ActivTrader Vs. Moneta 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.

Moneta Markets is an international broker that specialises in CFDs trading via MetaTrader 4 and their proprietary platform ProTrader powered by TradingView.

• 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

• Scalpers looking to take advantage of the spreads and commissions on ECN account
• International traders looking for an off-shore high leverage broker.

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

• ASIC (Australia)
• FSCA (South Africa)
• FSA (Seychelles)
• SVGFSA (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

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

• ProTrader platform powered by TradingView
• Competitive commissions on ECN account
• Moneta Markets is part of the Vantage group which holds an ASIC license

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

• Demo accounts only last 30 days
• Asset offering is extremely low (below 300 instruments)
• Weak regulatory framework with only 1 license
• STP account spreads are really high for industry standards

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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
• FasaPay
• JCB
• SticPay
• Bank Transfer

US, CA, SY, IR.

AF, AS, AL, AU, BY, BE, BM, BA, BG, BI, CA, CF, HR, CU, CY, CD, ER, FR, GU, IR, IQ, IT, JP, LB, LR, LY, MK, ML, ME, MM, KP, PR, GN, GW, RO, SL, RS, SG, SI, SO, SS, SD, ES, SY, US, UK, VI, VE, YE, ZW. 

$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)

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.

Commission structure varies as follows:

• No commissions on Direct STP account
• $3 per lot per side commission on Prime ECN account
• $1 per lot per side commission on Ultra ECN account