RoboForex Vs. ThinkMarkets - 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.	ThinkMarkets is a global broker headquartered in Australia that offers real stocks and ETFs along with CFDs on stocks, etfs, commodities, indices and cryptocurrencies accompanied by their proprietary platform: ThinkTrader.
Best For
Intermediate and Professional traders looking for different account offerings Experienced traders looking for trading platform variety	Passive investors looking to buy, hold or transfer real shares or ETFs from ASX Active traders looking to exploit their low spreads on CFDs MetaTrader 4 & 5 traders looking for a convenient 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 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
IFSC (International Financial Services Commission of Belize)	FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSAS (Seychelles) FSCA (South Africa)
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	Possibility to invest in real stocks and ETFs or trade CFDs Proprietary platform ThinkTrader is smooth and user friendly Spreads are very competitive when compared to similar competitors
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	Real stocks or ETFs are only from ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) Expensive stock trading commissions ($8 flat fee for ASX shares or ETFs) While their stock and ETFs offering is great, they lack variety in all other asset classes
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	2010
💳 Minimum Deposit
$10	0 for Standard Account / $500 for Zero account
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard JCB AstroPay Skrill Neteller Perfect Money AdvCash NganLuong Wallet Bank transfers (SEPA, local and several options per country)	Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Bank Transfer Bitcoin (BTC) Ethereum (ETH) Tether (USDT)
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - USD, EUR, CNY, GOLD.	6 - EUR, AUD, CHF, GBP, JPY, USD.
🗽 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	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on currencies, commodities, stocks, indices, ETFs and cryptocurrencies	Real stocks and ETFs from ASX. CFDs on stocks, ETFs, indices, commodities and cryptocurrencies.
📙 Stocks
12,000+	3,100+ real shares (ASX) / 1246 CFDs
📘 Currency Pairs
40+	47
📗 Commodities
100+	11
📕 Indices
50+	27
📔 ETFs
1,000+	103
💸 Cryptocurrencies
16	21
📒 Bonds
N/A	N/A
📓 Options
N/A	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
All of RoboForex’s assets are CFDs.	ThinkMarkets offers both real stocks & ETFs along with CFDs on several asset classes.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	Fractional share trading - From 0.1 Shares
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	Fractional ETF trading - From 0.1 ETFs
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: from 0.01 units of 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 ounce of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📈 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	Only for MT4 and MT5.
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes (Only for Standard Account)
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
No	No
💰 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).	For Standard account there are no commissions For Zero account there is a commission of $3.5 per lot round turn For real stocks and ETFs investing, there is a flat fee of $8 per trade (in-and-out) or if the trade value is above $200,000 then a 0.05% fee per trade.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 Pips depending on account type, 1.4 Pips on Average	From 0.4 Pips to 1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - Market Spread	From 40 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 17 Pips	From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	From 20 Pips
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $0.01
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $220	Dynamic - From $30
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No