Updated Sep 25 2023
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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. |
Skilling is a multi-platform global broker founded in 2016 that specialises in CFD trading over several asset classes. |
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Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by |
Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 2 Provided by |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
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Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 day | 1 day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
2007 | 2016 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
$200 | From $100 to $5,000 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD. | 5 - EUR, USD, GBP, NOK, SEK. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
US, CA, IL. |
US, SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 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 | 938 |
Exchange Access | |
0 | 0 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
0 | 0 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
1,600 | 762 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
0 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
61 | 73 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
22 | 6 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
25 | 18 |
📔 ETFs | |
0 | 0 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
0 | 45 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
18 | 34 |
📒 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 | Variable - Fractions Allowed |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Variable - Fractions Allowed |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Varies by Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC) | Varies per Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC, 0.5 LTC) |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 - 0.01 Lots | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
$1,000 - 0.01 Lots | Varies per commodity (eg: Gold 0.1 contracts, Silver 10 contracts) |
📉 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 | 500 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
Yes | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
Yes | No |
📺 cTrader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
No | Yes |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
No | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
Yes | Yes |
👫 Social Trading | |
Yes | No |
🔑 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. |
Skilling charges commission on its forex pairs and spot metals for its premium account. The commission starts from $35 per million USD traded (eg: EUR/USD $35, GBP/USD $40 and Gold $60). |
Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0 to 0.6 Pips | Dynamic - From 0 to 1.3 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 20 to 45 Pips | Dynamic - From 120 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 30 Pips | Dynamic - From 36 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - From $4.62 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Unavailable | Dynamic - From $0.84 |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $8.7 to $42 | Dynamic - From $131.8 | 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 | No |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
No | No |
📡 Account Management | |
No | No |
📡 Webinars | |
No | No |