City Index Vs. IC Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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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.	IC Markets is an Australian broker with a global presence specialising in Forex trading. One of their greatest advantages is providing RAW spread accounts with interbank pricing.
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	Professional traders looking for Interbank rates High volume traders that will save great amounts of costs with their low spreads and commissions
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore) ADGM (United Arab Emirates)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles)
The Good
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	Customisable leverage per asset before opening trades Interbank rates and low commissions Great platform variety
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	Avaliable assets are limited (Also No ETFs) No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs
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
1983	2007
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Maestro Electron PayPal Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Bitcoin Sofort Paypal Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
8 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CHF.	10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US, CA, IL.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
5,412	1,737
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
4,500	1,600
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
84	61
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
30	22
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
25	25
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
740	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
5	18
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
11	11
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
17	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Variable (eg: 0.01 BTC, 1 LTC)	Varies by Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 - 0.01 Lots
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 - 0.01 Lots
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
1 Unit	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
1 Contract	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
12£ monthly after 1 year of inactivity.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 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 commissions in standard accounts but rather a 1 Pip spread markup on interbank prices received. For Raw spreads accounts, $7 per lot round turn.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 0.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 to 45 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	Dynamic - From $8.7 to $42
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No