OctaFX Vs. Capital.com - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
OctaFX is an international FX broker operating as an incorporated company from St. Vincent and the Grenadines specialising in currencies trading via MetaTrader 4 & 5.	Capital.com is a global broker founded in 2016 that specialises in CFDs trading with an offering of more than 4,000 different assets along with several trading platforms (TradingView, MT4, MT5 and their own).
Best For
Traders looking for a high leverage off-shore broker New traders looking to experiment using MT4 & 5 with a no commission low-cost broker	Beginner and intermediate traders looking for a cost-effective option to trade CFDs on Stocks and ETFs Investors and traders looking to buy shares using their new stock investing account (Not available in Australia)
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Unregulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
None	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) NBRB (Belarus)
The Good
High leverage offered due to no regulatory restrictions MetaTrader 4 & 5 platforms with their own copy trading integration Low minimum deposit	Beginner friendly platforms Customisable or removable leverage (Not available in Australia) Integration with TradingView
The Bad
Despite having financial licenses, OctaFX does not operate using them, meaning that they are an unregulated broker. Their asset offering is extremely limited (80 instruments)	Lack of advanced research and analysis tools No multi-charting capabilities on their propietary web platform Trailing-stop order not available
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
2011	2016
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$25	$20
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Maestro Skrill Neteller Bitcoin Ethereum USDT (Tether) Litecoin Dogecoin Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill Apple Pay iDeal
💵 Account Base Currencies
2 - EUR, USD.	5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, AUD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	US, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
80	5,152
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	1,000
📙 Stock CFDs
0	3,800
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
35	140
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
5	33
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
10	37
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	115
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
30	27
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Variable (Eg: 0.01 ounces of gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
500	30
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
None	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 20 Pips	Dynamic - From 70 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 180 Pips	Dynamic - From 55 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $3.30
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $0.97
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $57	Dynamic - From $130
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	Yes