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We offer three account types, all with the same execution:
Standard — $25 minimum deposit, no commission. Leverage 1:100 by default, up to 1:500 on approval.
Pro — $1,000 minimum deposit, no commission, with tighter spreads than Standard. Leverage 1:100 by default, up to 1:500 on approval.
Zero — $2,500 minimum deposit, raw spreads plus a commission. Leverage 1:100 by default, up to 1:200 on approval.
Margin call (50%) and stop-out (20%) are the same on every account. Typical spreads for each account are shown on the Accounts page.
Proof of identity: a valid government-issued photo ID (passport, national identity card or driving licence) showing your full name, date of birth, document number and expiry. Proof of address: a document dated within the last three months showing your name and residential address, such as a utility bill, a bank or credit card statement, or a government-issued document. Documents must be complete, legible and unaltered, and we may ask for a certified copy, an English translation or a live verification check.
Yes. We ask for the company's constitutional and registration documents, evidence of its registered office and business address, the identity of its directors and authorised signatories, evidence of the authority of the person acting for it, and the identity of its beneficial owners.
A demo account starts with a $100,000 virtual balance, which you can change, and it does not expire. It uses live market data.
Yes. You can open several live and demo accounts, of the same or different types, under one GCC Brokers profile. This is useful if you want to separate strategies, currencies or risk across accounts.
The minimum deposit is $25 for Standard, $1,000 for Pro and $2,500 for Zero.
Yes, unless we tell you otherwise in writing. Some protections, including negative balance protection, apply to retail clients only.
You can fund your account by Visa or Mastercard, bank wire transfer, cryptocurrency, Binance Pay, Neteller, Skrill or Voucherry. Deposits must come from an account or card in your own name. If your preferred method is not listed, contact our support team.
GCC Brokers absorbs deposit and withdrawal processing fees in general. In limited cases a processing fee may apply: where a payment method carries a fee, which we disclose to you before you pay, or where funds are withdrawn without trading activity on the account. There is no dormancy fee on inactive accounts.
Card, crypto and e-wallet deposits made through the client portal are credited instantly. Bank transfers are credited when the money arrives in our account; we do not credit funds in advance. Withdrawal requests are typically processed within 24 hours, and the time to reach you then depends on the payment method. We may ask for information before releasing a withdrawal. Funds return by the route they came from.
Withdrawals return to the source the money came from, so far as possible. If your withdrawal is larger than the total you deposited by card, the excess is sent by bank wire.
No. We accept deposits only from an account or card in your own name. Third-party payments are returned to source.
It is an anti-money-laundering control. We return funds to the source they came from, so far as possible: a card deposit to that card, a bank transfer to that account. This prevents our services being used to move money between unrelated parties.
Yes, in some cases. We may refuse or defer a withdrawal that would leave too little margin for your open positions, where you owe us money, where the law requires it, or while we ask for information under our AML & KYC Policy.
We may ask about the source of the funds you deposit and the source of your wealth, at onboarding, before a large deposit or later, and ask for evidence such as payslips, tax returns or bank statements. Without a satisfactory answer we cannot proceed.
No. We do not pay interest on money held for you unless we agree otherwise in writing.
Sometimes. A bonus is credit, not cash: it cannot be withdrawn, it lets you open larger positions and so increases your risk, and it can be removed under the Deposit Bonus Policy. You can always trade without one.
We use MetaTrader 5 (MT5), available on Windows, macOS, web browser, iOS and Android. You can access your account from any device with the same login.
Yes. Standard, Pro and Zero all allow Expert Advisors. Scalping, grid and news strategies are welcome. Practices that abuse prices or latency, such as latency arbitrage, are not allowed under the Client Agreement.
You can also run your Expert Advisors on a VPS so they keep running when your computer is off. See the VPS page for how to get one.
Scalping, grid and news strategies are welcome. Practices that abuse prices or latency, such as latency or price-feed arbitrage, are not allowed under the Client Agreement (clause 14), and we may restrict order flow that our liquidity venues treat as toxic.
