Eightcap Vs. Robomarkets - 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.	Founded in 2012, RoboMarkets offers five different types of accounts, including its proprietary R Stock Trader and ProCents accounts, with access to 12,000 instruments. The different accounts offer different spreads and investment instruments.
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	Traders interested in trading U.S. equities, ETFS with access to 3,000 stocks Traders looking for a mix of CFDs and stocks through R Stock Trader Traders seeking small investments through its ProCents account
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 0 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) SCB (Bahamas)	CySec (Cyprus)
The Good
Low spreads offered in their raw account Wide variety of cryptocurrency pairs with low spreads	Five different types of accounts for different types of investors, offers copy trading Access to 12,000+ investment instruments, including 3,000 U.S. stocks No inactivity or deposit fee Offers five base currencies, including GOLD, and remote VPS Server
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	Withdrawals fees (EG: 2.4% on Visa and Mastercard, 2% for PayPal) No integrated news feed on trading platforms Serves only European Union Markets Limited commodities to trade
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	2012
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller Paypal Bank Transfer Fasapay POLi Payment CUP (China Union Pay) BPAY	Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller e-wallets PayPal Webmoney Fasapay Wire transfers
💵 Account Base Currencies
7 - AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, NZD, SGD, USD.	5 - EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, GOLD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR, CY.	US, CA, SY (Available only for EU Citizens).
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
913	26,061
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	12,000
📙 Stock CFDs
600	12,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
45	35
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
5	3
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
13	9
📔 ETFs
0	1,000
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	1,000
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	14
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
250	0
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 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)	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Varies per cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 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	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	No
📱 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	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	Yes (Eg: Visa/Mastercard fee 2.4%, PayPal 2% and Netteller (1.9%).
💰 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	Varies per product (Eg. ETF Pro $0.0045/share).
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1 Pip	Dynamic - From 0.3 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 Pips	Dynamic - From 40 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 21 Pips	Dynamic - From 25 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $0.25 to $0.55
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $16	Dynamic - From $100 to $500
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	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	No