Broker availability in France

Best brokers available in France

France permits retail access to regulated investment services, including CFDs and forex, but leveraged OTC products are subject to permanent AMF product-intervention rules. Broker availability is verified against the exact serving entity and a current France-specific onboarding route rather than inferred from an EEA licence alone.

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France rules

What traders should know

Retail CFDs may be marketed in France only subject to the AMF's permanent intervention measures, including leverage limits, per-account margin close-out, negative-balance protection, a ban on trading incentives and a standardised risk warning.
The marketing, distribution or sale of binary options to retail investors in France or from France is prohibited.
An EEA licence or passport is not treated as sufficient evidence of availability by itself; the broker must have a current France-specific service, branch, onboarding route or other explicit evidence that French residents are accepted.
The AMF and ACPR regularly warn against unauthorised forex and crypto-derivative websites, so the exact entity, domain and authorisation should be checked before funding an account.

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Brokers serving France

Interactive BrokersInteractive Brokers Ireland Limited Available 96/100 Review & country fit →

Available/eligible products: PEA-eligible French and European stocks, PEA-eligible ETFs and funds, Global stocks, Listed options, Futures, Currencies/FX, Bonds and funds, subject to account permissions

Restricted/not offered: Binary options, Products not enabled by the client's trading permissions or appropriateness assessment

CMC MarketsCMC Markets Germany GmbH Available 95/100 Review & country fit →

Available/eligible products: CFDs across forex, indices, commodities, shares and other markets, Cryptocurrency CFDs, OTC options/leveraged OTC derivatives offered on the French service

Restricted/not offered: Direct cash shares where the French service only verifies share CFDs, Listed futures where no France-specific listed-futures account was verified

IGIG Europe GmbH (IG Europe France, RCS Paris 842 197 287) Available 94/100 Review & country fit →

Available/eligible products: Cash stocks and ETFs through the French compte-titres, Retail CFDs within AMF product-intervention limits, Forex through CFDs, barriers and vanilla options; DMA forex for professional clients, Options and other derivatives supplied by IG Europe GmbH, Spot crypto-assets held 1:1 through the current MiCA-regulated France service

Restricted/not offered: Binary options, Retail CFD leverage or account terms outside the AMF product-intervention framework, DMA forex for retail clients, Direct exchange-traded futures where no France-specific futures brokerage route has been verified

SaxoSaxo Bank A/S, French branch (Saxo Banque) Available 93/100 Review & country fit →

Available/eligible products: Cash stocks and ETFs, Funds and bonds, Listed options, Futures, Forex and FX options, CFDs subject to French retail protections, PEA and ordinary securities accounts

Restricted/not offered: Binary options, Retail CFD leverage or account terms outside the AMF product-intervention framework, Products not enabled by appropriateness, knowledge or account-permission checks

OANDAOANDA TMS Brokers S.A. Available 91/100 Review & country fit →

Available/eligible products: Direct stocks, ETFs, Forex, CFDs on indices, commodities and shares, Cryptocurrency CFDs

Restricted/not offered: Listed options where no France-specific route was verified, Listed futures where no France-specific route was verified

XTBXTB S.A. Succursale française Available 91/100 Review & country fit →

Available/eligible products: Cash stocks, Cash ETFs, PEA-eligible investments, American-style vanilla options offered on US shares and ETFs, Forex and other leveraged markets through CFDs under French retail protections, Crypto-asset CFDs

Restricted/not offered: Binary options, Retail CFD leverage above the AMF product-intervention limits, Trading incentives prohibited by the AMF CFD measure

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