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Best Day Trading Platforms and Brokers in Poland 2025

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Jemma Grist

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Jemma Grist

Jemma is a writer, editor and fact-checker focused on retail trading and investing. Jemma brings a unique perspective to the forex, stock, and cryptocurrency markets and works across several investment websites as a researcher and broker analyst.

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James Barra

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James is an investment writer with a background in financial services. As a former management consultant, he has worked on major operational transformation programmes at prominent European banks. James authors, edits and fact-checks content for a series of investing websites.

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Michael MacKenzie

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Michael MacKenzie

Michael is a writer and editor with over a decade in journalism and publishing. His niche lies in editing and fact-checking content in the financial services sector, with a focus on online brokers and trading platforms. Michael previously reported on politics and economics in the Middle East and edits books for established publishers.

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Updated

Apr 2, 2025

To place short-term trades on financial markets like stocks listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) or currency pairs involving the Polish złoty (PLN), you’ll need to sign up with a broker.

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) supervises brokers, however Poles can also use other EU-regulated platforms through the region’s passporting scheme.

Jump into DayTrading.com’s pick of the best day trading brokers in Poland. Some of our platforms specifically cater to Polish traders with local markets, convenient payment methods like Przelewy24, and even PLN accounts.

Methodology

To identify the best day trading platforms in Poland, we took our database of 223 online brokers and removed any that don’t accept Polish day traders.

We then sorted the remaining by their overall rating, which blend hard data with our first-hand observations during testing.

How To Choose A Day Trading Broker In Poland

Based on our extensive experience testing day trading platforms that accept Poles, there are several factors to consider when choosing a provider:

Choose A Trustworthy Broker

This is essential if you want peace of mind when depositing złoty in your trading account.

Brokers regulated by credible authorities can help to protect you from trading scams, such as the ‘Fool Me Twice‘ scheme which made headlines after hundreds of Polish investors lost over 9 million PLN.

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) oversees financial markets in the country, though our investigations show only a limited number of brokers are directly regulated by the authority. Fortunately, other European-regulated brokers can onboard Polish traders through the EU’s cross-border initiative.

Brokers with oversight from a ‘green-tier’ body, as per DayTrading.com’s Regulation and Trust Rating, offer the highest standards of financial safeguards.

For instance, Poles can get up to €20,100 through the KDPW Investor Compensation Scheme should their broker become insolvent.

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Choose A Broker With A Range Of Markets

Choose a broker with the instruments you want to trade, whether Polish securities, regional assets relevant to Europe, or global markets.

For Polish traders, this might include exotic currency pairs involving the Polish złoty (PLN) like EUR/PLN, stocks listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, or the country’s key export commodities like oil and iron.

Importantly, day trading strategies lend themselves to liquid instruments with large price swings, allowing traders to move in and out of fast-moving markets while keeping trading costs down.

Polish stocks like PKN Orlen and PKO Bank Polski tick these boxes, but forex pairs like EUR/PLN, while volatile, are traded in smaller volumes than say EUR/USD, typically resulting in greater costs.

Choose A Broker With Competitive Day Trading Fees

Protecting your profits by keeping transaction costs down should be a priority for active traders.

Spreads, commissions and funding charges are the main types of fees you’ll encounter. You may also need to consider any conversion charges if depositing in Polish złoty, as the vast majority of brokers we’ve evaluated do not support PLN accounts.

Additionally, it’s worth considering whether any higher fees could be justified in return for superior trading tools and execution speeds. For example, you may get insights from in-house analysts into fiscal updates from the Narodowy Bank Polski that could affect the value of the PLN, or market sentiment data on Warsaw-listed stocks.

Choose A Broker With Powerful Charting Platforms

Active traders need access to reliable charting platforms to deploy day trading strategies.

Popular software like MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader and TradingView offer superb charting packages with enough indicators, drawing tools and short-term timeframes to meet the needs of beginners through to advanced traders.

However, novice traders may still prefer a proprietary, web-based terminal which often provides a more user-friendly trading experience based on our tests, with modern interfaces and less noise in terms of charts and data.

Choose A Broker With Transparent Leverage Requirements

Leverage trading, popular with day traders, and available through derivatives like CFDs, allows you to gain exposure to larger positions with a small outlay, thereby magnifying your returns (and losses).

However, it’s important to pick a broker that’s upfront about the amount of leverage available and margin requirements (how much you need to deposit and maintain in your account).

Let’s say I want to trade the EUR/PLN with leverage of 1:20. My outlay of PLN 500 would magnify my trade 20x, giving me PLN 10,000 in buying power.

This means my potential gains, or losses, would be 20x greater than if I had just traded with the cash in my account.

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Given the risk of substantial losses, we do not recommend that beginners trade with high leverage. Fortunately, the KNF, in line with European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) guidelines, helps by not allowing brokers to offer leverage to retail investors beyond 1:30.

Choose A Broker With Reliable Execution

To trade short-term assets, especially volatile Polish securities like PKN Orlen and Bank Pekao, you need a broker with fast and stable order execution.

The best brokers we test typically execute orders faster than our benchmark of 100 milliseconds. They also ensure low slippage rates (the difference between the requested price and the actual price) and latency (the measure of time delay when placing a trade).

Choose A Broker With Accessible Account Funding

Choose a broker with a deposit you can afford and convenient payment methods.

Our investigations show most providers require a minimum deposit of up to USD 250 to open an account (approximately 965 PLN). That said, the best platforms let you start with much less, or even zero.

A day trading platform that supports convenient deposit options can also make for a straightforward trading experience. According to research by PPRO, Przelewy24 remains one of the most popular payment methods in Poland.

FAQ

Who Regulates Day Trading Platforms In Poland?

The Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) is responsible for overseeing online trading providers in Poland, although Poles can also register with other European brokers who are authorized under the EU’s passporting scheme.

Whichever broker you choose, make sure you continue to follow KNF regulations and Polish tax rules.

Which Is The Best Broker That Accepts Day Traders From Poland?

Use our list of the best day trading trading platforms in Poland to find an optimal broker for your needs.

Eightcap, for example, offers a superb selection of platforms and tools for analyzing Polish assets, whilst Deriv is a low-cost and convenient option for traders looking to deposit and withdraw in Przelewy24.

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