# GCC Brokers > GCC Brokers Limited is a forex and CFD broker regulated by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Mauritius (licence GB22200739), with a representative office in Dubai; the brand was established in 2016. Clients in more than 80 countries trade 100+ instruments (forex, metals, indices, commodities, crypto CFDs, futures and perpetuals) on MetaTrader 5. STP is our primary execution model: execution is automatic, with no requotes. The site is published in 31 languages; replace `/en/` in any link with a language code (en, ar, fr, th, tr, fa, id, es, de, ru, vi, ms, zh-CN, ja, ko, hi, pt, sv, no, da, fi, nl, it, pl, uk, tl, zh-TW, bn, ur, ro, bg). Trading FX and CFDs on leverage carries significant risk and may not be suitable for all investors. You may lose more than your initial deposit. ## Company - [Regulation and licence](https://gccbrokers.com/en/regulation): FSC Mauritius licence, the companies behind the brand, client money held separately, how to verify on the FSC register - [About GCC Brokers](https://gccbrokers.com/en/about) - [Why STP](https://gccbrokers.com/en/why-stp): how orders are executed - [Account types](https://gccbrokers.com/en/accounts): Standard, Pro and Zero (minimum deposit, typical spreads, commission, leverage, stop-out) - [Trading platforms](https://gccbrokers.com/en/platforms): MetaTrader 5 on desktop, web and mobile - [Liquidity services](https://gccbrokers.com/en/liquidity-services): for brokers and institutions - [London Fix](https://gccbrokers.com/en/london-fix): trade gold and silver at the LBMA benchmark price - [Algo trading](https://gccbrokers.com/en/algo-trading): Expert Advisors and scripts on MetaTrader 5 - [Trading VPS](https://gccbrokers.com/en/vps): free ForexVPS.net hosting for qualifying accounts - [Partners](https://gccbrokers.com/en/partners): introducing broker (IB) programme - [Copy trading](https://gccbrokers.com/en/social-trading): copy strategies or publish your own (HokoCloud on MetaTrader 5) - [Promotions](https://gccbrokers.com/en/campaigns): seasonal deposit bonus campaigns and how bonuses work - [Media coverage](https://gccbrokers.com/en/media-coverage): articles by our team in the financial press - [FAQ](https://gccbrokers.com/en/faq) - [Contact](https://gccbrokers.com/en/contact) ## Markets - [All markets](https://gccbrokers.com/en/markets): every instrument with its specifications, swaps and weekly trading hours; each market page below does the same for its own instruments - [Market overview](https://gccbrokers.com/en/markets/overview): today's moves in every market, with 1-week, 1-month and 52-week ranges - [Forex](https://gccbrokers.com/en/markets/forex): EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, NZD/USD, USD/CAD, USD/CHF, AUD/CAD, AUD/CHF, AUD/JPY, AUD/NZD, CAD/CHF, CAD/JPY, CHF/JPY, EUR/AUD, EUR/CAD, EUR/CHF, EUR/GBP, EUR/JPY, EUR/NZD, GBP/AUD, GBP/CAD, GBP/CHF, GBP/JPY, GBP/NZD, NZD/CAD, NZD/CHF, NZD/JPY - [Metals](https://gccbrokers.com/en/markets/metals): XAU/USD, XAG/USD, XAU/EUR, XAU/CNH, XPT/USD, XPD/USD, XCU/USD, XAL/USD, GAU/USD, GAG/USD, KAU/USD - [Indices](https://gccbrokers.com/en/markets/indices): US30, US100, US500, UK100, DE40, FR40, J225, AUS200, EUR50, SPN35, NL25, OMXS30 - [Commodities](https://gccbrokers.com/en/markets/commodities): USOIL, UKOIL, NGAS - [Crypto CFDs](https://gccbrokers.com/en/markets/crypto): BTC/USD, ETH/USD, SOL/USD, XRP/USD, BNB/USD, ADA/USD, DOG/USD, DOT/USD, LNK/USD, LTC/USD, BCH/USD, AVA/USD, ATOM/USD, MATIC/USD, UNI/USD, AAVE/USD, INJ/USD, XLM/USD, TRX/USD, FIL/USD, HBAR/USD, AXS/USD, APT/USD, ARB/USD, RNDR/USD, PYTH/USD, TRP/USD - [Perpetuals](https://gccbrokers.com/en/markets/perpetuals): XAUUSDPERP, BTCUSDPERP - [Futures](https://gccbrokers.com/en/markets/futures): GOLD Futures, SILVER Futures, USOIL Futures, UKOIL Futures, NGAS Futures, US30 Futures, US100 Futures, US500 Futures, DE40 Futures ## Tools - [All tools](https://gccbrokers.com/en/tools) - [Economic calendar](https://gccbrokers.com/en/tools/economic-calendar) - [Market news](https://gccbrokers.com/en/tools/market-news) - [Forex cross rates](https://gccbrokers.com/en/tools/forex-cross-rates) - [Forex heatmap](https://gccbrokers.com/en/tools/forex-heatmap) - [Forex market hours](https://gccbrokers.com/en/tools/trading-hours): the Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York