City Index Vs. Capital.com - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
City Index is a global broker founded in 1983 that holds 4 financial licenses and offers advanced trading platforms, mobile apps, diverse market research tools and an extensive range of markets.	Capital.com is a global broker specialising in CFD Trading with an offering of more than 4000+ assets.
Best For
Intermediate and experienced traders looking for a great asset variety on CFDs Experienced traders looking to trade options over 17 asset classes Share and ETF traders looking for a comprehensive offering	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)
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The Good
Very intuitive order placement panelEasy to execute a trade through various markets Professional web platform with customisable workspaces Integrated Reuters news feed directly in the platform	Beginner friendly platforms Customisable or removable leverage (Not available in Australia) Integration with TradingView
The Bad
All assets are CFDs, there is no possibility to buy real stocks or ETFs Cryptocurrency offering is below most of its competitors (only 5) While easy to execute a trade, platform is difficult for a novice to navigate	Lack of advanced research and analysis tools No multi-charting capabilities on their propietary web platform Trailing-stop order not available
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
N/A	Recently granted ASIC license
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.
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore) ADGM (United Arab Emirates)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) NBRB (Belarus)
📍 Year Founded
1983	2016
💳 Minimum Deposit
$, €, £ - 100	$, €, £ - 20
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Maestro Electron PayPal Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill Apple Pay iDeal
💵 Account Base Currencies
8 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CHF.	5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, AUD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on stocks, ETFs,, currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies, indices and bonds.	Real stocks and ETFs CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies and indices.
📙 Stocks
4,500+	1,000 Real Stocks / 3,800+ CFDs
📘 Currency Pairs
84	140
📗 Commodities
30	33
📕 Indices
25	37
📔 ETFs
740	115
💸 Cryptocurrencies
5	27 (Not available in the U.K)
📒 Bonds
11	N/A
📓 Options
Yes, option chains over 17 different products	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
City index offers both CFDs and spread betting.<	The majority of Capital.com's assets are CFDs with the exception of their new stock investing account offering where users can buy / trade real shares (Not available in Australia).
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Varies per share starting from fractional share trading (eg: 0.1 shares)	Varies by Stock (Eg: 0.1 units of Tesla)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies per ETFs starting from fractional ETFs trading (eg: 0.1 ETFs)	Varies by ETF (Eg: 1 units of XLK)
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per cryptocurrency - (eg: 0.01 BTC, 1 LTC)	Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per commodity	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.1 Troy ounces of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Varies per bond	N/A
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Varies per option	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:30	Up to 1:30
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:500	Up to 1:500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes (Not available in Australia)
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Yes, 12£ monthly after 1 year of inactivity	No
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No	No
💰 Commissions
Spread betting markets have no commission CFDs or FX trading has no commission as well (except equities: shares & ETFs) Equity commissions depend on the market’s location (eg: UK and Europe have a 0.08% of transaction value fee, US equities and Asian ones have different percentages as well) The minimum equity commission rates are $10, £10 or 10€.	No
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 70 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 55 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $6.67
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $0.97
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	Dynamic - From $130
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	Partial - "Discover" tool with limited capabilities
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No