ARMO Broker vs XM compared

ARMO Broker
XM
74.89% of retail CFD accounts lose money

ARMO Broker

Key score 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.
  • Account opening score1.7/5.0
  • Markets and products score5.0/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score3.5/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • equity
You can't open an account at ARMO Broker

XM

Key score 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.
  • Account opening score5.0/5.0
  • Markets and products score2.5/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score5.0/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • investors and traders globally
You can't open an account at XM
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.2

Recommended for Investors and traders from Europe interested in global markets

Overall Score
4.4

Recommended for Forex and CFD traders who prefer MetaTrader platforms and seek great account opening

Country of origin

Germany

Country of origin

Cyprus

Fees

Fees score
3.7
Fees score
4.3
Fees summary

Low stock and ETF fees but high forex, options and futures fees

Fees summary

Average trading and non-trading fees, low CFD 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
3.5
Deposit and withdrawal score
5.0
Number of base currencies

20

Number of base currencies

10

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
1.7
Account opening score
5.0
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$1980

*
Minimum deposit
*

$5

*
Time to open account

1-3 days

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

Proof of identity: passport, ID card, driver's license Proof of address: bank statement, utility bill, registration certificate, credit card bill

Required documents

Proof of identity: passport / national ID card / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill

Trading platform

Web platform score
4.5
Web platform score
2.8
Mobile platform score
3.5
Mobile platform score
3.8
Desktop platform score
3.0
Desktop platform score
3.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score
5.0
Markets and products score
2.5
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: 64% 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: 74.89% 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
5.0
Research score
4.4
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Mid-range

Education score
4.0
Education score
4.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
3.9
Customer service score
5.0
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

€20,000

Investor protection amount

€20,000 for EEA residents, no protection for others

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

2019

Foundation date

2009

Country of regulation

USA, Ireland, UK, Luxembourg, Hungary, India, Australia, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore

Country of regulation

Cyprus, Australia, Belize, United Arab Emirates

ARMO Broker

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

XM

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

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.

ARMO Broker's service is on par with XM's and a comparison of their fees shows that ARMO Broker's fees are slightly higher than XM's.

Account opening takes considerably more effort at ARMO Broker compared to XM, deposit and withdrawal processes are more complicated at ARMO Broker, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than XM's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of ARMO Broker as being of the same quality as the platform of XM, found that clients have access to much more markets and products with ARMO Broker, while XM provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.

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