Nextmarkets Vs. IC Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 63.10% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 76.27% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
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.	IC Markets is an Australian broker with a global presence specialising in Forex trading. One of their greatest advantages is providing RAW spread accounts with interbank pricing.
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	Professional traders looking for Interbank rates High volume traders that will save great amounts of costs with their low spreads and commissions
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 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
MFSA (Malta Financial Services Authority)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles)
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	Customisable leverage per asset before opening trades Interbank rates and low commissions Great platform variety
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	Avaliable assets are limited (Also No ETFs) No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs
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
2014	2007
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Bitcoin Sofort Paypal Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
2 - EUR, GBP.	10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US, CA, IL.
📊 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
18,037	1,737
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
8,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
8,000	1,600
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
22	61
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
5	22
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
5	25
📔 ETFs
1,000	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
1,000	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
4	18
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
1	11
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.1 BTC)	Varies by Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 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 ounce)	$1,000 - 0.01 Lots
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
100	500
✍ 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
No	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
Yes	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
None	No commissions in standard accounts but rather a 1 Pip spread markup on interbank prices received. For Raw spreads accounts, $7 per lot round turn.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 0.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 to 45 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 40 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $2	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.1 to 0.3	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $125	Dynamic - From $8.7 to $42
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
No	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No