Robomarkets Vs. FXCM - 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.	FXCM is a global brokerage headquartered in the U.K that specialises in both retail and institutional trading with a comprehensive API offering. **The below information is provided based on FXCM EU LTD. For other FXCM entities, please go to the corresponding FXCM website for more information. TheTradingBible.com is acting in a capacity of marketing affiliate for FXCM EU LTD.
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 algorithmic traders looking to benefit from their comprehensive API 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
CySec (Cyprus)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) FSCA (South Africa)
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 API offering with a variety of conditions and programming languages at no additional cost Proprietary platform (Trading Station)
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	Lack of asset variety in their offering (over 463+ financial instruments) Costly spreads when compared to similar competitors
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	1999
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$50
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller e-wallets PayPal Webmoney Fasapay Wire transfers	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
5 - EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, GOLD.	4 - EUR GBP, USD, CHF.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY (Available only for EU Citizens).	RU, US, CA, JP, SK, BE and more.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
26,061	447
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
12,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
12,000	341
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
35	41
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
3	14
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
9	19
📔 ETFs
1,000	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
1,000	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
14	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	22
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	10
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
1 ETF	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	1 Unit
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	400
✍ 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	Yes
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	50 units of the account's base currency yearly after 1 year of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	Yes on bank transfer withdrawals depending on location (from $10 to $40 on local currency).
💰 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).	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.3 Pips	Dynamic - From 1.2 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 Pips	Dynamic - From 58 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 25 Pips	Dynamic - From 41 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.25 to $0.55	Dynamic - From $1.04
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $100 to $500	Dynamic - From $51
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
No	No