Minimum deposit at Alpari: what is the deposit amount for investing or trading

Alpari

– one of the first brokers in the countries of the former USSR. At the moment, in terms of trade turnover and number of clients, the broker is considered the largest in the post-Soviet space.

Alpari provides access to trading and specializes in the CIS market, but is also ready to cooperate with traders from other countries. Alpari Limited is registered in an offshore jurisdiction (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines). The broker's official website shows the license number from the FSA (Financial Services Authority) - 20389 IBC 2012.

During its work in the financial sector, the company has received more than a dozen awards. These include an award from FXEmpire for innovation, “Best Binary Options Broker in 2015” from Finance Magnates, “Best Broker in Europe 2013”, etc.

If we give a general assessment of Alpari, we can say that it is one of the most stable and largest brokers. Otherwise, this company would not have been able to stay on the market for more than 20 years, but there are also negative reviews about it.

Broker Alpari: pros and cons

Minimum Alpari deposit for Fix-Contract

This account is used to trade binary options, the cost of which cannot be less than 1 USD. This is exactly the amount on his balance sheet, below which trading is prohibited (Fig. 2).

Figure 2. In Alpari, the minimum Fix_Contracts account is limited to one dollar or euro.

Investment Opportunities

Alpari unit portfolios

For those who are not used to spending time on their investments, but want to earn some interest on their personal funds, investment portfolios work.
They represent a package of shares, for which a professional Alpari manager works on the profitability and effectiveness of trading. The investor can easily choose the timing of the portfolio investment, its type and a reliable manager using the most detailed information, transparent and real ratings of the exchange employees. And also control your investment to the maximum thanks to a special application from Alpari, which allows you to monitor profitability. Offers for investment funds in several economic areas are presented:

• Balanced – for stable profitability even with strong market fluctuations.
• Energy – investing in the US energy industry, as well as partially in other areas of production.
• Index – 4 stock indices are included in the package for investing in the American economy.
• Precious metals – based on the continuing demand for gold, palladium and silver.
• BRICS are index funds that provide the opportunity to choose investments in the economy of each member of this promising global association of the largest countries.
• Real estate - investing in rental, mortgage and securities of this sector of the economy.
• Forex – includes both currency indices and futures, as well as options for the main currency pairs in terms of profitability.

The advantage of such alpari portfolios, according to investor reviews, is the minimal time investment on the part of the investor, and the disadvantage is the rather long term of deposits (from several months) compared to fast binary options.

Alpari - PAMM (portfolios and accounts)

An investor can choose a portfolio or an account, which is initially the property of the manager. The size and trends of investments themselves are determined both by the client himself and with the help of an Alpari manager. Such systems have enormous potential for maneuvering on the stock exchange by using someone else's accumulated experience and at the same time managing one's own investment shares.

What is the minimum deposit on Alpari for trading accounts

There are 5 of them, and they are intended for independent trading. Two of them belong to the Standard category and differ only in the trading platform used. Those wishing to trade via MT5 will need to have at least 100 USD on their balance (deposits in EUR, GLD and RUR are allowed). And traders using Metatrader 4 only need to have a deposit of 20 USD (Fig. 3).

Figure 3. Alpari standard accounts and the minimum contribution to them.

The remaining three accounts operate using ECN technology. With its obvious advantages, to be able to trade you need to have 300 or 500 USD on your balance. These three ECN accounts differ in the trading platform used and the presence of a function for setting up order execution.

Figure 4. Minimum Alpari deposits to ECN accounts.

Problems

Despite the positive aspects, there are serious problems associated with pushing people away from this type of activity. One of them is fraudulent companies, the second is restrictions on the minimum deposit. Both of them are connected to each other.

Due to “fake” brokerage houses offering “fabulous” conditions to clients, a negative attitude towards Forex in general has developed. Today, in order to start cooperation with a particular broker, you have to carry out painstaking work to identify the organization for honesty and reliability.

Strict requirements for the initial deposit are the second problem that new traders and investors may encounter. Let's look at it using the example of a trusted brokerage company and find out what the minimum deposit is on Alpari.

PAMM account at Alpari – minimum deposit

The described trading accounts of the ECN and Standard types also correspond to accounts for managing traders and investors. They are called PAMM and have the corresponding prefix in their name. Alpari pamm.ECN accounts have the same minimum deposit as ECN trading accounts. But to invest in pamm.STANDART accounts, you must have at least 300 USD on your balance (Fig. 5), if the account is opened as a public one. For a non-public pamm.STANDART account, the minimum deposit is reduced to 100 USD.

Figure 5. Minimum deposits of the Alpari broker on PAMM accounts.

Minimum investment amount in Alpari

For all Alpari trading and investment products listed above, the minimum deposit was set to a certain value. However, there are other categories of profit-making mechanisms, the properties of which may differ significantly depending on the option for their implementation. An example is Alpari structured products - the minimum investment amount in a structured product is set based on the characteristics of the financial instruments included in it (Fig. 6).

Figure 6. Alpari minimum investment amounts for some structured products.

At the same time, an investor can create his own structured product using an online constructor. In it you need to specify the underlying asset, expiration date and other parameters, after which the minimum investment amount in Alpari for the specified data will be automatically calculated.

What are Fix-Contracts and how they differ from binary options

Fix-Contracts (fixed contracts) are one of the financial instruments that differs from traditional Forex in that they have an exact (fixed) cost and allow you to determine in advance the amount of potential profit (or Payout), in essence this is the same as binary options, the only difference is in the name.

