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


Visit 67.6% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
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.	MultiBank (MultiBank FX, MultiBank Group) is a global broker founded in 2005 that specialises in CFDs trading via MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms.
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	Traders looking for an off-shore broker connected to a well regulated parent group that provides high leverage Stock CFDs traders looking for wide share variety FX Traders that don’t scalp and are looking for competitive ECN accounts
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 4 Other Licenses 4 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FINRA (United States) FCA (UK) FFAJ (Japan) IIROC (Canada) CySec (Cyprus) CIMA (Cayman Islands)	ASIC (Australia) BaFin (Germany) CIMA (Cayman Islands) FSC (British Virgin Islands) FMA (Austria) MAS (Singapore) TFG (Tianjin) 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	Great asset variety (over 13,000+) Competitive commissions on Pro and ECN accounts ($3 per lot side) High leverage offering (Up to 1:500)
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	Complicated legal regulatory framework due to being a group as it’s hard to understand which of their companies do what and on which entity does a customer trade or is being protected by regulation Scalping not allowed (120 seconds time limit for FX and commodities and 300 second limit for other CFDs) Expensive inactivity fee, $60 monthly after 90 days of inactivity.
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	2005
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	From $50 to $5,000
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer PayTrust Praxis Pagsmile Skrill Neteller Plus Wallets Payment Asia GlobePay POLi Bitcoin
💵 Account Base Currencies
6 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, CHF.	17 - USD, EUR, AUD, AED, GBP, CHF, CAD, MYR, THB,VND, IDR, BRL, MXN, CLP, PEN, GTQ, NIO.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
Yes	No
❌ Restricted Countries
None	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 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	13,925
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
4,500	12,825
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
93	41
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
35	21
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
24	27
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
700	1,000
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
5	11
📒 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 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies per ETF (eg: 5 contracts of XLK)	1 ETF
📈 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	500
💪 Professional Leverage
500	Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	No
📱 Android App
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 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	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$15 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.	After 90 days of inactivity, $60 every month.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 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	None on Standard accounts. Yes in Pro and ECN accounts of $3 per lot side.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.1 to 1.2 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 2 to 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 2 to 50 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	Unavailable
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	No
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	No