Tickmill inactivity fee: quick answer
| Question | Short answer | Where it's written |
|---|---|---|
| Does Tickmill charge an inactivity fee? | Yes — but only on dormant client areas, not 60-day-idle accounts. | Client agreement, clause 6.12.3 |
| How much? | 10 USD/EUR/GBP/CHF or 40 PLN per quarter. | Clause 6.12.3 |
| When does it start? | After 12 months and 10 days with no trading, withdrawals, transfers or deposits. | Clause 6.12.1 |
| What happens at 60 days? | Small-balance accounts are archived — no fee; balance moves to your wallet. | Clause 6.12.2 |
| Tiny balances? | Balances at or under 10 USD/EUR/GBP/CHF (40 PLN) are written off instead of charged. | Clause 6.12.3 |
The 60-day myth, and where it comes from
Search for this fee and you'll find two confident, contradictory answers: "$10 after 60 days of inactivity" and "Tickmill has no inactivity fee." Both come from reading half of the policy. Tickmill's agreement defines two different states with two different consequences, at two different timescales.
Tier 1 — the 60-day archive (no fee). Clause 6.12.2 classifies a trading account as inactive after "no trading, no open positions, no withdrawals or deposits to the account or logging in to the trading platform for at least 60 calendar days" — and only when the balance is at or under 50 GBP/EUR/USD (250 PLN / 200 ZAR). The account is deactivated and archived, the balance moves to your Tickmill wallet, and no charge applies. Worth knowing: the same clause states Tickmill "is not obliged to inform Clients prior to or after deactivating or archiving" — so an archived account can surprise you even though it costs nothing.
Tier 2 — dormancy (the real fee). Clause 6.12.1 classifies your whole client area as dormant after "no trading, no open positions, no withdrawals, transfers or deposits to the account for 12 months and 10 days" with a combined balance at or under 50 GBP/EUR/USD (250 PLN). At that point access is blocked, and clause 6.12.3 applies the charge: "the Company will charge 10 USD/EUR/GBP/CHF or 40 PLN as inactivity fee on a quarterly basis."
The write-off clause almost nobody mentions
Clause 6.12.3 ends with a detail that changes the maths for small accounts: if the remaining wallet balance is at or under 10 USD/EUR/GBP/CHF (40 PLN), Tickmill "will write off the remaining amount" — the balance is removed in one step rather than drained by quarterly charges. If you're leaving a few dollars behind on a dormant account, this clause is what actually happens to them.
Note the balance thresholds
Both tiers apply only to small balances — at or under roughly $50 (or currency equivalent). The agreement's dormancy machinery is aimed at abandoned dust accounts, not funded ones. That said, the clauses are the binding text and can change: verify the current agreement for the entity that onboards you before relying on any threshold.
How to avoid it entirely
- Any trade, withdrawal, transfer or deposit resets the dormancy clock — one action inside 12 months keeps a client area active.
- Leaving for good? Withdraw your balance first — see the Tickmill withdrawal fees guide for what that final withdrawal itself can cost (including the little-known 5.2% clause).
- Note that the 60-day archive counts platform logins as activity, but the 12-month dormancy definition does not list logging in — treat trades and balance operations as the only safe reset.
- Balances above the ~$50 threshold are outside the dormancy definitions entirely — but don't leave money parked with any broker on the strength of a clause; terms change.
Which entity's agreement this comes from
The clauses quoted here are from the Tickmill Ltd (Seychelles) client agreement, May 2026 edition, which governs the global tickmill.com site. Tickmill's UK (FCA) and EU (CySEC 278/15 — verified on the register) entities publish their own terms, which we have not confirmed word-for-word on this clause. Check the agreement you actually sign; our entity checker shows which entity is likely for your country, and the Tickmill scan lists every licence with its verification status.