XM Vs. Admiral Markets - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 74.89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 81% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
XM is an international broker headquartered in Cyprus which offers MetaTrader 4 & 5 and over 1500 + tradable assets.	Admiral Markets (now Admirals) is a global broker headquartered in Estonia with a comprehensive asset offering (5000+) in CFDs and real stocks or ETFs along with MetaTrader 4 & 5.
Best For
Experienced traders looking to trade shares in high volume using their Zero account MetaTrader users wishing to explore XM's offering while maintaining their preferred platforms	Beginners looking to get started investing in stocks or ETFs Intermediate and advanced traders looking to trade CFDs Professional traders and asset managers
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) ADGM (United Arab Emirates)	ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FCA (United Kingdom) JSC (Jordan)
The Good
Competitive commissions on their Zero account Modest asset offering of 1500+ tradable instruments (similar to competitors in the same range)	Broad offering of 5000+ assets including CFDs, real stocks and ETFs MetaTrader 4 & 5 along their propietary trading app Tools for professionals and asset managers
The Bad
No proprietary platforms or technology Expensive spreads and trading fees Lack of asset variety when compared to other brokers in the same range	Costly spreads in some of their assets when compared to similar competitors No propietary web trading platform
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
2009	2001
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$5	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
11 - USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD, HUF, PLN, RUB, SGD, ZAR.	10 -EUR, GBP, USD, CHF, BGN, CZK, HRK, HUF, PLN, RON.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	Yes
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
1,382	4,559
Exchange Access
0	1
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,286	3,254
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
57	40
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
15	28
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
14	43
📔 ETFs
0	778
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	372
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	42
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	2
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
10	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions allowed	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$100 (0.001 Lots)	$1000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounce of Gold)	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounce of Gold)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 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
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
No	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Yes, $15 one time payment after 1 year of inactivity and then $5 monthly.	$10 monthly after 24 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Yes on Zero accounts ($7 per lot round turn).	Depending on account type (eg: Zero MT4 or 5 accounts have a $3 per lot round turn commission, ASX shares have a 0.15% fee, etc)
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1.7 Pips	From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 Pips	From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $9.4	Dynamic - From $1.45
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 2 Pips
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Variable - From $208
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
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	Yes
📡 Webinars
Yes	Yes