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


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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.	RoboForex is an international broker established in 2009 which also owns the brand RoboMarkets and specialises on CFD trading over several asset classes.
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	Intermediate and Professional traders looking for different account offerings Experienced traders looking for trading platform variety
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSCA (South Africa)	IFSC (International Financial Services Commission of Belize)
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 13,000+ instruments Great platform variety (MT4, MT5, cTrader and their own proprietary platforms) Custom account types with spreads from 0 pips
The Bad
Minimum trade sizes larger than average Spreads above average	Weak regulatory framework (counting on 1 license from the IFSC) Doesn’t accept clients from the UK, EU and a few other countries
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
2008	2009
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$10
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard JCB AstroPay Skrill Neteller Perfect Money AdvCash NganLuong Wallet Bank transfers (SEPA, local and several options per country)
💵 Account Base Currencies
11 - USD, EUR, GBP, PLN, SEK, DKK, NOK, ZAR, CZK, CHF, AUD.	4 - USD, EUR, CNY, GOLD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, CA, BE.	US, CA, JP, AU, BQ, CW, TL, RU, GQ, FM, MP, SJ, SS, UK, European Union.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
9,646	13,206
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
7,008	0
📙 Stock CFDs
2,008	12,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
67	40
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
28	100
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
40	50
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
466	1,000
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
25	16
📒 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	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 1 Gold Contract)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 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	2000
💪 Professional Leverage
300	Unavailable
✍ 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	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$10 each month after 3 months of inactivity.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	Yes for some methods (eg: Some bank withdrawals can cost up to 1.5% of the amount).
💰 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: for ECN accounts there are commissions up to $20).
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 1.4 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 100 Pips	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 17 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	Dynamic - From $220
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No