ThinkMarkets Vs. Exness - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
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.	Exness is a Cypriot broker founded in 2008 that specialises on currencies trading via MT4 & 5 along with their proprietary Exness Trader platform.
Best For
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	Low volume traders looking to take advantage of their low sized account offerings Off-shore traders looking for high leverage factors High volume traders looking for their professional accounts (assuming they are satisfied with their available assets)
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 6 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSAS (Seychelles) FSCA (South Africa)	FSA (Seychelles) CBCS (Curaçao) FSC (British Virgin Islands) FSC (Mauritius) FSCA (South Africa) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK)
The Good
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	Competitive spreads depending on the account type Low entry barrier for new traders No minimum deposit on standard accounts
The Bad
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	Most Exness' the financial licenses are from off-shore locations Very low asset offering with less than 200 instruments Despite using TradingView charts, multi-charts layout or fullscreen are not possible
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
2010	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From 0 to $500	From 0 to $3,000
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Bank Transfer Bitcoin (BTC) Ethereum (ETH) Tether (USDT)	Credit Card Debit Card Neteller Skrill USDT (Tether) Bank Transfer BTC (Bitcoin) Perfect Money SticPay USDC (USD Coin)
💵 Account Base Currencies
6 - EUR, AUD, CHF, GBP, JPY, USD.	1 - USD
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
4,555	243
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
3,100	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,246	100
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
47	100
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
11	7
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
27	10
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
103	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
21	26
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: from 0.01 units of BTC)	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per commodity (eg: 1 ounce of Gold)	0.01 Lots ($1,000)
📉 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	2000
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
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.	Commissions vary as follows: No comissions on Standard account No comissions on Standard Cent account $3.5 per lot side on Raw Spread account $0.2 per lot side on Zero account No commission on Pro account
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.4 to 1 Pip	1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 Pips	From 200 pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 20 Pips	From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	From $0.10
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $30	From $20
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No