Updated May 13 2022
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CMC Markets is a global broker headquartered in the U.K that holds 6 high value financial licenses and offers CFD trading on stocks, etfs, commodities, currencies, bonds and cryptocurrencies. |
AAATrade is a Cyprus based broker established in 2013, that offers a variety of financial instruments including contracts for difference (CFDs), forex, stock, commodities, cryptocurrencies and others. |
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Licenses | |
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🏛 Financial Regulators | |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
N/A | N/A |
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 | |
1989 | 2013 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
0 | $500 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 Account Base Currencies | |
10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD. | 3 - USD, EUR, GBP. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
US, JP, SY, ZA, IR. | US, AS, AI, BB, FJ, GU, PW, PA, WS, SC, TT, VU, AL, BS, BW, KH, GH, JM, MU, MM, NI, PK, UG, SY, YE, ZW, IR, KR, AF, IQ, MN. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | Yes |
📊 DMA Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | No | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
10,169 | 1,000+ |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
330+ | 80+ |
📗 Commodities | |
124 | 4 |
📕 Indices | |
95 | 12 |
📔 ETFs | |
1084 | 5 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
18 (Not available in the U.K) | 50+ |
📒 Bonds | |
55 | 4 |
📓 Options | |
N/A | N/A |
📗 Futures | |
CFDs on commodities futures contracts with various expiration dates. |
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📝 Notes: | |
N/A | Almost all assets are CFDs, except for 45 blue chip stocks |
Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
1 Share | 1 Share |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
1 ETF | 1 ETF |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC) | Varies per Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC) |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | $1,000 (0.01 lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
1 Contract | $1,000 (0.01 lots) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
1 Contract | !00 Units |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
1 Contract | $1,000 (0.01 lots) |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
N/A | N/A |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
Up to 1:30 | Up to 1:30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Up to 1:500 | Up to 1:200 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
No | Yes |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | Yes |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | No |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
No | Yes |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
No | No |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | No |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | No |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
Yes | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
After 12 months of inactivity, CMC Markets charges a £10 inactivity fee. |
Yes, €15 after 3 months of inactivity. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | Yes, from 0.2% for cryptocurrency, credit and debit cards up to 5% for alternative payments. Direct wire transfers have a fee of €10. |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
No | No for debit/credit card and e-payment. Wire transfer has a €10 fee. |
💰 Commissions | |
Yes and they vary per share exchange location. For U.S shares, there is a minimum $10 in-and-out commission. |
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Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips | Dynamic - From 2 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
From 60 Pips | Dynamic - From 50 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
From 30 Pips | Dynamic - From 95 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - From $0.21 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - From $0.01 |
📉 BTC | |
N/A | Dynamic - From $511 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | Yes (Partial) |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
Yes | Yes |