Nextmarkets Vs. ActivTrades - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
Nextmarkets is a german broker founded in 2014 that specialises in commission free stocks and ETFs trading through their proprietary platform which offers an expert advisory service via live coaches that suggest their trading ideas.	ActivTrades is a global broker founded in Switzerland in 2001 that specialises in providing CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, indices, commodities and cryptocurrencies along with their own proprietary platform and MT4 & 5.
Best For
New investors and traders looking to explore their social and copy trading offering via live coaches New investors and traders looking for a simple and friendly mobile app for commission-free investing in stocks or equities	Beginner and intermediate traders looking for a simple and powerful platform Experienced currency traders looking to exploit the tight spreads CFD traders looking for an de-leveraged option to trade
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
MFSA (Malta Financial Services Authority)	FCA (UK) SCB (Bahamas) CSSF (Luxembourg)
The Good
Their “trading ideas” and “live coaches” offering is quite interesting and provides a lot of value for new traders Their proprietary platform is very simple and easy to use Their equities offering is completely commission-free	Great and intuitive proprietary platform MT4 and MT5 offered Low currency spreads
The Bad
Asides from stocks and ETFs, their asset offering lacks variety Their web platform is completely impractical to use for professional trading They don’t let you enjoy your demo trading experience in peace, there is a constant pop-up asking you to fund your account at all times	Asset offering is small when compared to similar competitors Commissions are charged Cryptocurrency trading is disabled during weekends
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.
📍 Year Founded
2014	2001
💳 Minimum Deposit
0	$500
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Sofort Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
2 - EUR, GBP.	4 - EUR, USD, CHF, GBP.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
Real stocks and ETFs CFDs on stocks, ETFs, commodities, indices, currencies, bonds and cryptocurrencies.	CFDs on stocks, indices, currencies, commodities, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.
📙 Stocks
8,000+	1,000+
📘 Currency Pairs
22	50
📗 Commodities
5	16
📕 Indices
5	30
📔 ETFs
1,000+	500+
💸 Cryptocurrencies
4	11
📒 Bonds
1	N/A
📓 Options
N/A	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
Nextmarkets provides both CFDs and real stocks or ETFs.	All of ActivTrades’s assets are CFDs.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	Varies per share (Fractional share trading allowed)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	Varies per ETF (Fractional ETF trading allowed)
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.1 BTC with leverage 1:2)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per commodity (eg: 1 contract of Gold - 1 trojan ounce)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
N/A	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 1:100	Up to 1:400
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
No	Yes, $10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
No	Yes depending on method: Credit and Debit cards have a 1.5% fee
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No	Yes, only for bank transfer withdrawals (9 GBP each)
💰 Commissions
No	Yes depending on asset: For European shares (excluding London) there are fees of 0.05% of the transaction value (minimum 1€) or 0.01% of the transaction value (minimum 5€) For London shares there are commissions of 0.10% of transaction value (minimum 1£) For New york and other international shares there are commissions of $0.02 per share (minimum $1) Along specific commissions per asset there can be market data fees such as 1€ monthly for New york exchanges or others.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips	From 0.5 Pips to 0.91 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 50 Pips	From 23 Pips to 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 40 Pips	From 98 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $2	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.1 to 0.3	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $125	From $55 to $91
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
No	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No