XTB Review

Written by Steven Hatzakis
Director of Online Broker Research

Edited by John Bringans
Managing Editor

Fact-checked by Blain Reinkensmeyer
Managing Partner

October 07, 2026

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Steven Hatzakis
Director of Online Broker Research

Steven Hatzakis is the Global Director of Online Broker Research for ForexBrokers.com. He is a forex industry expert and an active fintech and crypto researcher.

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CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 72% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

XTB suits beginners and multi-asset traders who want forex, stocks, and crypto in one app. I tested its xStation 5 platform on web and mobile and found education built into the platform. In the mobile app, I could set a pending entry, stop-loss, and take-profit by dragging them on the chart before placing the trade, which I've seen at only a few brokers.

XTB also ranks among the largest multi-asset brokers I've tested, with 10,521 tradeable symbols and the option to own stocks and some crypto outright instead of only trading CFDs. Forex pricing is simple, with EUR/USD spreads averaging 1.06 pips and no commission. XTB is a weaker fit for high-volume and automated traders because it has no MetaTrader, algorithmic trading, or volume discounts.

• Minimum Deposit: $0 info
• Trust Score: 96
• Tradeable Symbols (Total): 10521 info

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5.0

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XTB pros and cons

Trust Score

Developed by ForexBrokers.com and in use for nearly 10 years, Trust Score is a proprietary rating system powered by a range of unique quantitative and qualitative metrics, including each company’s number of regulatory licenses. Trust Scores range from 1 to 99 (the higher a broker’s rating, the better). Learn more.

Is XTB safe?

Trust Score

96

XTB is considered Highly Trusted, with an overall Trust Score of 96 out of 99. XTB is publicly traded and does not operate a bank, but is authorised by two Tier-1 regulators (Highly Trusted), two Tier-2 regulators (Trusted), one Tier-3 regulator (Average Risk), and two Tier-4 regulators (High Risk). XTB is authorised by the following Tier-1 regulators: Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Securities & Exchange Commission (CySEC). You can see where the different XTB entities are regulated on XTB's website.

Feature	XTB
Year Founded	2002
Publicly Traded (Listed)	Yes
Bank	No
Tier-1 Licenses	2
Tier-2 Licenses	2
Tier-3 Licenses	1
Tier-4 Licenses	2

Range of investments

XTB ranks among the largest multi-asset brokers I've tested. I counted 10,521 tradeable symbols across its web and mobile apps. Stocks account for 7,897 of them and ETFs another 2,393. The rest spans 100 crypto assets, 71 forex pairs, 32 commodities, and 28 indices. Only a handful of brokers, such as IBKR and Saxo, list more markets.

Forex: The 71 currency pairs will cover the needs of most forex traders. Currency specialists will find more than 150 pairs at Saxo or CMC Markets.

Cryptocurrency: With 100 crypto assets, XTB carries more coins than most brokers I test. Only category leaders such as eToro and Capital.com offer more. I also like that you can choose how to hold them. Of these, 46 can be bought as the underlying coin and 54 trade as CFDs. Crypto markets stay open 24/7. Funding is fiat-only, so you'll need to sell to cash before withdrawing. Note: Crypto CFDs are not available to retail traders from any broker's U.K. entity, nor to U.K. residents (except to Professional clients).

Cash equities: XTB also lets you buy and hold the underlying shares, separate from its CFD account. The cash-equity side has no minimum deposit, and you can buy as little as 1 GBP worth of stock. XTB charges a minimum ticket fee of 10 GBP per trade, or 0.2%. Custody is free up to 250,000 GBP, then 0.02% per year.

Options and futures: According to an update from the broker, options trading has launched in the EU through XTB's Cyprus and Poland entities. The initial rollout covers Cyprus, Germany, Spain, France, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Portugal. I couldn't access options in the platform I tested, and I look forward to full integration. Exchange-traded futures, spread betting, and thematic indices are not available.

Leverage: Maximum leverage depends on your country of residence and which XTB entity holds your account. Retail traders in the EU are capped at 30:1 on forex. Traders designated as Professionals can access higher levels but give up certain protections. XTB's Belize-regulated entity goes as high as 500:1.

Available investment products

Our audit verified 10,521 tradeable symbols, with non-leveraged access to stocks and crypto alongside the full CFD lineup.

