FXCM Vs. Alvexo - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 77.88% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
FXCM is a global brokerage headquartered in the U.K that specialises in both retail and institutional trading with a comprehensive API offering. **The below information is provided based on FXCM EU LTD. For other FXCM entities, please go to the corresponding FXCM website for more information. TheTradingBible.com is acting in a capacity of marketing affiliate for FXCM EU LTD.	Alvexo is a Cypriot broker founded and regulated in 2014 that specialises in CFDs trading via MT4 and their proprietary trading platform. As of August 3rd 2022, Alvexo's CySec license is partially suspended making them unavailable in French territory.
Best For
Professional algorithmic traders looking to benefit from their comprehensive API offering.	At the moment, no user category is best served by Alvexo
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) FSCA (South Africa)	CySec (Cyprus) FSAS (Seychelles)
The Good
Comprehensive API offering with a variety of conditions and programming languages at no additional cost Proprietary platform (Trading Station)	Very simple and easy to use proprietary platform along with MT4 Trading Singals offered (untested)
The Bad
Lack of asset variety in their offering (over 463+ financial instruments) Costly spreads when compared to similar competitors	High minimum deposit without any benefits for the requirement Amongst the highest spreads we have seen for brokers in the same category Asset offering is low (below 500 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
1999	2014
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$50	500
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill	Credit Card Debit Card Bank Transfer Neteller
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - EUR GBP, USD, CHF.	3 - EUR, USD, GBP
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
RU, US, CA, JP, SK, BE and more.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
447	443
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
341	337
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
41	54
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
14	13
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
19	15
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
22	22
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
10	2
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
1 Unit	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Bond
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
400	300
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	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
50 units of the account's base currency yearly after 1 year of inactivity.	$10 monthly after 3 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
Yes on bank transfer withdrawals depending on location (from $10 to $40 on local currency).	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
None	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1.2 Pips	From 2.9 Pips to 14 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 58 Pips	From 175 Pips to 100 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 41 Pips	From 90 to 50 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $1.04	From $1.91 to $1.41
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $51	From $192.21
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	Yes