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


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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.	Exness is a Cypriot broker founded in 2008 that specialises on currencies trading via MT4 & 5 along with their proprietary Exness Trader platform.
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	Low volume traders looking to take advantage of their low sized account offerings Off-shore traders looking for high leverage factors High volume traders looking for their professional accounts (assuming they are satisfied with their available assets)
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 1 Other Licenses 6 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) FCA (UK) IIROC (Canada) MAS (Singapore) BaFin (Germany)	FSA (Seychelles) CBCS (Curaçao) FSC (British Virgin Islands) FSC (Mauritius) FSCA (South Africa) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK)
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	Competitive spreads depending on the account type Low entry barrier for new traders No minimum deposit on standard accounts
The Bad
High commissions on stocks and ETFs Platform is not beginner friendly	Most Exness' the financial licenses are from off-shore locations Very low asset offering with less than 200 instruments Despite using TradingView charts, multi-charts layout or fullscreen are not possible
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	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	From 0 to $3,000
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal	Credit Card Debit Card Neteller Skrill USDT (Tether) Bank Transfer BTC (Bitcoin) Perfect Money SticPay USDC (USD Coin)
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD.	1 - USD
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
11,885	243
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
10,169	100
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
330	100
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
124	7
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
95	10
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
1,084	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
18	26
📒 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	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Variable (eg: 1 BTC)	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
1 Contract	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📉 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	2000
✍ 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	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
Yes	No
🔨 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.	Commissions vary as follows: No comissions on Standard account No comissions on Standard Cent account $3.5 per lot side on Raw Spread account $0.2 per lot side on Zero account No commission on Pro account
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips	1 Pip
📉 SP500
From 60 Pips	From 200 pips
📈 GOLD
From 30 Pips	From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	From $0.10
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Unavailable	From $20
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No