Eightcap Vs. FP Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
Eightcap is an Australian MT4 & 5 CFD broker founded in 2009 that specialises in currency, commodities, indices, stocks and cryptocurrency trading.	FP Markets is a leading Australian broker with a 10,000+ asset offering accompanied by a great variety of tech options such as deploying your own VPS and accessing ENC / DMA pricing.
Best For
Traders familiar with MT4 and MT5 platforms High volume traders looking for their specific asset offering combined with their Raw account’s low spreads Cryptocurrency speculators looking for CFDs on major pairs with low spreads	Professional traders looking for DMA pricing on their stocks Professional traders looking to set up a dedicated VPS High volume share traders that benefit from DMA pricing
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) SCB (Bahamas)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
The Good
Low spreads offered in their raw account Wide variety of cryptocurrency pairs with low spreads	Competitive spreads From 0 pips MT4 and MT5 offered Over 10,000 + shares
The Bad
Asset offering is low when compared to similar brokers Standard account spreads are relatively high (from 1 pip) All assets are CFDs, there is no ability to buy real shares	No ETFs are offered Stock trading commissions are expensive when compared to similar brokers Website is slow and confusing Fees for the majority of deposit and withdrawal methods
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
2009	2005
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller Paypal Bank Transfer Fasapay POLi Payment CUP (China Union Pay) BPAY	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill FasaPay PayTrust China Union Pay Bpay Broker to broker Sticpay Plusdebit Rupee Payments Dragonpay Perfect Money Paylivre Rapyd Finrax Fairpay
💵 Account Base Currencies
7 - AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, NZD, SGD, USD.	10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR, CY.	US, JP, BE, NZ, SY.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
913	10,403
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
600	10,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
45	63
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
5	15
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
13	17
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	295
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
250	11
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	2
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Variable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 - (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounces of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
No	Yes
📱 Android App
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	Yes, $5 for card withdrawals and $20 for international bank transfer withdrawals.
💰 Commissions
Depending on account type: Standard account has no commissions but spreads start from 1 Pip Raw account has a $3.5 commission per lot round turn but spreads start from 0 Pips	No commission on their Standard Account $3 per side (lot) commission on their RAW Account
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1 Pip	Dynamic - From 0 to 1.2 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 Pips	Dynamic - From 40 to 60 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 21 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 31 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $16	Dynamic - From $9 to $21
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
No	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	Yes