Bonus availability
27 bonuses we have verified as available to traders in France.
If you trade from France and an advert promises a deposit bonus or cashback for opening a forex or CFD account, treat it with caution. The way bonuses are regulated here is strict, and most of what you see promoted to French residents either does not apply to you or comes from a firm you should not be using.
eToro
New eToro customers in eligible countries who deposit at least US$200 (£200 in the UK) and select stocks as their trading interest get US$10 to US$500 in free stocks, scaled to the first deposit: US$10 or US$30 for deposits under US$2,500, and US$500 only from US$5,000.
Tickmill
A monthly Tickmill skill contest that awards one live-account trader a $1,000 cash prize they can withdraw immediately.
Crypto.com
New Crypto.com users who join with a referral code and trade earn a sign-up reward paid in CRO, realistically about $5 to $15 for a typical user, up to roughly $50.
Fusion Markets
Fusion Markets clients on its Vanuatu (VFSC) or Seychelles (FSA) entity can earn $50 for themselves and $50 for a referred friend when the friend deposits $500 and trades 5 lots, rising to $250 each on a $5,000 deposit. Australian clients of the ASIC entity are not eligible.
Firstrade
Firstrade reimburses the ACAT transfer fee your old broker charges, up to $250, when you move $2,500 or more in eligible assets and keep them parked for 12 months.
OKX
New OKX users who verify, deposit and complete trading tasks earn a ladder of small crypto rewards; the first step is reported at about $5, and the $400 total needs very large deposits and trading volume.
Pepperstone
Pepperstone pays both you and a referred friend up to USD 1,000 in cash (or 20 commission-free trades on the retail version) once the friend deposits and trades a set number of lots within 90 days.
Binance
New Binance users who verify, deposit and trade can earn around $100 in rewards, but these arrive as trading-fee vouchers rather than withdrawable cash.
Trading 212
New Trading 212 clients who open and fund an Invest, Stocks ISA or SIPP account get one randomly selected free fractional share worth 8 to 100 in the account's currency (pounds in the UK, euros in the EU; 80% are worth 8 to 25), with the cash value locked for 30 days.
Trading 212
Refer a friend to Trading 212 and both of you get a randomly selected fractional share worth 8 to 100 in your account's currency (GBP for UK accounts, EUR elsewhere), most often 8 to 25, once your friend opens an Invest or Stocks ISA account and makes the minimum deposit. The current programme ends on 3 November 2026.
Bitpanda
Refer a friend to Bitpanda and you both earn €5 once they invest their first €500 in crypto or a Bitpanda Crypto Index, with rewards scaling up to a joint €200.
Coinbase
New Coinbase users who join through a referral link and make a qualifying purchase within 90 days get a bonus that varies by country, shown as $5 in USDC. Coinbase Advanced referrals pay $5 to $50 based on trading volume in the first 14 days.
FXTM
FXTM automatically enrols traders on Rewards Plus, Rewards and Advantage accounts in a points-based loyalty program where trading earns Reward Points that redeem for withdrawable cash at 500 points to $1.
Lightyear
New EU customers who deposit at least €100 within 15 days and enter promo code MMBEU get a randomly valued free fractional share, realistically €10 to €20, that must be held for 6 months, and the €100 deposit has to stay in the account for those 6 months too.
Phemex
New Phemex users with Advanced KYC can open a random Mystery Box for a first deposit of at least 100 USDT and another for a first trade of at least 100 USDT. The boxes are listed at 10 to 2,000 and 20 to 3,000 USDT and may hold cash, a BTC airdrop, a trading bonus or fee vouchers, so the low end of those ranges is the realistic expectation.
Lightyear
Refer a new friend who deposits at least €100 to Lightyear and you both get a free stock reward that starts at €10.
M4Markets
M4Markets pays referring clients $5 for every standard lot of FX or metals their referred friend trades, with lower rates on Raw Spread and Premium accounts.
