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


Visit 83.45% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 81% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
Capital.com is a global broker founded in 2016 that specialises in CFDs trading with an offering of more than 4,000 different assets along with several trading platforms (TradingView, MT4, MT5 and their own).	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
Beginner and intermediate traders looking for a cost-effective option to trade CFDs on Stocks and ETFs Investors and traders looking to buy shares using their new stock investing account (Not available in Australia)	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 2 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
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) NBRB (Belarus)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) JSC (Jordan)
The Good
Beginner friendly platforms Customisable or removable leverage (Not available in Australia) Integration with TradingView	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 advanced research and analysis tools No multi-charting capabilities on their propietary web platform Trailing-stop order not available	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
2016	2001
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$20	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill Apple Pay iDeal	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, AUD.	10 -EUR, GBP, USD, CHF, BGN, CZK, HRK, HUF, PLN, RON.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, SY, IR.	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	Yes
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
5,152	4,559
Exchange Access
0	1
📙 Real Stocks
1,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
3,800	3,254
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
140	40
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
33	28
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
37	43
📔 ETFs
0	778
📔 ETFs CFDs
115	372
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
27	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
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	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: 0.01 ounces of gold)	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
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	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
Yes	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
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 0.8 Pips	From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 70 Pips	From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 55 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $3.30	Dynamic - From $1.45
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.97	Dynamic - From 2 Pips
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $130	Variable - From $208
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	Yes
📡 Webinars
Yes	Yes