ETX Capital Vs. Eightcap - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
Founded in 1965, ETX Capital dedicated the last decades to both spread betting and CFD trading until their recent rebranding into OvalX.	Eightcap is an Australian MT4 & 5 CFD broker founded in 2009 that specialises in currency, commodities, indices, stocks and cryptocurrency trading.
Best For
Forex traders for variety of currencies and high net worth equities Traders seeking commission free equities inside their 250 commission-less selection Traders who want to trade commodity futures and bonds	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
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) FSCA (South Africa) CySec (Cyprus)	ASIC (Australia) SCB (Bahamas)
The Good
Commission-free trades for 250 equities Low minimum deposit to open standard account (100£) Wide selection of commodity futures and bonds Decent educational material for market research, including seminars on indices, commodities and currencies	Low spreads offered in their raw account Wide variety of cryptocurrency pairs with low spreads
The Bad
Doesn’t provide live news feed on standard account No ability to purchase real stocks or ETFs (All assets are CFDs) Expensive commissions on shares (Eg minimum $15 on US shares, 10 € on EU shares)	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
Status
Inactive	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
1965	2009
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $100 to $10,000	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Maestro Skrill UnionPay Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller Paypal Bank Transfer Fasapay POLi Payment CUP (China Union Pay) BPAY
💵 Account Base Currencies
3 - EUR, USD, GBP	7 - AUD, CAD, EUR, GBP, NZD, SGD, USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, BE, CN, SG, CH.	US, CA, SY, IR, CY.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
5,174	913
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
5,000	600
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
60	45
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
17	5
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
20	13
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
19	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
5	250
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
8	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
45	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per commodity (Eg 0.1 for WTI, 1 for Cotton)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
1 Bond	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Varies per futures contract (Eg: 0.1 Copper, 1 for Bonds)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	No
📱 Android App
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Depending on asset class. (Eg: U.S shares have a 2 cents per share charge with a minimum of $15 per order, European shares have a 0.1% of transaction value charge with a minimum 10 € charge)	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
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 40 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 21 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $13	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $226.4	Dynamic - From $16
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
No	No
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No