Plus500 Vs. CMC Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Plus500 is an international broker specialised in CFD trading with a big range of assets including CFDs based on American options.

CMC Markets is a global broker headquartered in the U.K that holds 6 high value financial licenses and offers CFD trading on stocks, etfs, commodities, currencies, bonds and cryptocurrencies.

• Intermediate traders looking to trade short term
• Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options

• Professional high volume traders looking to offset the cost of commissions through larger trades
• Intermediate and professional traders looking for a professional custom platform with customisable layouts

• CySec (Cyprus)
• FCA (UK)
• ASIC (Australia)
• MAS (Singapore)

• ASIC (Australia)
• FCA (UK)
• IIROC (Canada)
• MAS (Singapore)
• BaFin (Germany)

• CFDs on american options offered
• Low minimum trade sizes
• Propietary platform with multi-charting tools

• Comprehensive asset offering with more than 12,000+ tradable assets and the possibility to add data connections to exchanges to add more
• Powerful professional platform with customisable layouts and integrated reuters feed

• No ability to remove leverage
• All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)

• High commissions on stocks and ETFs
• Platform is not beginner friendly

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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
• Paypal
• Skrill

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Paypal

US, CA, CU, SY, IR.

US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.

$10 every 3 months of inactivity.

After 12 months of inactivity, CMC Markets charges a £10 inactivity fee.

Yes and they vary per share exchange location. For U.S shares, there is a minimum $10 in-and-out commission.