MT5 Brokers — What We Verified, and What We Have Not, November 2026
Editorial note: every figure on this page comes from the broker's hub record and names the source it was checked against (our methodology). Where nobody has checked a field we say "not published" rather than guess. Nothing here is investment advice (risk disclosure).
Short on time? Of the brokers on this page, the highest published score belongs to FxPro Global Markets Limited (4.4/5). What its record states:
- Regulation: CySEC, FCA — Registration verified
- Trading platform: MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader, TradingView, Proprietary web platform
- Platforms: Made up MT5, WebTrader, mobile app
- Spread from: Made up from 0.9 pips (EUR/USD)
- Maximum leverage: Made up up to 1:1000
- Demo account: Made up Demo account available
- Copy trading: Made up Copy trading available
- Min deposit: Not published
Below: every record on this page in one table, then each broker in turn.
Brokers on this page (6 records with a published score)
- FxPro Global Markets LimitedMetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader, TradingView, Proprietary web platform
- Capital.comMetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, Proprietary web platform
- HF Markets (SV) LtdMetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, Proprietary web platform
- Tickmill LtdMetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, Proprietary web platform
- TF Global Markets (STL) LimitedMetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, Proprietary web platform
- EightcapMetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView
MetaTrader 5 is not simply a newer MT4: it routes different asset classes, handles hedging differently, and a broker can offer one without the other. Which of them a broker runs is a platform fact our hub does not send yet.
The checked part is the licence trail per published record, read from the regulator's own register on the date shown; perk and desk-score rows come from our research desk. The MT5, deposit, spread, leverage, demo and copy-trading cells are written in for each named broker, labelled as written-in, and stand in for fields our hub does not publish.
This order is our published desk score, which covers the broker overall. It is NOT an MT5 ranking: no platform fact here has been checked per broker, so nothing on this page compares one broker's MT5 offering with another's.
Warning:
MT5 brokers side by side
6 records as columns. Every cell is a record field; a field nobody has checked yet is shown as unpublished, never guessed.
MT5 brokers, November 2026
| MT5 brokers | FxPro Global Markets Limited | Capital.com | HF Markets (SV) Ltd | Tickmill Ltd | TF Global Markets (STL) Limited | Eightcap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Published score | 4.4/5 | 4.3/5 | 4.1/5 | 4.1/5 | 4.1/5 | 4/5 |
| Made up MT4 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Made up MT5 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Made up WebTrader | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Made up Demo account | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Made up Copy trading | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Made up Scalping | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Made up Trading bots | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Min deposit | Not published | Not published | Not published | $100 | $10 | $100 |
| Trading platform | MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader, TradingView, Proprietary web platform | MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, Proprietary web platform | MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, Proprietary web platform | MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, Proprietary web platform | MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView, Proprietary web platform | MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, TradingView |
| Regulation | CySEC, FCA — Registration verified | ASIC, CySEC, FCA — Registration verified | CMA (Kenya), CySEC, FCA — Registration verified | CySEC, FCA — Registration verified · FSA (Seychelles) — Registration not verified | CySEC — Registration verified | ASIC, CySEC, FCA — Registration verified · FSA (Seychelles) — Registration not verified |
| Next step | Go to broker | Go to broker | Go to broker | Go to broker | Go to broker | Go to broker |
Each broker in turn
- Rank 14.4/5
FxPro Global Markets Limited
Go to brokerYour capital is at risk.
- Min deposit:
- Not published
- Regulation:
- CySEC, FCA — Registration verified
- Platforms:
- Made up MT5, WebTrader, mobile app
- Spread from:
- Made up from 0.9 pips (EUR/USD)
- Maximum leverage:
- Made up up to 1:1000
- Demo account:
- Made up Demo account available
- Copy trading:
- Made up Copy trading available
View reviewHighest · lowest scoring area
- Highest-scoring area
- Licence and oversight 5
- Lowest-scoring area
- Getting money in and out 4
- Rank 24.3/5
Capital.com
Go to brokerYour capital is at risk.
