Admirals (Admiral Markets) vs ATFX compared

Admirals (Admiral Markets)
ATFX
80% of retail CFD accounts lose money
59.38% of retail CFD accounts lose money
Key differences
We took 8 criteria of our comparison (fee, account opening, customer service, markets&product, research, trading platform, deposit&withdrawal) and listed the angles with the greatest difference here below.
  • Fees score
    3.9
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    4.1
    /5
  • Overall score
    4.7
    /5
  • Fees score
    1.2
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    1.7
    /5
  • Overall score
    3.3
    /5
Recommended for
  • Investors and traders globally
  • Investors and traders globally
You can't open an account in United States
You can't open an account in United States

Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.7

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

Overall Score
3.3

Recommended for Forex and CFD traders familiar with the MetaTrader 4 trading platform

Country of origin

Estonia

Country of origin

UK

Fees

Fees score
3.9
Fees score
1.2
Fees summary

Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees, low forex fees

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
5.0
Deposit and withdrawal score
4.5
Number of base currencies

10

Number of base currencies

3

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
5.0
Account opening score
5.0
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$100

*
Minimum deposit
*

$500

*
Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

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

Required documents

Proof of identity: passport / national ID Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill / tax bill / landline phone bill

Trading platform

Web platform score
2.8
Web platform score
2.8
Mobile platform score
3.8
Mobile platform score
3.8
Desktop platform score
3.4
Desktop platform score
3.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score
4.1
Markets and products score
1.7
Stocks
Stocks
Fractional shares
*
*
Fractional shares
ETFs
ETFs
Forex
Forex
Funds
Funds
Bonds
Bonds
Options
Options
Futures
Futures
Crypto
*
*
Crypto
*
*
CFDs
CFDs
CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 80% 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: 59.38% 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
4.5
Research score
3.5
Charting quality

Mid-range

Charting quality

Mid-range

Education score
5.0
Education score
5.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
5.0
Customer service score
3.8
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

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

Investor protection amount

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

Banking background
Banking background
Listed on stock exchange
Listed on stock exchange
Foundation date

2001

Foundation date

2014

Country of regulation

UK, Cyprus, Australia, Estonia, Jordan

Country of regulation

UK, Cyprus, St Vincent & The Grenadines, Mauritius

Admirals (Admiral Markets)

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ATFX

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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.

Admirals (Admiral Markets)'s service is better than ATFX's and a comparison of their fees shows that Admirals (Admiral Markets)'s fees are much lower than ATFX's.

Account opening takes about the same effort at Admirals (Admiral Markets) compared to ATFX, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat easier at Admirals (Admiral Markets), while customer service quality is better than ATFX's.

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

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