Hedging is the default account mode. Netting is available on request and is the default for institutional accounts.
Yes. GCC Brokers runs its own copy-trading platform at social.gccbrokers.com, where you can follow strategy providers or become one. See the Social Trading page.
Your account goes on margin call when the margin level falls to 50%. At 20%, the stop-out level, positions close automatically, beginning with the largest loss-making position and continuing one at a time until the margin level is back above 20%. These levels are the same on every account type.
We are not obliged to warn you before positions close, so monitor your margin level yourself. In a fast or gapping market a position can close at a price far worse than the stop-out level.
Yes, after a sharp move or a gap. For retail clients we automatically credit a negative balance back to zero up to USD 100 (or the equivalent) per occurrence. Any shortfall above that remains payable by you. The protection does not apply to prohibited trading techniques, breaches of the Client Agreement or fraud.
Markets can reopen at a very different price. Before the weekly close we review accounts whose margin is stretched and may contact you. If you do not deposit or reduce positions by 45 minutes before the close, we may take steps such as reducing or closing positions or raising margin. This is a precaution, not a service you can rely on. The Weekend Risk Policy has the details.
No. When a market gaps, over a weekend or on news, a stop-loss executes at the next available price, which can be far from your level.
Execution is automatic; no person intervenes in your order. We do not requote, and we do not filter by client or by profitability. Slippage is symmetric, so price improvements are passed on to you as well as slippage. How we manage risk after execution is explained on the Why STP page and in our Order Execution Policy.
Typical execution is 25–50 ms, as stated in our Order Execution Policy. Execution speed is typical, not guaranteed.
No. Spreads float with the market and widen around economic releases, at market open and close, and in thin liquidity. We do not offer fixed spreads.
Market orders, pending orders, and stop-loss and take-profit orders attached to a position, as described in the contract specifications. Orders may carry an immediate-or-cancel condition, so any part that cannot be filled at once is cancelled.
No. Every position is a contract for difference with your GCC Brokers company, traded off-exchange. You have no direct relationship with any liquidity provider, and on crypto instruments you do not buy, hold or own any digital asset.
We quote CFDs on forex, metals, stock indices, energy and other commodities, cryptocurrencies, dated futures and perpetuals. The full list, with live specifications, is on the Markets page.
Most instruments start at 0.01 lots. Each instrument's minimum and step are in its specification.
Every account starts at 1:100. On approval, Standard and Pro can go up to 1:500 and Zero up to 1:200. Margin rates are on the Margin schedule page and on each instrument page. Forex and metals rates scale with your account leverage; CFD rates on indices, commodities, crypto and futures are fixed whatever your leverage.
Yes. Gold (XAU/USD) and silver (XAG/USD) are available on every account type in MetaTrader 5.
For physical-metal businesses we also offer London Fix execution, where orders fill at the LBMA benchmark price. See the London Fix page.
Yes, on most instruments. Positions held past the daily rollover are charged or credited a swap. Swap rates change daily, can be positive or negative, and may be charged at a multiple on one day of the week or around holidays, as shown in the contract specifications. Futures CFDs and perpetuals carry no swap.
No. We do not offer swap-free or Islamic accounts. Futures CFDs and perpetuals carry no overnight swap, though perpetuals carry a funding payment.
A futures position still open at expiry is closed automatically at our quoted price at expiry. There is no rollover; to keep exposure, open a position on the next contract. Expiry dates are on the Futures schedule page.
You do. We do not withhold tax on your behalf unless the law requires it, and we do not give tax advice.
Yes. GCC Brokers Limited (Mauritius, company no. 193243) is licensed and regulated by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Mauritius, licence no. GB22200739.
GCC Financial Services (GCCFS) is an affiliated company under common ownership with GCC Brokers Limited. It is licensed by the UAE Capital Market Authority (CMA, formerly the SCA) under Category 5, Introduction and Promotion (licence no. 20200000283), and introduces UAE clients to GCC Brokers Limited (Mauritius). GCCFS does not open accounts, hold client money or execute trades.