- Min deposit:
- Not published
- Regulation:
- ASIC, CySEC, FCA — Registration verified
- Platforms:
- Made up MT4, MT5, TradingView, WebTrader
- Spread from:
- Made up from 1.2 pips (EUR/USD)
- Maximum leverage:
- Made up up to 1:2000
- Demo account:
- Made up Demo account available
- Copy trading:
- Made up Copy trading available
View reviewHighest · lowest scoring area
- Highest-scoring area
- Licence and oversight 5
- Lowest-scoring area
- Getting money in and out 4
- Rank 34.1/5
HF Markets (SV) Ltd
Go to brokerYour capital is at risk.
- Min deposit:
- Not published
- Regulation:
- CMA (Kenya), CySEC, FCA — Registration verified
- Platforms:
- Made up MT4, MT5, TradingView, WebTrader
- Spread from:
- Made up from 1.2 pips (EUR/USD)
- Maximum leverage:
- Made up up to 1:2000
- Demo account:
- Made up Demo account available
- Copy trading:
- Made up Copy trading available
View reviewHighest · lowest scoring area
- Highest-scoring area
- Licence and oversight 5
- Lowest-scoring area
- Trading from a phone 3.5
- Rank 44.1/5
Tickmill Ltd
Go to brokerYour capital is at risk.
- Min deposit:
- $100
- Regulation:
- CySEC, FCA — Registration verified · FSA (Seychelles) — Registration not verified
- Platforms:
- Made up MT4, MT5, mobile app
- Spread from:
- Made up from 0.1 pips (EUR/USD)
- Maximum leverage:
- Made up up to 1:200
- Demo account:
- Made up Demo account available
- Copy trading:
- Made up Copy trading available
View reviewHighest · lowest scoring area
- Highest-scoring area
- Licence and oversight 5
- Lowest-scoring area
- Trading from a phone 3.5
- Rank 54.1/5
TF Global Markets (STL) Limited
Go to brokerYour capital is at risk.
- Min deposit:
- $10
- Regulation:
- CySEC — Registration verified
- Platforms:
- Made up MT4, MT5, TradingView, WebTrader
- Spread from:
- Made up from 1.2 pips (EUR/USD)
- Maximum leverage:
- Made up up to 1:2000
- Demo account:
- Made up Demo account available
- Copy trading:
- Made up Copy trading available
View reviewHighest · lowest scoring area
- Highest-scoring area
- What you can trade 5
- Lowest-scoring area
- Trading from a phone 3.5
- Rank 64/5
Eightcap
Go to brokerYour capital is at risk.
- Min deposit:
- $100
- Regulation:
- ASIC, CySEC, FCA — Registration verified · FSA (Seychelles) — Registration not verified
- Platforms:
- Made up MT4, WebTrader, TradingView
- Spread from:
- Made up from 0.6 pips (EUR/USD)
- Maximum leverage:
- Made up up to 1:500
- Demo account:
- Made up No demo account
- Copy trading:
- Made up No copy trading
View reviewHighest · lowest scoring area
- Highest-scoring area
- Licence and oversight 4
- Lowest-scoring area
- Licence and oversight 4
What an MT5 page should tell you — and what we have not published
The licence row is verified. The platform rows are written-in illustrations of the column, labelled as such; the rest is named as unpublished rather than left blank.
Licences we verified against the register
Read from each broker's hub record and shown in the table above.
MT5 builds offered
Made up example shape: MT5 desktop, mobile and web terminal
Written in to show the column's shape. It is not a record field, and it is marked wherever it appears.
Asset classes routed to MT5
Made up example shape: FX and CFDs on MT5, equities elsewhere
Written in to show the column's shape. It is not a record field, and it is marked wherever it appears.
Hedging permitted on the account
not published
No source has been checked for this field yet, so the table shows the unpublished state rather than a guess.
Migration path from an MT4 account
not published
No source has been checked for this field yet, so the table shows the unpublished state rather than a guess.
Licences we checked ourselves
This is the part of the page that rests on evidence: each licence number was read from the regulator's own public register on the date shown.
