Trading 212 Vs. IC 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.	IC Markets is an Australian broker with a global presence specialising in Forex trading. One of their greatest advantages is providing RAW spread accounts with interbank pricing.
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 traders looking for Interbank rates High volume traders that will save great amounts of costs with their low spreads and commissions
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 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) CySec (Cyprus) FSC (Bulgaria)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles)
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	Customisable leverage per asset before opening trades Interbank rates and low commissions Great platform variety
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)	Avaliable assets are limited (Also No ETFs) No ability to purchase real stocks or cryptocurrencies, only CFDs
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	2007
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $1 to $10	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill iDeal Apple Pay	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Bitcoin Sofort Paypal Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - USD, EUR, GBP, RON, PLN, CHF, SEK, NOK, CZK.	10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	US, CA, IL.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
13,615	1,737
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
10,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,526	1,600
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
179	61
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
25	22
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
35	25
📔 ETFs
1,800	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
50	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	18
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	11
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 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)	$1,000 - 0.01 Lots
📉 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	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
None	No commissions in standard accounts but rather a 1 Pip spread markup on interbank prices received. For Raw spreads accounts, $7 per lot round turn.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1.4 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 0.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 166 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 to 45 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.6	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $8.7 to $42
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No