CMC Markets
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78% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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

Updated Dec 22 2022

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78% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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74-89% 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.

Moneta Markets is an international broker that specialises in CFDs trading via MetaTrader 4 and their proprietary platform ProTrader powered by TradingView.

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
  • Scalpers looking to take advantage of the spreads and commissions on ECN account
  • International traders looking for an off-shore high leverage broker.
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

5

Other Licenses

0

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

1

Other Licenses

3

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

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🏛 Financial Regulators
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FCA (UK)
  • IIROC (Canada)
  • MAS (Singapore)
  • BaFin (Germany)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FSCA (South Africa)
  • FSA (Seychelles)
  • SVGFSA (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
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
  • ProTrader platform powered by TradingView
  • Competitive commissions on ECN account
  • Moneta Markets is part of the Vantage group which holds an ASIC license
The Bad
  • High commissions on stocks and ETFs
  • Platform is not beginner friendly
  • Demo accounts only last 30 days
  • Asset offering is extremely low (below 300 instruments)
  • Weak regulatory framework with only 1 license
  • STP account spreads are really high for industry standards
Status
Operational Operational
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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 2019
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0 $50
💰 Payment Methods
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Paypal
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • FasaPay
  • JCB
  • SticPay
  • Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD. 9 - AUD, USD, GBP, EUR, SGD, CAD, NZD, JPY, HKD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No No
❌ Restricted Countries

US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.

AF, AS, AL, AU, BY, BE, BM, BA, BG, BI, CA, CF, HR, CU, CY, CD, ER, FR, GU, IR, IQ, IT, JP, LB, LR, LY, MK, ML, ME, MM, KP, PR, GN, GW, RO, SL, RS, SG, SI, SO, SS, SD, ES, SY, US, UK, VI, VE, YE, ZW. 

📊 STP Account
No Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes No
📊 ECN Account
Yes Yes
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs CFDs
Total Asset Offering
11,885 769
Exchange Access
0 0
📙 Real Stocks
0 0
📙 Stock CFDs
10,169 640
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
330 45
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
124 15
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
95 16
📔 ETFs
0 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
1,084 40
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
18 6
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
55 7
📓 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) Unavailable
📉 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 Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
1 Contract Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30 1000
💪 Professional Leverage
500 Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
No Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes No
📱 Android App
Yes No
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No Yes
📺 cTrader
No No
💻 Web trader
Yes Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No Yes
💻 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.

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. 

Commission structure varies as follows:

  • No commissions on Direct STP account
  • $3 per lot per side commission on Prime ECN account
  • $1 per lot per side commission on Ultra ECN account
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips Dynamic - From 0.1 to 1.2 Pips
📉 SP500
From 60 Pips Dynamic - From 300 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 30 Pips Dynamic - From 10 to 130 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread Dynamic - From $0.22
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread Dynamic - From $0.02
📉 BTC
Unavailable Unavailable
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 Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes Yes
📡 Account Management
No No
📡 Webinars
Yes Yes