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


Visit 78% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 77% 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.	Legacy FX is a cypriot broker founded in 2017 that specialises in CFDs trading via MetaTrader 5 for mobile, web and desktop devices.
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	Traders looking for a CySec broker that offers a trading signals service
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 0 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) FCA (UK) IIROC (Canada) MAS (Singapore) BaFin (Germany)	CySec (Cyprus) VFSC (Vanuatu)
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	Proprietary signals channel (untested by us) Fixed spreads (at their discretion subject to change)
The Bad
High commissions on stocks and ETFs Platform is not beginner friendly	High minimum deposits (From $500 to $25,000) for their various account types Extremely high spreads when compared to similar brokers Low asset offering with poor categorisation Subpar regulatory framework Only MT5 platform is offered
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	2017
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	From $500 to $25,000
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal	Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Klarna iDeal GiroPay Perfect Money AVOPayments eftPay Volt Cash Load Jeton Gigadat
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD.	11 - USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD, RUB, PLN, HUF, SGD, ZAR.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.	US, CA, BE, FR, IL, IR, SY, AF, MM, SO, YE, IQ, SS, SD.
📊 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	292
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
10,169	200
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
330	40
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
124	24
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
95	18
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
1,084	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
18	10
📒 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	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Variable (eg: 1 BTC)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$10,000 (0.1 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
1 Contract	$10,000 (0.1 Lots)
📉 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	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	No
📱 Android App
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 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.	Yes, 10 units of account base currency after 90 days of inactivity.
💰 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.	Yes, ranging from 0.15% to 0.45% of trade value for stocks only.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips	Dynamic - From 1.6 Pips
📉 SP500
From 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 120 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 63 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $505
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
Yes	No