sessions in server time, and a search that opens any instrument's weekly hours (each instrument page shows its own) - [Holiday schedule](https://gccbrokers.com/en/holiday-schedule): trading hours around public holidays - [Futures schedule](https://gccbrokers.com/en/futures-schedule): contract expiry dates - [Margin schedule](https://gccbrokers.com/en/margin-schedule): margin by instrument and position size - [Margin calculator](https://gccbrokers.com/en/tools/margin-calculator) - [Pip calculator](https://gccbrokers.com/en/tools/pip-calculator) - [Swap calculator](https://gccbrokers.com/en/tools/swap-calculator) - [Profit calculator](https://gccbrokers.com/en/tools/profit-calculator) - [Position size calculator](https://gccbrokers.com/en/tools/position-size-calculator) - [Glossary](https://gccbrokers.com/en/glossary) ## Latest market insights - [Forecast vs Actual: Why the Surprise Moves Price, Not the Number](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/forecast-vs-actual-why-the-surprise-moves-price-not-the-number): A strong data print can leave a currency flat while a weak one sends it 60 pips. The difference isn't the number — it's the distance between the number and what was already expected. - [Weekly Sentiment: Correlations Converge as the AI Unwind Goes Global](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/weekly-sentiment-correlations-converge-as-the-ai-unwind-goes-global): A broadly risk-off close to the week as an equity drawdown of record dollar size pulled crypto with it, split the haven complex, and reset hedging costs to April 2025 levels. - [Dow Closes 3.45% Lower as AI Complex Repricing Hits Index Tape](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/dow-closes-3-45-lower-as-ai-complex-repricing-hits-index-tape): A single-session de-rating across semiconductors and data-centre capex names dragged all three US benchmarks lower, with volatility repricing faster than spot. - [Frankfurt Outperforms, Wall Street Fades: Reading a Five-Point Equity Split](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/frankfurt-outperforms-wall-street-fades-reading-a-five-point-equity-split): The DE40 added 2.23% over seven days while the Nasdaq-100 lost 2.87% — a transatlantic equity spread that lands the same morning euro-area flash CPI prints. - [Crude Slides 3% as Gulf De-escalation Headlines Unwind Risk Premium](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/crude-slides-3-as-gulf-de-escalation-headlines-unwind-risk-premium): UKOIL gave back part of last week's 5% advance as Gulf de-escalation headlines hit the tape — the move is a premium unwind, not a change in physical supply. - [Execution Quality Explained: What Actually Happens at the Fill](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/execution-quality-explained-what-actually-happens-at-the-fill): Two accounts can trade the same EURUSD signal and end the month with different numbers — the gap usually sits in execution quality, not strategy. - [Gold Hits One-Year Low as Silver Breaks $50 and Miners Slide](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/gold-hits-one-year-low-as-silver-breaks-50-and-miners-slide): A liquidity-driven unwind, not a macro re-rating: gold, silver and mining equities fell together while the dollar and Treasury yields eased into the move. - [Weekly Sentiment: A Hawkish Pause, Shrinking Guidance, and Two Unscheduled Shocks](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/weekly-sentiment-a-hawkish-pause-shrinking-guidance-and-two-unscheduled-shocks): A defensively mixed close to the week as the Fed held without committing, two central bank communication changes landed, and unscheduled disruptions repriced crypto and copper. - [Three Rate Decisions in One Session: Reading the Commodity-FX Block](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/three-rate-decisions-in-one-session-reading-the-commodity-fx-block): Two central banks are forecast to tighten into a Fed expected to hold, and the week's FX leadership has already shifted toward the commodity currencies. - [WTI Above $100: A 9% Session and the Risk-Off Spillover](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/wti-above-100-a-9-session-and-the-risk-off-spillover): Crude's move through the triple-digit handle is doing