RoboForex
said today (Monday) it is making swap-free trading available to every client on
its platform, removing overnight holding fees entirely without adjusting
spreads or adding new commissions in return, the company declared.
The broker,
which operates under a Belize FSC license, said the new account structure
eliminates the charges traders pay when keeping positions open past the daily
rollover. The firm claims its approach differs from comparable offerings
elsewhere: rather than recouping the lost fee income by marking up spreads or
applying additional charges, it is simply absorbing the cost.
RoboForex
described that practice, widening spreads or raising commissions in exchange
for swap-free status, as common among other providers.
Latin America Pilot Leads
to Wider Rollout
RoboForex
said it ran a regional test across several Latin American countries last year
before deciding to extend the feature globally. According to the broker, client
feedback from that trial was strong enough to support a full launch.
“Following
a successful test launch last year in several Latin American countries and
strong positive feedback from clients, we decided to scale swap-free trading
across all our markets,” said Douglas Abreu, LATAM Operations Director at
RoboForex.
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“This
step reflects our broader focus on simplifying trading conditions and making
costs more transparent and predictable, giving traders more flexibility in
managing longer-term positions.”
The company
added that swap-free status will apply to newly created accounts and will cover
what it described as the most popular instruments, including metals and
currency pairs. RoboForex did not specify which instruments are excluded from
that coverage or disclose how many clients it expects to adopt the new account
type.
Cost Cutting Becomes a
Broker Battleground
The move
places RoboForex in a crowded field of retail brokers competing on fee
reductions as a way to attract and retain traders. Vantage
Markets launched a swap-free offering in Vietnam in September 2025, positioning the product as a way
to prevent overnight charges from eating into returns.
Versus Trade
has similarly listed swap-free accounts among its core value propositions, alongside execution quality and
reduced stop-out levels, as part of its pitch to retail traders.
Swap-free
accounts originated in Islamic finance, where rules prohibit paying or
receiving interest. In recent years, brokers have increasingly widened the
offering beyond that segment, marketing it to swing traders and position
traders who hold trades over days or weeks and want a more predictable cost
structure.
Fee Reductions Extend
Beyond Swap Removal
RoboForex
tied the swap announcement to a broader picture of reduced costs it says it
offers clients. The broker said it allows up to three free withdrawals per
month and does not charge commissions on deposits. The company frames this
combination as a low-barrier environment for traders managing both entry costs
and ongoing position costs.
The
announcement is the latest in a run of product updates from the broker. In
November 2025, RoboForex
overhauled its copy trading program, expanding platform support to include MT4 and
MT5 and adding a commission-sharing model for partners, an update that came as
copy trading was estimated to represent 6-20% of retail broker volumes,
according to figures from Brokeree Solutions.
Separately,
the broker’s affiliated entity RoboMarkets obtained a
full Category 1 brokerage licence from Dubai’s Securities and Commodities
Authority in September 2025, allowing it to onboard UAE clients and execute trades locally.
RoboForex
said the swap-free feature is available immediately to new account holders
across all its markets. The broker did not provide data on current client
numbers or projected uptake for the new account type.
This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.
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