iFOREX Europe Vs. BlackBull Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
iFOREX Europe (formerly Vestle) is the Europe brand part of the global iForex Group that specialises in CFD trading and offers over 600 instruments over currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.	BlackBull Markets is a global broker headquartered in New Zealand founded in 2014 that specialises in providing CFDs based on shares, commodities, currencies and indices.
Best For
Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform	Experienced currency traders looking for their ECN PRIME account offer with spreads from 0.1 Pips
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 1 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
CySec (Cyprus)	FMA (New Zealand) FSAS (Seychelles)
The Good
Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs	Competitive spreads in their ECN Prime account (From 0.1 Pips) Wide variety of platforms (MT4, MT5, TradingView and IBKR) Over 23,000 + shares
The Bad
High spreads on all of their instruments Web and mobile platforms are slow and lack tools Their FAQ database doesn’t effectively answer the most common questions any trader could have	Their standard asset offering is very low (over 300 instruments) Share trading requires a separate platform with a different onboarding Commissions are above average and share trading fees are a mystery
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
2018	2014
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200	From $50 to $2,000
💰 Payment Methods
Bank Transfer Credit Card Debit Card	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller FasaPay China UnionPay Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - EUR	9 - EUR, USD, GBP, NZD, AUD, SGD, ZAR, JPY, CAD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR, JP.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
584	23,092
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
400	23,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
50	64
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19	15
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
32	13
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
42	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
41	0
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	Unavailable
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	Unavailable
📉 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
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).	Yes, $5 for card withdrawals and $20 for international bank transfer withdrawals.
💰 Commissions
None	ECN Standard has no fees. ECN PRIME has a $6 commission per lot round turn In the case of share trading, their fees start from NZD $12 per transaction yet they’re not clearly explained anywhere on their website.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips	From 0.4 Pips to 1.61 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 90 Pips	From 5.5 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips	From 16 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $3	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	Yes
📡 Webinars
Yes	No