Markets.com Vs. Admiral Markets - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
Markets.com is an international broker that offers share dealing and CFD trading accounts through their own proprietary platform or MT4 and MT5.	Admiral Markets (now Admirals) is a global broker headquartered in Estonia with a comprehensive asset offering (5000+) in CFDs and real stocks or ETFs along with MetaTrader 4 & 5.
Best For
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	Beginners looking to get started investing in stocks or ETFs Intermediate and advanced traders looking to trade CFDs Professional traders and asset managers
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The Good
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	Broad offering of 5000+ assets including CFDs, real stocks and ETFs MetaTrader 4 & 5 along their propietary trading app Tools for professionals and asset managers
The Bad
Minimum trade sizes larger than average Spreads above average	Costly spreads in some of their assets when compared to similar competitors No propietary web trading platform
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
N/A	N/A
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.
🏛 Financial Regulators
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Financial Conduct Authority Australian Securities and Investments Commission Financial Sector Conduct Authority	Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission Australian Securities and Investments Commission Financial Conduct Authority
📍 Year Founded
2008	2001
💳 Minimum Deposit
$, €, £ - 100	€, £, $ - 100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
11 - USD, EUR, GBP, PLN, SEK, DKK, NOK, ZAR, CZK, CHF, AUD.	10 -EUR, GBP, USD, CHF, BGN, CZK, HRK, HUF, PLN, RON.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, CA, BE.	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
Stocks Currencies Cryptocurrencies Commodities ETFs Indices Bonds CFDs	Stocks Cryptos Commodities Currencies ETFs Indices CFDs
📙 Stocks
7000 Stocks / 2008 Stock CFDs	3254 Stock CFDs / 778 Real shares
📘 Currency Pairs
67	40
📗 Commodities
28	28
📕 Indices
40	43
📔 ETFs
66	372 ETFs CFDs / 192 Real ETFs
💸 Cryptocurrencies
25	42
📒 Bonds
4	2
📓 Options
NA	N/A
📗 Futures
NA	N/A
📝 Notes:
Markets.com also offers share dealing account with real stocks from 16 exchanges worldwide.	Admiral Markets provides the option to trade either CFDs or real stocks and ETFs with their direct market access offering.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Stock	Varies by share (Fractional share trading)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	N/A
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	Varies by cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000	$1000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 1 Gold Contract)	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Varies by Bond (Eg: 10 GER10Y Bond contracts)	N/A
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
N/A	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:30	Up to 1:30
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:300	Up to 1:500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No - You can't log in through TradingView but their internal platform uses TradingView Charts	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes (Only on mobile)
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Yes, $10 each month after 3 months of inactivity	$10 monthly after 24 months of inactivity
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No	No
💰 Commissions
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)	Yes depending on account type (Eg: Zero MT4 or 5 accounts have a $3 per lot round turn commission, ASX shares have a 0.15% fee, etc)
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
0.7 Pips	From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
100 Pips	From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
50 Pips	From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
$1.81	Dynamic - From $1.45
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
$0.31	Dynamic - From 2 Pips
📉 BTC
$104.10	Variable - From $208
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No, but Investment Strategy Builder is offered	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No