Capital.com
CMC Markets
Basic data of broker
Recommended for Investors and CFD traders looking for a great trading platform and excellent customer service
Recommended for Forex and CFD traders looking for an advanced trading platform with many research tools
Cyprus
UK
Fees
Low forex CFD fees and commission-free real stocks, but average stock and index CFD fees
Low forex fees, average CFD and non-trading 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
5
10
Deposit type
Withdrawal type
Account opening
$20
$0
1 day
1-3 days
Proof of identity: national ID / passport / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill
Proof of identity: passport / national ID / driver's licence Proof of address: bank statement / utility bill / mortgage statement / credit card statement
Trading platform
Markets and products
Disclaimer: 84% 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.
Disclaimer: 76% 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
Great
Great
Customer service
Security
£85,000 for retail clients under FCA, €20,000 under CySEC, and no protection for others
£85,000 for clients under FCA, $1,000,000 under IIROC, no protection under other regulators
2016
1989
UK, Cyprus, Australia, Seychelles
UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany
For detailed information and hands-on experience, read our review of this broker.
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.
Capital.com's service is on par with CMC Markets's and a comparison of their fees shows that Capital.com's fees are slightly lower than CMC Markets's.
Account opening takes somewhat less effort at Capital.com compared to CMC Markets, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat more complicated at Capital.com, while customer service quality is similar to CMC Markets's.
Our experts rated the trading platform of Capital.com as being of the same quality as the platform of CMC Markets, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with Capital.com, while CMC Markets provides just about the same quality of research and education.