Money in, money out
Forex no deposit bonus
Of the nine forex brokers we track, one hands you trading money with no deposit: Tickmill's $30 Welcome Account, run by its Seychelles company and closed to EU citizens. The $30 itself can never be withdrawn, and moving profit out — between $30 and $100, once — requires verification and a $100 deposit first.
Conditions checked against each broker's own pages
Every bonus on offer, and what it takes to collect it
Offers that need no deposit to start come first, then deposit-matched bonuses, then brokers with no bonus at all. Every line is read from the broker's own terms page rather than its banner, because on this page the two say different things more often than not.
| Broker | The offer | Deposit to get it | What it takes to withdraw | Campaign run by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tickmill | $30 Welcome Account, credited automatically after registration | None | Register a Client Area under the same details, pass identity verification, deposit at least $100, then request one transfer of profit — minimum $30, maximum $100. The original $30 stays with the broker. | Tickmill Ltd, FSA Seychelles — EU citizens cannot apply |
| RoboForex | Welcome Bonus 30 USD on cent and standard MT4/MT5 accounts | Yes — at least 10 USD by bank card. UnionPay, Maestro, MasterCard or VISA; virtual and prepaid cards do not count | The broker states profit from trading can be withdrawn using both your own and the bonus funds, and that the bonus is not written off during drawdown. | RoboForex Ltd, Belize FSC 9759600 |
| Libertex | 100% Welcome Bonus with promo code on the deposit page | Yes — first deposit of at least $100; the bonus is capped at $10,000 | The bonus converts to real money as you trade — 10% of paid commission is returned as bonus — and the whole amount has to be converted within 30 days. | Indication Investments Ltd (CySEC) / Libertex International |
| ForTrade | 30% Welcome Bonus on top of the first deposit, plus a credit bonus variant | Yes — the bonus is a percentage of the deposit | Trading volume of 10,000 in account currency for every 1 of bonus received, before any of it can be withdrawn. | Fortrade group entities, arranged through a customer services representative |
| Alpari | Welcome Bonus of up to $500 | Yes — the bonus matches your first deposits | Terms apply; the offer is a deposit match rather than free trading credit. | Parlance Trading Ltd, Mwali International Services Authority |
| LiteFinance | Compensation of the commission charged on transferring a deposit | Yes — there is nothing to compensate without a deposit | It reimburses a transfer cost rather than adding tradeable credit. | LiteFinance Global LLC, St Vincent |
| Deriv | 20% first deposit bonus on Deriv MT5 — the promotion ended on 31 July 2026 | Yes, while it ran | No longer applicable. | Deriv MT5 accounts |
| FxPro | No trading bonus — a membership cashback programme and VIP rebates instead | — | — | FxPro UK (FCA), Seychelles and Bahamas entities |
| Bybit | Sign-up rewards on the crypto side, not on the MT5 CFD account | — | — | CFDs provided by Infra Capital, not Bybit |
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Read from each broker's own terms page on 23 August 2026, not from its banner. Bonus campaigns are changed and withdrawn without notice, and the conditions that decide whether an offer is worth anything — turnover, deposit, eligibility — live in the terms.
Getting the bonus and getting the money are two different events
Every offer on this page has two doors. The first is what it takes to receive the credit, which is what the banner advertises. The second is what it takes to turn any of it into money in your account, which is in the terms and is where these offers actually differ.
Tickmill is the only one of the nine where the first door is genuinely free: register, and $30 appears on an account with the same conditions as its live Raw account. The second door is priced. The $30 itself is never withdrawable. Profit is transferable once, with a floor of $30 and a ceiling of $100, and only after you have registered a Client Area under the same details, passed identity verification and deposited at least $100. Trading is enabled for 60 days, then the account is frozen with a further 14 days to claim what you earned, and expert advisors are not allowed.
Read that as a whole and the offer is clear enough: $30 to try a live account for two months, with a realistic best case of $100 and a $100 deposit required to collect it. That is not nothing. It is also not free money, and any page presenting it as free money has not read past the banner.
