IC Markets Vs. Exness - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
IC Markets is an Australian broker with a global presence specialising in Forex trading. One of their greatest advantages is providing RAW spread accounts with interbank pricing.	Exness is a Cypriot broker founded in 2008 that specialises on currencies trading via MT4 & 5 along with their proprietary Exness Trader platform.
Best For
Professional traders looking for Interbank rates High volume traders that will save great amounts of costs with their low spreads and commissions	Low volume traders looking to take advantage of their low sized account offerings Off-shore traders looking for high leverage factors High volume traders looking for their professional accounts (assuming they are satisfied with their available assets)
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 6 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles)	FSA (Seychelles) CBCS (Curaçao) FSC (British Virgin Islands) FSC (Mauritius) FSCA (South Africa) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK)
The Good
Customisable leverage per asset before opening trades Interbank rates and low commissions Great platform variety	Competitive spreads depending on the account type Low entry barrier for new traders No minimum deposit on standard accounts
The Bad
Avaliable assets are limited (Also No ETFs) No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs	Most Exness' the financial licenses are from off-shore locations Very low asset offering with less than 200 instruments Despite using TradingView charts, multi-charts layout or fullscreen are not possible
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
2007	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200	From 0 to $3,000
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Bitcoin Sofort Paypal Neteller Skrill	Credit Card Debit Card Neteller Skrill USDT (Tether) Bank Transfer BTC (Bitcoin) Perfect Money SticPay USDC (USD Coin)
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD.	1 - USD
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, IL.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
1,737	243
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,600	100
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
61	100
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
22	7
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
25	10
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
18	26
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
11	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 - 0.01 Lots	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 - 0.01 Lots	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	2000
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
Yes	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
No commissions in standard accounts but rather a 1 Pip spread markup on interbank prices received. For Raw spreads accounts, $7 per lot round turn.	Commissions vary as follows: No comissions on Standard account No comissions on Standard Cent account $3.5 per lot side on Raw Spread account $0.2 per lot side on Zero account No commission on Pro account
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 0.6 Pips	1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 20 to 45 Pips	From 200 pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	From $0.10
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $8.7 to $42	From $20
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No