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FBKMarkets-Demo vs LMAXNZ-DemoUK

A measured comparison, not an opinion piece: we sample both brokers’ demo feeds around the clock and compare 7-day average spreads for every symbol in our catalog. Across 38 tracked symbols, LMAXNZ-DemoUK currently quotes the tighter average spread on 36 (2 for FBKMarkets-Demo, 36 for LMAXNZ-DemoUK). Demo conditions may differ from live accounts.

Session scoreboard

symbols won per UTC session, 7-day averages
SessionHoursFBKMarkets-Demo winsLMAXNZ-DemoUK winsTiesSession winner
Asia00–07 UTC2360LMAXNZ-DemoUK
London07–13 UTC2360LMAXNZ-DemoUK
LDN/NY Overlap13–17 UTC2360LMAXNZ-DemoUK
New York17–21 UTC3350LMAXNZ-DemoUK
Rollover21–24 UTC25130FBKMarkets-Demo

The session split is the part most comparisons skip — and the part that matters for EAs. A broker that wins the London session can lose badly during Asian hours or around rollover, when spreads widen unevenly.

Symbol by symbol

7-day average spread in pips/points
SymbolCategoryFBKMarkets-DemoLMAXNZ-DemoUKTighter feed
EURUSDMajors1.000.41LMAXNZ-DemoUK
GBPUSDMajors1.830.78LMAXNZ-DemoUK
USDJPYMajors1.661.07LMAXNZ-DemoUK
XAUUSDMetals58.266.2FBKMarkets-Demo
USDCHFMajors1.710.65LMAXNZ-DemoUK
AUDUSDMajors1.490.28LMAXNZ-DemoUK
USDCADMajors1.590.67LMAXNZ-DemoUK
NZDUSDMajors1.360.53LMAXNZ-DemoUK
EURJPYCrosses2.091.95LMAXNZ-DemoUK
GBPJPYCrosses3.802.11LMAXNZ-DemoUK
US30Indicescollecting…collecting…—
NAS100Indicescollecting…collecting…—
BTCUSDCrypto8993collecting…—
EURGBPCrosses1.591.06LMAXNZ-DemoUK
EURCHFCrosses1.561.49LMAXNZ-DemoUK
EURAUDCrosses2.472.09LMAXNZ-DemoUK
EURCADCrosses2.841.91LMAXNZ-DemoUK
EURNZDCrosses4.314.23LMAXNZ-DemoUK
GBPCHFCrosses2.752.20LMAXNZ-DemoUK
GBPAUDCrosses5.723.01LMAXNZ-DemoUK
GBPCADCrosses3.162.42LMAXNZ-DemoUK
GBPNZDCrosses7.734.59LMAXNZ-DemoUK
AUDJPYCrosses2.511.77LMAXNZ-DemoUK
AUDNZDCrosses2.472.04LMAXNZ-DemoUK
AUDCADCrosses1.921.73LMAXNZ-DemoUK
AUDCHFCrosses1.851.54LMAXNZ-DemoUK
CADJPYCrosses2.291.87LMAXNZ-DemoUK
CADCHFCrosses1.781.38LMAXNZ-DemoUK
CHFJPYCrosses4.362.73LMAXNZ-DemoUK
NZDJPYCrosses2.402.00LMAXNZ-DemoUK
NZDCADCrosses2.402.06LMAXNZ-DemoUK
NZDCHFCrosses1.841.44LMAXNZ-DemoUK
USDSEKExotics85.737.9LMAXNZ-DemoUK
USDNOKExotics100.037.8LMAXNZ-DemoUK
USDPLNExotics36.614.0LMAXNZ-DemoUK
USDZARExotics23537.9LMAXNZ-DemoUK
USDTRYExotics217112LMAXNZ-DemoUK
USDMXNExotics60.429.4LMAXNZ-DemoUK
USDSGDExotics2.582.50LMAXNZ-DemoUK
EURPLNExotics39.021.4LMAXNZ-DemoUK
XAGUSDMetals8.41223FBKMarkets-Demo
XPTUSDMetals928collecting…—
XPDUSDMetalscollecting…collecting…—
USOILEnergycollecting…collecting…—
UKOILEnergycollecting…collecting…—
XNGUSDEnergycollecting…1.03—
SPX500Indicescollecting…0.00—
GER40Indicescollecting…collecting…—
UK100Indicescollecting…25.5—
FRA40Indicescollecting…collecting…—
JPN225Indicescollecting…collecting…—
AUS200Indicescollecting…21.0—
EUSTX50Indicescollecting…collecting…—
HK50Indicescollecting…102—
ETHUSDCrypto430collecting…—
SOLUSDCryptocollecting…collecting…—
XRPUSDCryptocollecting…18.6—
LTCUSDCrypto27.0collecting…—

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