Updated Oct 20 2022
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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. |
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. |
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Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 2 Provided by |
Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
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Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 day | 1 day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
2001 | 2010 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
$100 | From 0 to $500 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
6 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, CHF. | 6 - EUR, AUD, CHF, GBP, JPY, USD. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
Yes | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
None | US, CA, SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | No |
Banking License | |
No | No |
Debit Card | |
No | No | Assets |
📚 Assets Type | |
CFDs | Hybrid |
Total Asset Offering | |
5,371 | 4,555 |
Exchange Access | |
0 | 0 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
0 | 3,100 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
4,500 | 1,246 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
0 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
93 | 47 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
35 | 11 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
24 | 27 |
📔 ETFs | |
0 | 0 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
700 | 103 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
5 | 21 |
📒 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) | Variable - Fractions Allowed |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
Varies per ETF (eg: 5 contracts of XLK) | Variable - Fractions Allowed |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Varies per Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC) | Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: from 0.01 units of BTC) |
📉 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) | Varies per commodity (eg: 1 ounce of Gold) |
📉 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 | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
Yes | Yes |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 cTrader | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | No |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | Yes |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | Yes |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
No | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | No | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
$15 monthly after 1 year of inactivity. |
None |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Commissions | |
Depending on account type.
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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. |
Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips | Dynamic - From 0.4 to 1 Pip |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 60 Pips | Dynamic - From 40 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 50 Pips | Dynamic - From 20 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Unavailable |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Unavailable |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $120 | Dynamic - From $30 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Educational Content | |
Yes | No |
📡 Live Chat Support | |
Yes | No |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
Yes | No |
📡 Account Management | |
No | No |
📡 Webinars | |
No | No |