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


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Overview
AvaTrade is a top-tier multinational broker with more than 7 financial regulators specialising in FX and options trading with their own proprietary platforms.	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.
Best For
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	Beginners looking to get started investing in stocks or ETFs Intermediate and advanced traders looking to trade CFDs Professional traders and asset managers
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 6 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) FFAJ (Japan) CBI (Ireland) IIROC (Canada) CySec (Cyprus) FSCA (South Africa) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) ISA (Israel)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) JSC (Jordan)
The Good
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	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
The Bad
Lack of variety in stocks, ETFs and bonds Expensive inactivity fees No multi-chart tools High trade minimums in all assets except forex	Costly spreads in some of their assets when compared to similar competitors No propietary web trading platform
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
2006	2001
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF.	10 -EUR, GBP, USD, CHF, BGN, CZK, HRK, HUF, PLN, RON.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, BE, IR.	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	Yes
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
863	4,559
Exchange Access
0	1
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
626	3,254
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
55	40
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
27	28
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
33	43
📔 ETFs
0	778
📔 ETFs CFDs
59	372
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
17	42
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
2	2
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
44	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - From 1 to 100 units	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - From 1 to 100 units	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Variable (eg: BTC 0.01, ETH 0.1)	Varies by cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Variable (eg: 1 ounce of gold)	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
10 units	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
10,000 FX Option contracts	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 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
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$50 per quarter after 3 months of inactivity.	$10 monthly after 24 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
None	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)
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.9 Pips	From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 50 Pips	From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 34 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $1.92	Dynamic - From $1.45
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 2 Pips
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $137.31	Variable - From $208
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
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	Yes