Bonus availability
29 bonuses we have verified as available to traders in Portugal.
Portugal applies the EU's strictest consumer protections to leveraged trading, and that includes promotions: CFD providers authorized to serve Portuguese retail clients cannot use bonuses to attract them.
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.
BitMart
BitMart's referral program pays you a permanent commission of 20% (rising to 25% and 30% as you invite more people) on the trading fees of friends you refer for spot and futures trading.
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.
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.
KuCoin
New KuCoin users who verify, deposit, and trade within 30 days collect a randomized welcome package of roughly 100 USDT plus trading-fee coupons and futures trial funds, far below the advertised 11,000 USDT ceiling.
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.
BitMart
BitMart's New User Rewards total 13 USDT: a 3 USDT futures voucher for signing up, a 5 USDT spot fee voucher for a first deposit of at least 100 USDT, and a 5 USDT futures trading bonus. None of it is paid as withdrawable cash.
Bitget
Bitget advertises a welcome pack up to $6,200, but the rewards are non-withdrawable futures vouchers, and the realistic value to a typical new user is close to nothing.
Gate.io
New users on Gate (the exchange formerly branded Gate.io) can collect futures vouchers worth 118 USDT by finishing five starter tasks within 15 days of signup: registering, verifying identity, depositing 10 USDT, making a first 10 USDT trade, and downloading the app. The advertised 10,000 USDT is a separate challenge gated behind trading volume that almost no retail user reaches.
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.
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.
98 more offers we track are not available to residents here.
Portuguese traders still see bonus advertising constantly, because offshore entities market to Portuguese speakers across borders. Understanding which offers are legitimate, which are unreachable, and which are outright warnings signs is the point of this page.
The ESMA product-intervention measures, applied in Portugal by the CMVM, prohibit CFD providers from offering monetary and non-monetary incentives to retail clients. Deposit matches, no-deposit credit, volume rebates tied to CFD trading and refer-a-friend rewards are all off the table for any broker entity authorized to serve Portuguese retail clients, which includes every EU firm passporting under MiFID II. The same regime caps leverage, mandates negative balance protection and standardizes risk warnings.
The bonuses Portuguese traders see advertised online come from offshore entities, typically registered in Seychelles, Vanuatu or St. Vincent, marketing across borders without authorization to solicit in Portugal. Accepting such an offer means leaving the EU protection framework entirely: no leverage caps, no negative balance protection, no CMVM recourse, and a dispute forum somewhere far away. That trade is almost never worth a credit bonus, and platforms on the Banco de Portugal unauthorized-activity list should be avoided outright.
What remains legitimately available is narrower but real: promotions on products outside the CFD intervention's scope, such as free-share offers from stock brokers, referral rewards on real-asset investing platforms, and fee discounts. These comply with the rules precisely because they attach to less dangerous products, which is a reasonable filter in itself.
Portugal's securities regulator and the national competent authority for MiFID II firms. It applies the ESMA product-intervention regime to CFDs, including the prohibition on bonuses and incentives for retail clients, and publishes risk warnings on leveraged products.
The central bank supervises banking and payments and maintains a public list of entities carrying out unauthorized financial activity in Portugal, including flagged trading platforms that solicit Portuguese residents.
Local currency: EUR
Portuguese retail activity spans European and US equities, index funds, forex and CFDs through EU-passported brokers, and a sizeable crypto segment. SEPA transfers make funding instant and cheap, and MB WAY is supported by some platforms alongside cards and e-wallets.
Trading gains are taxed as capital gains at a flat 28% for residents, with an option to aggregate at progressive rates when beneficial, and foreign-source broker income is reported in Anexo J of the IRS return. The flat rate makes the after-tax math simple; nothing about a bonus changes it.
Researched by the BrokerBonuses editorial team. Last reviewed 2026-07-22. · How we research