Unavailable Official Website
Since Gain Capitals official website (www.gaincapital.com) is temporarily down, we could only piece together a rough picture of Gain Capital as a forex broker by gathering relevant information from other websites.
General Information
Gain Capital is a U.S-based forex broker offering its clients trading services including Foreign Exchange, Commodities, Indices, etc. Gain Capital requires a minimum initial deposit of $250 and offers leverage up to 1:200.
Market Instruments
With Gain Capital, traders can get access to some mainstream trading products, including foreign exchange, commodities, indices, and shares.
Minimum Deposit
To open an account with Gain Capital, traders need fund at least $250 into their account, which is acceptable. However, there are many brokerage firm requiring less account-opening capital, as low as $100.
Leverage
The maximum trading leverage offered by Gain Capital is generous 1:200. High leverage is widely used by professional traders and scalpers, since it can increase their trading flexibility. However, leverage can also cause to severe fund losses, especially to inexperienced traders. It is essential that traders select traders that they feel most ease with. US traders can only open an account with leverage capped at 1:50, which is the maximum margin enforced by the CFTC forex trading guidelines.
Spreads & Commissions
We could not find any details about its spreads and commissions anywhere, even the spread on the benchmark EUR/USD pair.
Contact Information
Traders with any trading-related inquiries can get in touch with this brokers customer support through the following channels:
Telephone: 18773673946
Email: ir@gaincapital.com
Company Address:
135 US Highway 202/206, Suite 11 Bedminster, NJ 07921
115 Broadway New York, NY 10006
100 S Wacker Drive, #1225, Chicago, IL 60606 USA
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