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


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Overview
XTB is an international broker specialised in CFD trading and low cost forex spreads.	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
Experienced forex traders looking for low spreads Experienced stock traders looking for trading particular stocks under low spreads (with commission)	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 2 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
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) CMNV (Spain) UKNF (Poland)	ASIC (Australia) FCA (UK) IIROC (Canada) MAS (Singapore) BaFin (Germany)
The Good
Low forex & stock spreads Professional platform with customisable layouts	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
No ability to remove or customise leverage High commissions on stocks & ETFs All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)	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
2002	1989
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, HUF.	10 - AUD, GBP, CAD, EUR, NZD, NOK, PLN, SGD, SEK, USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, SY, IR.	US, JP, SY, ZA, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
2,131	11,885
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
1,877	10,169
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
57	330
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
21	124
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
36	95
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
135	1,084
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
5	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
$50 trade value	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$50 trade value	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	Variable (eg: 1 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounces 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
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	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
$10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.	After 12 months of inactivity, CMC Markets charges a £10 inactivity fee.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
For Stocks and ETFs there is an 0.08% commission with $8 minimum.	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 0 to 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 50 Pips	From 60 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips	From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	Yes
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	Yes