City Index vs CMC Markets compared

City Index
CMC Markets
75% of retail CFD accounts lose money
76% 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.
  • Account opening score
    5.0
    /5
  • Research score
    4.3
    /5
  • Trading platform combined score
    3.9
    /5
  • Account opening score
    4.2
    /5
  • Research score
    5.0
    /5
  • Trading platform combined score
    4.5
    /5
Recommended for
  • Forex
    4.1
    /5
  • Forex
    4.3
    /5
You can't open an account in United States
You can't open an account in United States

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

Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.4

Recommended for Forex and CFD traders looking for low forex fees and great research tools

Overall Score
4.4

Recommended for Forex and CFD traders looking for an advanced trading platform with many research tools

Country of origin

UK

Country of origin

UK

Fees

Fees score
3.6
Fees score
3.5
Fees summary

Low trading and average non-trading fees, high stock CFD fees

Fees summary

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

Deposit and withdrawal score
4.5
Deposit and withdrawal score
4.9
Number of base currencies

3

Number of base currencies

10

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
5.0
Account opening score
4.2
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

1 day

Time to open account

1-3 days

Required documents

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

Required documents

Proof of identity: passport / national ID / driver's licence Proof of address: bank statement / utility bill / mortgage statement / credit card statement

Trading platform

Web platform score
4.3
Web platform score
5.0
Mobile platform score
4.3
Mobile platform score
5.0
Desktop platform score
3.0
Desktop platform score
3.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score
2.3
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: 75% 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: 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

Research score
4.3
Research score
5.0
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Great

Education score
5.0
Education score
5.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
4.4
Customer service score
5.0
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

£85,000 for clients under FCA, no investor protection for other clients

Investor protection amount

£85,000 for clients under FCA, $1,000,000 under IIROC, no protection under other regulators

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

1983

Foundation date

1989

Country of regulation

UK, Australia, Singapore

Country of regulation

UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany

City Index

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

CMC Markets

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

*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.

City Index's service is on par with CMC Markets's and a comparison of their fees shows that City Index's fees are similar to CMC Markets's.

Account opening takes somewhat less effort at City Index compared to CMC Markets, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat more complicated at City Index, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than CMC Markets's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of City Index as somewhat worse than the platform of CMC Markets, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with City Index, while CMC Markets provides somewhat better research and education.

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