XM in BH — review, licence and costs
Score (29 of 40 of 40 axes)
ranked against full-basis brokers
- Reviews25%reviews 40
- Reviews20%cost 10
- Reviews20%safety 0
- Reviews15%payouts 80
- Reviews10%track_record 85
- Reviews10%platforms 50
Key facts (29 of 40 fields)
- Onboarding entity
- Global entity
- Founded
- 2009
- Min deposit
- no data USDBH
- Retail leverage
- 888BH
- Round turn
- 23 USDBH
- Withdrawal
- within 24 hours hBH
- Currencies
- BHD not stated
- Swap-free account
- yes
Licence check (29 of 40 of 40 entity)
Affiliate link; the score does not change. CFDs carry a high risk of rapid loss due to leverage.
Taxes for a Bahraini resident(29 of 40 rules · as of 10.2026)
- No source provided here states Bahrain’s current tax treatment for retail forex/CFD trading gains or broker withholding rules.no datano data
Not tax advice. Check with the National Bureau for Revenue.
Who actually onboards you(29 of 40 local and 1 offshore entity in the group)
- Sign-up from a Bahrain addressRouted to Bahrain B.S.C. (c) by residence, not by IP.
- KYC by Bahrain B.S.C. (c)CPR card and proof of address.
- Contract with the B.S.C. (c)CBB rules apply; complaints go to CBB.
- Client moneySegregated with a Bahrain bank; bank name no data
- XM (Bahrain) B.S.C. (c), CBB IF-2014-117
- Retail leverage 1:50BH
- Negative balance protection: yes
- Halden Global Ltd, FSA Seychelles
- Leverage 1:1000group
- No CBB complaints route
If the sign-up form ever lands you on the Seychelles entity, the CBB licence above does not cover your account.
Client protection (29 of 40 of 40 stated)
- Local entity onboards youNot CBB regulatedclient agreement §4.2 · page
- Segregated client fundsno dataclient agreement §4.2 · page
- Negative balance protectionno dataclient agreement §4.2 · page
- Investor compensation schemeno dataclient agreement §4.2 · page
- Regulator warning on filenone foundclient agreement §4.2 · page
“no data” means the broker does not state it in any source we captured. It is not read as “no protection” and it is not scored.
Price against Bahrain market median(priced from 29 of 40 of 40)
| Instrument | Halden Raw, USD | Halden Std, USD | Bahrain median raw | Bahrain median std | Priced |
|---|
Medians run over the brokers that publish a Bahrain price, never over all 44. Group-wide prices are excluded.
Accounts(29 of 40 types)
| Account | Min deposit, USD | EURUSD spread, pips | Commission, USD | Leverage | Swap | Currencies |
|---|
Swap-free account terms (29 of 40 terms · 5 stated)
| Term | Halden, Bahrain |
|---|
Terms read from the account page on 01.10.2026. The cap on open positions is not published.
Payouts(29 of 40 of 40 methods timed)
| Method | Deposit, h | Withdrawal, h | Fee, USD | Min, USD |
|---|
Deposit and withdrawal methods (29 of 40 methods · 2 local)
- Cardslocal
- Deposit
- instant
- Withdrawal
- deposit only
- Fee
- no data
- bank transferlocal
- Deposit
- instant
- Withdrawal
- deposit only
- Fee
- no data
- Account currency
- BHD not stated
- Fastest withdrawal
- within 24 hours h BH
- Fee declared
- 4 of 6 methods
- Withdrawal back to
- the funding method
Where it does not serve(29 of 40 countries)
From the client agreement, clause 2.3. A country missing from a translated page is not read as “served”.
Platforms and markets(29 of 40 of 40 platforms confirmed · 6 asset classes)
- MT5
- MT4, MT5
- cTrader
- MT4, MT5
- Web terminal
- MT4, MT5
- Mobile app
- MT4, MT5
- Copy trading
- MT4, MT5
- TradingView
- MT4, MT5
| Class | Count | Min spread | Leverage |
|---|
Reviews(29 of 40 platform · 25% of the score)
| Snapshot | Rating | Reviews |
|---|
Share of reviewers in Bahrain: no data The platform does not publish it.
Topics in 1-star reviews (29 of 40 reviews, snapshot 28.09.2026)
Pros and cons(29 of 40 + 5, each tied to a figure above)
- Raw round turn 6.20 USD vs Bahrain median 9.20
- CBB licence IF-2014-117, active on 01.10.2026
- BHD account; bank withdrawal 24 h, fee 0
- Swap-free with no admin fee; ranked #1 of 30
- One of 6 of 44 brokers that publish a withdrawal time
- Payouts axis 58 of 100, the lowest of six
- Min deposit 100 USD vs 10 at Tidemark
- E-wallet withdrawal time and fee not published
- Group site advertises 1:1000, unavailable to Bahraini residents
- Gold round turn 9.80 USD; 3 brokers price it lower
Where Halden sits in the Bahrain base(29 of 40 brokers)
Round-turn cost, USD (29 of 40 of 40 priced)
Highlighted: Halden Raw at 6.20
Minimum deposit, USD (29 of 40 of 40 priced)
Highlighted: Halden at 100 · Bahrain median 50
Retail leverage (29 of 40 of 40 with a Bahrain figure)
1 group-only figure excluded · 4 no data
Withdrawal time published (29 of 40 brokers)
Alternatives in Bahrain(29 of 40 of 40)
Methodology(29 of 40 axes · formula v1.0)
Score = 2 + 3 × weighted mean of six axes scored 0–100. Range 2.0–5.0. An axis without data drops out and the remaining weights are renormalised; it is never scored zero or estimated. Group-wide figures never enter a Bahrain score. Full methodology
| Axis | Weight | What is measured | Halden |
|---|
FAQ(29 of 40 questions)
Cost calculator (29 of 40 accounts · median of 40 priced)
EURUSD round turns at the prices captured 01.10.2026. Shown in USD only: we do not publish a BHD conversion because the exchange rate is not part of our data.