This is the August 2026 edition of our forex bonus changelog — a narrative summary of every meaningful change our team logged in the Broker & Bonus Matrix, updated after a full re-verification pass against official broker terms on August 7, 2026. The headlines: XM’s no deposit bonus rose from $30 to $50, Exness formally confirmed it offers no bonuses at all, HFM’s 100% Supercharged Bonus and Vantage’s $50 welcome bonus are expired, FXOpen’s $10 no deposit bonus is gone, Traders Trust withdrew its no-deposit and Convertible deposit bonuses, JustMarkets’ anniversary contest closed on July 31 — and, cutting the other way, three FreshForex promotions came back to life with new end dates. Every entry below links to the underlying broker record, and the raw field-by-field feed lives on our bonus change tracker.
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Summary of Changes
| Broker | Offer | What Changed | Date Logged |
|---|---|---|---|
| XM | No deposit bonus | Increased $30 → $50 per official XM Global (Belize) T&C; 30-day claim window no longer in governing terms | August 7, 2026 |
| Exness | 10% deposit bonus (reported) | Removed — Exness Help Center states it offers no bonuses of any kind | August 7, 2026 |
| HFM | 100% Supercharged Bonus | Expired — withdrawn from HFM’s international site | August 7, 2026 |
| HFM | 100% Top-up Bonus | Confirmed active; unsupported volume-conversion claim removed | August 7, 2026 |
| Vantage | $50 welcome bonus | Expired — promo period ended December 31, 2025 per its own T&C | August 7, 2026 |
| Vantage | 50%+20% deposit bonus | Superseded June 22, 2026 by a 50%+10% structure (cap $30,000) | August 7, 2026 |
| FXOpen | $10 no deposit bonus | Expired — page removed, no replacement offered | August 7, 2026 |
| Traders Trust | $200 NDB + Convertible deposit bonus | Both withdrawn from the broker’s site | August 7, 2026 |
| JustMarkets | Great Anniversary Contest | Entry window (June 1 - July 31, 2026) closed; expired | August 7, 2026 |
| FreshForex | Mega Rebate cashback (up to $20/lot) | Reinstated — active again with end date October 30, 2026 | August 7, 2026 |
| FreshForex | 101% drawdown deposit bonus | Reinstated — active through August 31, 2026 | August 7, 2026 |
| FreshForex | 300% deposit bonus | Confirmed active to September 30, 2026; “180-day volume deadline” corrected (no deadline) | August 7, 2026 |
| Windsor Brokers | $30 no deposit bonus | Official exclusion list found: Nigeria, South Africa, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan, Bangladesh (and 49 more) are NOT eligible | August 7, 2026 |
| RoboForex | $30 welcome bonus | 2-lot volume gate and $100 profit cap removed (not in official rules) | August 7, 2026 |
| Tickmill | Trader of the Month | 50-lot minimum and account-type restriction removed; single $1,000 prize | August 7, 2026 |
| HFM | Loyalty (Trophy Road) | Earn rates corrected: 250/300/350/400 TRP per $1M (previous figures were 10x low) | August 7, 2026 |
| LiteFinance | 100% + NonStop deposit promos | Expired — promo codes ended mid-June 2026 | July 28, 2026 |
| FP Markets | Cashback program | Expired status re-confirmed; referral and free VPS confirmed active | August 7, 2026 |
LiteFinance: Two Deposit Promos Gone, Three Offers Still Live
The biggest practical change this month is at LiteFinance, which runs a promo-code-based bonus system with hard end dates. Two codes lapsed in mid-June:
- The 100% deposit bonus (code SANWALA) — a match of 100% up to $10,000 with a $50 minimum deposit — ran until June 14, 2026 and is now expired in our records.
- The NonStopBonus (30% on a first deposit of $1,000+, then 15% on subsequent deposits of $300+) ended June 18, 2026.
