FXTF has linked its trading systems to TradingView in what the charting platform says is the first integration of a locally licensed Japanese forex and CFD broker.
The connection lets clients in Japan place forex, commodity and crypto CFD orders without leaving their charts, TradingView said in announcing the deal.
FXTF, which operates under the Goldenway Japan name and holds a license from Japan's Financial Services Agency, was founded in 2006 and runs more than 280,000 client accounts out of Tokyo.
TradingView said the integration covers the broker's 29 currency pairs, a short list of commodity CFDs on gold, silver, crude oil and natural gas, plus crypto CFDs on bitcoin and ether.
A Domestic First in a Market Built on In-House Platforms
Japan runs one of the largest retail forex businesses in the world, and most of it flows through software the brokers build themselves.
The biggest domestic names push their volume through proprietary apps rather than third-party tools, and DMM Securities ran the highest average monthly FX volume of any broker globally in 2025, at roughly $1.46 trillion, according to FM Intelligence.
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That scale rests on a domestic client base that has long favored homegrown interfaces and Japanese-language support. GMO Click and DMM, the market's two anchors, have little reason to lean on outside platforms.
FXTF sits at the smaller end of that field and has reached for external technology before, offering MetaTrader 4 alongside its own GX platform.
Adding TradingView hands its users a charting and order-entry layer that competes with the in-house systems the larger brokers depend on.
TradingView Keeps Signing Up Brokers
TradingView has spent the past two years wiring brokers into its platform so traders can execute inside its charts.
CMC Markets added the feature in April 2025, and tastyfx, the US forex arm of IG, connected in October 2024.
IC Markets joined in March 2024, with Vantage and Capital.com among earlier additions.
Most of those partners are international CFD brokers chasing a global retail audience. FXTF's deal is narrower, aimed squarely at Japanese residents, who keep local investor protections only when they trade through a JFSA-licensed firm.
That focus is the main thing setting it apart. Where the earlier integrations opened TradingView to brokers serving dozens of countries, FXTF is bringing the platform into a domestic market that foreign brokers struggle to crack without a local license.
ThinkMarkets, for one, launched FX trading in Japan only in 2022, after buying a licensed local firm to obtain its permit.
Japan's Strict Rulebook Shapes the Offer
Japan caps retail forex leverage at 25 to 1, well below the levels offshore brokers advertise, and bans the deposit bonuses common in other markets.
Licensed firms must segregate client money and belong to the Financial Futures Association of Japan, with clients covered up to ¥10 million if a broker fails.
Those rules have produced a deep, slow-moving market often personified by "Mrs. Watanabe," the shorthand for the Japanese retail traders whose USD/JPY activity feeds into global volumes.
The 25-to-1 cap has held steady through repeated regulatory reviews rather than tightening further.
FXTF said it runs a zero-spread model that is fixed in principle, with exceptions, and charges no trading commissions, though certain position-related fees can apply. There is no minimum deposit.
