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


Visit 81% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 76.27% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
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.	IC Markets is an Australian broker with a global presence specialising in Forex trading. One of their greatest advantages is providing RAW spread accounts with interbank pricing.
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	Professional traders looking for Interbank rates High volume traders that will save great amounts of costs with their low spreads and commissions
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 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) SCB (Bahamas) CSSF (Luxembourg)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles)
The Good
Great and intuitive proprietary platform MT4 and MT5 offered Low currency spreads	Customisable leverage per asset before opening trades Interbank rates and low commissions Great platform variety
The Bad
Asset offering is small when compared to similar competitors Commissions are charged Cryptocurrency trading is disabled during weekends	Avaliable assets are limited (Also No ETFs) No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!	No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!
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	2007
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$500	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Sofort Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Bitcoin Sofort Paypal Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - EUR, USD, CHF, GBP.	10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US, CA, IL.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
1,607	1,737
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,000	1,600
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
50	61
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
16	22
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
30	25
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
500	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
11	18
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	11
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions allowed	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions allowed	Unavailable
📈 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)	$1,000 - 0.01 Lots
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 - 0.01 Lots
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
Yes depending on method: Credit and Debit cards have a 1.5% fee	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
Only for bank transfer withdrawals (9 GBP each)	None
💰 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.	No commissions in standard accounts but rather a 1 Pip spread markup on interbank prices received. For Raw spreads accounts, $7 per lot round turn.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
From 0.5 Pips to 0.91 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 0.6 Pips
📉 SP500
From 23 Pips to 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 to 45 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 98 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
From $55 to $91	Dynamic - From $8.7 to $42
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No