Alfa Financials provides online currency trading services for both retail customers. We offer tight spreads on forex CFDs for all the major currency pairs, and a wide variety of exotic currency pairs too.
Clients pay a fixed commission fee of $15 per lot traded on all products.
Available Currency Pairs
Alfa offers 40 currency pairs on the AlfaTrader online trading platform. The "majors" and the are the most liquid and most widely traded currency pairs in the forex market and these pairs and their combinations make up the vast majority of all trading in the forex market.
| Forex Currency Pair | Symbol |
Contract Size
(1 Lot) |
Tick Value |
Tick Size
(minimum) |
Buy Storage
(in %) |
Sell Storage
(in %) |
Minimum
Contract Size |
Initial
Margin |
Contract Month
(Updated Feb-2016) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAJORS | |||||||||
| Australian Dollar vs US Dollar | AUDUSD | 100000 AUD | 10 USD | 0.0001 | -0.2 | -1.7 | 0.01 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Euro vs US Dollar | EURUSD | 100000 EUR | 10 USD | 0.0001 | -1.7 | 0 | 0.01 | 1% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| British Pound vs US Dollar | GBPUSD | 100000 GBP | 10 USD | 0.0001 | -1.2 | 0 | 0.01 | 1% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| New Zeland Dollar vs US Dollar | NZDUSD | 100000 NZD | 10 USD | 0.0001 | -0.1 | -1.8 | 0.01 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| US Dollar vs Canadian Dollar | USDCAD | 100000 USD | 10 CAD | 0.0001 | -1 | -1.8 | 0.01 | 1% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| US Dollar vs Swiss Franc | USDCHF | 100000 USD | 10 CHF | 0.0001 | 0.1 | -1.8 | 0.01 | 1% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| US Dollar vs Japanese Yen | USDJPY | 100000 USD | 1000 JPY | 0.01 | 0.1 | -2 | 0.01 | 1% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| US Dollar vs South African Rand | USDZAR | 100000 USD | 10 ZAR | 0.0001 | -6 | 1.2 | 0.01 | 8% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| CROSS CURRENCIES | |||||||||
| Australian Dollar vs Canadian Dollar | AUDCAD | 100000 AUD | 10 CAD | 0.0001 | -0.4 | -2.8 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Australian Dollar vs Swiss Franc | AUDCHF | 100000 AUD | 10 CHF | 0.0001 | 0 | -3 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Australian Dollar vs Japanese Yen | AUDJPY | 100000 AUD | 1000 JPY | 0.01 | 0 | -3 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Australian Dollar vs New Zeland Dollar | AUDNZD | 100000 AUD | 10 NZD | 0.0001 | -2 | -1 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Canadian Dollar vs Swiss Franc | CADCHF | 100000 CAD | 10 CHF | 0.0001 | 0.1 | -2 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Canadian Dollar vs Japanese Yen | CADJPY | 100000 CAD | 1000 JPY | 0.01 | -0.4 | -1.8 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Swiss Franc vs Japanese Yen | CHFJPY | 100000 CHF | 1000 JPY | 0.01 | -2 | -0.8 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Euro vs Australian Dollar | EURAUD | 100000 EUR | 10 AUD | 0.0001 | -4 | 0 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Euro vs Canadian Dollar | EURCAD | 100000 EUR | 10 CAD | 0.0001 | -3 | -0.2 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Euro vs Swiss Franc | EURCHF | 100000 EUR | 10 CHF | 0.0001 | -0.4 | -0.8 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Euro vs British Pound | EURGBP | 100000 EUR | 10 GBP | 0.0001 | -0.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Euro vs Japanese Yen | EURJPY | 100000 EUR | 1000 JPY | 0.01 | -1.2 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Euro vs New Zeland Dollar | EURNZD | 100000 EUR | 10 NZD | 0.0001 | -4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| Euro vs South African Rand | EURZAR | 100000 EUR | 10 ZAR | 0.0001 | -6.5 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 8% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| British Pound vs Australian Dollar | GBPAUD | 100000 GBP | 10 AUD | 0.0001 | -4 | 0 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| British Pound vs Canadian Dollar | GBPCAD | 100000 GBP | 10 CAD | 0.0001 | -2 | -1 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| British Pound vs Swiss Franc | GBPCHF | 100000 GBP | 10 CHF | 0.0001 | 0 | -1.5 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| British Pound vs Japanese Yen | GBPJPY | 100000 GBP | 1000 JPY | 0.01 | -0.6 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| British Pound vs New Zeland Dollar | GBPNZD | 100000 GBP | 10 NZD | 0.0001 | -3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| British Pound vs South African Rand | GBPZAR | 100000 GBP | 10 ZAR | 0.0001 | -6 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 8% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| New Zeland Dollar vs Canadian Dollar | NZDCAD | 100000 NZD | 10 CAD | 0.0001 | 0 | -3 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| New Zeland Dollar vs Swiss Franc | NZDCHF | 100000 NZD | 10 CHF | 0.0001 | 0.2 | -4 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| New Zeland Dollar vs Japanese Yen | NZDJPY | 100000 NZD | 1000 JPY | 0.01 | 0.2 | -4 | 0.1 | 2% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
| South African Rand vs Japanese Yen | ZARJPY | 100000 ZAR | 1000 JPY | 0.01 | -50 | 0 | 0.1 | 8% | Spot - T+2 - Max. 360 Days |
