CMC Markets Vs. Vestle - 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.	Vestle was a brand part of the iForex Group that specialised in CFD trading and offered over 600 different financial instruments. Currently they're no longer operative and have rebranded themselves to iFOREX Europe.
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	Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform
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 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) FCA (UK) IIROC (Canada) MAS (Singapore) BaFin (Germany)	CySec (Cyprus)
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	Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs
The Bad
High commissions on stocks and ETFs Platform is not beginner friendly	High spreads on all of their instruments Web and mobile platforms are slow and lack tools Their FAQ database doesn’t effectively answer the most common questions any trader could have
Status
Operational	Inactive
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	2018
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal	Bank Wire Credit Card Debit Card
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD.	1 - EUR
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.	US, CA, SY, IR, JP.
📊 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	584
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
10,169	400
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
330	50
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
124	19
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
95	32
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
1,084	42
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
18	41
📒 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	$2,500 trade value
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	$2,500 trade value
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Variable (eg: 1 BTC)	$2,500 trade value
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$2,500 trade value
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
1 Contract	$2,500 trade value
📉 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	Yes
🎓 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	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.	Vestle charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).
💰 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 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
From 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 90 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 35 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $3
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $120
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	No
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
Yes	No