FXCM Vs. ETX Capital - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

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.

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Founded in 1965, ETX Capital dedicated the last decades to both spread betting and CFD trading until their recent rebranding into OvalX.

• Professional algorithmic traders looking to benefit from their comprehensive API offering.

• Forex traders for variety of currencies and high net worth equities
• Traders seeking commission free equities inside their 250 commission-less selection
• Traders who want to trade commodity futures and bonds 

• ASIC (Australia)
• CySec (Cyprus)
• FCA (United Kingdom)
• FSCA (South Africa)

• FCA (UK)
• FSCA (South Africa)
• CySec (Cyprus)

• Comprehensive API offering with a variety of conditions and programming languages at no additional cost
• Proprietary platform (Trading Station)

• Commission-free trades for 250 equities
• Low minimum deposit to open standard account (100£)
• Wide selection of commodity futures and bonds
• Decent educational material for market research, including seminars on indices, commodities and currencies

• Lack of asset variety in their offering (over 463+ financial instruments)
• Costly spreads when compared to similar competitors

• Doesn’t provide live news feed on standard account
• No ability to purchase real stocks or ETFs (All assets are CFDs)
• Expensive commissions on shares (Eg minimum $15 on US shares, 10 € on EU shares)

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• 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.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Neteller
• Skrill

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Maestro
• Skrill
• UnionPay
• Bank Transfer

RU, US, CA, JP, SK, BE and more.

US, BE, CN, SG, CH.

50 units of the account's base currency yearly after 1 year of inactivity.

Yes on bank transfer withdrawals depending on location (from $10 to $40 on local currency).

Depending on asset class. (Eg: U.S shares have a 2 cents per share charge with a minimum of $15 per order, European shares have a 0.1% of transaction value charge with a minimum 10 € charge)