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


Visit 76.27% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 82% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
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.	Established in 2012, Valutrades offers 70 plus currencies pairs, commodities and indices trading for beginner and advanced traders through its MT4, MT5 and ECN accounts. It doesn’t offer equities trading.
Best For
Professional traders looking for Interbank rates High volume traders that will save great amounts of costs with their low spreads and commissions	Currency traders looking for an ECN broker Professional currency traders looking for an API offering Traders looking for a narrow range of commodities, cryptocurrencies
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 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles)	FSAS (Seychelles) FCA (UK)
The Good
Customisable leverage per asset before opening trades Interbank rates and low commissions Great platform variety	Scalping is allowed (great for professional traders) Competitive commissions of $3 per lot round turn Access to ECN or DMA accounts
The Bad
Avaliable assets are limited (Also No ETFs) No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs	Asset offering is poor (only 80 instruments and no stocks or ETFs) Doesn’t have its on trading application
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	2012
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Bitcoin Sofort Paypal Neteller Skrill	Visa Mastercard Maestro American Express AstroPay Diners SticPay PayPal Skrill Neteller e-wallets Wire transfers Giropay iDEAL JCB Klarna POLiPaysafecard Przelwy24 Rapid Transfer AliPay
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD.	13 - AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, NOK, NZD,SGD, SEK, USD, ZAR
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, IL.	US, IR, SY.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
1,737	133
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,600	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
61	73
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
22	5
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
25	25
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
18	4
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
11	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	26
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)	Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 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: 0.01 Contracts 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
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	No
📱 Android App
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
Yes	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	No
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	No
📊 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	Three free withdrawals a month, then 5% processing fee.
💰 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.	Yes (Eg: Forex commission of $3 per side with ECN account).
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 0.6 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.1 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 20 to 45 Pips	Dynamic - From 34 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 22 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $8.7 to $42	Dynamic - From $90
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