Markets.com Vs. CMC 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.	CMC Markets is a global broker headquartered in the U.K that holds 6 high value financial licenses and offers CFD trading on stocks, etfs, commodities, currencies, bonds and cryptocurrencies.
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	Professional high volume traders looking to offset the cost of commissions through larger trades Intermediate and professional traders looking for a professional custom platform with customisable layouts
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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	Comprehensive asset offering with more than 12,000+ tradable assets and the possibility to add data connections to exchanges to add more Powerful professional platform with customisable layouts and integrated reuters feed
The Bad
Minimum trade sizes larger than average Spreads above average	High commissions on stocks and ETFs Platform is not beginner friendly
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
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSA (South Africa)	ASIC (Australia) FCA (UK) IIROC (Canada) MAS (Singapore) BaFin (Germany)
📍 Year Founded
2008	1989
💳 Minimum Deposit
$, €, £ - 100	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
11 - USD, EUR, GBP, PLN, SEK, DKK, NOK, ZAR, CZK, CHF, AUD.	10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, CA, BE.	US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Assets
📚 Available Assets
Real stocks and ETFs CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies, indices and bonds	CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, cryptocurrencies, commodities, indices and bonds
📙 Stocks
2,008 CFDs	10,169
📘 Currency Pairs
67	330+
📗 Commodities
28	124
📕 Indices
40	95
📔 ETFs
66	1084
💸 Cryptocurrencies
25	18 (Not available in the U.K)
📒 Bonds
4	55
📓 Options
NA	N/A
📗 Futures
NA	CFDs on commodities futures contracts with various expiration dates.
📝 Notes:
Markets.com also offers share dealing account with real stocks from 16 exchanges worldwide.	N/A
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Stock	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 1 Gold Contract)	1 Contract
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Varies by Bond (Eg: 10 GER10Y Bond contracts)	1 Contract
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	1 Contract
📉 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	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
💻 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
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Yes, $10 each month after 3 months of inactivity	After 12 months of inactivity, CMC Markets charges a £10 inactivity fee.
💰 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 and they vary per share exchange location. For U.S shares, there is a minimum $10 in-and-out commission.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 100 Pips	From 60 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 50 Pips	From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $1.81	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.31	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $104.10	N/A
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No, but Investment Strategy Builder is offered	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	Yes