Forex.com Vs. Fusion Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
Forex.com is a global broker headquartered in the U.S and part of StoneX (publicly traded company on NASDAQ) that specialises in offering CFDs based on commodities, currencies, indices, stocks, ETFs, shares, bonds and cryptocurrencies.	Fusion Markets is an Australian broker founded in 2010 that specialises in low-cost currency trading via MT4 and MT5 platforms and holds 2 financial licenses from ASIC and VFSC.
Best For
Traders of all levels (beginner to advanced) looking for competitive pricing Trades of all levels looking for a great platform variety High volume traders looking for ECN or DMA accounts offering deep liquidity for large trades	New traders looking to get started in currency trading Intermediate and professional traders looking for low spreads with a custom account offering
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 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
FINRA (United States) FCA (UK) FFAJ (Japan) IIROC (Canada) CySec (Cyprus) CIMA (Cayman Islands)	ASIC (Australia) VFSC (Vanuatu)
The Good
Great platform offering (Proprietary, TradingView, MetaTrader 4 & 5) Excellent asset offering (more than 5,000+ instruments) Competitive spreads in some of their assets	Extremely competitive account offering with either 0 spreads and a commission of AUD $4.5 or low spreads with no commissions Tight spreads on most of their instruments
The Bad
Despite presenting a great customisable platform, it still feels messy and not intuitive to use Commissions are expensive when compared to similar competitors	Asset offering is poor (over 100+ instruments) Platform variety is not great (only MT4 or MT5 offered)
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
2001	2010
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller PerfectMoney Jeton
💵 Account Base Currencies
6 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, CHF.	7 - AUD, EUR, USD, GBP, JPY, SGD, THB.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
Yes	No
❌ Restricted Countries
None	US, CA, IR, SY, NZ.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
5,371	175
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
4,500	50
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
93	90
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
35	17
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
24	10
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
700	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
5	8
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
14	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Varies per share (eg: 0.3 AMZN shares)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies per ETF (eg: 5 contracts of XLK)	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per 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: 1 contract of Gold)	$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
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	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
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 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
$15 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	No for most payment methods except international bank transfers which have a cost of 20 AUD.
💰 Commissions
Depending on account type. Standard account has no commissions “Commission Account” and “DMA Account” have a flat $5 fee commission per lot round turn	No commissions on classic accounts. AUD $4.5 per lot round turn for ZERO accounts with spreads starting from 0.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 9 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $0.01
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	Dynamic - From $31
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	No