Admiral Markets Vs. AvaTrade - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
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.	AvaTrade is a top-tier multinational broker with more than 7 financial regulators specialising in FX and options trading with their own proprietary platforms.
Best For
Beginners looking to get started investing in stocks or ETFs Intermediate and advanced traders looking to trade CFDs Professional traders and asset managers	New traders looking for a more advanced forex and options platform Experienced traders looking to take advantage of their fixed spreads Experienced traders looking to trade FX options
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 6 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) JSC (Jordan)	ASIC (Australia) FFAJ (Japan) CBI (Ireland) IIROC (Canada) CySec (Cyprus) FSCA (South Africa) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) ISA (Israel)
The Good
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	AvaProtect feature for negative trades payback Great variety of platforms (proprietary ones, MT4 & MT5) Smooth platform experiences and easy account management Custom Options trading platform
The Bad
Costly spreads in some of their assets when compared to similar competitors No propietary web trading platform	Lack of variety in stocks, ETFs and bonds Expensive inactivity fees No multi-chart tools High trade minimums in all assets except forex
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	2006
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 -EUR, GBP, USD, CHF, BGN, CZK, HRK, HUF, PLN, RON.	4 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	US, BE, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
Yes	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
4,559	863
Exchange Access
1	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
3,254	626
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
40	55
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
28	27
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
43	33
📔 ETFs
778	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
372	59
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
42	17
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
2	2
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	44
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Variable - From 1 to 100 units
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Variable - From 1 to 100 units
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	Variable (eg: BTC 0.01, ETH 0.1)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)	Variable (eg: 1 ounce of gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	10 units
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	10,000 FX Option contracts
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 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	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	No
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
Yes	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$10 monthly after 24 months of inactivity.	$50 per quarter after 3 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
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)	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.9 Pips
📉 SP500
From 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 20 Pips	Dynamic - From 34 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $1.45	Dynamic - From $1.92
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 2 Pips	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Variable - From $208	Dynamic - From $137.31
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
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No