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

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

ThinkMarkets is a global broker headquartered in Australia that offers real stocks and ETFs along with CFDs on stocks, etfs, commodities, indices and cryptocurrencies accompanied by their proprietary platform: ThinkTrader.

• 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

• Passive investors looking to buy, hold or transfer real shares or ETFs from ASX
• Active traders looking to exploit their low spreads on CFDs
• MetaTrader 4 & 5 traders looking for a convenient offering

• CySec (Cyprus)
• FCA (UK)
• ASIC (Australia)
• FSCA (South Africa)

• FCA (UK)
• ASIC (Australia)
• FSAS (Seychelles)
• FSCA (South Africa)

• 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

• Possibility to invest in real stocks and ETFs or trade CFDs
• Proprietary platform ThinkTrader is smooth and user friendly
• Spreads are very competitive when compared to similar competitors

• Minimum trade sizes larger than average
• Spreads above average

• Real stocks or ETFs are only from ASX (Australian Securities Exchange)
• Expensive stock trading commissions ($8 flat fee for ASX shares or ETFs)
• While their stock and ETFs offering is great, they lack variety in all other asset classes

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• 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.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Neteller
• Paypal
• Skrill

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Bank Transfer
• Bitcoin (BTC)
• Ethereum (ETH)
• Tether (USDT)

US, JP, CA, BE.

US, CA, SY, IR.

$10 each month after 3 months of inactivity.

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)

• For Standard account there are no commissions
• For Zero account there is a commission of $3.5 per lot round turn

For real stocks and ETFs investing, there is a flat fee of $8 per trade (in-and-out) or if the trade value is above $200,000 then a 0.05% fee per trade.