By Dan Blystone | Updated January 29 2025
Trading the financial markets is notoriously difficult and many wonder what percentage of forex traders fail.
I was able to gather the data because forex and CFD brokers are now required by ESMA (the European Securities and Markets Authority) to disclose the percentage of their clients that lose money. Brokers even have to disclose the percentage of losing traders in their advertisments.
The table below breaks down the official statistics from 25 leading brokers.
| Broker | Percentage of Retail Traders that Lose Money |
| FXOpen | 60% |
| FXCM | 63% |
| Avatrade | 63% |
| Capital.com | 63% |
| Fineco | 64% |
| RoboMarkets | 65% |
| CMC Markets | 69% |
| City Index | 70% |
| IG | 70% |
| Eightcap | 70% |
| Dukascopy | 71% |
| Trade Nation | 73% |
| HYCM | 74% |
| Tickmill | 74% |
| IQ Option | 75% |
| XM | 75% |
| FXPro | 75% |
| Pepperstone | 75% |
| XTB | 75% |
| OANDA | 76% |
| CPT Markets | 79% |
| Skilling | 80% |
| Libertex | 80% |
| Plus500 | 80% |
| ActivTrades | 83% |