If you see either promotion still advertised on an affiliate site, treat it as stale — this is exactly the pattern our guide to forex bonus expiry warns about, and why we log end dates rather than assuming offers run forever.
What LiteFinance still offers, per our June 2026 verification: the $50 no deposit bonus (promo code Welcome, one-month window, deposit required before any profit withdrawal), the 60% deposit bonus (code LIKE, up to $10,000, six-month term), and the Trade Smart Challenge contest. Full terms for all three are in our LiteFinance bonus and promotions guide.
JustMarkets: Anniversary Contest Expired July 31
JustMarkets’ Great Anniversary Contest — announced for its 14th anniversary with a stated prize pool of $50,000+, including physical gold bars for top traders and cash prizes between $200 and $1,000 — ran June 1 through July 31, 2026. The window has passed and the offer is now marked expired in our Matrix. The contest’s official exclusion list (Australia, Canada, Japan, India, UK, US) was also archived for the record. An archival correction from the August 7 pass: the lot-tier prize mapping we previously printed (10-49 lots = $300 and so on) did not match the official structure. Per the official terms, verified clients with a $100+ account trading at least 3 lots participated, 10+ lots were required for the Final Lucky Draw, and the top traders won gold bars (20g for the top 3), with weekly $200 cash draws alongside.
If you traded toward a tier in June or July, watch your JustMarkets account and the broker’s official announcements for results — we have not verified how or when prizes are distributed. One honesty note: our source for this contest is the broker’s own press release, and the record is marked unverified in our Matrix — we could not independently confirm the terms on justmarkets.com. For how contest promotions work in general (and how to judge whether chasing volume is worth it), see our guide to forex trading contests.
Spring Seasonals Swept Out: XM and FreshForex
Our July 28 review pass formally closed out a group of spring promotions whose windows had quietly ended:
- XM Unlimited Cashback — the limited-time promotion paying up to $7 per lot with no earning cap ran April 7 to May 7, 2026, and is now marked expired. XM’s ongoing offers (below) are unaffected.
- FreshForex $50 no deposit bonus — valid until May 20, 2026, expired (re-confirmed August 7).
And then FreshForex reversed course. Our August 7 verification found two of its “expired” promotions running again with new windows, plus fresh detail on the rest of its lineup:
- FreshForex Mega Rebate (cashback up to $20/lot) — reinstated, now valid through October 30, 2026, with reduced rates on ECN MT5 accounts.
- FreshForex 101% drawdown bonus — reinstated through August 31, 2026. The old “1 lot per $2” conversion claim was removed: it is a pure drawdown-protection credit, not convertible to cash.
- FreshForex 300% deposit bonus — confirmed active to September 30, 2026. Correction: there is no 180-day deadline to complete volume (180 days is a crediting rule), and India and Indonesia are on the official forbidden list.
- FreshForex 15% deposit bonus — active, but its stated period ends August 31, 2026.
- FreshForex Stop Out insurance — active to September 30, 2026; note the temporary-credit mechanic (credit auto-deducts after 3 days).
FreshForex’s heavy rotation of seasonal promotions — expiring, then reinstating with new dates — is exactly why we log end dates instead of assuming offers run forever. We also re-confirmed the FP Markets cashback record as expired with a sitemap/redirect evidence chain; FP Markets’ active public promotions are its refer-a-friend program (T&C matched word-for-word on August 7) and its free VPS (MT4/MT5: 5 lots to qualify, 10 to renew; cTrader: 20/40). Seasonal churn like this is normal industry behavior; our seasonal and holiday bonus guide explains the cycle and how to time it.
