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

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.

Tickmill is an international CFD broker headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in currency trading paired with MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms.

• 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

• Professional currency traders looking to exploit their account offering with low spreads
• Traders familiar with both MetaTrader 4 or 5 platforms with the intent to trade currencies

• ASIC (Australia)
• FCA (UK)
• IIROC (Canada)
• MAS (Singapore)
• BaFin (Germany)

• CySec (Cyprus)
• FSA (Seychelles)
• FCA (UK)
• FSA (Labuan)
• FSCA (South Africa)

• 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

• Very low and competitive spreads depending on the account type
• Leverage can be either removed or customised for the whole account

• High commissions on stocks and ETFs
• Platform is not beginner friendly

• Extremely low asset offering (over 80+ instruments in total)
• All of Tickmill’s assets are CFDs (users can’t purchase real stocks or ETFs)

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• 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.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Paypal

• Bank Transfer
• Visa
• Mastercard
• Skrill
• Neteller
• DotPay
• Paypal

US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.

US, CA, SY, IR.

After 12 months of inactivity, CMC Markets charges a £10 inactivity fee.

Yes and they vary per share exchange location. For U.S shares, there is a minimum $10 in-and-out commission. 

Depending on account type:

• Classic account has no commissions
• Pro account has a commission of 2 units of your base currency round turn per lot
• VIP account has a commission of 1 unit of your base currency round turn per lot