AAATrade Vs. BlackBull Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

AAATrade is a Cyprus based broker established in 2013, that offers a variety of financial instruments including contracts for difference (CFDs), forex, stock, commodities, cryptocurrencies and others.

BlackBull Markets is a global broker headquartered in New Zealand founded in 2014 that specialises in providing CFDs based on shares, commodities, currencies and indices.

• Beginner traders looking for a simple web and mobile platform to get started
• Passive investors looking for real equity

• Experienced currency traders looking for their ECN PRIME account offer with spreads from 0.1 Pips

• CySec (Cyprus)

• FMA (New Zealand)
• FSAS (Seychelles)

• Simple and friendly proprietary trading platform
• Intuitive overview of account analytics
• Wide variety of CFDs and real equities

• Competitive spreads in their ECN Prime account (From 0.1 Pips)
• Wide variety of platforms (MT4, MT5, TradingView and IBKR)
• Over 23,000 + shares

• Above-average FX spreads
• High fees (depending on the deposit / withdrawal methods)
• High deposit requirements for advanced services ($25,000 , $100,000)

• Their standard asset offering is very low (over 300 instruments)
• Share trading requires a separate platform with a different onboarding
• Commissions are above average and share trading fees are a mystery

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• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Credit Card
• Debit Card
• Wire Transfer
• Skrill
• Neteller
• FasaPay
• UnionPay
• Giropay
• QIWI
• Cryptocurrencies

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Neteller
• FasaPay
• China UnionPay
• Skrill

US, AS, AI, BB, FJ, GU, PW, PA, WS, SC, TT, VU, AL, BS, BW, KH, GH, JM, MU, MM, NI, PK, UG, SY, YE, ZW, IR, KR, AF, IQ, MN.

US, CA, SY, IR.

€15 after 3 months of inactivity.

From 0.2% for cryptocurrency, credit and debit cards up to 5% for alternative payments. Direct wire transfers have a fee of €10.

Wire transfers have a €10 fee.

Yes, $5 for card withdrawals and $20 for international bank transfer withdrawals.

• No commissions on novice accounts.
• Commission free trading for stock ETFs on Experienced accounts
• FX commissions are $4-$8 per lot depending whether the pair is major, minor or exotic.

• ECN Standard has no fees.
• ECN PRIME has a $6 commission per lot round turn

In the case of share trading, their fees start from NZD $12 per transaction yet they’re not clearly explained anywhere on their website.