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68% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Markets.com Vs. Exness - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Updated Oct 20 2022

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68% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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74-89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Overview

Markets.com is an international broker that offers share dealing and CFD trading accounts through their own proprietary platform or MT4 and MT5.

Exness is a Cypriot broker founded in 2008 that specialises on currencies trading via MT4 & 5 along with their proprietary Exness Trader platform.

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
  • Low volume traders looking to take advantage of their low sized account offerings
  • Off-shore traders looking for high leverage factors
  • High volume traders looking for their professional accounts (assuming they are satisfied with their available assets)
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

2

Other Licenses

2

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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

1

Other Licenses

6

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

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🏛 Financial Regulators
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • FCA (UK)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FSCA (South Africa)
  • FSA (Seychelles)
  • CBCS (Curaçao)
  • FSC (British Virgin Islands)
  • FSC (Mauritius)
  • FSCA (South Africa)
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • FCA (UK)
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
  • Competitive spreads depending on the account type
  • Low entry barrier for new traders
  • No minimum deposit on standard accounts
The Bad
  • Minimum trade sizes larger than average
  • Spreads above average
  • Most Exness' the financial licenses are from off-shore locations
  • Very low asset offering with less than 200 instruments
  • Despite using TradingView charts, multi-charts layout or fullscreen are not possible
Status
Operational Operational
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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
2008 2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100 From 0 to $3,000
💰 Payment Methods
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Neteller
  • Paypal
  • Skrill
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
  • Neteller
  • Skrill
  • USDT (Tether)
  • Bank Transfer
  • BTC (Bitcoin)
  • Perfect Money
  • SticPay
  • USDC (USD Coin)
💵 Account Base Currencies
11 - USD, EUR, GBP, PLN, SEK, DKK, NOK, ZAR, CZK, CHF, AUD. 1 - USD
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No No
❌ Restricted Countries

US, JP, CA, BE.

US, CA, SY, IR.

📊 STP Account
No No
📊 DMA Account
Yes No
📊 ECN Account
No No
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid CFDs
Total Asset Offering
9,646 243
Exchange Access
0 0
📙 Real Stocks
7,008 0
📙 Stock CFDs
2,008 100
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
67 100
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
28 7
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
40 10
📔 ETFs
0 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
466 0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
25 26
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
4 0
📓 Options
0 0
📓 Options CFDs
0 0
📗 Futures
0 0
📗 Futures CFDs
0 0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share 1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC) 0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) 0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 1 Gold Contract) 0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Varies by Bond (Eg: 10 GER10Y Bond contracts) Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30 30
💪 Professional Leverage
300 2000
✍ Customisable Leverage
No Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes Yes
📱 Android App
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes Yes
📺 cTrader
No No
💻 Web trader
Yes Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes No
👬 Copy Trading
No No
👫 Social Trading
No No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee

$10 each month after 3 months of inactivity.

None
💰 Deposit Fees
None None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None None
💰 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)

Commissions vary as follows:

  • No comissions on Standard account
  • No comissions on Standard Cent account
  • $3.5 per lot side on Raw Spread account
  • $0.2 per lot side on Zero account
  • No commission on Pro account
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips 1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 100 Pips From 200 pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 50 Pips From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $1.81 From $0.10
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.31 Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $104.10 From $20
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No No
📡 Educational Content
No No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No No
📡 Account Management
No No
📡 Webinars
No No