Feature	XTB
Tradeable Symbols (Total)	10521
Forex Pairs (Total)	71
Forex trading (Spot)	Yes
Forex trading (CFDs)	Yes
Forex trading (Options)	No
Forex trading (Futures)	No
Forex trading (Crypto)	Yes
Commodities: Agriculturals	Yes
Commodities: Oil	Yes
Commodities: Gold	Yes
Commodities: Silver	Yes
U.S. Stocks (Shares)	Yes
U.S. Stocks (CFDs)	Yes
U.S. Stocks (Crypto)	No
Global Stocks (Non-U.S. Shares)	Yes
Global Stocks (Non-U.S. CFDs)	Yes
24/5 Trading (U.S. Stocks - Shares)	No
24/5 Trading (U.S. Stocks - CFDs)	No
24/7 Trading (Crypto)	Yes
Prediction markets	No
Copy Trading	No
Bitcoin (BTC)	Yes
Ethereum (ETH)	Yes
Cryptocurrencies (Total)	100
Cryptocurrency (Underlying)	Yes
Cryptocurrency (CFDs)	Yes
Cryptocurrency (Futures)	No
Disclaimers	Note: Crypto CFDs are not available to retail traders from any broker's U.K. entity, nor to U.K. residents (except to Professional clients).

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Available funding options

Our tests confirmed support for bank wire, debit and credit cards, PayPal, Skrill, and Neteller. Apple Pay, Google Pay, and crypto transfers are not supported.

Feature	XTB
Debit card (Deposit/withdraw)	Yes
Credit card (Deposit/withdraw)	Yes
Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw)	Yes
Non-wire bank transfer (Deposit/Withdraw)	No
Apple Pay (Deposit/Withdraw)	No
Google Pay (Deposit/Withdraw)	No
Crypto (Deposit/withdraw)	No
Cryptocurrency (Wallet transfers)	No
PayPal (Deposit/Withdraw)	Yes
Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw)	Yes
Neteller (Deposit/Withdraw)	Yes

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Note: Real shares, ETFs, and investment plans are not available via XTB's Cyprus entity.

XTB fees

I like that XTB keeps forex pricing to a single spread-only account, with no commission on forex trades and no minimum deposit. XTB's group data from its Poland entity shows EUR/USD spreads averaging 1.06 pips in Q2 2026 for retail traders dealing up to 15 lots, rising to 1.29 pips above that size. Most brokers widen spreads on bigger trades. Some wait for larger volumes than XTB's 15-lot cutoff.

Minimum EUR/USD spreads range from 0.7 to 0.8 pips by entity, with 0.8 at XTB's EU entity, and the target spread is 0.9 pips. You won't find a raw-spread or commission-based forex account. Stocks and other exchange-traded products, including fractional shares, do carry commissions. Orders are filled under a hybrid model that uses both agency and market maker execution.

XTB has no VIP tier or active trader program, so high-net-worth and high-volume traders get no pricing perks. Combined with the spread step-up above 15 lots, that makes XTB a weaker fit for heavy-volume traders, in my view. An inactivity fee of 10 EUR per month, or the USD or GBP equivalent, kicks in after more than a year without trading and no deposit in the last 90 days. It is waived if you hold an open position.

Overnight financing: When I opened the order ticket, it showed the daily swap rate alongside the commission and pip value. XTB's Knowledge Base also walks through how swap charges are calculated. Sharia-compliant traders can open a swap-free account instead.

Withdrawal fees: International wire transfers are free. Small withdrawals cost extra: 10 EUR on amounts below 100 EUR in the EU, and 30 EUR on amounts below $50 from XTB's international entity.

Trading fees

Our pricing analysis draws on XTB's Q2 2026 group data, which put the average EUR/USD spread at 1.06 pips, with no commission charged on forex trades.

Feature	XTB
Average spread (EUR/USD) - Spread-only account	1.06
Average spread (EUR/USD) - Raw spread account	N/A
Commission per trade (EUR/USD) - Raw spread account	N/A
All-in Cost EUR/USD - Raw spread account	N/A
Inactivity Fee	Yes
International Wire Fee	0
Minimum Deposit	$0

Account types

We confirmed one spread-only account type with variable spreads, a swap-free Islamic option, and Professional status for eligible traders. Fixed spreads, a VIP tier, and an active trader program are not available.

Feature	XTB
Variable Spreads	Yes
Fixed Spreads	No
Active Trader Program	No
VIP/Premium Account	No
Professional Account	Yes
Islamic Account	Yes

Mobile trading apps

I spent considerable time in XTB's mobile app, and it ranks among the most tappable apps I've tested. You tap to trade, toggle order types, and use the + sign to adjust size, stop-loss, and take-profit without the keyboard. Four bottom tabs switch between Markets, Portfolio, Discover, and News. Third-party apps are not an option, since XTB discontinued MetaTrader.

