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


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Overview
Binance is a global cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2017 in China with the aim of providing the ultimate trading solution. Currently, they offer more than 700+ cryptocurrencies, derivatives (such as Vanilla options, futures, staking), a Launchpad platform for ICOs and many more services such as several trading platforms with different complexity levels.	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
Avid cryptocurrency traders and investors from intermediate to expert levels Day traders looking for a high liquidity exchange with competitive fees	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 Unregulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 0 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
None	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) JSC (Jordan)
The Good
Largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by liquidity Massive cryptocurrencies selection available (700+) Large amount of financial products in the form of derivatives (Vanilla options, futures, etc) Advanced trading platforms with visual order books at no cost	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
Interface can be complex to use for beginners The wide selection of products and derivatives can also be intimidating for beginners	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
2017	2001
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Cryptocurrency Bank transfers Visa Mastercard	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
All supported cryptocurrencies.	10 -EUR, GBP, USD, CHF, BGN, CZK, HRK, HUF, PLN, RON.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
Yes	No
❌ Restricted Countries
None	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
Yes	Yes
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
750	4,559
Exchange Access
0	1
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
0	3,254
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
0	40
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
0	28
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
0	43
📔 ETFs
0	778
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	372
💸 Cryptocurrencies
750	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	42
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	2
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$10	Varies by cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
Unavailable	$1000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
100	30
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
No	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	$10 monthly after 24 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Fixed 0.1% trade value fee for spot trades.	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
Unavailable	From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Unavailable	From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $1.45
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 2 Pips
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $1	Variable - From $208
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
No	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	Yes