Valutrades Vs. Tickmill - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 82% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 71% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
Established in 2012, Valutrades offers 70 plus currencies pairs, commodities and indices trading for beginner and advanced traders through its MT4, MT5 and ECN accounts. It doesn’t offer equities trading.	Tickmill is an international CFD broker headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in currency trading paired with MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms.
Best For
Currency traders looking for an ECN broker Professional currency traders looking for an API offering Traders looking for a narrow range of commodities, cryptocurrencies	Professional currency traders looking to exploit their account offering with low spreads Traders familiar with both MetaTrader 4 or 5 platforms with the intent to trade currencies
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 4 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FSAS (Seychelles) FCA (UK)	CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles) FCA (UK) FSA (Labuan) FSCA (South Africa)
The Good
Scalping is allowed (great for professional traders) Competitive commissions of $3 per lot round turn Access to ECN or DMA accounts	Very low and competitive spreads depending on the account type Leverage can be either removed or customised for the whole account
The Bad
Asset offering is poor (only 80 instruments and no stocks or ETFs) Doesn’t have its on trading application	Extremely low asset offering (over 80+ instruments in total) All of Tickmill’s assets are CFDs (users can’t purchase real stocks or ETFs)
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
2012	2014
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Maestro American Express AstroPay Diners SticPay PayPal Skrill Neteller e-wallets Wire transfers Giropay iDEAL JCB Klarna POLiPaysafecard Przelwy24 Rapid Transfer AliPay	Bank Transfer Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller DotPay Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
13 - AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, NOK, NZD,SGD, SEK, USD, ZAR	4 - USD, EUR, GBP, PLN
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, IR, SY.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
133	87
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
0	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
73	62
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
5	4
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
25	14
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
4	3
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	4
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
26	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per commodity (eg: 0.01 Contracts of Gold)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 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
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
No	Yes
📱 Android App
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
No	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Three free withdrawals a month, then 5% processing fee.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Yes (Eg: Forex commission of $3 per side with ECN account).	Depending on account type: Classic account has no commissions Pro account has a commission of 2 units of your base currency round turn per lot VIP account has a commission of 1 unit of your base currency round turn per lot
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.1 Pips	Dynamic- From 0 to 1.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 34 Pips	Dynamic- From 39 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 22 Pips	Dynamic- From 24 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $90	Dynamic - From $128.2
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
No	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No