iFOREX Europe Vs. Markets.com - 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.	Markets.com is an international broker that offers share dealing and CFD trading accounts through their own proprietary platform or MT4 and MT5.
Best For
Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform	Passive investors looking for share dealing services with the intent to hold shares over long perios of time High volume CFD traders looking for exposure to several markets using their platform, MT4 or MT5
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 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSCA (South Africa)
The Good
Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs	Clear separation between investors and Traders by offering share dealing accounts and CFD trading accounts Wide range of platforms (Proprietary, MT4, MT5) Wide range of stocks and stock CFDs
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	Minimum trade sizes larger than average Spreads above average
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	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Bank Transfer Credit Card Debit Card	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - EUR	11 - USD, EUR, GBP, PLN, SEK, DKK, NOK, ZAR, CZK, CHF, AUD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR, JP.	US, JP, CA, BE.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
584	9,646
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	7,008
📙 Stock CFDs
400	2,008
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
50	67
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19	28
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
32	40
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
42	466
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
41	25
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	4
📓 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	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 1 Gold Contract)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by Bond (Eg: 10 GER10Y Bond contracts)
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	300
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 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	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 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.	$10 each month after 3 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).	None
💰 Commissions
None	No comissions on CFDs. For share dealing, the first 3 months are commission free, then the structure is: EU Shares = 0.1% (min €10) UK Shares = 0.1% (min £8) US Shares = 2c (min $15) AU Shares = 0.1% (min A$10)
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 90 Pips	Dynamic - From 100 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips	Dynamic - From 50 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $3	Dynamic - From $1.81
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From $0.31
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	Dynamic - From $104.10
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No