The offer that reads like a no-deposit bonus and is not one
RoboForex advertises a Welcome Bonus of 30 USD with the line “Register and receive initial funds for trading”. The steps underneath say something different: open an account, verify your identity, and deposit at least 10 USD by bank card — UnionPay, Maestro, MasterCard or VISA, with virtual and prepaid cards excluded.
We had this wrong ourselves at first, from reading the banner rather than the conditions. It is the single most common error on pages about this subject, and it is worth stating plainly: a bonus that requires a card deposit is a deposit bonus, however small the deposit.
What RoboForex does say clearly is worth keeping in view: profit can be withdrawn using both your own funds and the bonus, and the bonus is not written off during drawdown — a term that is not standard elsewhere.
Why these offers come from offshore companies
The Tickmill Welcome Account is run by Tickmill Ltd, its Seychelles company, and its terms state that European Union citizens cannot apply. That single line explains the geography of the whole category: trading bonuses to retail clients are restricted in the EU and UK, so brokers that hold European licences either do not offer them or offer them only through a different group company to clients elsewhere.
It follows that the question “which broker gives the biggest bonus” tends to select for the least regulated entity in a group. That is a real trade-off rather than a slogan: the offer and the protections are attached to the same company.
FxPro is the clearest counter-example on this list. It runs no trading bonus at all, offering cashback and VIP rebates instead — a structure that does not fall under the bonus restrictions and does not require you to take an account with an offshore entity to qualify.
The three lines to find in any bonus offer
The turnover requirement. ForTrade's published condition is 10,000 in account currency of trading volume for every 1 of bonus before anything can be withdrawn — a $100 bonus therefore asks for a million in volume. Requirements of this shape are normal in the category and decide whether an offer is worth anything to you.
What happens to the credit itself. Tickmill's $30 stays with Tickmill whatever you do; Libertex converts bonus into real money as you pay commission, and gives you 30 days to convert all of it. Whether the headline number can ever become yours is a separate question from whether it can be traded.
Which entity is running the campaign, and whether you are eligible for it. Nationality and residence rules sit in the terms, not on the banner — and an offer you were never eligible for is a poor reason to open an account.
One warning about searching for this
Search the amount without the word forex and you leave this industry entirely. Queries like “$30 no deposit bonus” return casino and slots offers, which is a different business with different terms and a different regulator. If a page promising a trading bonus also mentions free spins, it is not about brokers.
Questions people ask
Which forex broker gives a no deposit bonus?
Of the nine brokers we track, Tickmill — a $30 Welcome Account credited after registration, run by its Seychelles company and not available to EU citizens. Every other offer on the list requires a deposit first, including RoboForex's 30 USD, which needs a card deposit of at least 10 USD.
Can you withdraw a no deposit bonus?
Not the bonus itself, in the case we checked. Tickmill's $30 stays with the broker; what can be moved is profit earned on it, between $30 and $100, once, and only after identity verification and a deposit of at least $100.
Is a forex no deposit bonus free money?
It is free to receive and expensive to collect. Expect a withdrawal condition — a deposit, a turnover requirement, or both. ForTrade publishes 10,000 in trading volume for every 1 of bonus; Tickmill asks for a $100 deposit before profit can be transferred.
Why do EU traders not get these bonuses?
Because trading bonuses to retail clients are restricted in the EU and UK. Tickmill's terms state directly that European Union citizens cannot apply for its Welcome Account, and the campaign is held by its Seychelles company rather than its CySEC-regulated one.
How long does a no deposit bonus last?
Tickmill's Welcome Account trades for 60 days, after which trading is disabled and the account stays open for another 14 days so you can claim the profit. Time limits of this kind are standard, and they are in the terms rather than on the banner.
Are no deposit bonuses worth taking?
As a way to try a live account with real execution, one is worth more than a demo and costs nothing to start. As a way to make money, the ceiling is low by design — $100 in the case we checked, against a $100 deposit to release it.
A bonus is worth a fraction of what the spread costs you over a year: what a trade actually costs compares the same brokers on spread plus commission. To try a live platform without any of this, a demo account costs nothing and asks nothing back.