Steven's take

"While the Discover tab is largely fixed, it's still well organized. Overall, the app has a small degree of customization but is otherwise designed well enough to be flexible as is. You can also toggle whether you want the markets to show on the home screen."

Steven Hatzakis
Director of Online Broker Research

Charting: I counted 104 indicators, more than the typical broker carries, plus 80 drawing tools grouped by category. Both menus take extra taps or scrolling. Timeframes are the weak spot. The app has nine, and only H1 and H4 fall between 30 minutes and daily. Most traders will manage. I'd still like more intraday options. Indicator and trendline templates saved on the web load on mobile for the same asset and timeframe.

The XTB mobile trading app delivers a technical charting interface that supports direct interaction with open market orders. Displayed on a daily EUR/USD candlestick chart with applied Keltner Channels and custom trend lines, the screen integrates floating position tags directly along the price scale. Traders can view real-time profit and loss calculations in euros, track live bid and ask levels, and manage or close trades directly from the chart viewport.

Order management: Pre-trade drag-to-modify is the highlight, a feature I've seen at only a few brokers, such as Exness. You drag a yellow line on the mini chart to set your entry, then drag your stop-loss and take-profit into place. Beyond expiring pending orders, I found no GSLOs or trailing stops. A "close all" button can target only profitable or only losing trades. Dragging a stop shows its distance in pips and percent, with no IG-style risk/reward ratio. Price alerts cover the basics well. Category leaders offer more sophisticated ones.

Discovery: This is the app's strongest area, in my view. Dynamic watchlists such as Hot, Sentiments, and Popular double as screeners, with filters to scan across asset classes and sort winners or losers from daily to quarterly. Tapping the search bar opens the full product library by category, with an asset count for each.

Special tools: Mobile reporting covers closed positions and cash operations, without the web app's average gain and loss stats. You can switch between live and demo accounts from within the app. I found no AI tools, trading signals, or copy trading. After a recent upgrade, XTB requires you to register through the mobile app and open a live account before you can create a demo or use the full web platform.

Available mobile platforms and tools

In our hands-on testing, we found 104 built-in charting indicators alongside pre-trade drag-to-modify orders, though the app lacks trading signals and copy trading.

Feature	XTB
Proprietary Mobile Trading App	Yes
Android App	Yes
Apple iOS App	Yes
Mobile Price Alerts	Yes
Mobile Charting - Draw Trendlines	Yes
Mobile Charting - Trendlines Autosave	Yes
Mobile Charting - Indicators / Studies	104
Mobile Charting - Indicators Autosave	Yes
Mobile Watchlists - Column Filtering	Yes
Mobile Watchlists - Column Customization
Mobile Watchlists - Create & Manage	Yes
Mobile Watchlists - Syncing	Yes

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Trading platforms

XTB runs everything through its proprietary xStation 5 platform on web and mobile. MetaTrader has been discontinued, and cTrader is not offered. xStation 5 uses TradingView charts, but you cannot connect an XTB account to TradingView itself. I found the modular design rich and uncluttered.

Modular layout: A sidebar switches between Home, Investment Plans, and My Trades, where I spent most of my time. Closing every module leaves a blank canvas for Market Watch, News, Calendar, Market Analysis, Education, or Account History in a one-, two-, or three-container layout. The approach resembles CMC Markets, FOREX.com, and IG. My setup took a few minutes and saved automatically.

The XTB web platform presents a modular workspace that combines live market monitoring, financial news feeds, and charting capabilities in a unified dark theme. The upper-left panel houses a Market Watch list with an integrated quick execution ticket displaying spread data, volume sizing, and one-click execution buttons. Adjacent modules feature a curated financial news board with daily macroeconomic updates, while the lower segment anchors a full-featured candlestick chart complete with technical overlays and multi-instrument tabs.

Charting with drag-to-modify: I counted 92 indicators and more than 80 drawing tools, both above what most brokers carry. The drawing set includes Elliott Waves, Ghost Feed projections, and anchored VWAP. Charts resize easily, and right-clicking opens order shortcuts. As on mobile, pre-trade drag-to-modify lets you set a pending order's entry, stop-loss, and take-profit on the chart, much like Exness. Timeframes are limited to nine.

Flexible order entry: Orders can go through a simplified ticket in the watchlist, the chart, or the full ticket. The full ticket shows the spread and required margin, sets expiration dates, and adds a trailing stop with a checkbox. I like that the stop-loss and take-profit fields accept pips, base currency, or a percentage without toggling. Market Depth appears once toggled on.

Finding trade ideas: I could filter each watchlist like a scanner, including the Sentiments list of client positioning. The Stocks Scanner screens by country, industry, P/E ratio, dividend yield, return on earnings, beta, and nine other criteria. It covers stocks only. The currency Heatmap color-codes each currency's move against the majors from bearish red to bullish green.

