ActivTrades Vs. Admiral Markets - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
ActivTrades is a global broker founded in Switzerland in 2001 that specialises in providing CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, indices, commodities and cryptocurrencies along with their own proprietary platform and MT4 & 5.	Admiral Markets (now Admirals) is a global broker headquartered in Estonia with a comprehensive asset offering (5000+) in CFDs and real stocks or ETFs along with MetaTrader 4 & 5.
Best For
Beginner and intermediate traders looking for a simple and powerful platform Experienced currency traders looking to exploit the tight spreads CFD traders looking for an de-leveraged option to trade	Beginners looking to get started investing in stocks or ETFs Intermediate and advanced traders looking to trade CFDs Professional traders and asset managers
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) SCB (Bahamas) CSSF (Luxembourg)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) JSC (Jordan)
The Good
Great and intuitive proprietary platform MT4 and MT5 offered Low currency spreads	Broad offering of 5000+ assets including CFDs, real stocks and ETFs MetaTrader 4 & 5 along their propietary trading app Tools for professionals and asset managers
The Bad
Asset offering is small when compared to similar competitors Commissions are charged Cryptocurrency trading is disabled during weekends	Costly spreads in some of their assets when compared to similar competitors No propietary web trading platform
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
N/A	N/A
Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 Day	1 Day
📋 Documents Required
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.
📍 Year Founded
2001	2001
💳 Minimum Deposit
$500	€, £, $ - 100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Sofort Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - EUR, USD, CHF, GBP.	10 -EUR, GBP, USD, CHF, BGN, CZK, HRK, HUF, PLN, RON.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on stocks, indices, currencies, commodities, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.	Real stocks and ETFs CFDs on stocks, commodities, currencies, cryptocurrencies, indices and ETFs.
📙 Stocks
1,000+	778 Real Stocks / 3,254 CFDs
📘 Currency Pairs
50	40
📗 Commodities
16	28
📕 Indices
30	43
📔 ETFs
500+	372 ETFs CFDs / 192 Real ETFs
💸 Cryptocurrencies
11	42
📒 Bonds
N/A	2
📓 Options
N/A	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
All of ActivTrades’s assets are CFDs.	Admiral Markets provides the option to trade either CFDs or real stocks and ETFs with their direct market access offering.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Varies per share (Fractional share trading allowed)	Varies by share (Fractional share trading)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies per ETF (Fractional ETF trading allowed)	N/A
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Varies by cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
N/A	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:30	Up to 1:30
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:400	Up to 1:500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes (Only on mobile)
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Yes, $10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.	$10 monthly after 24 months of inactivity
💰 Deposit Fees
Yes depending on method: Credit and Debit cards have a 1.5% fee	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
Yes, only for bank transfer withdrawals (9 GBP each)	No
💰 Commissions
Yes depending on asset: For European shares (excluding London) there are fees of 0.05% of the transaction value (minimum 1€) or 0.01% of the transaction value (minimum 5€) For London shares there are commissions of 0.10% of transaction value (minimum 1£) For New york and other international shares there are commissions of $0.02 per share (minimum $1) Along specific commissions per asset there can be market data fees such as 1€ monthly for New york exchanges or others.	Yes depending on account type (Eg: Zero MT4 or 5 accounts have a $3 per lot round turn commission, ASX shares have a 0.15% fee, etc)
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
From 0.5 Pips to 0.91 Pips	From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
From 23 Pips to 50 Pips	From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 98 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $1.45
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From 2 Pips
📉 BTC
From $55 to $91	Variable - From $208
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No