Updated May 30 2023
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Overview | |
BlackBull Markets is a global broker headquartered in New Zealand founded in 2014 that specialises in providing CFDs based on shares, commodities, currencies and indices. |
Interactive Brokers is a global brokerage founded in 1978 that holds 11+ high tier financial licenses and provides discounted electronic trading services in nearly all the globe with access to more than 100,000+ financial instruments. |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
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Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 day | 1 day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
2014 | 1978 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
From $50 to $2,000 | 0 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
9 - EUR, USD, GBP, NZD, AUD, SGD, ZAR, JPY, CAD. | 23 - USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD, CHF, CNY, CZK, DK, HKD, HUF, INR, ILS, JPY, MXN, NZD, NOK, PLN, RUB, SGD, ZAR, KRW, SEK. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | Yes |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
US, CA, SY, IR. |
AF, SY, SO, SD, LY, NG, BI. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | Yes |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | Yes |
📊 ECN Account | |
No | Yes |
Banking License | |
No | No |
Debit Card | |
No | Yes | Assets |
📚 Assets Type | |
CFDs | Hybrid |
Total Asset Offering | |
23,092 | 173,105 |
Exchange Access | |
0 | 78 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
0 | 100,000 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
23,000 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
0 | 105 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
64 | 0 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
15 | 0 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
13 | 0 |
📔 ETFs | |
0 | 13,000 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
0 | 0 |
📒 Bonds | |
0 | 60,000 |
📒 Bonds CFDs | |
0 | 0 |
📓 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 | Variable - Fractions Allowed |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | $25,000 (0.25 lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Varies per commodity (eg: 1 Ounce of Gold) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
Unavailable | $1,000 for corporate/muni bonds, $1 million for treasury bonds |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
Unavailable | 1 Contract |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
Unavailable | 1 Contract |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
500 | Unavailable |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
Yes | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
Yes | Yes |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | No |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
Yes | No |
📺 cTrader | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | No |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
Yes | No |
👫 Social Trading | |
Yes | No |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
No | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
No | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
None | None |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
Yes, $5 for card withdrawals and $20 for international bank transfer withdrawals. |
One free withdrawal per month, subsequent are $10 per withdrawal or equivalent |
💰 Commissions | |
In the case of share trading, their fees start from NZD $12 per transaction yet they’re not clearly explained anywhere on their website. |
Commissions depend on market and residency:
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Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
From 0.4 Pips to 1.61 Pips | Dynamic - From 0.1 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
From 5.5 Pips | Dynamic - From 01 Pip |
📈 GOLD | |
From 16 Pips | Unavailable |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - From $0.50 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Unavailable |
📉 BTC | |
Unavailable | Unavailable | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | Yes |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
No | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | Yes |
📡 Educational Content | |
Yes | No |
📡 Live Chat Support | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
No | No |
📡 Account Management | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Webinars | |
No | No |