FP Markets Vs. iFOREX Europe - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
FP Markets is a leading Australian broker with a 10,000+ asset offering accompanied by a great variety of tech options such as deploying your own VPS and accessing ENC / DMA pricing.	iFOREX Europe (formerly Vestle) is the Europe brand part of the global iForex Group that specialises in CFD trading and offers over 600 instruments over currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.
Best For
Professional traders looking for DMA pricing on their stocks Professional traders looking to set up a dedicated VPS High volume share traders that benefit from DMA pricing	Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)	CySec (Cyprus)
The Good
Competitive spreads in their ECN Prime account (From 0.1 Pips) Wide variety of platforms (MT4, MT5, TradingView and IBKR) Over 23,000 + shares	Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs
The Bad
No ETFs are offered Stock trading commissions are expensive when compared to similar brokers Website is slow and confusing Fees for the majority of deposit and withdrawal methods	High spreads on all of their instruments Web and mobile platforms are slow and lack tools Their FAQ database doesn’t effectively answer the most common questions any trader could have
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
2005	2018
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill FasaPay PayTrust China Union Pay Bpay Broker to broker Sticpay Plusdebit Rupee Payments Dragonpay Perfect Money Paylivre Rapyd Finrax Fairpay	Bank Transfer Credit Card Debit Card
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD.	1 - EUR
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, BE, NZ, SY.	US, CA, SY, IR, JP.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
10,403	584
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
10,000	400
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
63	50
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
15	19
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
17	32
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
295	42
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
11	41
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
2	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable	$2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	$2,500 in trade value
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	$2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 - (0.01 Lots)	$2,500 in trade value
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounces of Gold)	$2,500 in trade value
📉 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
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
Yes, $5 for card withdrawals and $20 for international bank transfer withdrawals.	No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).
💰 Commissions
ECN Standard has no fees. ECN PRIME has a $6 commission per lot round turn In the case of share trading, their fees start from NZD $12 per transaction yet they’re not clearly explained anywhere on their website.	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.2 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 to 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 90 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 0 to 31 Pips	Dynamic - From 35 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $3
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $9 to $21	Dynamic - From $120
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	Yes
📡 Webinars
Yes	Yes