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


Visit 78% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 83.45% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
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.	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).
Best For
Professional high volume traders looking to offset the cost of commissions through larger trades Intermediate and professional traders looking for a professional custom platform with customisable layouts	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)
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 5 Other Licenses 0 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
ASIC (Australia) FCA (UK) IIROC (Canada) MAS (Singapore) BaFin (Germany)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) NBRB (Belarus)
The Good
Comprehensive asset offering with more than 12,000+ tradable assets and the possibility to add data connections to exchanges to add more Powerful professional platform with customisable layouts and integrated reuters feed	Beginner friendly platforms Customisable or removable leverage (Not available in Australia) Integration with TradingView
The Bad
High commissions on stocks and ETFs Platform is not beginner friendly	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
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
1989	2016
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	$20
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill Apple Pay iDeal
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD.	5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, AUD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.	US, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
11,885	5,152
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	1,000
📙 Stock CFDs
10,169	3,800
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
330	140
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
124	33
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
95	37
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
1,084	115
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
18	27
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
55	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
10	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Variable (eg: 1 BTC)	Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
1 Contract	Variable (Eg: 0.01 ounces of gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
1 Contract	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
1 Contract	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
After 12 months of inactivity, CMC Markets charges a £10 inactivity fee.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Yes and they vary per share exchange location. For U.S shares, there is a minimum $10 in-and-out commission.	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
From 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 70 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 55 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $3.30
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $0.97
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $130
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
Yes	Yes