The xStation 5 web interface incorporates a dedicated Stock Scanner module alongside traditional charting and market quote panels. The screener tool enables users to filter equities using fundamental metrics including market capitalization, price-to-earnings ratios, dividend yields, return on equity, and beta across global regions. The bottom panel runs a concurrent daily candlestick chart for technical evaluation, allowing traders to review asset fundamentals and price trends simultaneously.

What's missing: XTB has no backtesting, trading journal, copy trading, or AI tooling beyond a support chatbot. Performance analytics cover only your trade history, though I could plot a closed trade on a chart for review. Algorithmic trading and API access are not supported. Automated traders will do better elsewhere.

Available trading platforms and features

Our platform walkthrough verified 92 charting indicators, trading directly from the chart, and client sentiment data, though XTB doesn't offer MetaTrader, cTrader, or algorithmic trading.

Feature	XTB
Desktop Platform (Windows)	No
Desktop Platform (Mac)	No
MetaTrader 4 (MT4)	No
MetaTrader 5 (MT5)	No
FX Blue	No
Proprietary Desktop Trading Platform	Yes
Proprietary Web Trading Platform	Yes
TradingView	No
cTrader	No
Algorithmic trading	No
API Access	No
Charts can be saved	Yes
Client sentiment data	Yes
Trading Signals	No
Price Alerts	Yes
Virtual Private Server (VPS)	No
Virtual Trading (Demo)	Yes
Charting - Indicators / Studies (Total)	92
Charting - Trade From Chart	Yes
Charting - TradingView	Yes

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Available order types

We verified the availability of market, limit, stop, and trailing stop orders directly within the trade ticket. OCO, OTO, and guaranteed stop-loss orders are not supported.

Feature	XTB
Order Type - Market	Yes
Order Type - Limit	Yes
Order Type - Stop	Yes
Order Type - Trailing Stop	Yes
Order Type - OCO	No
Order Type - OTO	No
Order Type - GSLO	No

Research

XTB's research centers on in-house market briefings, and I spent most of my time in its news feed inside the web and mobile apps. XTB publishes more than half a dozen articles a day across forex, stocks, commodities, crypto, indices, politics, and technology. Icons on each article show the affected assets and their percentage change, such as AU for gold. Analyst pieces pair technical analysis with integrated charts, and the writing was consistently high quality. I still felt something was missing. XTB carries no headlines from Dow Jones, Reuters, or Bloomberg, and third-party tools from Trading Central, Autochartist, TipRanks, and Acuity are absent.

Economic calendar with event history: I found the calendar sleek and easy to navigate. You can filter by date, country, and severity, chart each event's history over a custom date range, and read a short explainer on what the event measures. Event alerts, as CMC Markets offers, would improve it.

Stock fundamentals and macro recaps: Tapping a stock's information icon opens a Financials tab with a good balance of key facts, valuation metrics, and financial strength. XTB has no dedicated earnings calendar. Macro coverage comes mostly as two-paragraph recaps of central bank decisions and other calendar events. These are useful but less detailed than Saxo's fundamental analysis. I'd add a longer-term monthly or quarterly outlook.

Following markets on video: XTB posts videos daily on YouTube, and I found its Market Updates series professionally made. The U.K. channel covers English content and is ramping up production. The XTB International channel holds 26 videos and hasn't been updated in more than five years. XTB TALKS podcasts run almost daily, mostly in languages such as Czech and Portuguese. Livestreams include NFP Live around each payrolls report and nearly a dozen Live Market News events in 2026 as of September.

The XTB UK video hub aggregates regular market research updates, live streams, and educational broadcasts produced by internal market analysts. The channel features categorized playlists covering immediate market developments, macroeconomic events such as US Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) releases, central bank rate decisions, and sector-specific equity earnings.

Gauging client sentiment: Client sentiment, once shown beside each asset, now has its own Sentiments watchlist. I'd rather see it on the chart. I was glad to find it, as some brokers don't show it at all. Social sentiment, AI sentiment, and trading signals are not available.

Available research tools

Our analysis highlights XTB's in-house news with integrated charts, daily market videos, and an interactive economic calendar, though the platform lacks Trading Central, Autochartist, and newswire headlines from providers such as Reuters.

