Updated Jul 12 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. |
BDSwiss is a global broker headquartered in Switzerland that holds multiple financial licenses and offers access to over 250 financial instruments through 4 account types according to each trader's needs. |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
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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 | 2012 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
0 | $, €, £ - 100 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 Account Base Currencies | |
10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD. | 4 - USD, EUR, GBP, SEK |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
US, JP, SY, ZA, IR. | BE, CD ,ER, JP, KP, LY, MU, SC, SO, SD, US |
📊 STP Account | |
No | Yes |
📊 DMA Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | Yes | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
10,169 | 140 CFDs / 900+ on MT5 Platform |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
330+ | 50+ |
📗 Commodities | |
124 | 6 |
📕 Indices | |
95 | 10 |
📔 ETFs | |
1084 | 80 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
18 (Not available in the U.K) | 20 |
📒 Bonds | |
55 | N/A |
📓 Options | |
N/A | N/A |
📗 Futures | |
CFDs on commodities futures contracts with various expiration dates. |
N/A |
📝 Notes: | |
N/A | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
1 Share | 1 share |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
1 ETF | 1 contract |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC) | 0.01 Lots |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | $1,000 (0.01 lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
1 Contract | 0.01 Lots |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
1 Contract | N/A |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
1 Contract | N/A |
📉 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 1:500 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
No | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
No | Yes |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
No | No |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | Yes |
👫 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. |
10% of account balance after 90 days of inactivity (minimum at €25, maximum at €49.90) |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
No | €10 flat fee for bank wire withdrawals equal to or less than €100 |
💰 Commissions | |
Yes and they vary per share exchange location. For U.S shares, there is a minimum $10 in-and-out commission. |
Yes depending on account type (Eg: Raw accounts have a $5 per lot round turn commission while other pay spreads) |
Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips | Dynamic - From 0.3 Pips (Raw Account) |
📉 SP500 | |
From 60 Pips | Dynamic - From 39 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
From 30 Pips | Dynamic - From 27 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - From $3.30 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | 0.10% |
📉 BTC | |
N/A | Dynamic - From $190 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
Yes | No |