ActivTrader Vs. Fusion Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

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.

Fusion Markets is an Australian broker founded in 2010 that specialises in low-cost currency trading via MT4 and MT5 platforms and holds 2 financial licenses from ASIC and VFSC.

• 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

• New traders looking to get started in currency trading
• Intermediate and professional traders looking for low spreads with a custom account offering

• FCA (UK)
• SCB (Bahamas)
• CSSF (Luxembourg)

• ASIC (Australia)
• VFSC (Vanuatu)

• Great and intuitive proprietary platform
• MT4 and MT5 offered
• Low currency spreads

• Extremely competitive account offering with either 0 spreads and a commission of AUD $4.5 or low spreads with no commissions
• Tight spreads on most of their instruments

• Asset offering is small when compared to similar competitors
• Commissions are charged
• Cryptocurrency trading is disabled during weekends

• Asset offering is poor (over 100+ instruments)
• Platform variety is not great (only MT4 or MT5 offered)

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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.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Sofort
• Bank Transfer

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Neteller
• PerfectMoney
• Jeton

US, CA, SY, IR.

US, CA, IR, SY, NZ.

$10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.

Yes depending on method:

• Credit and Debit cards have a 1.5% fee

Only for bank transfer withdrawals (9 GBP each)

No for most payment methods except international bank transfers which have a cost of 20 AUD.

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.

• No commissions on classic accounts.
• AUD $4.5 per lot round turn for ZERO accounts with spreads starting from 0.