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Based on my experience and what I gathered from the available background, CurrencyFair primarily positions itself as a money transfer service rather than a conventional forex or indices trading broker. My research shows CurrencyFair is regulated in Australia under ASIC and has been operating for over a decade, which provides some assurance concerning legitimacy and client protection. However, the platform’s stated services focus on cross-border transfers, especially competitive currency exchange and transparent transfer fees, rather than direct trading in indices like the US100. When I look at the costs involved, CurrencyFair is clear about its transfer fees and exchange rates for money transfers, but there are no explicit details given about trading costs for indices. This signals to me, as someone who values cost transparency in trading, that standard trading elements such as spreads, commissions, or swap rates on the US100 index are likely not applicable here—because CurrencyFair does not appear to offer derivatives or CFD trading on indices. For the closest analogy, if I were transferring funds for investment purposes, my total cost with CurrencyFair would usually be the fixed transfer fee and possibly a margin on the exchange rate, but not per-trade pricing seen with brokers offering US100 trading. To sum up, if your interest is index trading specifically, I have to stress that CurrencyFair, in its current form and as far as I can determine, does not provide access to such markets or associated trading cost structures. That distinction is critical for planning your trading or transfer activities.