more than repricing energy — it is setting the tone for equities, freight and the rates curve into a heavy data week. - [Correlation Explained: Why Three Different Trades Can Be One Position](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/correlation-explained-why-three-different-trades-can-be-one-position): Long EURUSD, short USDCHF and long AUDUSD look like three separate ideas — but across a central-bank week they can behave like one trade at triple size. - [Bitcoin Slips Under $80,000 in Thin Weekend Liquidity](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/bitcoin-slips-under-80-000-in-thin-weekend-liquidity): A Saturday leverage unwind, two days of spot ETF outflows and a crude-led inflation repricing dragged BTCUSD to its weakest level in over a month. - [Gold Breaks $4,000 as Positioning Unwind Outweighs Falling Yields](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/gold-breaks-4-000-as-positioning-unwind-outweighs-falling-yields): XAUUSD lost 3.25% to close at 4025.37 and traded through $4,000 intraday — a drop that came with Treasury yields falling, not rising. - [Weekly Sentiment: Gold Retraces, Copper Ignores Supply, Duration Splits](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/weekly-sentiment-gold-retraces-copper-ignores-supply-duration-splits): A week defined less by direction than by broken correlations — bullion fell with yields, copper fell into shrinking mine supply, and the bid for sovereign debt turned selective. - [Duration Is Doing the Selling: Dispersion Into a December Rate Path](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights/duration-is-doing-the-selling-dispersion-into-a-december-rate-path): The Nasdaq-100 shed almost 4% on the week while the Dow added 1.46% and crude ran 8.4% — a tape sorting itself by rate sensitivity, not risk appetite. - [All insights](https://gccbrokers.com/en/insights) ## MCP server GCC Brokers runs a public, read-only Model Context Protocol server at https://gccbrokers.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no authentication). Server card: https://gccbrokers.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json. Tools: - `list_instruments`: Lists the instruments GCC Brokers offers (forex pairs, metals, indices, commodities, crypto CFDs, futures, perpetuals), each with its gccbrokers.com page. Filter by category. - `get_instrument`: Trading specifications for one GCC Brokers instrument as clients trade it on the Standard account: contract size, minimum/maximum lot and lot step, margin, swap long/short and multi-night rollover days, and weekly trading hours in UTC. Accepts names like "EUR/USD", "XAUUSD", "gold", "Nasdaq", "bitcoin". - `get_prices`: Latest bid and ask quotes for up to 10 GCC Brokers instruments as streamed on the Standard account, with the quote time in UTC. Outside trading hours the last quote before the close is returned and marked as not live. - `get_account_types`: The GCC Brokers live account types (Standard, Pro, Zero) with minimum deposit, pricing, typical spreads (last month, measured on the platform), commission, leverage and stop-out level, plus the Accounts page FAQ. - `get_company_info`: Who GCC Brokers is: the licensed entity, regulator and licence number (with the public register to verify it), the other companies behind the brand, the Dubai representative office, client protections and their limits, and contact pages. - `get_economic_calendar`: Scheduled macroeconomic releases (CPI, payrolls, central-bank decisions, PMIs…) with time in UTC, currency, forecast, previous and actual values. Defaults to the next 7 days at medium and high importance. - `list_insights`: Market analysis articles published by GCC Brokers, newest first, with title, summary, date and link. Optionally filter by words in the title or summary. Listed in: [Official MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers?search=com.gccbrokers) (com.gccbrokers/market-data), [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/servers/gccbrokers/market-data), [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/connectors/com.gccbrokers/market-data). ## Optional - [Sitemap](https://gccbrokers.com/sitemap.xml) - [Legal documents](https://gccbrokers.com/en/legal-documents): client agreement, risk disclosure, order execution and other policies