Is it possible to trade the forex market without a broker?

Is it possible to trade the forex market without a broker? It would mean minimal "pipette" spreads and none of the stupid high commission.

How would someone go about doing this?

No. You can either trade with a broker or buy or sell actual currency at an exchange but either way your going to pay a premium somehow. That's a part of the game you cannot escape commissions and/or spreads or fees. Also If you have a large amount of capital to trade with the fees can be negotiated to be much smaller through prime brokerages.

You need a broker to execute your trades. However, you can choose a broker who has lowest spreads minimum commission charges. I am sure there would be many.

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Basically, you can’t avoid the commission part; it’s a part of game!

No, you can not trade on forex without broker as it is a decentralised market and one needs a broker to fetch prices from the liquidity providers. There is no standard platform or exchange available to trade in forex

There is one alternative method and these are ECN accounts provided by Dealing Centers absolutely freely.
Please note that orders for them are executed using the latest NDD technology. With this technology, you actually get the same direct access to the market.
What is important, here the quotes are transmitted to the trader directly from the market, which distinguishes these accounts from ordinary ones, where quoted pairs can change.
NDD technology and ECN accounts, appeared in trading recently and aren't provided today by all DCs and brokers. It is the availability of these services that can be considered the first sign of reliability of the broker under consideration.
Working partly without a broker, on personal NDD accounts, you gain several advantages.
Firstly, faster order execution due to the exclusion of all intermediaries between you and the market.
Secondly, you see the real price that is in the market NOW and you trade at that price.
An important point is that there is no spread on NDD accounts, so there is simply no point in "setting up" the quotes for the broker.
This commission is transferred to the broker, so the percentage of any frauds decreases sharply. Also, all expenses of the dealer, who doesn't need to conduct parallel checks on transactions, are reduced.
A few words about the disadvantages of NDD accounts
There is also a disadvantage of NDD accounts, it's excessive commission, but it quite justifies the work without "deceiving" broker.

How will you manage to get leverage without a broker? If you are going to trade without leverage you will have to use considerably large sum to make any profits.

I think that is not possible. As the market is decentralised and there is no medium for forex trading except brokers that connect us to the various servers by picking up the prices from various LP's. Thus we end users have to connect with the broker in order to trade. Also in my view, you can focus on more impotant things othan than this. According to your own requirements you can search for the compatible broker. Moreover, the tight spreads and low commission could be find in a broker, just need a little reasearch.

I agree, obviously, there must have been others before us who would have wanted to cut the middle and trade directly but this practice is unheard of probably because it's not feasible. There are a whole lot more important things to worry about.

How does one do that anyway?

As far as I know, you cannot, at least electronically, because even ETFs require brokers that charge expense ratio. The impractical way would be following market forecasts and regular visits to bank to make exchange.

No, you can not trade without the help of a broker however you can choose broker with lowest spread and low commision. Always choose a regulated and trusted broker with good reputation in the market.

Nope, when we talk about forex market, there must be a broker in it. The broker can help you with high leverage, good rebate and lots of new member promotions... However, it is very important to choose the regulated broker before you got stuck in. And also some of brokers will offer you a personal account manager to help you become an introducing broker and to make more money.

Unfortunately people in the EU don't have a choice about leverage. It was capped at 1:30 some time ago by the EU regulator ESMA and there was that.

This?

https://financefeeds.com/cboe-fx-unv...ook-fx-market/

Comparing to these EU traders I guess Asian traders enjoys leverage up to 1:1000 however there are some crazy offers like 1:3000 advertised by some brokers too which seems pretty unrealistic in my opinion.

I am not sure that even 1:1000 leverage is that adviseable under any circumstances.

Comparing to other options of currency trading, retail fx trading is ultra-cheap, believe me or not. This is because you don't trade currencies, you trade contracts for difference (CFD). And if we consider the fact that profit from currency trading using futures or options should be taxed, your expected return basically increases by (1+tax rate) when you trade with offshore broker.

As others have mentioned, you will need to use a broker - spreads and commissions have steadily gotten better over the years and are pretty manageable now in comparison to years gone by