BlackBull Markets Vs. Tickmill - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 71% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
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.	Tickmill is an international CFD broker headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in currency trading paired with MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms.
Best For
Experienced currency traders looking for their ECN PRIME account offer with spreads from 0.1 Pips	Professional currency traders looking to exploit their account offering with low spreads Traders familiar with both MetaTrader 4 or 5 platforms with the intent to trade currencies
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 4 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FMA (New Zealand) FSAS (Seychelles)	CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles) FCA (UK) FSA (Labuan) FSCA (South Africa)
The Good
Competitive spreads in their ECN Prime account (From 0.1 Pips) Wide variety of platforms (MT4, MT5, TradingView and IBKR) Over 23,000 + shares	Very low and competitive spreads depending on the account type Leverage can be either removed or customised for the whole account
The Bad
Their standard asset offering is very low (over 300 instruments) Share trading requires a separate platform with a different onboarding Commissions are above average and share trading fees are a mystery	Extremely low asset offering (over 80+ instruments in total) All of Tickmill’s assets are CFDs (users can’t purchase real stocks or ETFs)
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
2014	2014
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $50 to $2,000	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller FasaPay China UnionPay Skrill	Bank Transfer Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller DotPay Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - EUR, USD, GBP, NZD, AUD, SGD, ZAR, JPY, CAD.	4 - USD, EUR, GBP, PLN
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
23,092	87
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
23,000	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
64	62
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
15	4
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
13	14
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	3
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	4
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Unavailable	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
500	30
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	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
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
Yes, $5 for card withdrawals and $20 for international bank transfer withdrawals.	None
💰 Commissions
ECN Standard has no fees. ECN PRIME has a $6 commission per lot round turn In the case of share trading, their fees start from NZD $12 per transaction yet they’re not clearly explained anywhere on their website.	Depending on account type: Classic account has no commissions Pro account has a commission of 2 units of your base currency round turn per lot VIP account has a commission of 1 unit of your base currency round turn per lot
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
From 0.4 Pips to 1.61 Pips	Dynamic- From 0 to 1.6 Pips
📉 SP500
From 5.5 Pips	Dynamic- From 39 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 16 Pips	Dynamic- From 24 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $128.2
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
No	No