Admiral Markets Vs. RoboForex - 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.	RoboForex is an international broker established in 2009 which also owns the brand RoboMarkets and specialises on CFD trading over several asset classes.
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	Intermediate and Professional traders looking for different account offerings Experienced traders looking for trading platform variety
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 0 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) JSC (Jordan)	IFSC (International Financial Services Commission of Belize)
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	Comprehensive asset offering with more than 13,000+ instruments Great platform variety (MT4, MT5, cTrader and their own proprietary platforms) Custom account types with spreads from 0 pips
The Bad
Costly spreads in some of their assets when compared to similar competitors No propietary web trading platform	Weak regulatory framework (counting on 1 license from the IFSC) Doesn’t accept clients from the UK, EU and a few other countries
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	2009
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$10
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill	Visa Mastercard JCB AstroPay Skrill Neteller Perfect Money AdvCash NganLuong Wallet Bank transfers (SEPA, local and several options per country)
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 -EUR, GBP, USD, CHF, BGN, CZK, HRK, HUF, PLN, RON.	4 - USD, EUR, CNY, GOLD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	US, CA, JP, AU, BQ, CW, TL, RU, GQ, FM, MP, SJ, SS, UK, European Union.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
Yes	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
4,559	13,206
Exchange Access
1	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
3,254	12,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
40	40
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
28	100
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
43	50
📔 ETFs
778	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
372	1,000
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
42	16
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
2	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 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)	$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	2000
💪 Professional Leverage
500	Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	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	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
Yes	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$10 monthly after 24 months of inactivity.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	Yes for some methods (eg: Some bank withdrawals can cost up to 1.5% of the amount).
💰 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)	Yes depending on account type (eg: for ECN accounts there are commissions up to $20).
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 1.4 Pips
📉 SP500
From 50 Pips	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 20 Pips	Dynamic - From 17 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $1.45	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 2 Pips	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Variable - From $208	Dynamic - From $220
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	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No