<![CDATA[markets.com keeps adding fees, anyone else jumping ship]]>markets.com sent me a notice last week about a new 'inactivity premium' for accounts trading less than 5 lots per month. on top of their existing inactivity fee and the spread markups that have been creeping up all year.

this is what, the 4th fee structure change in 18 months? feeling like im being nickel and dimed.

who's moved off markets.com recently and where to? want to consolidate to something more transparent.

]]>https://forum.forexroasted.com/topic/213/markets.com-keeps-adding-fees-anyone-else-jumping-shipRSS for NodeSat, 06 Jun 2026 02:04:58 GMTFri, 12 Dec 2025 14:30:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to markets.com keeps adding fees, anyone else jumping ship on Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:18:00 GMT]]>the move that actually helped me: stopped chasing 'best broker', settled on ic markets raw account with low complexity. boring is fine. constant broker hopping costs you in transitions, lost familiarity, retrying systems on new feeds.

]]>https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/512https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/512Mon, 15 Dec 2025 11:18:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to markets.com keeps adding fees, anyone else jumping ship on Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:55:00 GMT]]>left in september. zero regrets.

]]>https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/511https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/511Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:55:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to markets.com keeps adding fees, anyone else jumping ship on Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:30:00 GMT]]>i moved from markets.com to oanda after their second fee hike in 2024 and life is just easier. yes oanda has its own issues but at least their fee structure has been stable for years

]]>https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/510https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/510Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:30:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to markets.com keeps adding fees, anyone else jumping ship on Sat, 13 Dec 2025 15:22:00 GMT]]>markets.com always was a marketing operation more than a trading operation. youre 18 months late to figure that out.

]]>https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/509https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/509Sat, 13 Dec 2025 15:22:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to markets.com keeps adding fees, anyone else jumping ship on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:34:01 GMT]]>effective cost per trade = spread paid + commission + any slippage on entry/exit + any inactivity or financing fees pro-rated. you need to log each trade entry/exit price vs the broker quoted price at that exact second. its tedious but its the only honest comparison. spread display alone lies.

]]>https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/508https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/508Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:34:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to markets.com keeps adding fees, anyone else jumping ship on Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:20:00 GMT]]>how do you calculate effective trading cost? do you just look at the spread when you enter?

]]>https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/507https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/507Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:20:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to markets.com keeps adding fees, anyone else jumping ship on Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:45:00 GMT]]>tracked my effective trading cost on markets.com vs pepperstone over 6 months. on identical volume markets.com was 28% more expensive when all fees and spread differences were summed. that was the data that pushed me out.

]]>https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/506https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/506Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:45:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to markets.com keeps adding fees, anyone else jumping ship on Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:18:00 GMT]]>yep got the same notice. left them in october for ic markets and havent looked back. their fee creep over 2024-2025 was relentless. spreads quoted vs spreads actually got worse every quarter.

]]>https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/505https://forum.forexroasted.com/post/505Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:18:00 GMT