Exness Vs. CMC Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
Exness is a Cypriot broker founded in 2008 that specialises on currencies trading via MT4 & 5 along with their proprietary Exness Trader platform.	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.
Best For
Low volume traders looking to take advantage of their low sized account offerings Off-shore traders looking for high leverage factors High volume traders looking for their professional accounts (assuming they are satisfied with their available assets)	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
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 6 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 5 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FSA (Seychelles) CBCS (Curaçao) FSC (British Virgin Islands) FSC (Mauritius) FSCA (South Africa) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK)	ASIC (Australia) FCA (UK) IIROC (Canada) MAS (Singapore) BaFin (Germany)
The Good
Competitive spreads depending on the account type Low entry barrier for new traders No minimum deposit on standard accounts	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
The Bad
Most Exness' the financial licenses are from off-shore locations Very low asset offering with less than 200 instruments Despite using TradingView charts, multi-charts layout or fullscreen are not possible	High commissions on stocks and ETFs Platform is not beginner friendly
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
2008	1989
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From 0 to $3,000	0
💰 Payment Methods
Credit Card Debit Card Neteller Skrill USDT (Tether) Bank Transfer BTC (Bitcoin) Perfect Money SticPay USDC (USD Coin)	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - USD	10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
243	11,885
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
100	10,169
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
100	330
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
7	124
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
10	95
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	1,084
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
26	18
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	55
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	10
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
0.01 Lots ($1,000)	Variable (eg: 1 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
0.01 Lots ($1,000)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
0.01 Lots ($1,000)	1 Contract
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Contract
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Contract
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
2000	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	After 12 months of inactivity, CMC Markets charges a £10 inactivity fee.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Commissions vary as follows: No comissions on Standard account No comissions on Standard Cent account $3.5 per lot side on Raw Spread account $0.2 per lot side on Zero account No commission on Pro account	Yes and they vary per share exchange location. For U.S shares, there is a minimum $10 in-and-out commission.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
1 Pip	Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
From 200 pips	From 60 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 20 Pips	From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
From $0.10	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
From $20	Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	Yes
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	Yes