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Rating · Pakistan · 2026

Which broker should you open first?

Ten brokers, one question per column: which terminal you get, what it costs to start, and who the licence actually belongs to. Every figure was checked on 12.10.2026 and each licence read in the regulator's own register.

2 of 10 brokers support MetaTrader 5

DerivPocket Option

Side by side

Showing 9 of 9 · checked 12.10.2026
Columns
01 Deriv
MT4 MT5 WebTV
$5
$0.35
100%
MT4 MT5 Web
$5
$1
92%
03 Quotex
MT4 MT5 Webown platform
$10
$1
98%
MT4 MT5 Webown platform
$10
$1
95%
MT4 MT5 Webown platform
$10
$1
95%
MT4 MT5 Webown platform
$10
$1
95%
07 Exnova
MT4 MT5 Webown platform
$10
$1
92%
MT4 MT5 Webown platform
$250
$0.10
92%
09 IQcent
MT4 MT5 WebTVown platform
$250
$0.01
98%

Payout is the share of a winning fixed-time contract the broker pays back. Licences are a separate question and are set out on our register site, not squeezed into this table.

System needs

Sizes are approximate, measured 12.10.2026
Device MT4 MT5 Web
WindowsYes · ≈ 40 MBYes · ≈ 60 MBBrowser
macOSInstallerInstallerBrowser
LinuxVia WineVia WineBrowser
AndroidYes · ≈ 25 MBYes · ≈ 35 MBBrowser
iOSYes · ≈ 60 MBYes · ≈ 75 MBBrowser
Expert AdvisorsYesYesNo
Brokers in this ranking1 of 102 of 1010 of 10

Terminals

vs MT4 MT5
Timeframes921
Pending order types46
Script languageMQL4MQL5
Depth of marketNoYes
Economic calendarNoBuilt in

MT5 does more out of the box. Choose MT4 only if you depend on an Expert Advisor or indicator that exists in MQL4 alone.

vs MT5 Web
InstallRequiredNone
Expert AdvisorsYesNo
Custom indicatorsYesNo
Runs onWin, Mac, phoneAny browser
Offline chartsYesNo

A web terminal is enough to place and manage trades from any computer. Automation and custom tools need the installed application.

vs Desktop Mobile
Expert AdvisorsYesNo
Charts on screenManyOne at a time
Strategy testerYesNo
Push alertsVia appNative
Mobile data useHigherLower

Most traders analyse on a desktop and keep the phone app for watching open positions and closing them.

Broker by broker

Broker list

Each block holds the figures we keep in our own reference and nothing else. Where a register has no entry for a broker, the line says so instead of filling the gap.

Deriv

#1
Minimum deposit
$5
Minimum trade
$0.35
Maximum payout
100%
  • Where it runsAndroid, iOS, Web, MT5 and TradingView
  • Own platformDeriv Trader, Deriv X, SmartTrader
  • In a registerMFSA 70156, Labuan FSA MB/18/0024 and VFSC company No. 14556
Figures checked 12.10.2026

Pocket Option

#2
Minimum deposit
$5
Minimum trade
$1
Maximum payout
92%
  • Where it runsAndroid, iOS, Web, MT4 and MT5
  • Own platformPocket Option platform
  • In a registerMISA (Mwali) T2022086
  • Named by a regulatorthe FCA warning list (United Kingdom), a CONSOB order (Italy) and a CFTC warning (United States)
Figures checked 12.10.2026

Quotex

#3
Minimum deposit
$10
Minimum trade
$1
Maximum payout
98%
  • Where it runsAndroid, iOS and Web
  • Own platformQuotex platform
  • In a registerNo licence found in a register
Figures checked 12.10.2026

IQ Option

#4
Minimum deposit
$10
Minimum trade
$1
Maximum payout
95%
  • Where it runsAndroid, iOS and Web
  • Own platformIQ Option platform
  • In a registerCySEC 247/14 (EEA)
Figures checked 12.10.2026

Olymp Trade

#5
Minimum deposit
$10
Minimum trade
$1
Maximum payout
95%
  • Where it runsAndroid, iOS and Web
  • Own platformOlymp Trade platform
  • In a registerVFSC company No. 40131 (Aollikus Limited) and Financial Commission (member)
Figures checked 12.10.2026

Expert Option

#6
Minimum deposit
$10
Minimum trade
$1
Maximum payout
95%
  • Where it runsAndroid, iOS and Web
  • Own platformExpertOption platform
  • In a registerFinancial Commission (member)
Figures checked 12.10.2026

Exnova

#7
Minimum deposit
$10
Minimum trade
$1
Maximum payout
92%
  • Where it runsAndroid, iOS and Web
  • Own platformExnova platform
  • In a registerNo licence found in a register
  • Named by a regulatorwithdrawal complaints on record and no financial regulator oversees it
Figures checked 12.10.2026

BinaryCent

#8
Minimum deposit
$250
Minimum trade
$0.10
Maximum payout
92%
  • Where it runsAndroid, iOS and Web
  • Own platformBinaryCent platform
  • In a registerNo licence found in a register
  • Named by a regulatora VFSC notice of fraud (Vanuatu), the CFTC RED list (United States), the AMF blacklist (France) and an FMA warning (New Zealand)
Figures checked 12.10.2026

IQcent

#9
Minimum deposit
$250
Minimum trade
$0.01
Maximum payout
98%
  • Where it runsWeb and TradingView
  • Own platformIQcent WebTrader
  • In a registerNo licence found in a register
  • Named by a regulatorno financial regulator oversees it, withdrawal complaints on record, the FCA warning list (United Kingdom) and a CONSOB order (Italy)
Figures checked 21.10.2026

Binomo

#10Sponsored
Minimum deposit
$10
Minimum trade
$1
Maximum payout
90%
  • Where it runsAndroid, iOS and Web
  • Own platformBinomo platform
  • PlacementPaid position. The data above is checked no differently from the others.
Figures checked 12.10.2026

Our method

Last full check 12.10.2026 · next 11.11.2026
  1. 01Read the broker's own platform pageEvery platform in the table is one the broker lists as available now. A terminal it used to offer does not count.
  2. 02Install and log inMetaTrader and each web terminal were installed on Windows, Android and iOS and connected to the broker's live server.
  3. 03Record the five factsMinimum deposit, minimum trade, maximum payout, regulator with its number, and the date the figures were checked. Nothing else goes in the table.
  4. 04Look the licence up in the registerEach number is checked in the regulator's own public register. A licence we cannot find there is published as “none found”, whatever the broker's site says.

Registers used: SECP · CySEC · MFSA · VFSC

By job

Trading on a PC

MT5 / Web

You want charts on a big screen and a terminal that keeps running while you work. Only an installed MetaTrader gives you that; everything else is a browser tab.

Automation and Expert Advisors

MT4 + MT5

Scripts and Expert Advisors run only inside MetaTrader, only on desktop, and only while the terminal is open.

Charts in TradingView

TradingView

You already analyse in TradingView and want to place the trade without leaving the chart.

  • DerivTradingView integration
  • IQcentTradingView integration

Starting small from a phone

Web / app

An Android or iOS app, a low entry amount and no installation at all.

Q&A

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