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

Updated Oct 20 2022

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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.

TMGM is an Australian broker specialised in financial derivatives known as contract-for-differences (CFDs). Operating since 2013, TMGM provides trading in forex, stocks, indices, cryptocurrencies and commodities.

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
  • Swing traders who can use high leverage
  • Stock traders who do not have access or funds to trade with specialised brokers
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

2

Other Licenses

2

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

1

Other Licenses

2

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
  • FCA (UK)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FSAS (Seychelles)
  • FSCA (South Africa)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FMA (New Zealand)
  • VFSC (Vanuatu)
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
  • High and flexible leverage
  • No deposit or withdrawal fees
  • Supports Expert Advisors (EAs), hedging and news trading
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
  • Only has financial derivatives (CFDs)
  • Inactivity fee is tied to minimum account balance
Status
Operational Operational
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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 2013
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From 0 to $500 $100
💰 Payment Methods
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Neteller
  • Skrill
  • Bank Transfer
  • Bitcoin (BTC)
  • Ethereum (ETH)
  • Tether (USDT)
  • Bank Transfer
  • Credit cards
  • Debit cards
  • FasaPay
  • Neteller
  • RMB Instant
  • Revolut
  • Paytrust
  • Skrill
  • Sticpay
  • UnionPay
  • Wise
💵 Account Base Currencies
6 - EUR, AUD, CHF, GBP, JPY, USD. 6 - EUR, USD, GBP, AUD, NZD, CAD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No No
❌ Restricted Countries

US, CA, SY, IR.

US.

📊 STP Account
No Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes Yes
📊 ECN Account
No Yes
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid CFDs
Total Asset Offering
4,555 12,091
Exchange Access
0 0
📙 Real Stocks
3,100 0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,246 12,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
47 55
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
11 6
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
27 15
📔 ETFs
0 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
103 0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
21 15
📒 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) Varies per Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per commodity (eg: 1 ounce of Gold) Varies per Commodity (0.01 lots for gold, 1 lot for Crude Oil)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30 500
💪 Professional Leverage
500 Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
No Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes Yes
🎓 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 No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes No
👫 Social Trading
Yes No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None

$30 fee if there is no activity for 6 months or if the account balance falls below $500.

💰 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.

Yes, from $3.5 per lot round turn

Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.4 to 1 Pip Dynamic - From 0 pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 Pips Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 20 Pips Dynamic - From 11 pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable Dynamic - From $0.48
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $30 Dynamic - From $32
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No No
📡 Educational Content
No No
📡 Live Chat Support
No No
📡 Video Tutorials
No No
📡 Account Management
No No
📡 Webinars
No No