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

Founded in 1965, ETX Capital dedicated the last decades to both spread betting and CFD trading until their recent rebranding into OvalX.

ThinkMarkets is a global broker headquartered in Australia that offers real stocks and ETFs along with CFDs on stocks, etfs, commodities, indices and cryptocurrencies accompanied by their proprietary platform: ThinkTrader.

• 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 

• Passive investors looking to buy, hold or transfer real shares or ETFs from ASX
• Active traders looking to exploit their low spreads on CFDs
• MetaTrader 4 & 5 traders looking for a convenient offering

• FCA (UK)
• FSCA (South Africa)
• CySec (Cyprus)

• FCA (UK)
• ASIC (Australia)
• FSAS (Seychelles)
• FSCA (South Africa)

• 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

• Possibility to invest in real stocks and ETFs or trade CFDs
• Proprietary platform ThinkTrader is smooth and user friendly
• Spreads are very competitive when compared to similar competitors

• 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)

• Real stocks or ETFs are only from ASX (Australian Securities Exchange)
• Expensive stock trading commissions ($8 flat fee for ASX shares or ETFs)
• While their stock and ETFs offering is great, they lack variety in all other asset classes

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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
• Maestro
• Skrill
• UnionPay
• Bank Transfer

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Bank Transfer
• Bitcoin (BTC)
• Ethereum (ETH)
• Tether (USDT)

US, BE, CN, SG, CH.

US, CA, SY, IR.

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)

• For Standard account there are no commissions
• For Zero account there is a commission of $3.5 per lot round turn

For real stocks and ETFs investing, there is a flat fee of $8 per trade (in-and-out) or if the trade value is above $200,000 then a 0.05% fee per trade.