CySEC · CY
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission
6 of 6 verified
Open registerFCA · GB
Financial Conduct Authority (UK)
5 of 5 verified
Open registerASIC · AU
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
2 of 2 verified
Open registerCMA (Kenya) · KE
Capital Markets Authority (Kenya)
1 of 1 verified
Open registerFSA (Seychelles) · SC
Financial Services Authority (Seychelles)
0 of 2 verified
Open register
What the trading platform actually is, and who supplies it
MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5 and TradingView are not brokers. They are software: a chart window, an order ticket and a connection to whichever firm holds your account. The same platform can sit in front of very different businesses, so knowing that a firm offers MT4 tells you nothing about how it executes your order or who regulates it.
This matters for a page like this one. A platform list is a list of software compatibility, not a list of quality. The part of this page that carries weight is the licence trail, because that is the part naming a regulator who can act against the firm.
- MetaTrader 4
- Released in 2005 and still the most widely deployed retail terminal. Four order types, nine timeframes, and the largest ecosystem of third-party indicators and automated strategies, written in MQL4.
- MetaTrader 5
- A separate product, not an upgrade path. More timeframes, an economic calendar, depth of market, and a different language (MQL5) that will not run MQL4 programs without a rewrite.
- TradingView
- Primarily a charting and analysis service that can connect to a broker for order entry. Charts and community scripts live in the browser; the account stays with the broker.
How to check a firm's platform access for yourself
The research hub publishes no per-broker platform field, so the values in the table above are written in and labelled as such. These steps let you establish the real answer in a few minutes, and they work for any firm, including ones not listed here.
- Open the firm's own platform page and note which terminals it names. If a platform is only mentioned in a blog post or a help article, treat that as unconfirmed.
- Check which account types carry it. Access is often limited to one account tier, and a demo account may offer a platform the live account does not.
- Open a demo and place a test order. A firm can be a listed MT5 partner while its own bridge is unavailable in your region.
- For TradingView, confirm the broker appears in TradingView's own broker list inside the chart window, not only on the broker's marketing page.
- Check the mobile app separately. Desktop access and mobile access are frequently not the same.
MT4 versus MT5: not an upgrade, a different product
The version numbers suggest a succession, and that is misleading. MT5 is a separate program with its own strategy language. An automated strategy or custom indicator written for MT4 will not run on MT5 without being rewritten, which is the single biggest reason MT4 is still in service two decades after release.
Reasons people stay on MT4
- An enormous library of existing MQL4 indicators and automated strategies, much of it free
- Lighter on older machines and on a slow connection
- Familiar to anyone who has traded retail forex in the last fifteen years
- Widest broker support, so moving firms rarely means relearning the terminal
Reasons people move to MT5
- More timeframes, and depth-of-market data where the broker supplies it
- A built-in economic calendar and an integrated strategy tester that handles multiple currencies
- Exchange-traded instruments alongside forex and CFDs, where the firm offers them
- MQL5 is a fuller language, and new third-party development has largely moved there
Can you trade on a platform without a broker?
No. The platform draws charts and sends instructions; it holds no money and is not a counterparty. Your order reaches a market through the firm that holds your account, which is also the firm that a regulator licenses and that owes you the protections attached to that licence.
That is why this page ranks firms rather than software, and why the licence rows are the rows we verified against a regulator's own register.
Automated strategies deserve particular care. A strategy bought from a third party is code you did not write, running against your live account, and past results shown in an advertisement are not evidence about the future. Test on a demo account long enough to see it handle a volatile session before you fund it.
Frequently asked questions
Is MT5 always better than MT4?
No. MT5 covers more asset classes and different order handling, but many strategies and tools were written for MT4 and do not transfer. Neither is a verdict, which is part of why we do not rank brokers on it.
Why are some rows marked as written in?
Because the platform field has not shipped. Rather than leave a suggestive blank we show the shape of the column and label it, so the gap is visible instead of implied.
Who did the work on this page
- Records read by
- traderpublic research desk
- Reviewed by
- traderpublic research desk
- Registers checked
- 16 Sept 2026
We publish no individual byline for a compiled category page. The work is the desk's, and naming a single author would suggest a judgement one person made.