LegacyFX Vs. XTB - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 79% 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.	XTB is an international broker specialised in CFD trading and low cost forex spreads.
Best For
Traders looking for a CySec broker that offers a trading signals service	Experienced forex traders looking for low spreads Experienced stock traders looking for trading particular stocks under low spreads (with commission)
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 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) VFSC (Vanuatu)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) CMNV (Spain) UKNF (Poland)
The Good
Proprietary signals channel (untested by us) Fixed spreads (at their discretion subject to change)	Low forex & stock spreads Professional platform with customisable layouts
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	No ability to remove or customise leverage High commissions on stocks & ETFs All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)
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	2002
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $500 to $25,000	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Klarna iDeal GiroPay Perfect Money AVOPayments eftPay Volt Cash Load Jeton Gigadat	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
11 - USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD, RUB, PLN, HUF, SGD, ZAR.	5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, HUF.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, BE, FR, IL, IR, SY, AF, MM, SO, YE, IQ, SS, SD.	US, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
292	2,131
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
200	1,877
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
40	57
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
24	21
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
18	36
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	135
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
10	5
📒 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
Unavailable	$50 trade value
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	$50 trade value
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by Crypto (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)	Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounces 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
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
No	Yes
📱 Android App
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Yes, 10 units of account base currency after 90 days of inactivity.	$10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Yes, ranging from 0.15% to 0.45% of trade value for stocks only.	For Stocks and ETFs there is an 0.08% commission with $8 minimum.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1.6 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 120 Pips	Dynamic - From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 63 Pips	Dynamic - From 35 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $505	Dynamic - From $120
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	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
No	Yes