April 2025 Broker Performance Snapshot: Plus500's Client Loss Rate Remains Unchanged Amid Industry Trends
In April 2025, Fazzaco released data on the profit/loss ratios of client accounts across 28 brokers. The findings revealed that a significant number of brokers reported a high percentage of client accounts incurring losses. For instance, Capital Index had 85.32% of its clients losing money, followed by Capital.com at 83.51%, iFOREX Europe at 80.22%, and Plus500 at 80%. These figures highlight a concerning trend within the industry, where the majority of retail traders are facing challenges in achieving profitability.
Based on the data from Fazzaco, the following chart illustrates the client account profitability ratios for 28 brokers in April 2025.
| Broker | Profit Rate (%) | Loss Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Swissquote | 39.00 | 61.00 |
| Valutrades | 38.00 | 62.00 |
| Saxo Bank | 36.00 | 64.00 |
| FXCM | 35.10 | 64.90 |
| Markets.com | 34.70 | 65.30 |
| TeraFX | 34.37 | 65.63 |
| Hantec Markets | 34.00 | 66.00 |
| ADS Securities | 33.00 | 67.00 |
| Admirals | 32.00 | 68.00 |
| Forex.com | 32.00 | 68.00 |
| City Index | 31.00 | 69.00 |
| CMC Markets | 31.00 | 69.00 |
| IG Group | 31.00 | 69.00 |
| ActivTrades | 30.00 | 70.00 |
| ThinkMarkets | 30.00 | 70.00 |
| Tickmill | 29.00 | 71.00 |
| iFOREX Europe | 26.50 | 73.50 |
| XTB | 23.00 | 77.00 |
| One Financial Markets | 23.70 | 76.30 |
| Capital Index | 13.81 | 86.19 |
| Capital.com | 15.99 | 84.01 |
| Plus500 | 19.00 | 81.00 |
| Pepperstone | 24.70 | 75.30 |
| JFD Brokers | 27.10 | 72.90 |
| Dukascopy | 26.00 | 74.00 |
| eToro | 25.90 | 74.10 |
| FXDD | 19.00 | 81.00 |
| FxPro | 21.32 | 78.68 |
From the table above, it is evident that 13 out of the 28 brokers showed month-on-month changes in April 2025 compared to March. Among them, 4 brokers experienced a reduction in client account loss rates (marked green), namely FXCM (-1.00%), GBE Brokers (-0.23%), Pepperstone (-1.10%), and One Financial Markets (-0.30%). On the other hand, 9 brokers saw an increase in loss rates (marked red), including ActivTrades and Valutrades (3.00%), CMC Markets, IG Group, Tickmill, and London Capital Group (1.00% each), Capital.com (3.12%), Hantec Markets (5.00%), Gildencrest Capital (7.64%), and Admirals (13.00%).
In terms of year-on-year comparison with April 2024, data from 27 brokers (excluding TradeView Markets) reveals that 10 brokers posted lower client loss rates (marked green), while 15 recorded higher rates (marked red), and 2 remained unchanged. Significant shifts include FxPro with a 6.00% decrease and Valutrades with a 10.00% increase in loss rates over the year.
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