XM: The No Deposit Bonus Is Now $50 — and the Deposit Bonus Baseline Holds
The biggest positive change of the month: XM’s long-running $30 no deposit bonus is now $50, confirmed on August 7 against the official XM Global Ltd (Belize) $50 No Deposit Trading Bonus T&C. Three terms moved with it: the governing document states no 30-day claim window (that clause survives only in the separate XM (SC) $100 variant document), activation is now SMS and/or voice verification, and the old blanket EA prohibition is gone from the current terms. The volume requirement is unchanged at 10 micro lots (0.1 standard lots) across at least 5 round-turn trades, with no stated profit cap. Full terms in our XM no deposit bonus guide.
On the deposit side, a correction worth highlighting because it changes deposit math. Many third-party sites still describe XM’s deposit bonus as “100% up to $500, then 20% up to $10,000” (a $10,500 maximum). Our verification against XM’s official bonus terms and conditions PDF — re-confirmed verbatim on August 7 — records the current standard structure as:
- 50% match on the first deposit, up to $500 in bonus
- 20% on subsequent deposits, up to a further $4,500
- Total maximum bonus: $5,000, with Zero and Ultra Low accounts excluded, and availability for both new and existing clients in eligible countries
One wrinkle for completeness: XM’s own promotions page now advertises a regional three-tier variant — 100% up to $500 on the first deposit, then 50% up to $500 and 20% up to $5,000 on subsequent deposits (“bonus availability and percentage vary by region”). No T&C matching that variant has been published and XM states no combined total for it, so treat the 50% + 20% / $5,000 structure from the official standard T&C PDF as the reliable baseline and confirm which program your XM entity actually offers before depositing.
Two more XM changes from the August 7 pass: the referral program has been relaunched at up to $150 per successful referral with no referral limit (qualifying conditions not yet publicly linked), and the old XMP loyalty scheme has been superseded by the XM Traders Club, in which trading earns XM Coins — earn rates and redemption values unpublished. Current terms are on the XM bonus page, and the deposit bonus pillar compares match structures across all vetted brokers.
Exness Makes It Official: No Bonuses At All
The 10% Exness deposit bonus that circulated on third-party sites is now formally dead in our records — because Exness itself says so. Its Help Center article “Does Exness offer bonuses?” (updated July 30, 2026) states plainly that the broker does not offer any kind of bonus — welcome, deposit, or trading. The Seychelles and BVI bonus T&C frameworks that exist are discretionary, invitation-only legal shells with no percentages, volume rules, or country lists. We have stripped the third-party 10% figure from the Matrix entirely. If bonuses are your priority, Exness is the wrong broker — its value is raw pricing plus IB cashback, as covered in our Exness review.
Resolved Flags and Hard Exclusions: FXOpen, Windsor, HFM
Three eligibility questions from the July pass got definitive answers on August 7:
- FXOpen $10 no deposit bonus: expired outright. The offer page returns a 404 and no replacement NDB is offered on the site, so the Indonesia flag is moot. FXOpen’s live promotions are its Cashback program (now up to 150% of Standard-account commission for the first 90 days, auto-activated and withdrawable) and free VPS ($5,000 equity or $10M monthly volume, otherwise $30/month). Full analysis in our FXOpen no deposit bonus guide.
- Windsor Brokers $30 no deposit bonus: major exclusion list surfaced. The official T&C’s country clause excludes 56 countries — including Nigeria, South Africa, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, the core bonus-hunting markets. The Malaysia flag is resolved the same way: excluded. The offer’s core terms stand, but for most of our readers it is simply not claimable. We have emptied the eligible-country list on the record.
- HFM housekeeping: the Shield 500 T&C (v2026/03) confirms no volume requirement and drops the old 10-day deposit clause; the 100% Supercharged Bonus is withdrawn from the international site (a Kenya-only continuation could not be verified); the Rescue Bonus is no longer offered; and the Trader Awards contest has been replaced by Traders Arena, which is open only to Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore.
If you are in an affected country, confirm eligibility with the broker before opening an account. The no deposit bonus pillar filters verified offers by region.
