Editor’s Verdict
Overview
Review
Headquarters | United Kingdom |
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Regulators | FMRRC |
Year Established | 2005 |
Execution Type(s) | No Dealing Desk |
Minimum Deposit | $100 |
Trading Platform(s) | Other, MetaTrader 4, cTrader |
Islamic Account | |
Signals | |
US Persons Accepted? | |
Managed Accounts |
Sunbirdfx was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in London, UK. Sunbird is a Forex and CFD broker and a no dealing desk (NDD ) broker where traders can connect directly with international banks through an ECN for the best price feed regardless of account size.
Accounts
Sunbird offers its traders a choice of three different trading accounts each with either variable or ECN spreads and with different welcome bonuses. Leverage of 1:200 is offered for all three.
SunbirdFX Account Types
The Standard account requires a deposit of $1000 and receives a welcome bonus of between 30%-50%. The Pro account can be opened with $5000-$15000 and a bonus of up to $5000 is awarded. More than $15,000 opens a VIP account with a welcome bonus of up to $5000. ECN accounts are not entitled to all the bonuses.
There is also an Islamic account for those who follow Sharia law and are not permitted to receive interest on overnight positions. An Islamic account can be opened with $1000 and are available with any of the three accounts.
A demo account can be opened using any of the accounts. Anyone with $30,000 or more can open a managed account.
Features
The Sunbird website is quite standard. There are over 200 trading instruments to choose from including commodities, CFD's and Forex from all over the world.
Sunbird accepts all types of traders, including scalpers. Their ECN platform allows traders to close a CFD position quickly.
Traders can choose to trade commodities such as gold, oil, and silver. There are no limits on order placements, stop loss and profit taking is available and there is leverage up to 100:1.
Unlike currencies, which are traded in pips commodities are traded in points (USD). The spreads are low but not the lowest in the industry.
Despite the fact that Sunbird offers their traders a choice of several different trading platforms it would have been nice to see a single page that could help the trader see all of his options at a glance. Many other brokers offer this type of comparison chart. Instead of this, each designated registration page lists with bullet points the benefits of a specific trading platform, a method which is not always the most advisable one to use.
Sunbird’s autotrading platforms are not currently available, but from what I was led to believe when doing this review, they have been promised now for some months and have still not materialized.
Education
The education center at Sunbird includes pretty standard fare-instructional videos for both beginners and advanced traders, videos and tutorials that provide guidance for the installation and use of the MetaTrader4 trading platform. The videos can shamefully, only be viewed by account holders after they have logged into the site which is quite frustrating to someone who is not yet opened a trading account.
SunbirdFX Courses
Two ebooks are offered—one for beginners and one for advanced traders. Again, these can only be accessed by Sunbird account holders after they have logged in.
Additional market tools include an economic calendar, articles and an in-depth daily market analysis.
Four live calculators are available—Pivot, Fibonacci, Deal Size and Pip.
SunbirdFX Calculators
Deposits/Withdrawals
Sunbird accepts funding via credit cards, bank wires from around the globe, and alternative deposit methods such as Qiwi, Webmoney, Moneta, CashU and others.
Withdrawals can be made at any time using the same methods.
Customer Support
Customer Support Methods |   |
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Support Hours | 24/5 |
Website Languages |       |
Customer support is available 24/5 in several languages. Representatives are available 24/5 by telephone.
Chat is offered but only at certain trading hours.
Conclusion
Sunbird has been operating on a small scale for the past five years and has only recently expanded to cater to Forex traders worldwide. It is a shame there is no regulation and the fact that there are no bonuses or promotions is disappointing as it is a feature that most brokers would not do without.
Features
Of all the features on the site, the only one that stands out is how the information notices are placed at the bottom of each platform providing helpful information to supplement the trading platform. I registered for a Sunbird account to test it out and the process was uneventful.
Trading Platform
MT4 | |
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MT5 | |
cTrader | |
Proprietary Platform | |
Automated Trading | |
Guaranteed Stop Loss | |
Scalping | |
Hedging | |
OCO Orders | |
Interest on Margin |
Platforms
Sunbirdfx offers several platforms which offer their own individual features.
MetaTrader 4
The Sunbird MT4 platform has No Dealing Desk Execution, average spreads for all currency pairs, fast execution, unrestricted use of EAs and no requotes. The minimum contract size is $1000 and any trader type, including scalpers, is acceptable.
SunbirdFX MT4 Platform
MetaTrader 4.0 MultiTerminal
Money Managers can take advantage of the MetaTrader 4 Multi Terminal which is designed for managing multiple accounts simultaneously with a single click execution and with a variety of allocation types.
Money managers can leverage Sunbird’s knowledge, technology and expertise when using their propriety MT4 MAM to trade with your primary account using an Expert Advisor.
Individual clients can log on to their account and view in real-time all open positions, P&L, and trading history 24 hours a day.
Other advantages of the MAM account include unlimited number of accounts, supports all types of orders, a reporting system, a flexible workspace and more.
Webtrader
With the SunbirdFX Webtrader, traders can use advanced charting features, technical analysis, one click trades and easy access to market updates and our economic calendar, all without having to download a thing. They can access their account from any computer in the world and use the same features they use from their desktop trading station.
SunbirdFX Webtrader Platform
Their new iPad or Android tablet trading application has recently been introduced. The app uses the Sirix Webtrader which works on cross platforms and give the look and feel of the regular Webtrader platform and synch with your Metatrader account.
MetaTrader 4 - Mobile Trading Platforms
The MetaTrader4 mobile platforms let traders stay up to date with current market movements and news - anywhere anytime using a smartphone or other mobile device.
SunbirdFX MT4 Mobile Platform
From the mobile app traders can place and close trades/orders, monitor your trades, set stop-loss, limit orders, access real-time chart and technical analysis and more.