ThinkMarkets Vs. Forex.com - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

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.

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.

• 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

• 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

• FCA (UK)
• ASIC (Australia)
• FSAS (Seychelles)
• FSCA (South Africa)

• FINRA (United States)
• FCA (UK)
• FFAJ (Japan)
• IIROC (Canada)
• CySec (Cyprus)
• CIMA (Cayman Islands)

• 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

• Great platform offering (Proprietary, TradingView, MetaTrader 4 & 5)
• Excellent asset offering (more than 5,000+ instruments)
• Competitive spreads in some of their assets

• 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

• Despite presenting a great customisable platform, it still feels messy and not intuitive to use
• Commissions are expensive when compared to similar competitors 

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• 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.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Neteller
• Skrill
• Bank Transfer
• Bitcoin (BTC)
• Ethereum (ETH)
• Tether (USDT)

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Skrill
• Neteller
• Bank Transfer

US, CA, SY, IR.

$15 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.

• 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.

Depending on account type.

• Standard account has no commissions
• “Commission Account” and “DMA Account” have a flat $5 fee commission per lot round turn