What This Means for Traders
Expiry risk is the quiet killer of bonus plans. Nearly a dozen of this month’s changes are expirations or withdrawals — HFM Supercharged, Vantage’s welcome bonus and 50%+20% structure, FXOpen’s $10 NDB, both Traders Trust bonuses, the JustMarkets contest — and several had been dead for weeks before most aggregator sites noticed. Before depositing for any promotion, check its end date on the broker’s own terms page — and check our tracker, where every change lands first.
Corrections cut both ways. XM’s no deposit bonus grew from $30 to $50, FreshForex reinstated two expired promotions, and RoboForex’s welcome bonus lost its 2-lot gate and $100 profit cap — while the XM deposit math correction (a $5,000 verified maximum, not $10,500) reminds you that active offers get restructured too. Your deposit sizing should follow the current terms, not last year’s blog posts.
Cashback swung back. FreshForex’s Mega Rebate returned (to October 30), FXOpen’s cashback got richer (up to 150% of commission for 90 days), and Traders Trust’s cashback turns out to run indefinitely — our previously recorded end date was wrong and has been removed. XM’s seasonal promo stays closed and FP Markets stays inactive. The programs that remain are compared in our cashback hub and live NDB tracker.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which forex bonuses expired ahead of August 2026?
The August 7 verification pass logged these as expired or withdrawn: HFM’s 100% Supercharged Bonus and Rescue Bonus, Vantage’s $50 welcome bonus (ended December 31, 2025) and its 50%+20% deposit structure (superseded June 22, 2026), FXOpen’s $10 no deposit bonus, Traders Trust’s $200 NDB and Convertible deposit bonus, JustMarkets’ Great Anniversary Contest (window closed July 31), FreshForex’s $5 and $50 no deposit bonuses, and HFM’s Trader Awards contest (replaced by the Malaysia/Brunei/Singapore-only Traders Arena). Earlier in the summer, LiteFinance’s 100% deposit bonus (June 14) and NonStopBonus (June 18) and XM’s Unlimited Cashback promo (May 7) also ended.
What forex bonuses are still active in August 2026?
Per our August 7 verification: XM’s $50 no deposit bonus and its 50% + 20% deposit bonus (max $5,000), LiteFinance’s $50 no deposit bonus and 60% deposit bonus, FBS’s 100% first-deposit bonus, HFM’s Shield 500 and 20% Top-Up, RoboForex’s $30 welcome bonus (now without the old profit cap), Tickmill’s $30 welcome account, FreshForex’s reinstated 300%/101%/15% deposit promos and Mega Rebate, and Vantage’s 150% birthday bonus and USDT cashback, among others. Windsor’s $30 credit remains active but excludes most bonus-hunting countries. Update, 18 August 2026: JustMarkets’ $30 no deposit bonus and its 50%/100%/120% deposit tiers moved to unverified. All four recorded source URLs return 404, justmarkets.com/trading/promotions redirects to a homepage with no promotions section, and none of the offers appear in JustMarkets’ published sitemaps (951 and 140 URLs, carrying six promo URLs between them: two ended contests, the promotions index and three editorial articles). A sitemap is a static file served identically to every visitor, so absence there is not regional suppression — the point that left three earlier verification attempts inconclusive. We record them as not currently published rather than expired: JustMarkets has issued no withdrawal statement, and the offers may still exist behind the client-portal login. JustMarkets remains a fully operating broker. The no deposit bonus and deposit bonus pillars carry the current verified lists, our 2026 forex bonus list collects every active offer in one table, and the tracker logs every change as we detect it.
How do you verify these bonus changes?
Every figure comes from our Broker & Bonus Matrix, the dataset our team maintains by reviewing broker promotion pages, terms and conditions PDFs, and official announcements. Each change is logged with the date detected, the old value, the new value, and the source. Offers we cannot confirm against broker material are marked unverified rather than presented as fact — the tracker shows the full field-by-field history, and our review methodology explains the vetting standard.
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Written by Tim Morris · Forex industry analyst · About Tim