ActivTrades vs Admirals (Admiral Markets) compared

Online brokers compared for fees, trading platforms, safety and more. See how ActivTrades stacks up against Admirals (Admiral Markets)!

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ActivTrades

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ActivTrades

4.4

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74-85% of retail CFD accounts lose money

Admirals (Admiral Markets)

4.7

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81% of retail CFD accounts lose money

Last update of data—Dec 2022

ActivTradesAdmirals (Admiral Markets)

ActivTrades is a UK CFD and forex broker. It is regulated by the FCA and is available globally for clients.

Admirals is a global forex and CFD broker, which is regulated by several authorities, including the top-tier FCA and ASIC.

Recommended for forex and CFD traders looking for low fees and great deposit/withdrawal conditions.

Recommended for forex traders who are familiar with the MetaTrader trading platforms.

ActivTrades

ActivTrades is a UK CFD and forex broker. It is regulated by the FCA and is available globally for clients.

Recommended for forex and CFD traders looking for low fees and great deposit/withdrawal conditions.

Admirals (Admiral Markets)

Admirals is a global forex and CFD broker, which is regulated by several authorities, including the top-tier FCA and ASIC.

Recommended for forex traders who are familiar with the MetaTrader trading platforms.

ActivTrades's service is on par with Admirals (Admiral Markets)'s and a comparison of their fees shows that ActivTrades's fees are similar to Admirals (Admiral Markets)'s.

Account opening takes about the same effort at ActivTrades compared to Admirals (Admiral Markets), deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat more complicated at ActivTrades, while customer service quality is similar to Admirals (Admiral Markets)'s.

Our experts rated the trading platform of ActivTrades as being of the same quality as the platform of Admirals (Admiral Markets), found that clients have access to less markets and products with ActivTrades, while Admirals (Admiral Markets) provides better research and education.

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Basic data of broker

Overall Score

4.4

Recommended for Forex and CFD traders looking for low fees and great deposit/withdrawal conditions

Overall Score

4.7

Recommended for Forex traders who are familiar with the MetaTrader trading platforms

Country of origin

Estonia

Fees

Fees score

4.3

Fees score

3.9

Fees summary

Trading fees are low, non-trading fees are average.

Fees summary

Stock and ETF fees

Forex fees

Fund fees

Bond fees

Options fees

Futures fees

Crypto fees

CFD fees

Non-trading fees

Deposit and withdrawal

Deposit and withdrawal score

4.5

Deposit and withdrawal score

5.0

Number of base currencies

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score

5.0

Account opening score

5.0

Account opening fully online

Minimum deposit

$100

Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

Proof of identity: national ID / passport / driver's license AND Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill / telecommunication bill / residential certificate AND One photo of yourself

Required documents

Proof of identity: national ID / passport / driver's license Proof of residency: Bank statement / invoice for water, gas, electricity, internet or telephone

Trading platform

Web platform score

4.4

Web platform score

2.8

Mobile platform score

3.9

Mobile platform score

3.8

Desktop platform score

3.4

Desktop platform score

3.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score

1.9

Markets and products score

4.1

Stocks

Fractional shares

ETFs

Forex

Funds

Bonds

Options

Futures

Crypto

CFDs

CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 74-85% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 81% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Research, education

Research score

3.3

Research score

4.5

Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Mid-range

Education score

5.0

Education score

5.0

Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score

5.0

Customer service score

5.0

Phone

Live chat

24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

£85,000 for cliens under FCA, €100,000 for cash deposits and €20,000 for securities for other European clients

Investor protection amount

€20,000 under CySEC, £85,000 for clients under FCA, no protection for others

Banking background

Listed on stock exchange

Foundation date

2001

Foundation date

2001

Country of regulation

UK, Luxembourg, The Bahamas

Country of regulation

UK, Cyprus, Australia, Estonia, Jordan

ActivTrades

For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.

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Admirals (Admiral Markets)

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*Data marked with an asterisk contain additional info, expand the relevant sections below to see details.

Everything you find on BrokerChooser is based on reliable data and unbiased information. We combine our 10+ years finance experience with readers feedback. Read more about our methodology.

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