Plus500 Vs. Fusion Markets - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
Plus500 is an international broker specialised in CFD trading with a big range of assets including CFDs based on American options	Fusion Markets is an Australian broker founded in 2010 that specialises in low-cost currency trading via MT4 and MT5 platforms and holds 2 financial licenses from ASIC and VFSC.
Best For
Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options	New traders looking to get started in currency trading Intermediate and professional traders looking for low spreads with a custom account offering
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 3 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore)	ASIC (Australia) VFSC (Vanuatu)
The Good
CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools	Extremely competitive account offering with either 0 spreads and a commission of AUD $4.5 or low spreads with no commissions Tight spreads on most of their instruments
The Bad
No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)	Asset offering is poor (over 100+ instruments) Platform variety is not great (only MT4 or MT5 offered)
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
2008	2010
💳 Minimum Deposit
$, €, £ - 100	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller PerfectMoney Jeton
💵 Account Base Currencies
16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.	7 - AUD, EUR, USD, GBP, JPY, SGD, THB.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, CU, SY, IR.	US, CA, IR, SY, NZ.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies, indices and options.	CFDs on currencies, commodities, indices and stocks.
📙 Stocks
2,000+	50
📘 Currency Pairs
70	90+
📗 Commodities
25	17
📕 Indices
26	10
📔 ETFs
95	N/A
💸 Cryptocurrencies
14	8
📒 Bonds
N/A	N/A
📓 Options
Option CFDs (Calls and Puts) on: Alphabet, Facebook, Apple, Deutsche Bank, Snap, Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, Tesla and NIO along with major indices and EUR/USD.	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
All of Plus500's assets are CFDs.	All of Fusion Market’s assets are CFDs.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Varies by Stock (Eg: 0.05 units of Tesla)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies by ETF (Eg: 0.5 units of XLK)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.2 Troy ounces of Gold)	$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
Varies by Option (Eg: 5 contracts of Tesla Calls)	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:30	Up to 1:30
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:300	Up to 1:500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	No
📱 Android App
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
Yes	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Yes, $10 every 3 months	No
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No	No for most payment methods except international bank transfers which have a cost of 20 AUD.
💰 Commissions
No	No commissions on classic accounts. AUD $4.5 per lot round turn for ZERO accounts with spreads starting from 0.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	From 0 to 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 70 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 9 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $5.2	Dynamic - From $0.01
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 7 Pips	N/A
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $136	Dynamic - From $31
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
No, only allows setting an individual favourites list	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No