012 - Larson and Holz IT Ltd
These days, e very single Forex broker offers its bonus program in order to attract as many clients as possible. Some of them also try to stimulate new traders to become professionals as these brokers are interested in long-term cooperation with them. That is why they are willing to help them get started.
In particular, Larson and Holz IT Ltd offered an unprecedented no-deposit bonus for any new client. The brokers gives you money, you trade and withdraw profits.
Moreover, the company allowed to withdraw the bonus itself as long as several conditions are met (you can read more on that on the company’s official website). That was a generous move for beginners!
Later on, Larson and Holz IT Ltd decided to double the bonus as a generous gift for Christmas holidays.
At the same time, the company cut the minimal floating spread down to 0.1 pts for EURUSD and 0.3pts for GBPUSD. That was an unprecedented move as well!
As a result, the company outpaced Nord FX and ForexTrend (2nd and 3rd place correspondingly) to become the industry’s number 1 in terms of bonus offers.
Best Institutional Broker 2012 - HY Markets
This is the most prestigious award for major international brokers that give access to all kinds of financial markets (Forex, futures, stocks, indices, commodities etc). It is institutional brokers that deliver quotes to minor dealing centers and cooperate with institutional investors like hedge and pension funds. They are licensed by major financial regulators like the FSA.
HY Markets is a part of Henyep Group, a major international financial company. It has been in the industry for over 30 years! Very few (if any) Forex brokers can boast such an achievement. Over the period, the company has already proven its reliability.
That is why it was recognized the best institutional broker this year, thereby outpacing such major rivals as Alpari (2nd place), FOREX.com (3rd place), Saxobank, Dukascopy Bank SA etc.
Best Forex Analytics 2012 - TeleTRADE
No trader (professional or beginner) can do without analytic data, which have a major impact on trading decisions. It is about technical and fundamental analysis, recommendations given by top analysts, news releases, data provided by major marketplaces etc. All the information allows traders to figure out what the crowd is about to do next and how it will influence the price. According to the open voting, the best analytic data are provided by TeleTRADE.
It is not accidental that TeleTRADE is called an expert in financial markets. Thanks to a series of exclusive analytic projects, thousands of traders from around the globe have already become professional winning traders and investors.
Moreover, TeleTRADE has its own TV channel – TeleTRADE TV. The company has been in the industry for 18 years. It managed to stay among the industry’s best brokers even during crises.
As a result, TeleTRADE was recognized the best company in terms of providing valuable analytic data to clients . It outpaced MigBank and FOREX MMCIS GROUP (number 2 and 3 correspondingly).
Best Broker For Automated Trading 2012 – Roboforex
These days, when financial markets have become extremely sophisticated, traders have to make fast and unemotional trading decisions based on decent trading systems and sound money management in order to make money intraday.
In this aspect, more and more traders start using trading robots to help them get a competitive edge over rivals. Automated trading does help a lot, especially when it comes to doing routine jobs.
These days, more and more broking companies start betting on automated trading. However, there is a broker that stands out in a crowd. It is Roboforex. This year, it has already revolutionized the industry by many innovative products and services.
In particular, the company introduced a whole new type of trading accounts - ECN-Fix NDD – and started a unique investment project – CopyFX. It is also a proud sponsor of Automated Trading Championship 2012.
Roboforex is probably the only broker that specializes in automated trading and strives to create as convenient and optimal trading conditions for all the clients (and their robots) as possible.
Roboforex also offers you remote hosting for your trading robots so they could keep making money even if you are offline.
All of these factors resulted in positive client feedback. As a result, Roboforex was recognized Best Forex Broker For Automated Trading 2012. It outpaced Alpari and NordFX (number 2 and 3 correspondingly).
Best Forex Innovation 2012
Without any doubt, the Forex industry is a highly competitive environment. Therefore, innovation is the cornerstone of successful business in the industry. A broking company has to be focused on innovation in order to stay competitive.
That is why decided to introduce a special nomination to reward the broker that came up with the best innovative solution in 2012.
The winner is ForexTrend with its PAMM indices, a truly amazing and revolutionary solution. As we have already mentioned above, it allows investors to make decent profits without major risks. Thousands of people have already tried the service and can prove its efficiency.
Moreover, the broking company is about to start another innovative service called “Investment Advisor”.
Best Investment Broker 2012 – Panteon-Finance
Panteon-Finance has just entered the industry but can already boast impressive results. It introduced its own investment project, thus changing the way investors look at PAMM accounts.
In particular, investors can invest in various PAMM accounts introduced by different broking companies from a single account. This is very convenient and time-saving.
Moreover, next year the company is planning to allow its traders to invest in art (cultural goods).
It was recognized Best Investment Broker 2012 at Moscow Forex Expo 2012. confirmed the broking company’s status by awarding it with the same title.
Best Forex Broker 2012: UK - ActivTrades
ActivTrades is well-known for its high-quality services around the globe. The British broker (which utilizes the Swiss business model) has introduced a couple of innovative products and services this year. One of them is Molanis – a trading-robot builder. It allows anyone to create his/her own trading robot in just a few clicks. Another innovative product is SmartTemplate, which allows traders to better understand market moves.
By the way, the company was a proud sponsor of Moscow Forex Expo 2012.
Moreover, ActivTrades is one of the few Forex broking companies that are licensed by the FSA (the British financial regulator) and participates in the Investor Compensation Fund. These factors definitely speak in favor of the company’s reliability.
Best Forex Broker 2012: Canada - FX Clearing
FX Clearing Group Inc. (Ontario Corp) is one of the leading Forex brokers. It is known for its high-quality services, multi-language support and favorable trading conditions.
Moreover, it is constantly focused on innovation in order to make trading a pleasant activity. In particular, it introduced its own innovative trading platform called “FX Champion”, Islamic accounts, a 100% compensation program in case of a loss etc.
Best Forex Broker 2012: Dealing Quality – NordFX
As we have already mentioned above, NordFX can boast the best quality of dealing among all micro brokers. Thousands of traders cast their votes for NordFX. That is why the broking company was recognized the best broker in terms of the quality of dealing.
Another factor is innovative products and services, including new types of accounts and a brand-new ECN trading terminal called “Integral FX”, which allows any beginner to test his/her trading strategy in real trading environment starting just from $1 (100 cents).
and Market Leader congratulate the winners and wish them to stay among the industry’s best brokers for as long as they can.
As the winners were determined by traders, we can conclude that these awards are unbiased and deserve respect.
Moreover, is planning to start another rating for the world’s best brokers in 2013. The open voting starts on January 4th, 2013. Anyone is welcome to participate in the voting!
