Account Types

Alpari (US) offers 2 types of accounts: alpari.Micro and alpari.Retail.

Type of the trading account	alpari.Micro	alpari.Retail
Currency of the deposit	USD	USD
Minimum deposit	No restrictions	1000$
Maximum leverage	1:100The term used to describe margin requirements: the ratio between the collateral and borrowed funds: 1:50, 1:100, 1:500. 1:100 leverage means that when you wish to open a new position, then you need to support a deposit 100 times less than the value of the contract you are interested in.	1:100The term used to describe margin requirements: the ratio between the collateral and borrowed funds: 1:50, 1:100, 1:500. 1:100 leverage means that when you wish to open a new position, then you need to support a deposit 100 times less than the value of the contract you are interested in.
Minimum lot	0.01	0.1
Minimum step	0.01	0.01
Rollover	SWAP Rollover/Interest Policy	SWAP Rollover/Interest Policy
Number of instruments	Forex: 10 currency pairs, spread from 2 pips¹	Forex: 23 currency pairs, spread from 2 pips²
Commission	No^*	No^*
Quoting method	Streaming Executable Prices^**	Streaming Executable Prices^**
Deposits	Wire transfer Check	Wire transfer Check
Withdrawals	Wire transfer Check	Wire transfer Check

^* Alpari (US) is compensated through bid/ask spread

^** High volume deals are executed by request

¹ EURUSD, USDCHF, GBPUSD, USDJPY, EURCHF, EURJPY, EURGBP, GBPJPY, GBPCHF, CHFJPY

² Same as Micro plus USDCAD, EURCAD, CADCHF, CADJPY, AUDUSD, EURAUD, NZDUSD, EURNZD, AUDJPY, AUDNZD, AUDCAD, AUDCHF, NZDJPY

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