Updated Jul 12 2022
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Oanda is an international Forex broker founded in 1996 with headquarters in the United States. Oanda specialises exclusively in currency trading solutions for all trader levels. Their greatest selling points are their strong regulatory framework and robust proprietary platforms. |
BlackBull Markets is a global broker headquartered in New Zealand founded in 2014 that specialises in providing CFDs based on shares, commodities, currencies and indices. |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
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Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 day minimum (may take longer) | 1 Day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. *There is no document verification needed for gross account deposits below US$9,000. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
1996 | 2014 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
$, €, £, - 0. | From $50 to $2,000 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 Account Base Currencies | |
9 - USD, EUR, GBP, SGD, CHF, JPY, AUD, CAD, HKD. | 9 - EUR, USD, GBP, NZD, AUD, SGD, ZAR, JPY, CAD. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
Yes | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
AF, AL, BS, BB, BW, BF, BI, KH, KY, CF, TD, CD, CG, CU, ER, ET, GH, IR, IQ, JM, KP, LY, MU, MN, MA, MM, NI, NG, PK, PS, PA, SN, SL, SO, SS, SD, SY, TT, TN, UG, VU, YE, ZW. | US, CA, SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | Yes |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | Yes | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
N/A | 23,000+ |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
68 | 64 |
📗 Commodities | |
13 | 15 |
📕 Indices | |
16 | 13 |
📔 ETFs | |
N/A | N/A |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
4 | N/A |
📒 Bonds | |
6 | N/A |
📓 Options | |
N/A | N/A |
📗 Futures | |
N/A | N/A |
📝 Notes: | |
All Oanda's assets are CFDs. In the case of commodities, they only have 13, but each commodity has various trading pairs against several different currencies, eg: GOLD/EUR, GOLD/CHF, etc. |
All of BlackBull Markets assets are CFDs. | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
N/A | N/A |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
N/A | N/A |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Varies by crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC) | N/A |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
1 unit of any currency pair (Eg: 1 Euro, 1 Usd, 1 GBP, etc) | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold) | N/A |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
1 unit of any Bond contract | 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 1:500 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Up to 1:100 | N/A |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
Yes | Yes |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | Yes |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes (only for share trading) |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes (only for share trading) |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes (MT4 & 5) |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes (only for share trading) |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | Yes |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | Yes |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
Yes | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | No | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
Yes, $10 after 1 year of inactivity | No |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
Credit and Debit cards are free, when it comes to Bank transfer depends on the account's base currency (eg: the first withdrawal costs $, €, £ 20 and any subsequent ones 35). In the case of SGD, there are no fees. |
Yes, $5 for card withdrawals and $20 for international bank transfer withdrawals. |
💰 Commissions | |
No, but they do charge currency conversion fees. If your account base currency is GBP and you trade the EUR/USD pair, you'll be paying a conversion fee. |
In the case of share trading, their fees start from NZD $12 per transaction yet they’re not clearly explained anywhere on their website. |
Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips | From 0.4 Pips to 1.61 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 30 Pips | From 5.5 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 26 Pips | From 16 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
N/A | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
N/A | Dynamic - Market spread |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $100 | N/A | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | No |