You can start working with this tool by opening an account of the same name in your personal account on the broker’s website. Operations with fixed contracts are carried out through the Fix-Contracts Trader web application, which can be opened through any browser.

The trading platform has a simple interface. The central part of the main window is occupied by a chart with a linear, candlestick or bar design (set by the user). At the top left of the screen there is a button through which a trader can select a contract of a suitable type, concluded for the purchase/sale of one of many assets: currency pairs, metals, stocks, cryptocurrencies, stock indices and metals.

When concluding transactions with goods, you must remember that you can buy and sell part of such assets (for example, Silver) during a specific trading session only (in the example given, the American session).

Above the chart window there are buttons through which traders can switch between assets and set the expiration date. There is also an informer that helps determine the current market mood.

Fixed contracts come in several types. Traders mainly work with High/Low and Touch. The first one is more popular, since such transactions are easier to predict. Before concluding this contract, it is necessary to determine in which direction the price of the asset will move during the specified expiration period (up or down). If quotes after the end of a given period go in the direction chosen by the trader, then the final profit will be up to 100% of the investment amount in the transaction.

As an example, we can consider the following situation: by 15:00 a situation had developed in the foreign exchange market that indicates an upward movement in the price of the USDJPY pair. Currently, traders are willing to pay 119.088 Japanese yen for 1 dollar. The trader assumes that by 16:00 this price will continue to rise. Therefore, he purchases a fixed contract with an expiration date of 1 hour, investing $300 and indicating the direction “Higher”.

By the specified time, the asset price reached 120.048. This means that the trader’s forecast worked, and he receives 90% (fixed profit for this transaction) of the investment size. The total income will be $270.

The second Touch contract is more difficult to predict. In this case, the trader needs to determine which of the possible levels the price will reach within a given period. If the forecast turns out to be correct, the trader can make up to 100% profit from one transaction.

Let’s say at 11:45 for one ounce of gold the market was selling 1.6 thousand dollars. The current situation tells the trader that within the next hour the chart will reach the level of 1.625 thousand dollars. Therefore, he buys a fixed contract of the “Touch” type, setting the expiration time to one hour. Payout in this case will be 95%. The investment in this deal was $200.

Within an hour, the price of the asset exceeded the level of 1.625 thousand dollars, but over time it dropped to its original value. That is, by the end of the expiration period, the chart turned out to be below the level set by the trader. However, this contract will bring profit. This is explained by the fact that the trader guessed the direction of the price, the chart of which touched the given level in a given time interval. The total income from the transaction will be $190.

Range

This fixed contract allows you to make money on binary options in cases where the trader assumes that the price of the selected asset will be in a specific range within a specified expiration period. Income on this instrument reaches 100%.

For example, at 18:00 the EURUSD rate was 1.3020. The trader assumes that the price chart will drop several points in the next 5 minutes. In this case, he buys a fixed contract of the “Range” type, setting the following values:

• Expiration period - 5 minutes (until 18:05);
• the range boundaries are 1.3027 (upper), 1.3020 (current price) and 1.3012 (lower).

The profit on such a contract will be 95%. After the deadline, the chart showed a price decrease by 6 points (to 1.3014). In the example under consideration, the quotes of the selected asset did not go beyond the established range (lower limit - 1.3012). This means that the trader made the correct forecast. Such an operation brought in $950 for an investment of $1,000.

Spread

This type of fixed contract is somewhat reminiscent of “Range” and “Touch”. The difference is that the trader makes a profit provided that the price chart is above or below the level proposed by the broker.

For example, by 12:00 a situation had developed in the market in which the price chart of the GBPUSD currency pair had been constantly growing for several hours and by that time had reached 1.65. Based on the current situation, the trader purchases a fixed contract of the “Spread” type, believing that after one hour (by 13:00) the value of this asset will exceed the level of 1.65030 and invests $500 in this transaction, choosing the “Higher” direction.

At the end of the expiration date, the price chart stopped at 1.65500. This means that the trader's forecast worked. And with a return of 100%, this fixed contract brings in an additional $500.

Express

The fixed Express contract allows you to bet on the movement of three assets at the same time. If the forecast turns out to be correct, the trader’s total income is the sum of the amounts received for each payment.

For example, by 13:00 the market situation was as follows:

• for a troy ounce (XAUUSD pair) they gave 1300 dollars;
• EURJPY price was 135.25;
• GBPCHF price was 1.3434.

The trader believes that over the next hour the quotes of the first asset will increase, and the last two will fall. Based on his own assumptions, he buys a fixed “Express” contract for XAUUSD, setting “Higher”, and for the pairs EURJPY and GBPCHF – “Below”. The investment for this deal is $300.

Let’s say the trader’s forecast at the expiration date worked. The income for each of the contracts was 75%, 80% and 70%, respectively. The final profit is obtained by multiplying these indicators by a certain coefficient and minus 100%. The total income on this transaction was 435.5%, or $1306.5.

Turbo

For Turbo options, it is necessary to determine the price position after 5 ticks during a given expiration period. In this case, the profitability of the transaction reaches 75%.

Let’s say that at the time of purchasing the contract, the quotes for the GBPUSD pair were at 1.39514. The trader believes that the price of the asset will rise during the specified period. Therefore, he opens a trade by investing one dollar and selecting the “Higher” direction.

Then, until the end of the expiration date, the value of the asset changed as follows: 1.39509 1.39513, 1.39515, 1.39514 and 1.39519. When purchasing this contract, you need to keep in mind that the calculations do not take into account ticks with the same price. As a result, after the expiration date, the value of the asset exceeded the original value. And the trader received an income of 75 cents.