Trading forex at TabTrade is a simple choice, with the seven major pairs averaging 0.04 pips in Datalyst's April 2026 measurement, and leverage up to 1:1000.
The FX market runs 24 hours a day, five days a week, on MetaTrader 5. Opening an account takes three quick steps.
Forex is the exchange of one currency for another, traded in pairs. Buying EUR/USD means buying the euro and selling the US dollar in a single position. Prices are quoted as moving in pips and points, the second last and last digit of the price, respectively.
The spread is the difference between the buy and sell price. On a standard lot of EUR/USD, one pip is worth $10, so a 0.03 pip average spread costs $0.30 per lot before the commission.
| Pair | Average Spread |
|---|---|
| EUR/USDFiber | 0.03 pips |
| GBP/USDCable | 0.04 pips |
| USD/JPYNinja | 0.04 pips |
| AUD/USDAussie | 0.02 pips |
| NZD/USDKiwi | 0.06 pips |
| USD/CADLoonie | 0.05 pips |
| USD/CHFSwissy | 0.05 pips |
TabTrade's Edge account features some of the lowest spreads in the market. Our 0.04 pip average spreads across FX Majors was measured by Datalyst for the month of April 2026. See the full comparison here: Zero Average Spreads: the eight-broker comparison
TabTrade offers more than 60 currency pairs across three groups, each with its own liquidity and volatility profile.
The seven most popular pairs each include the US dollar. Deep liquidity keeps their spreads the lowest, averaging 0.04 pips on our Edge account in April 2026.
Analysis, commentary and community coverage tend to be extensive around trading these symbols, making them ideal for learning from others.
Crosses such as GBP/JPY and EUR/AUD join major currencies without the US dollar. Their higher volatility raises the size of price moves and usually widens the spread.
Minors suit traders comparing two economies directly rather than measuring either one against the dollar.
Exotics often pair a major currency with a smaller or developing market currency, such as the Swedish krona (SEK) or Thai baht (THB).
They usually carry the widest spreads and often the sharpest moves on the platform. Traders in these pairs should account for the wider spreads and higher volatility.
The forex market runs 24 hours a day, five days a week, from the New Zealand open on Monday to the New York close on Friday. Liquidity and spreads often improve when London and New York overlap.
Spreads can widen around the daily rollover window and through major news releases. Session times for every instrument are found on our Instruments page.
Leverage of 1:1000 on the Edge account means a $100 margin controls a position of up to $100,000. Profits and losses both scale with the full position size, not the margin, so a 0.1% move against a fully leveraged position wipes the margin. Most experienced traders use a fraction of the available leverage; the maximum is a ceiling, not a target.
Open a TabTrade account online in a few minutes. The Edge account starts at a $250 minimum deposit.
Verify your ID, then fund with your preferred payment method within minutes of verification.
Log in to MetaTrader 5 and place your first trade on any of the 60+ pairs.
A pip is a standard unit used to measure forex price movements. It is 0.0001 for 5 digit currency pairs and 0.01 for 3 digit pairs such as those with Japanese Yen. It's the second last digit in the price. TabTrade’s five-decimal pricing includes an additional fractional digit, equal to one-tenth of a pip.
The TabTrade Standard account has a $0 minimum deposit, while the Edge account has a $250 minimum deposit. The margin required to open a position depends on the currency pair, trade volume and applicable leverage.
TabTrade forex trading runs from Sunday at 5:00 PM to Friday at 5:00 PM New York time. Holiday schedules and temporary closures can override normal hours. Current sessions are shown in MetaTrader 5; baseline hours for each symbol are listed on the Instruments page.
The spread is the difference between the bid and ask prices of a currency pair and forms part of the trading cost. TabTrade’s spreads are variable. Edge accounts charge a separate $3.50 commission per side, per standard lot; Standard accounts have no separate trading commission.
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