Overview
Regulation
The group operates through several entities: Easy Forex Trading Ltd under CySEC in Cyprus, Easymarkets Pty Ltd under ASIC in Australia, EF Worldwide Ltd under the BVI FSC and the FSA of Seychelles, and EF Worldwide (PTY) Ltd under the FSCA in South Africa. Clients from Kazakhstan are served by EF Worldwide Ltd under licence BVI FSC SIBA/L/20/1135, where the trading account is held. Kazakhstan has no dedicated retail-CFD regulator, and the BVI entity has no investor compensation scheme, so escalation runs through the broker's internal complaints procedure and then the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission.
Platforms and instruments
The proprietary easyMarkets platform (web and app) runs on fixed spreads with charts powered by TradingView, while MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 use floating spreads. Copy trading is not offered. The broker lists more than 275 instruments across forex, indices, commodities, shares and cryptocurrencies.
Account types
- easyMarkets: web, app and TradingView; fixed spreads, EUR/USD from 0.6 pips, no commission, minimum deposit $25, leverage to 1:400
- Standard: MetaTrader 4 and 5; floating spreads, EUR/USD from 1.2 pips, no commission, minimum deposit $25, leverage to 1:2000
- VIP: MetaTrader 4 and 5; floating spreads, EUR/USD from 0.6 pips, no commission, minimum deposit $2,500, leverage to 1:2000
No account charges a commission and there are no account fees; pricing is spread-only. The minimum trade size is 0.01 lots. Maximum leverage depends on the platform and the instrument: up to 1:400 on the easyMarkets platform and up to 1:2000 on MetaTrader, where the 1:2000 tier applies to major forex pairs, with lower caps on metals and cryptocurrencies. Leverage is set at the account level and is changed by contacting the account manager rather than from the platform itself. Accounts are opened in US dollars and several other currencies; there is no tenge (KZT) account.
Payments for clients from Kazakhstan
Kaspi and direct tenge transfers are not offered as payment methods. easyMarkets charges no fee on deposits. Card, Google Pay and e-wallet deposits are processed instantly, bank transfer takes up to one business day and crypto up to three hours. Google Pay is available for deposits only.
Withdrawals
Withdrawal requests are processed within two business days (up to 48 hours) after KYC verification; depending on the bank, funds can take a further 3 to 10 business days to arrive. Withdrawals follow a return-to-source policy: funds are returned to the method used to deposit, or, where that is not possible, to another method the client has used before. There is no minimum for withdrawals to cards and e-wallets, while withdrawals to a bank account require at least $50. A 10% fee applies to any withdrawal of $500 or more that does not meet the minimum trading volume, where each $500 withdrawn requires $200,000 of turnover.
Localisation and support
The website and educational materials are not translated into Russian or Kazakh and are available in English. Support runs 24/5 by phone, live chat and WhatsApp with a personal account manager, and a Russian-language phone line is available. There is no dedicated Kazakhstan phone line; email support is at [email protected].
Bonus
A first-deposit bonus of 20% is offered on deposits from $100 to $10,000, with a minimum credit of $20 and a maximum of $2,000. The bonus is trading credit that cannot be withdrawn and is debited if no trades are placed within 30 days; it cannot be used on the 1:2000 forex leverage tier on MetaTrader.
Public sources
TradingView: 4.9 out of 5 across about 4,700 reviews. Trustpilot: 4.1 out of 5 across 1,839 reviews. No regulatory fines against easyMarkets have been recorded.
Pros and cons
- Negative balance protection
- TradingView platform
- MT4 and MT5 platforms
- 10% fee on withdrawals without trading volume
- Leverage changes only via account manager
Account types
Accounts available to clients from Kazakhstan.
Spread shown for EUR/USD. Commission is round turn per lot.
Payment methods
Available deposit and withdrawal methods for clients from KZ.
Regulation & Licenses
In writing to [email protected]. For commercial disputes, an alternative is the BVI International Arbitration Centre: [email protected].