FBS
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76.5% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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Moneta Markets
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74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

FBS Vs. Moneta Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Updated Oct 20 2022

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76.5% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Overview

FBS is a global broker established in 2009 that specialises in currencies trading via MetaTrader 4 & 5 platforms along with their own proprietary mobile app.

Moneta Markets is an international broker that specialises in CFDs trading via MetaTrader 4 and their proprietary platform ProTrader powered by TradingView.

Best For
  • New traders looking to trade via MT4 with really low starting amounts using their Cent or Micro accounts
  • Experienced high volume traders looking for a fixed zero spread account
  • Scalpers looking to take advantage of the spreads and commissions on ECN account
  • International traders looking for an off-shore high leverage broker.
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

1

Other Licenses

3

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

1

Other Licenses

3

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
  • IFSC (Belize)
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FSCA (South Africa)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FSCA (South Africa)
  • FSA (Seychelles)
  • SVGFSA (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
The Good
  • Clear account offering that covers all levels of traders according to their net worth
  • Proprietary copy trading service
  • Access to high leverage (Up to 1:3000)
  • ProTrader platform powered by TradingView
  • Competitive commissions on ECN account
  • Moneta Markets is part of the Vantage group which holds an ASIC license
The Bad
  • Asset offering is extremely limited with over 100+ instruments
  • Minimum deposit for ECN account is high $1,000
  • Demo accounts only last 30 days
  • Asset offering is extremely low (below 300 instruments)
  • Weak regulatory framework with only 1 license
  • STP account spreads are really high for industry standards
Status
Operational Operational
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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 2019
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $1 to $1,000 $50
💰 Payment Methods
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Maestro
  • Neteller
  • Sticpay
  • Skrill
  • Perfect Money
  • Bank Transfer (depending on location and entity)
  • Bitcoin
  • Ethereum
  • USDT (Tether)
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • FasaPay
  • JCB
  • SticPay
  • Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
3 - EUR, USD, AUD. 9 - AUD, USD, GBP, EUR, SGD, CAD, NZD, JPY, HKD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No No
❌ Restricted Countries

JP, US, CA, MY, IL, IR.

AF, AS, AL, AU, BY, BE, BM, BA, BG, BI, CA, CF, HR, CU, CY, CD, ER, FR, GU, IR, IQ, IT, JP, LB, LR, LY, MK, ML, ME, MM, KP, PR, GN, GW, RO, SL, RS, SG, SI, SO, SS, SD, ES, SY, US, UK, VI, VE, YE, ZW. 

📊 STP Account
Yes Yes
📊 DMA Account
No No
📊 ECN Account
Yes Yes
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs CFDs
Total Asset Offering
254 769
Exchange Access
0 0
📙 Real Stocks
0 0
📙 Stock CFDs
104 640
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
102 45
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
8 15
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
12 16
📔 ETFs
0 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0 40
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
28 6
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0 7
📓 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 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 $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
3000 1000
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes No
📱 Android App
Yes No
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes 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 No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None None
💰 Deposit Fees
None None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None None
💰 Commissions

FBS commissions vary per account type as follows:

  • Cent account: none
  • Micro account: none
  • Standard account: none
  • Zero spread account: From $20 per lot
  • ECN account: From $6 per lot
  • Crypto account: 0.05% for opening or closing positions

Commission structure varies as follows:

  • No commissions on Direct STP account
  • $3 per lot per side commission on Prime ECN account
  • $1 per lot per side commission on Ultra ECN account
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 3 Pips Dynamic - From 0.1 to 1.2 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 170 Pips Dynamic - From 300 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 32 Pips Dynamic - From 10 to 130 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.08 Dynamic - From $0.22
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable Dynamic - From $0.02
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $104 Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No No
📡 Reuters Feed
No No
📡 Educational Content
No Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No Yes
📡 Account Management
No No
📡 Webinars
No Yes