FXTM
FXTM clients earn Reward Points worth $10 for every 2,000 Tier Points a referred friend trades, up to $100 per friend. The points redeem for withdrawable cash, but your friend has to trade heavily for you to reach the top.
ThinkMarkets
ThinkMarkets pays you and a referred friend $15 each once you both deposit at least $50 and place a round-turn trade of $200,000 notional, with the friend given 30 days to qualify.
FP Markets
FP Markets pays existing clients a cash reward of $50 to $200 per friend they refer, based on how much the friend deposits and trades, with the reward withdrawable at any time.
Pepperstone
Pepperstone refunds the commission on up to 20 trades placed on a Razor account, capped at USD 600 total, after a referred client funds the account with at least USD 1,000.
Kraken
Refer a new friend to the Kraken app and you both earn up to $20 USDG once they deposit fiat and make qualifying non-stablecoin trades within 15 days, with a cap of $200 USDG per referrer.
MEXC
MEXC now advertises $10,000 in new-user rewards, but the bulk is non-withdrawable futures bonus credit. The genuinely usable part is roughly 40 USDT in vouchers.
eToro
eToro pays up to 3.80% annual interest on the uninvested USD cash sitting in your trading account, accrued daily and paid monthly, with no lock-in.
FP Markets
FP Markets covers the monthly cost of a low-latency forex VPS once you deposit at least 1,000 USD and keep trading enough lots each month, so your Expert Advisors run 24/5 without a hosting bill.
HFM
HFM pays an annual interest rate of 2% to 3% on your free margin, credited monthly to your wallet, once you trade at least 5 lots of forex or metals CFDs in a month.
RoboForex
RoboForex pays up to 10% per year on your trading account balance, credited monthly, with the rate set by how many lots of forex and metals you trade each month.
100 more offers we track are not available to residents here.
This page explains who regulates trading in France, why most CFD and forex bonuses are off the table, and what kinds of offers a French resident can realistically still claim.
The core reason most bonuses are missing for French traders is the EU product intervention regime introduced by ESMA and made permanent in France by the AMF. For retail contracts for difference, providers cannot offer monetary or non-monetary incentives to open or fund an account. That means no deposit-match bonuses, no welcome cash, and no trade-to-unlock rewards tied to CFD or rolling-spot forex products.
The ban is specific to CFDs and similar leveraged products. It does not cover every financial offer in existence. A broker that lets you buy real shares, for example, may run a free-share or fee-rebate promotion on the stock account, because that sits outside the CFD rules. Crypto sign-up rewards from exchanges can also reach French users, since those platforms operate under a separate registration regime rather than the CFD framework.
So the practical picture is this. If an offer is attached to forex or CFD trading and is aimed at French retail clients, a properly regulated firm will not be paying it. If a bonus is attached to a stock-investing account or a crypto platform, it may still be available, subject to that provider's own terms.
France's securities and markets regulator. It applied national intervention measures from 1 August 2019 that mirror the EU rules and ban bonus-style incentives for retail CFD accounts.
Supervises banks and insurers and works alongside the AMF, including on the shared list of firms authorised to offer investment services in France.
Local currency: EUR
France is a large retail investing market and the working currency is the euro, so most accounts, deposits and any surviving promotions are denominated in EUR. French traders tend to use established brokers that publish their AMF or EU passport status clearly, and many also offer the PEA and ordinary securities accounts that French savers already know.
Be wary of any site that waves around EU regulation as a selling point while offering you a CFD bonus. If the firm were genuinely authorised to serve French retail clients, it would not be allowed to pay that bonus in the first place. An advertised incentive on a leveraged account is a signal that the offer is either not meant for French residents or comes from an operator outside the rules, and the AMF publishes warning lists of unauthorised websites for exactly this reason.
Researched by the BrokerBonuses editorial team. Last reviewed 2026-06-07. · How we research