OANDA and Forex.com, both accept US clients and offer MT4 in the US. They also have all the regulations in the country. Feel free to take a look at them, they are pretty solid.
OX Securities accepts US clients. They are offshore, I have used them for years and have substantial amounts in sevral accounts with them. Their "mother" company is from Australia and they do not want any bad publicity.
I am trading options on the US markets and switched to Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation (TWS) in April of 2025 and really like it for a few reasons.
Firstly it is a platform that retail traders can access and it is actually used by many Registered Investment Advisors and Hedge Funds in the US.
Second, I like the speed first no nonsense Bloomberg Terminal style like interface.
Third, the commissions are low enough to allow me to do many in and out trades throughout the day with some holds as little as 10 minutes
while the platform I was using before April was too expensive to do multiple in and outs during the day.
For those that are already using IB TWS or soon will be, I figured out how to speed it up.
I discovered that the default Java settings are not optimal.
You need to go into the vmoptions file and increase the memory allocation.
Find the file (usually in the Jts folder).
Change -Xmx768m to something like -Xmx4096m (if you have 16GB+ RAM).
This stops the garbage collector from constantly pausing the software.
With my triple monitor, IB TWS feels like a cock pit.
Tom "call sign: HighrollerUS"
I am trading options on the US markets and switched to Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation (TWS) in April of 2025 and really like it for a few reasons. Firstly it is a platform that retail traders can access and it is actually used by many Registered Investment Advisors and Hedge Funds in the US. Second, I like the speed first no nonsense Bloomberg Terminal style like interface. Third, the commissions are low enough to allow me to do many in and out trades throughout the day with some holds as little as 10 minutes while the platform I was using...
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HighrollerUS,
Thank you sharing that info. What are you trading with IB? How is their forex platform if you're trading that? Anything else you can share, please do. What about the futures side of IB?
Any good brokers (LOL such a thing) still taking USA clients who want to use Mt4? I know hugo and LQDFX dropped USA TW kept me because I've been there since 2012 but they are sketchy at times
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For US clients still using MT4, regulated brokers like FOREX.com, Oanda, and IG are reliable but have leverage and FIFO limits. Offshore options are very limited due to US restrictions. TastyFX is a US branch of IG, and Trading.com and Fyntura offer some flexibility, but always test with small accounts first to verify deposit, withdrawal, and platform reliability.
Interaxctive Brokers. Don't offer anything amazing just a good solid direct to market broker. Not sure how many there are!
LMAX is the same albeit I don't know if they take US clients and their front end trading options aren't as good although they do accept Sierra Charts.
{quote} For US clients still using MT4, regulated brokers like FOREX.com, Oanda, and IG are reliable but have leverage and FIFO limits. Offshore options are very limited due to US restrictions. TastyFX is a US branch of IG, and Trading.com and Fyntura offer some flexibility, but always test with small accounts first to verify deposit, withdrawal, and platform reliability.
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Smart move focusing on withdrawals first - that’s usually the best indicator of how dependable a broker really is. Thanks for the insight.
