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


Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 76.27% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
Legacy FX is a cypriot broker founded in 2017 that specialises in CFDs trading via MetaTrader 5 for mobile, web and desktop devices.	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.
Best For
Traders looking for a CySec broker that offers a trading signals service	Professional traders looking for Interbank rates High volume traders that will save great amounts of costs with their low spreads and commissions
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) VFSC (Vanuatu)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles)
The Good
Proprietary signals channel (untested by us) Fixed spreads (at their discretion subject to change)	Customisable leverage per asset before opening trades Interbank rates and low commissions Great platform variety
The Bad
High minimum deposits (From $500 to $25,000) for their various account types Extremely high spreads when compared to similar brokers Low asset offering with poor categorisation Subpar regulatory framework Only MT5 platform is offered	Avaliable assets are limited (Also No ETFs) No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs
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
2017	2007
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $500 to $25,000	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Klarna iDeal GiroPay Perfect Money AVOPayments eftPay Volt Cash Load Jeton Gigadat	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Bitcoin Sofort Paypal Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
11 - USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD, RUB, PLN, HUF, SGD, ZAR.	10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, BE, FR, IL, IR, SY, AF, MM, SO, YE, IQ, SS, SD.	US, CA, IL.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
292	1,737
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
200	1,600
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
40	61
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
24	22
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
18	25
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
10	18
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	11
📓 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
Unavailable	Varies by Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$10,000 (0.1 Lots)	$1,000 - 0.01 Lots
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$10,000 (0.1 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	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
No	Yes
📱 Android App
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Yes, 10 units of account base currency after 90 days of inactivity.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Yes, ranging from 0.15% to 0.45% of trade value for stocks only.	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.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1.6 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 0.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 120 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 to 45 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 63 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $505	Dynamic - From $8.7 to $42
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	No
📡 Webinars
No	No