AvaTrade
| A. FUNDS SAFETY | 3.52 | ||
| A.1 Regulation | FSC (BVI) = 0 rating | CYSEC (Cyprus) = 0 rating | FFMS (RU) = 2 rating | RAFMM (RU) = 2 rating | CBI (IR) = 3 rating | ASIC (AU) = 4 rating | FSC (NZ) = 3 rating | FSA (UK) = 5 rating | BAFIN (GE) = 5 rating | NFA (US) = 5 rating | CFTC (US) = 5 rating | 0.8 | *ASIC License No: (406684) *Regulated by Central Bank of Ireland *Licensed and regulated in Japan “Financial Service Agency *Financial Futures Association of Japan *Regulated by the Financial Services Board in South Africa |
| A.2 Headquarters | Offshore Countries = 0 | Cyprus and similar = 1 rating | EU area = 3 rating | Australia and similar = 4 rating | USA, Germany, UK, Switzerland and similar = 5 rating | 3 | Five Lamps Place Amiens Street, Dublin 1 Dublin, Ireland |
| A.3 Years of Operation | 0-1 Years Operation = 0 rating | 2-5 Years Operation = 2.0 rating | 5-10 Years Operation = 4 rating | 10+ Years Operation = 5rating | 5 | Founded since 2006 |
| A.4 Client Bank Account Segregation | Yes Provided = 5 rating | No it isn’t Provided = 0 rating | 5 | Yes |
| A.5 Web Ratings (Used for differentiating rating results) | ForexPeaceArmy Rating | 2.3 | |
| A. 6 Fine from Regulator | No = 5 rating | Yes = 0 rating | 5 | There is no complaints about them fining regulators. But more often traders with scamming issues |
| B. TRANSACTION COST | 3.40 | ||
| B.1 EURUSD Spread | < 1 pip = 5 rating | <1.5 pip = 4 rating | < 2 pip = 3 rating | <2.5 pip = 2 rating | <3 pip = 1 rating | 3 | 1.8 |
| B.2 GBPUSD Spread | < 1.5 pip = 5 rating | <2 pip = 4 rating | < 2.5 pip = 3 rating | <3 pip = 2 rating | <3.5 pip = 1 rating | 2 | 3.3 |
| B.3 USDJPY Spread | < 1 pip = 5 rating | <1.5 pip = 4 rating | < 2 pip = 3 rating | <2.5 pip = 2 rating | <3 pip = 1 rating | 4 | 1.5 |
| B.4 Gold spread | < 3 pip = 5 rating | <3.5 pip = 4 rating | < 4 pip = 3 rating | <4.5 pip = 2 rating | <5 pip = 1 rating | 3 | 4 |
| B.5 Funding Commissions | No Funding Fees = 2.5 rating | Yes = 0 rating | No Withdrawal fee = 2.5 rating | Yes = 0 rating | 5 | All fees are covered by AvaTrade. However, charges may occur in card and bank wire |
| C. Executin | 0.5 | ||
| C.1 Execution | ECN / DMA / STP Execution = 5 rating | Dealing Desk Execution = 0 rating | 0 | Dealing Desk Execution |
| C.2 Slippage on Execution | Slippage < 0.5 pip = 4 rating | < 0.75 pip = 3.5 rating | < 1 pip = 3 rating | < 1.25 pip = 2.5 rating | < 1.5 pip = 2.0 rating | < 1.75 pip = 1.5 rating | < 2.0 pip = 1.0 rating | 1 | 7.66 |
| D. WITHDRAWAL | 4 | ||
| D.1 withdrawal speed | < 1 business day = 5 rating | <2 business day = 4 rating | < 3 business day = 3 rating | <4 business day = 2 rating | <5 business day = 1 rating | 5 | within 1 day |
| D. 2 withdrawal issue | no issue in the online = 5 rating | 1~5 complains = 2 rating | 5 above = 0 rating | 2 | check link (1) |
| D. 3 company withdrawal card | Yes= 5 rating | No=0 rating | 5 | check link (2) |
| E. Customer Service | 4.3 | ||
| E.1 local language CS or sales | Yes= 5 rating | No=0 rating | 5 | Yes |
| E.2 Chat available | Yes= 5 rating | No=0 rating | 5 | Yes |
| E.3 Avalable hour | 24/7 Customer Support = 5 rating | 24/6 Customer Support = 4 rating | 24/5 Customer Support = 3 rating | other = 1 rating | 3 | 24/5 Customer Support |
| Total Average Rate | 3.5 | ||
link (1): http://www.forexpeacearmy.com/community/threads/withdrawal-issue-with-avatrade.45088/
link (2):https://my.avatrade.com/ava_debit_card
Scoring Criteria：http://blog.land-fx.com/en/scoring/