Sourced, dated data on CFD and forex brokers, starting with each provider's own published loss rate.

Providers read

31from the UK, 6 October 2026

Median loss rate

73.46%of the providers' own figures (our calculation)

Range

51% to 84%lowest and highest stated

Quarterly figures kept

404since Q3 2018, never overwritten

CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Each figure is the firm's own statement about its retail clients. Data, not advice.

CFD Loss-Rate Ledger

On 6 October 2026 (7 figures updated on 13 October 2026), the median CFD provider in our set said 73.46% of its retail accounts lose money, across 31 CFD providers whose sites we read from the UK (range 51% to 84%; the 51% figure is eToro's, whose legal entity we haven't confirmed). Provisional: an independent automated second read on 13 October 2026 matched 16 of 31 figures.

Open the ledger How we read them

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4. CI
5. IM
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7. L

median 73.46%

1. 50–55%
2. 55–60%
3. 60–65%
4. 65–70%
5. 70–75%
6. 75–80%
7. 80–85%

Tools and data

• CFD Loss-Rate Ledger31 providers, each in its own words
• Quarter by quarterEvery archived figure since Q3 2018
• How we read themWhere each figure comes from, and the checks
• India brokerage calculatorCharges at Indian stockbrokers, worked out
• Ledger dataCSV, free to reuse with credit
• Charts for the pressReady to cite, with the date

Every provider (31)

In name order. One page per provider: its warning word for word, its legal entity, the source page and its quarterly history. A brand's EU company is a section of the brand's page.

• ActivTrades FCA 69%lose money
• AvaTrade Entity not confirmed · 12 quarters 65%lose money
• Axi FCA 67.7%lose money
• Capital.com FCA 65%lose money
• CI City Index FCA · 17 quarters 68%lose money
• CMC Markets FCA · 31 quarters 69%lose money
• Darwinex FCA 55%lose money
• Eightcap FCA 78%lose money
• eToro Entity not confirmed · 14 quarters 51%lose money
• Forex.com FCA · 22 quarters 74%lose money
• FXCM Europe CySEC 65%lose money
• FXCM UK FCA · 32 quarters 67%lose money
• FxPro FCA · 29 quarters 75%lose money
• IM IC Markets EU CySEC · 23 quarters 73.46%lose money
• IG FCA · 32 quarters 70%lose money
• IG EU BaFin 74%lose money
• L Libertex CySEC 84%lose money
• Markets.com CySEC · 20 quarters 81.9%lose money
• OANDA FCA 76.6%lose money
• Pepperstone FCA · 24 quarters 73.6%lose money
• Pepperstone EU CySEC 74.1%lose money
• Plus500 FCA · 8 quarters 76%lose money
• Saxo FCA · 34 quarters 61%lose money
• Skilling CySEC 65%lose money
• Spreadex FCA · 33 quarters 61%lose money
• Swissquote FCA · 6 quarters 78.23%lose money
• ThinkMarkets FCA 75%lose money
• Tickmill FCA · 21 quarters 68%lose money
• Trade Nation FCA 73.8%lose money
• Trading 212 FCA · 13 quarters 74%lose money
• XTB FCA · 33 quarters 74%lose money

Regulators are from our own list and not yet checked on the registers. Each figure is the share of the provider's retail CFD accounts it says lose money.

CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. Each figure is the firm's own statement about its retail clients. Data, not advice.

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