Editorial ranking · United States · CFTC/NFA · October 2026 · N=6

Best US Retail Forex Dealers — October 2026

October 2026 shortlist of US retail forex dealers with public NFA IDs (CFTC RFED/FCM + Forex Dealer Member). Universe is small — N=6, not a padded Top 10. Not paid placement.

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Who are the best forex brokers in the United States in October 2026?

US retail off-exchange forex is a small CFTC/NFA universe. BrokerMafia's October 2026 shortlist cites NFA IDs: GAIN Capital Group LLC dba FOREX.com (0339826), OANDA Corporation (0325821), Interactive Brokers LLC (0258600), tastyfx LLC (0509630), Charles Schwab Futures and Forex LLC (0477394), and trading.com Markets Inc (0516820). We do not invent six extra names to force a Top 10. Re-check NFA BASIC — trading.com showed Pending Withdrawal on recent reads.

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Period: October 2026 · last updated 2026-10-01
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Entity: BrokerMafia · editorial ranking
Period: October 2026
Source: Public-fact shortlist
Updated: 2026-10-01
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Editorial shortlist for education and discovery. Not paid placement, not a star rating, not AggregateRating, not a license confirmation, and not an endorsement by BrokerMafia or any regulator. Indexed ≠ licensed ≠ recommended. Re-check the issuing register before you send funds or freight. Corrections: [email protected].

Last updated 2026-10-01 (October 2026). Motus ingest remains paused. No live COUNT(*) on this page. Methodology: rank methodology.

Direct answer

Who are the best forex brokers in the United States in October 2026?

Methodology (this batch)

BrokerMafia's October 2026 shortlists are editorial discovery tables ordered by public-fact criteria: regulatory tier (published register IDs), entity transparency, longevity or citable public scale, and product/authority clarity. BrokerMafia keyword-page presence is a tie-break only. We refuse paid rank, star scores, and copied review prose. Order can change when registers or public disclosures change — this batch is dated October 2026.

Scope: CFTC-registered RFED and/or FCM firms with NFA Forex Dealer Member designation relevant to US retail forex. Honest N=6 — the public active set is small. Offshore CFD leverage sites that refuse US persons are excluded. Framework: /best-forex-brokers-united-states/.

Regulatory tier — published tier-1 register IDs where we can cite them.
Entity transparency — can a reader match agreement → register row?
Longevity / public scale — years, listing, or citable industry revenue lists.
Product / authority clarity — FX entity vs exchange vs FMCSA broker vs DOI producer.
BrokerMafia research presence — tie-break only.

Marketing claims (spreads, bonuses, pass rates, “best broker awards”) are labeled and never used as primary rank keys.

Ranked shortlist — October 2026

Order = editorial fit to documented public-fact criteria for this dated batch. Not AggregateRating. Not paid placement.

#	Firm	Why ranked	Registry cues	Links
#1	GAIN Capital Group LLC (FOREX.com) US RFED/FCM · retail FX	NFA ID 0339826 — Forex Dealer Member / RFED+FCM path Public CFTC/NFA retail forex dealer disclosures StoneX group parent transparency US retail leverage caps apply. Re-check NFA BASIC before funding.	NFA: `0339826` Verify register	BrokerMafia Official ↗
#2	OANDA Corporation US RFED/FCM · retail FX	NFA ID 0325821 — Forex Dealer Member Long-running US retail FX dealer Public BASIC profile US OANDA Corporation ≠ OANDA証券 (Japan 金商第2137号).	NFA: `0325821` Verify register	BrokerMafia Official ↗
#3	Interactive Brokers LLC US FCM · FX access	NFA ID 0258600 — FCM / Forex Dealer Member designation Major broker-dealer group with public disclosures Product eligibility screens differ from pure RFED marketing Confirm retail forex eligibility for your account type on BASIC.	NFA: `0258600` Verify register	BrokerMafia Official ↗
#4	tastyfx LLC US RFED · retail FX	NFA ID 0509630 — Retail Foreign Exchange Dealer / FDM Formerly IG US LLC path; public BASIC row US-only retail FX regime tastyfx LLC ≠ IG Europe GmbH (BaFin) or IG証券 (Japan).	NFA: `0509630` Verify register	BrokerMafia Official ↗
#5	Charles Schwab Futures and Forex LLC US FCM · FX	NFA ID 0477394 — FCM / Forex Dealer Member Schwab group public disclosures Forex offering may be account-type constrained Confirm futures-and-forex entity on the agreement — not every Schwab account.	NFA: `0477394` Verify register	BrokerMafia Official ↗
#6	trading.com Markets Inc US RFED/FCM · retail FX	NFA ID 0516820 — RFED + FCM; BASIC showed Pending Withdrawal on 2026-09 reads — re-check live Public FDM designation historically Entity transparency for BASIC lookup Pending Withdrawal status can change — do not fund without a live BASIC green light.	NFA: `0516820` Verify register	BrokerMafia Official ↗

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Questions this page answers

Why only six?

US retail forex legally requires CFTC RFED/FCM registration plus NFA FDM membership. The active public set is small; padding with offshore brands would violate the methodology.

What about IG?

US retail IG path is tastyfx LLC (NFA 0509630), not IG Europe GmbH.

Is Pending Withdrawal OK?

No. If BASIC shows Pending Withdrawal or inactive membership, do not fund until status clears.