RoboForex Vs. Forex.com - Compare and Choose the Right One


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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.	Forex.com is a global broker headquartered in the U.S and part of StoneX (publicly traded company on NASDAQ) that specialises in offering CFDs based on commodities, currencies, indices, stocks, ETFs, shares, bonds and cryptocurrencies.
Best For
Intermediate and Professional traders looking for different account offerings Experienced traders looking for trading platform variety	Traders of all levels (beginner to advanced) looking for competitive pricing Trades of all levels looking for a great platform variety High volume traders looking for ECN or DMA accounts offering deep liquidity for large trades
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 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
IFSC (International Financial Services Commission of Belize)	FINRA (United States) FCA (UK) FFAJ (Japan) IIROC (Canada) CySec (Cyprus) CIMA (Cayman Islands)
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	Great platform offering (Proprietary, TradingView, MetaTrader 4 & 5) Excellent asset offering (more than 5,000+ instruments) Competitive spreads in some of their assets
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	Despite presenting a great customisable platform, it still feels messy and not intuitive to use Commissions are expensive when compared to similar competitors
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
2009	2001
💳 Minimum Deposit
$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 Skrill Neteller Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - USD, EUR, CNY, GOLD.	6 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, CHF.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	Yes
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, JP, AU, BQ, CW, TL, RU, GQ, FM, MP, SJ, SS, UK, European Union.	None
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	Yes
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on currencies, commodities, stocks, indices, ETFs and cryptocurrencies	CFDs on currencies, commodities, indices, bonds, shares and cryptocurrencies.
📙 Stocks
12,000+	4,500+
📘 Currency Pairs
40+	93
📗 Commodities
100+	35
📕 Indices
50+	24
📔 ETFs
1,000+	700+
💸 Cryptocurrencies
16	5
📒 Bonds
N/A	14
📓 Options
N/A	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
All of RoboForex’s assets are CFDs.	All of Forex.com’s assets are CFDs.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	Varies per share (eg: 0.3 AMZN shares)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	Varies per ETF (eg: 5 contracts of XLK)
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	Varies per Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	Varies per commodity (eg: 1 contract of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
N/A	Varies per Bond (eg: 1 contract of Euro Bobl)
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
N/A	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:2000	Up to 1:30
💪 Professional Leverage
N/A	Up to 1:500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
💻 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
No	Yes, $15 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
Yes for some methods (eg: Some bank withdrawals can cost up to 1.5% of the amount)	No
💰 Commissions
Yes depending on account type (eg: for ECN accounts there are commissions up to $20).	Yes depending on account type. Standard account has no commissions “Commission Account” and “DMA Account” have a flat $5 fee commission per lot round turn
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 Pips depending on account type, 1.4 Pips on Average	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - Market Spread	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	From $120
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	Yes