RoboForex Vs. City Index - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
RoboForex is an international broker established in 2009 which also owns the brand RoboMarkets and specialises on CFD trading over several asset classes.	City Index is a global broker founded in 1983 that holds 4 financial licenses and offers advanced trading platforms, mobile apps, diverse market research tools and an extensive range of markets.
Best For
Intermediate and Professional traders looking for different account offerings Experienced traders looking for trading platform variety	Intermediate and experienced traders looking for a great asset variety on CFDs Experienced traders looking to trade options over 17 asset classes Share and ETF traders looking for a comprehensive offering
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 4 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
IFSC (International Financial Services Commission of Belize)	FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore) ADGM (United Arab Emirates)
The Good
Comprehensive asset offering with more than 13,000+ instruments Great platform variety (MT4, MT5, cTrader and their own proprietary platforms) Custom account types with spreads from 0 pips	All assets are CFDs, there is no possibility to buy real stocks or ETFs Cryptocurrency offering is below most of its competitors (only 5) While easy to execute a trade, platform is difficult for a novice to navigate
The Bad
Weak regulatory framework (counting on 1 license from the IFSC) Doesn’t accept clients from the UK, EU and a few other countries	All assets are CFDs, there is no possibility to buy real stocks or ETFs Cryptocurrency offering is below most of its competitors (only 5) While easy to execute a trade, platform is difficult for a novice to navigate
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
2009	1983
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$10	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard JCB AstroPay Skrill Neteller Perfect Money AdvCash NganLuong Wallet Bank transfers (SEPA, local and several options per country)	Visa Mastercard Maestro Electron PayPal Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - USD, EUR, CNY, GOLD.	8 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CHF.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, JP, AU, BQ, CW, TL, RU, GQ, FM, MP, SJ, SS, UK, European Union.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
13,206	5,412
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
12,000	4,500
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
40	84
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
100	30
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
50	25
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
1,000	740
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
16	5
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	11
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	17
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Variable (eg: 0.01 BTC, 1 LTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Unit
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Contract
💪 Retail Leverage
2000	30
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 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
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	12£ monthly after 1 year of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
Yes for some methods (eg: Some bank withdrawals can cost up to 1.5% of the amount).	None
💰 Commissions
Yes depending on account type (eg: for ECN accounts there are commissions up to $20).	Spread betting markets have no commission CFDs or FX trading has no commission as well (except equities: shares & ETFs) Equity commissions depend on the market’s location (eg: UK and Europe have a 0.08% of transaction value fee, US equities and Asian ones have different percentages as well) The minimum equity commission rates are $10, £10 or 10€.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.4 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From 60 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 17 Pips	From 50 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $220	Dynamic - From $120
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	Yes
📡 Educational Content
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No