EIGHTCAP
FULL REVIEW 2026

Overview

Eightcap is a Melbourne-based broker regulated by ASIC (with additional entities including VFSC offshore), built around MetaTrader: raw spreads from 0.0 pips with $3.50/side ($7 round turn), Raw spreads quoted from 0.0 pips, and a $100 minimum deposit.

It offers roughly 800 instruments with an unusually wide cryptocurrency CFD range, TradingView integration, and copy-trading support. The trade-off versus Pepperstone: fewer platforms (no cTrader), fewer regulators, and a smaller instrument list overall.

Key Information

Leverage is shown as the retail cap set by the named regulator. A different group entity may offer more offshore, and a wholesale client may legitimately be offered more again.

Spreads & Trading Costs

Eightcap runs two pricing models and the choice matters more than the headline number.

Raw — spreads from 0.0 pips with commission of $3.50 per lot per side, so $7 the round turn on a standard lot. Orders reach the liquidity providers without a broker markup on the quote; the cost sits in the commission line instead of inside the spread.

Standard — no commission on most CFD instruments, with the cost folded into a wider spread. Eightcap quotes majors from around 1 pip on this account.

Both accounts open from $100 and trade from 0.01 lots. For anyone taking signals at a standard lot, Raw is the cheaper of the two once you add spread and commission together — the commission is visible, which is the point of it. Commission is charged in your base currency, so the dollar figure is converted if your account is not in USD.

Figures taken from Eightcap's own published pages and captured 24 September 2026. Spreads are variable and every broker quotes its tightest number; treat a “from” figure as a floor, not an average. Deposit and withdrawal charges and any dormancy fee are set per entity and are marked CANNOT VERIFY here — check the schedule for the entity that opens your account.

Platforms & Execution

Platforms: MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView and TradeLocker. Eightcap runs no platform of its own. There is no cTrader — if you have read otherwise, including on an earlier version of this page, it was wrong.

What it means for our signals: MT5 is the platform to take. Our Quant modules and the FVG book are both specified in MT5 terms, and MT5 carries Eightcap's widest instrument list. TradingView is useful alongside it for reading the setup, not instead of it.

Availability is not uniform. Which platforms you get depends on the entity that holds your account, and the entity depends on where you live. That is a question to settle before you fund, not after.

Execution: Raw orders are routed to the liquidity providers with no dealing-desk intervention. Eightcap publishes no average fill-speed figure, so none is quoted here.

Figures taken from Eightcap's own published pages and captured 24 September 2026. Spreads are variable and every broker quotes its tightest number; treat a “from” figure as a floor, not an average. Fill speed, slippage statistics and support hours are not published by Eightcap; CANNOT VERIFY.

All 10 Brokers Compared

Every broker we review, side by side. Spread and commission are shown separately because a headline “0.0 pips” means nothing on its own — the commission beside it is what you actually pay. Figures are the raw or ECN account where one exists, checked August 2026.

Broker	Platforms	Min dep	EUR/USD spread	Commission	Max leverage	Regulator	US	EU
IC Markets Australia · est 2007	MT4MT5cTTV	$200	0.0 pips	$7 RT	1:30 retail ASIC · 1:500 offshore	ASIC	No	Yes
Pepperstone Australia · est 2010	MT4MT5cTTV	$0 ▲	0.0 pips	$7 RT ($6 cT)	1:30 retail ASIC · 1:500 offshore	FCA · ASIC · CySEC	No	Yes
FP Markets Australia · est 2005	MT4MT5cTTV	$100	0.0 pips	$6 RT ▲	1:30 retail ASIC · 1:500 offshore	ASIC · CySEC	No	Yes
Eightcap Australia · est 2009 · ● HERE	MT4MT5TVTL	$100	0.0 pips	$7 RT	1:30 retail ASIC · 1:500 offshore	ASIC	No	Check
TMGM Australia · est 2013	MT4MT5IRS	$100	0.0 pips	$7 RT	1:30 retail ASIC · 1:500 offshore	ASIC	No	Check
Vantage Australia · est 2009	MT4MT5TVPT	$50	0.0 pips	$6 RT ▲	1:30 retail ASIC · 1:500 offshore	ASIC	No	Yes
XM Cyprus · est 2009	MT4MT5APP	$5	0.6 pips	None	1:30 retail CySEC · 1:1000 offshore	CySEC · ASIC	No	Yes
IG United Kingdom · est 1974	MT4MT5TVPRT	~$0	0.6–0.9 pips	None	1:30 retail FCA	FCA + 7 more ▲	FX only	Yes
Interactive Brokers United States · est 1978	TWSIBDAPI	$0	institutional	per notional	1:50 retail US	SEC · FINRA + 4 ▲	No	Yes
eToro Israel / UK · est 2007	OWN	~$50	1.0+ pips	None	1:30 retail CySEC	FCA · CySEC · ASIC	No CFDs	Yes

LEVERAGE NOTE: ASIC caps retail CFD leverage at 30:1 on major FX pairs, 20:1 on minor pairs, gold and major indices, and 10:1 on other commodities (Product Intervention Order, in force since 29 March 2021). CySEC and the FCA apply the same 30:1 major-pair cap. Higher figures shown here are offered by these brokers’ offshore entities, which sit outside those regimes and outside the investor-protection schemes that come with them. Check which entity is opening your account before you rely on any leverage figure.

Platforms: a lit chip means the platform is offered. ▲ marks the best figure in that column — on cost, lower is better, and spread and commission must be read together. Maximum leverage is the tier-1 regulated figure — offshore entities of the same brand often advertise more, with weaker protection. “Check” means availability depends on your country of residence and the entity that onboards you, so confirm before funding. Costs move with market conditions; the figure on your own account is the only real one.