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


Visit 74.89% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 71% 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.	Tickmill is an international CFD broker headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in currency trading paired with MetaTrader 4 and 5 platforms.
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	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 2 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
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) ADGM (United Arab Emirates)	CySec (Cyprus) FSA (Seychelles) FCA (UK) FSA (Labuan) FSCA (South Africa)
The Good
Competitive commissions on their Zero account Modest asset offering of 1500+ tradable instruments (similar to competitors in the same range)	Very low and competitive spreads depending on the account type Leverage can be either removed or customised for the whole account
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	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
2009	2014
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$5	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill	Bank Transfer Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller DotPay Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
11 - USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, AUD, HUF, PLN, RUB, SGD, ZAR.	4 - USD, EUR, GBP, PLN
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
1,382	87
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,286	0
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
57	62
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
15	4
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
14	14
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	3
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	4
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
10	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions allowed	Unavailable
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$100 (0.001 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	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 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	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
Yes	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
Yes, $15 one time payment after 1 year of inactivity and then $5 monthly.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
Yes on Zero accounts ($7 per lot round turn).	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 1.7 Pips	Dynamic- From 0 to 1.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 Pips	Dynamic- From 39 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips	Dynamic- From 24 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $9.4	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Unavailable	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
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
No	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No