Trading 212 Vs. CMC Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
Trading 212 is a global broker headquartered in the U.K specialising in real stocks and ETFs investing along with CFD trading.	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
Passive investors looking to buy stocks or ETFs with their investing account Traders of all levels of experience looking to trade CFDs on shares	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 1 Other Licenses 2 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
FCA (UK) CySec (Cyprus) FSC (Bulgaria)	ASIC (Australia) FCA (UK) IIROC (Canada) MAS (Singapore) BaFin (Germany)
The Good
Broad asset offering in their investing account (more than 10,000 assets) Friendly, smooth and simple proprietary platforms (both web and mobile) Great spreads on stocks and no commissions on investing accounts	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
Despite both platforms being beautiful, they are gamified for engagement. Clicking on the buy button on mobile platform will trigger a random order without asking for confirmation Asides from stocks, their asset offering lacks variety Very high forex spreads (1.4 Pips on EUR/USD)	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
2004	1989
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $1 to $10	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill iDeal Apple Pay	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - USD, EUR, GBP, RON, PLN, CHF, SEK, NOK, CZK.	10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
13,615	11,885
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
10,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,526	10,169
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
179	330
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
25	124
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
35	95
📔 ETFs
1,800	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
50	1,084
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	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
Variable - Fractions Allowed	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	Variable (eg: 1 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$500 (0.005 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounce of Gold)	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
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	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
None	None
💰 Commissions
None	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 1.4 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 166 Pips	From 60 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.6	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Unavailable	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
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	Yes