Feature	XTB
Forex News (Top-Tier Sources)	No
Daily Market Commentary (Articles)	Yes
Daily Market Commentary (Videos)	Yes
Economic Calendar	Yes
Research - Earnings Calendar	No
Acuity Trading	No
Autochartist	No
TipRanks	No
Trading Central	No
Mobile Research - News	Yes
Mobile Research - Economic Calendar	Yes
Mobile Research - Market Movers	Yes

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Education

XTB's education suits beginners, and I'd start with what's built into the platform. The Education tab holds guides, articles, and several eBooks, alongside a Knowledge Base that mixes support answers with educational topics. In-house analysts and third parties also produce a large video archive, including past webinars and the Find Your Edge playlist on YouTube. The broker lacks a curriculum, with no dedicated courses, university-style learning paths, quizzes, or progress tracking. Interactive Brokers, AvaTrade, and eToro all do better here.

The XTB educational portal features a structured Knowledge Base organized into searchable categories across fundamental and technical analysis, asset classes, and platform tutorials. The directory displays filterable topic tags such as Forex, Commodities, Indices, Technical Analysis, and CFDs. Each article presents estimated reading times alongside introductory summaries, guiding learners through technical indicators like Fibonacci retracements and common chart patterns to foundational market dynamics.

Tutorials built into the platform: Unlike many brokers, XTB integrates tutorials into its web and mobile apps. In the xStation 5 Education tab, I found four videos in the XTB Tutorial playlist and eight in the XTB Trading Academy playlist, with topics including trade placement and pending orders. I liked the roughly six-minute length. The narration was monotone and sounded like an AI voiceover. A "Get to know the trading calculator" walkthrough by a real person was easier for me to follow.

Learning from the watchlist and ticket: Each watchlist item has an asset icon, such as a gold bar for XAU/USD, plus an information icon that opens the contract specifications with a 50- to 100-word explanation of the asset. Beginners will appreciate that context. The order ticket labels each field and shows pip value, commission, daily swap, contract value, and your stop-loss and take-profit in pips, currency, and percent. Enter an invalid take-profit and you get an audio chime and a specific fix: "TP Pips: The value must be between x and y." In my view, a few more information icons would help newer traders.

Quick how-tos and articles: Dedicated YouTube playlists show how to use mobile app tools, including charts and the economic calendar, and the videos are easy to digest at a few minutes each. The Knowledge Base has a Platform tag with guides on setting price alerts and calculating swap charges. Most in-app lessons are tappable and easy to reach. Beyond asset pages for stocks, ETFs, indices, commodities, forex, and CFDs, I'd like to see more educational articles. Crypto education is not available.

Available educational offerings

We found beginner and advanced trading videos, webinars, and education areas on both the website and the mobile app. Structured courses, quizzes, and crypto education are absent.

Feature	XTB
Education (Forex)	Yes
Education (CFDs)	Yes
Education (Crypto)	No
Education (Stocks)	Yes
Education Area (Website)	Yes
Education Area (Mobile App)	Yes
Webinars	Yes
Videos - Beginner Trading Videos	Yes
Videos - Advanced Trading Videos	Yes

Final thoughts

XTB makes it easy for beginners and multi-asset traders to trade forex and CFDs alongside cash equities and crypto from one well-built proprietary platform. XTB earned Best in Class for Beginners in our 2026 Annual Awards, well-deserved given the contextual explainers and built-in tutorials I tested in xStation 5. Its in-house news and analysis are consistently high quality, too.

Unfortunately, the loss of MetaTrader, the lack of algorithmic trading and volume discounts, and the absence of structured courses and third-party research tools prevent it from reaching the top of the category. For newer traders looking for a clean, tappable platform and a broad market lineup, XTB is a strong choice, but if you're focused on automated strategies or high-volume pricing, I'd recommend exploring other alternatives.

XTB's Star Ratings

Feature	XTB
Overall Rating
Trust Score	96
Range of Investments
Trading Fees
Trading Platforms
Research
Mobile Trading
Education

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About the Editorial Team

Steven Hatzakis is the Global Director of Online Broker Research for ForexBrokers.com. Steven previously served as an Editor for Finance Magnates, where he authored over 1,000 published articles about the online finance industry. A forex industry expert and an active fintech and crypto researcher, Steven advises blockchain companies at the board level and holds a Series III license in the U.S. as a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA).

John Bringans is the Managing Editor at ForexBrokers.com. An experienced media professional, John has a decade of editorial experience with a background that includes key leadership roles at global newsroom outlets. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from San Francisco State University, and conducts research on forex and the financial services industry while assisting in the production of content.

Blain Reinkensmeyer has 20 years of trading experience with over 2,500 trades placed during that time. He heads research for all U.S.-based brokerages on StockBrokers.com and is respected by executives as the leading expert covering the online broker industry. Blain’s insights have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the Chicago Tribune, among other media outlets.