AP Markets Ltd.
Execution

Is AP Markets ECN? How your orders are executed

Short answer: AP Markets runs a hybrid execution model — it acts as direct counterparty or passes risk to institutional liquidity providers (tier-1 banks, prime brokers and ECN aggregators) based on price, depth and speed. The Zero Spread and ECN PRO accounts offer raw spreads from 0.0 pips with a fixed commission per lot.

We would rather explain the real model than sell you a label. This is how execution works at AP Markets, exactly as described in our public Execution Policy.

Market execution

Market orders execute at the best price available at processing time. In volatile conditions slippage can occur — positive or negative — and we document it in the policy.

Hybrid model

We execute as direct counterparty or hedge risk with institutional providers (A-book/B-book), choosing at each moment the best combination of price, depth and speed.

Institutional liquidity

Tier-1 banks, prime brokers and ECN aggregators provide the liquidity. The venue list is reviewed periodically.

Best execution

We apply a best-execution policy with weighted factors: total price, costs, speed, likelihood of execution and order size.

Raw spread + commission

Zero Spread and ECN PRO: spreads from 0.0 pips with a fixed commission of 3 and 3.5 USD per side. The other accounts pay no commission (the cost sits in the spread).

Everything in writing

Order types, slippage, gaps, stop-out and venues are documented in the Execution Policy — no fine print.

The documents

The full detail of the model and the costs per account:

Execution Policy Account types Help Center

Informative summary of the published Execution Policy. In case of discrepancy the legal document prevails. Last review: July 2026.

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