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


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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.	XTB is an international broker specialised in CFD trading and low cost forex spreads.
Best For
Professional algorithmic traders looking to benefit from their comprehensive API offering.	Experienced forex traders looking for low spreads Experienced stock traders looking for trading particular stocks under low spreads (with commission)
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 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) FSCA (South Africa)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) CMNV (Spain) UKNF (Poland)
The Good
Comprehensive API offering with a variety of conditions and programming languages at no additional cost Proprietary platform (Trading Station)	Low forex & stock spreads Professional platform with customisable layouts
The Bad
Lack of asset variety in their offering (over 463+ financial instruments) Costly spreads when compared to similar competitors	No ability to remove or customise leverage High commissions on stocks & ETFs All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)
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	2002
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$50	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - EUR GBP, USD, CHF.	5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, HUF.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
RU, US, CA, JP, SK, BE and more.	US, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 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	2,131
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
341	1,877
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
41	57
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
14	21
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
19	36
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	135
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
22	5
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
10	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	$50 trade value
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	$50 trade value
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
1 Unit	Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 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)	Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounces of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
400	500
✍ 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	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
50 units of the account's base currency yearly after 1 year of inactivity.	$10 monthly after 1 year 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	For Stocks and ETFs there is an 0.08% commission with $8 minimum.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1.2 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 58 Pips	Dynamic - From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 41 Pips	Dynamic - From 35 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $1.04	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $51	Dynamic - From $120
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	Yes