Research checked 2026-10-12 · Unknown fields require verification.
Australian regional site; full demo residence restrictions not stated.
Virtual funds: 10,000 (group help)
Group help amount; Australian platform-specific balance unconfirmed.
Expiry: Sources disagree
Conflicting: Australian landing page advertises unlimited; global help says 60 days.
View in the interactive finder
Account conditions
- Research checked
- 2026-10-12
- Testing status
- Not tested
- Recorded virtual amount
- 10000
- Recorded currency
- Requires Verification
- Expiry category
- conflict
- Evidence category
- Sources conflict
- Signup requirements
- Signup required; exact required fields not stated on retrieved regional page.
- Notes and remaining checks
- Duration requires clarification. Balance comes from group help, not an Australian-specific platform schedule.
- Record ID
- avatrade-mt4-au
- Broker
- AvaTrade
- Legal entity
- Ava Capital Markets Australia Pty Ltd
- Research region codes
- AU
- Research region code
- AU
- Research region
- Australia
- Research scope
- Australia
- Platform code
- mt4
- Platform
- MetaTrader 4
- Documented terms
- Not stated on scoped demo page.
- Balance reset or adjustment
- Not stated
- Live account or deposit
- Free practice before committing real funds; no funded live account required in described flow.
- Devices
- Not stated on scoped demo page
- Forex coverage
- Free Forex practice advertised; pair count not stated.
- What the evidence establishes
- Official broker documentation; signup and trading not tested.
- Supporting sources
- Official information source
- AvaTrade Australia demo account
Official entry route
- Route type
- demo-page
- Notes and remaining checks
- Broker demo page; select your platform to continue.
- Evidence status
- Official entry route
- Route source
- https://www.avatrade.com.au/demo-account
- Research checked
- 2026-10-13
- Testing status
- Not tested
Execution and demo realism
Contractual capacity and execution arrangement are separate. ECN/STP labels do not establish agency. Simulated fills do not verify live execution quality.
- Scope
- Ava Capital Markets Australia Pty Ltd; Australian OTC CFD PDS; MT4, MT5 and web records.
- Testing status
- Not tested
- Contractual role
- Finding
- Principal
- Evidence status
- Documented
- Notes and remaining checks
- Australian PDS section 10, printed page 14, identifies AVA as issuer and principal counterparty, not agent.
- Supporting sources
- Research checked
- 2026-10-13
- Execution arrangement
- Finding
- OTC market making
- Evidence status
- Broker-reported
- Notes and remaining checks
- The same PDS section describes AVA as market maker for its OTC products. It does not establish that every client position is externally hedged.
- Supporting sources
- Research checked
- 2026-10-13
- Demo realism
- Finding
- Requires Verification
- Evidence status
- Requires Verification
- Notes and remaining checks
- The Australian demo page was reviewed, but no sufficiently detailed comparison of simulated and live execution was established for these platforms.
- Supporting sources
- Research checked
- 2026-10-13
- Research review
- Research checked
- 2026-10-13
- Review outcome
- Reviewed; supported findings in role, arrangement. Remaining uncertainty is recorded per field and scope.
- Remaining checks
- Obtain Australian MT4, MT5 and WebTrader demo disclosures for slippage, liquidity, order rejection, financing and margin handling.
Demo markets
- Scope
- Ava Capital Markets Australia Pty Ltd · Australia · MetaTrader 4. Market coverage not yet reviewed.
- Testing status
- Not tested
- Forex CFDs
- Evidence status
- Requires Verification
- Notes and remaining checks
- Forex CFD demo access has not been established for this entity and platform.
- Supporting sources
No supporting source recorded for this field.
- Research checked
- Requires Verification
- Cryptocurrency CFDs
- Evidence status
- Requires Verification
- Notes and remaining checks
- Cryptocurrency CFD demo access has not been established for this entity and platform.
- Supporting sources
No supporting source recorded for this field.
- Research checked
- Requires Verification
API access
- Evidence status
- Requires Verification
- Type
- Requires Verification
- Access route
- Not established for this offering
- Notes and remaining checks
- API access has not yet been established for this legal entity and demo platform. This does not mean it is unavailable.
- Requirements
- Confirm the account, platform and regional requirements with the broker.
- Supporting sources
No supporting source recorded for this field.
- Official documentation
No supporting source recorded for this field.
- Research checked
- Requires Verification
- Testing status
- Not tested
Entity and regulatory research
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Legal entity
- Ava Capital Markets Australia Pty Ltd
- Regulator
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
- Finding
- ASIC current licence406684 identifies AVA CAPITAL MARKETS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD. Latest displayed conditions (25 November 2019) permit general advice, dealing (including issuance and dealing on behalf of another) and market making in derivatives and foreign exchange contracts for retail and wholesale clients.
- Scope
- Australian entity only; authorisation remains subject to licence conditions and applicable rules. Does not establish demo/live availability for every country or another AvaTrade group entity.
- Supporting sources
Reading the evidence
Documentation research, not account or execution testing. Research regions do not establish residence eligibility. Requires Verification is an evidence gap, not proof of unavailability. Source conflicts and product/entity qualifications must remain attached to claims. Demo results do not establish live trading performance.
Official sources
AvaTrade Australia demo account
claims: MT4, MT5, proprietary WebTrader/app; free Forex demo, unlimited marketing claim; Australia entity/licence footer.
checked date: 2026-10-12
verification: Official documentation opened; no account test
Source ID: avatrade-1
AvaTrade: Why can't I log into my demo account?
claims: Group help gives 60-day expiry and new account remedy; conflicts with Australian unlimited claim.
checked date: 2026-10-12
verification: Official documentation opened; no account test
Source ID: avatrade-2
AvaTrade: Minimum demo balance
claims: Group policy states standard 10,000 USD/EUR/GBP virtual balance; not separately scoped by entity/platform.
checked date: 2026-10-12
verification: Official documentation opened; no account test
Source ID: avatrade-3
ASIC Professional Registers — AVA CAPITAL MARKETS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Evidence category: Status CURRENT; AFSL406684; commenced09/11/2011; ACN143340907; ABN72143340907. Latest displayed conditions25/11/2019 authorize general advice, dealing and market making in derivatives and FX contracts to retail/wholesale clients.
source date: Live AFSL record accessed2026-10-12; latest condition version25/11/2019
Source access note: Verified rendered ASIC register and expanded latest licence conditions. Page says AFSL information is latest; 5amAEDT12Oct2026 timestamp applies to other registers, not specifically AFSL.
Source ID: avatrade-reg-1
AvaTrade Australia demo account
Source owner: Broker
Research checked: 2026-10-13
Source locator: Australian demo entry page.
Source access note: Initial official-page text retrieved; later section retrieval errored. No detailed execution-equivalence disclosure established.
Source ID: ex-a-ava-demo
Ava Capital Markets Australia PDS, 14 March 2025
Source owner: Broker
Research checked: 2026-10-13
Source locator: Section 10, printed page 14; AVA Trading as Principal. Page 1 binds clients to PDS.
Source access note: Official page/PDF text read through web retrieval on 2026-10-13.
Source ID: ex-a-ava-pds