Fusion Markets Vs. FXCM - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
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.	FXCM is a global brokerage headquartered in the U.K that specialises in both retail and institutional trading with a comprehensive API offering. TheTradingBible.com is acting in a capacity of a marketing affiliate of FXCM EU LTD.
Best For
New traders looking to get started in currency trading Intermediate and professional traders looking for low spreads with a custom account offering	Professional algorithmic traders looking to benefit from their comprehensive API offering
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) VFSC (Vanuatu)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) FSCA (South Africa)
The Good
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	Comprehensive API offering with a variety of conditions and programming languages at no additional cost Proprietary platform (Trading Station)
The Bad
Asset offering is poor (over 100+ instruments) Platform variety is not great (only MT4 or MT5 offered)	Lack of asset variety in their offering (over 300+ financial instruments) Costly spreads when compared to similar competitors
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
2010	1999 (FXCM Group)
💳 Minimum Deposit
0	€, £, $ - 50 (Varies by payment method)
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller PerfectMoney Jeton	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill Skrill and Neteller are not available to FXCM EU clients at the moment
💵 Account Base Currencies
7 - AUD, EUR, USD, GBP, JPY, SGD, THB.	4 - EUR GBP, USD, CHF.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, IR, SY, NZ.	RU, US, CA, JP, SK and more.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on currencies, commodities, indices and stocks.	CFDs on stocks, currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies and indices
📙 Stocks
50	200+
📘 Currency Pairs
90+	39
📗 Commodities
17	11
📕 Indices
10	15
📔 ETFs
N/A	N/A
💸 Cryptocurrencies
8	6 (Cryptocurrencies CFDs are not available to retail clients residing in the UK)
📒 Bonds
N/A	N/A
📓 Options
N/A	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
All of Fusion Market’s assets are CFDs.	All of FXCM's assets are CFDs.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	1 share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	N/A
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	1 unit of any cryptocurrency
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
N/A	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:30	Up to 1:30
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:500	Up to 1:500 (Varies)
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
No	Yes
📱 Android App
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
No	50 units of the account's base currency yearly after 1 year of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No for most payment methods except international bank transfers which have a cost of 20 AUD.	Yes on bank transfer withdrawals depending on location (from $10 to $40 on local currency).
💰 Commissions
No commissions on classic accounts. AUD $4.5 per lot round turn for ZERO accounts with spreads starting from 0.	No
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
From 0 to 0.8 Pips	From 1.2 Pips (As per our research)
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 58 Pips (As per our research)
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 9 Pips	Dynamic - From 41 Pips (As per our research)
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.01	Dynamic - From $1.04 (As per our research)
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
N/A	N/A
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $31	Dynamic - From $51 (As per our research)
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No