City Index vs FBS compared

City Index
FBS
75% of retail CFD accounts lose money
75.2% of retail CFD accounts lose money

City Index

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.
  • Customer service score4.4/5.0
  • Fees score3.6/5.0
  • Research score4.3/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • forex 4.06/5
You can't open an account at City Index

FBS

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.
  • Customer service score5.0/5.0
  • Fees score4.1/5.0
  • Research score4.5/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • forex 4.07/5
You can't open an account at FBS
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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
4.3

Recommended for Investors and CFD traders familiar with the MetaTrader trading platforms

Country of origin

UK

Country of origin

Cyprus

Fees

Fees score
3.6
Fees score
4.1
Fees summary

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

Fees summary

Low trading 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
4.5
Number of base currencies

3

Number of base currencies

2

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
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0.99

*
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 / utility bill / credit card statement

Required documents

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

Trading platform

Web platform score
4.3
Web platform score
3.2
Mobile platform score
4.3
Mobile platform score
4.3
Desktop platform score
3.0
Desktop platform score
3.7

Markets and products

Markets and products score
2.3
Markets and products score
2.1
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: 75.2% 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
4.5
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Mid-range

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

€20,000 for EEA residents, no protection for other customers

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

1983

Foundation date

2009

Country of regulation

UK, Australia, Singapore

Country of regulation

Cyprus, Australia, Belize

City Index

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

FBS

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.

City Index's service is on par with FBS's and a comparison of their fees shows that City Index's fees are slightly higher than FBS's.

Account opening takes about the same effort at City Index compared to FBS, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at City Index, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than FBS's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of City Index as being of the same quality as the platform of FBS, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with City Index, while FBS provides just about the same quality of research and education.

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