IC Markets Vs. OctaFX - 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.	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
Professional traders looking for Interbank rates High volume traders that will save great amounts of costs with their low spreads and commissions	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 2 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) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles)	None
The Good
Customisable leverage per asset before opening trades Interbank rates and low commissions Great platform variety	High leverage offered due to no regulatory restrictions MetaTrader 4 & 5 platforms with their own copy trading integration Low minimum deposit
The Bad
Avaliable assets are limited (Also No ETFs) No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs	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
2007	2011
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200	$25
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Bitcoin Sofort Paypal Neteller Skrill	Visa Mastercard Maestro Skrill Neteller Bitcoin Ethereum USDT (Tether) Litecoin Dogecoin Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD.	2 - EUR, USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, IL.	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
Yes	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
1,737	80
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,600	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
61	35
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
22	5
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
25	10
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
18	30
📒 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	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	$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
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	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
Yes	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
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.	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 0.6 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 20 to 45 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 180 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $8.7 to $42	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
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No