CMC Markets Vs. Plus500 - 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.	Plus500 is an international broker specialised in CFD trading with a big range of assets including CFDs based on American options.
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	Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options
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 3 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) FCA (UK) IIROC (Canada) MAS (Singapore) BaFin (Germany)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore)
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	CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools
The Bad
High commissions on stocks and ETFs Platform is not beginner friendly	No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)
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	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD.	16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.	US, CA, CU, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 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	2,245
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
10,169	2,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
330	70
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
124	25
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
95	26
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
1,084	95
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
18	14
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
55	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	15
📗 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: 0.001 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
1 Contract	Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.2 Troy ounces of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
1 Contract	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
1 Contract	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by Option (Eg: 5 contracts of Tesla Calls)
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	300
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 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	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
After 12 months of inactivity, CMC Markets charges a £10 inactivity fee.	$10 every 3 months 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.	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 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $5.2
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From 7 Pips
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $136
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	No
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No