Yes, Prime Standard Markets is a true STP Broker with access to Liquidity Providers and ECN. We do not operate an own trading desk and are not active as traders in the markets.

A STP broker is a Forex / CfD broker that forwards orders placed by its clients directly to its affiliated liquidity providers (straight-through processing).

These brokers, like Prime Standard Markets, are also called A-Book brokers.

In contrast to B-book brokers, the broker is not a participant in the trading itself.

The A-book is the "order book" of the Forex and CfD market. In contrast to shares, forex and derivatives trading is not carried out via central exchanges but OTC (over-the-counter) via the ECN (Electronic Communication Network) and so-called liquidity providers.

These receive directly the order placed by the broker customer and search in milliseconds worldwide for the appropriate counterparty. This is done via the A-Book.

A B-book broker does not forward the orders placed by its clients to the ECN or Liquidity Provider but takes the counter position in this trade itself.

In this case, a conflict of interest arises, as the broker is actually supposed to enable the best trading result for its customer.

However, since a large proportion of retail traders suffer losses when trading, such a business is financially very interesting for the B-Book broker.

Yes, the minimum deposit is USD 20,000.00; the minium withdrawal is USD 5,000.00.

For internal transfers (e.g., from landing account to trading or managed account) is no minimum amount - but please check the minimum amount required by your managed account provider.

Prime Standard Markets doesn´t provide deposits or withdrawals in FIAT - We accept wallet transfers in BTC, ETH, USDC, USDT.

No, as an off-shore broker we have no connection with the tax authorities of our clients' countries.

Our clients regularly receive a statement of the profits and losses generated and can then discuss these with their tax advisor.