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


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Overview
Founded in 2012, RoboMarkets offers five different types of accounts, including its proprietary R Stock Trader and ProCents accounts, with access to 12,000 instruments. The different accounts offer different spreads and investment instruments.	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.
Best For
Traders interested in trading U.S. equities, ETFS with access to 3,000 stocks Traders looking for a mix of CFDs and stocks through R Stock Trader Traders seeking small investments through its ProCents account	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
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 5 Other Licenses 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus)	ASIC (Australia) FCA (UK) IIROC (Canada) MAS (Singapore) BaFin (Germany)
The Good
Five different types of accounts for different types of investors, offers copy trading Access to 12,000+ investment instruments, including 3,000 U.S. stocks No inactivity or deposit fee Offers five base currencies, including GOLD, and remote VPS Server	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
The Bad
Withdrawals fees (EG: 2.4% on Visa and Mastercard, 2% for PayPal) No integrated news feed on trading platforms Serves only European Union Markets Limited commodities to trade	High commissions on stocks and ETFs Platform is not beginner friendly
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
2012	1989
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller e-wallets PayPal Webmoney Fasapay Wire transfers	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
5 - EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, GOLD.	10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY (Available only for EU Citizens).	US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
26,061	11,885
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
12,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
12,000	10,169
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
35	330
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
3	124
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
9	95
📔 ETFs
1,000	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
1,000	1,084
💸 Cryptocurrencies
14	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	18
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	55
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	10
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	Variable (eg: 1 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	1 Contract
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Contract
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	1 Contract
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
No	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	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	After 12 months of inactivity, CMC Markets charges a £10 inactivity fee.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
Yes (Eg: Visa/Mastercard fee 2.4%, PayPal 2% and Netteller (1.9%).	None
💰 Commissions
Varies per product (Eg. ETF Pro $0.0045/share).	Yes and they vary per share exchange location. For U.S shares, there is a minimum $10 in-and-out commission.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.3 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 Pips	From 60 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 25 Pips	From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.25 to $0.55	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $100 to $500	Unavailable
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	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
No	Yes