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


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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.	OctaFX is an international FX broker operating as an incorporated company from St. Vincent and the Grenadines specialising in currencies trading via MetaTrader 4 & 5.
Best For
New traders looking to get started in currency trading Intermediate and professional traders looking for low spreads with a custom account offering	Traders looking for a high leverage off-shore broker New traders looking to experiment using MT4 & 5 with a no commission low-cost broker
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Unregulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) VFSC (Vanuatu)	None
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	High leverage offered due to no regulatory restrictions MetaTrader 4 & 5 platforms with their own copy trading integration Low minimum deposit
The Bad
Asset offering is poor (over 100+ instruments) Platform variety is not great (only MT4 or MT5 offered)	Despite having financial licenses, OctaFX does not operate using them, meaning that they are an unregulated broker. Their asset offering is extremely limited (80 instruments)
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	2011
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	$25
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller PerfectMoney Jeton	Visa Mastercard Maestro Skrill Neteller Bitcoin Ethereum USDT (Tether) Litecoin Dogecoin Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
7 - AUD, EUR, USD, GBP, JPY, SGD, THB.	2 - EUR, USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, IR, SY, NZ.	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
175	80
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
50	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
90	35
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
17	5
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
10	10
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
8	30
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$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
Yes	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
No	Yes
📱 Android App
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	No
📊 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
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No for most payment methods except international bank transfers which have a cost of 20 AUD.	None
💰 Commissions
No commissions on classic accounts. AUD $4.5 per lot round turn for ZERO accounts with spreads starting from 0.	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 9 Pips	Dynamic - From 180 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.01	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $31	Dynamic - From $57
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
No	No