GCC Brokers Limited is the name of two separate companies: the Mauritius company (no. 193243), licensed and regulated by the FSC Mauritius (licence GB22200739), and the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines company (no. 25578 BC 2019), which is not licensed or regulated for investment business.
We decide which company holds your account as part of reviewing your application, and we tell you which one it is. We apply the same identity checks to both. If your account is with the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines company, the regulatory protections of the Mauritius company do not apply. If we ever want to move your account to the other company, we ask for your consent first.
Money you deposit is held in an account with a bank or payment institution separate from our own funds, and is not used for our own account or to meet our own obligations. We do not pay interest on money held for you. Neither GCC Brokers company participates in any investor compensation or deposit guarantee scheme, so no scheme would pay you if we could not meet our obligations. See clauses 2.6 and 11 of the Client Agreement.
We protect personal data with technical and organisational measures, including access controls, encryption in transit and staff confidentiality obligations, in line with the Mauritius Data Protection Act 2017. No system is completely secure, and unencrypted email is not a secure channel. Our Privacy Policy has the details.
Contact our support team immediately at support@gccbrokers.com or via live chat. Keep your login details confidential and change your password if you think someone else knows it.
We must identify and verify every client before we activate an account, accept a deposit or execute a trade. You provide proof of identity and proof of address, and we screen every client against sanctions lists and for politically exposed persons. We monitor activity on an ongoing basis and ask for updated documents when yours expire.
Yes. Being a politically exposed person is not a reason to refuse you. It means enhanced checks, including your source of wealth, and senior management approval to open the account.
In some cases, yes. If we have a legal duty to report suspicious activity, the law forbids us from telling you, so our staff may be unable to give a reason.
Start with your account manager or our support team; most issues are resolved there. If not, write to our Compliance team as a formal complaint. We acknowledge it within 5 business days and give a final response within four weeks, or within eight weeks if the matter is complex. Where your account is with the Mauritius company, you may also refer the matter to the Financial Services Commission of Mauritius.
If you do not receive the email, check your spam folder or contact support.
Send a formal request from your registered email address to support@gccbrokers.com with your full name and trading account ID. Make sure all open positions are closed and any remaining funds are withdrawn before submitting your request.
No. Your account stays in the currency it was opened in. You can open an additional account in a different currency under the same profile.
We have clients in more than 80 countries. We do not offer services to residents of the United States or of jurisdictions on the FATF and EU/UN sanctions lists, and we may decline an application where trading with us would breach local law. If you are unsure whether you can open an account, contact support before applying.
GCC Brokers Limited does not offer services to residents of the United States or jurisdictions on the FATF and EU/UN sanctions lists. It is your responsibility to check that trading with us is lawful where you live. If you are unsure whether your country is eligible, contact our support team before applying.
The website is available in 31 languages, including Arabic, Farsi and Urdu with full right-to-left support. Support is available 24 hours a day, Monday to Friday, in English, Arabic, French and more.
The GCC Brokers brand was established in 2016. GCC Brokers Limited received its FSC Mauritius licence in 2022, and our Dubai representative office opened in 2023. Our affiliated company under common ownership, GCCFS, is licensed by the UAE CMA (Category 5, Introduction and Promotion).
Our registered office is at Silicon Avenue, 40 Cybercity, The Cyberati Lounge, Ground Floor, The Catalyst, Ébène 72201, Mauritius.
We also have a representative office in Dubai: GCC Brokers Limited Representative Office, Office 108, MSM 2, Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Safa First, Dubai. It is a representative office only: it does not hold accounts, execute orders or handle client money.
Yes. Individuals and businesses that refer clients to GCC Brokers can join our partner program. Commission structures, payouts and the partner portal are explained on the Partners page, or contact partners@gccbrokers.com.
Yes. For physical-metal businesses we fill gold and silver orders at the LBMA benchmark price. Order cut-off times, commission and how the position appears in MetaTrader 5 are on the London Fix page.
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