CMC Markets vs Fidelity International compared

CMC Markets
Fidelity International
76% of retail CFD accounts lose money

CMC Markets

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.
  • Deposit and withdrawal score4.9/5.0
  • Customer service score5.0/5.0
  • Research score5.0/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • forex 4.25/5
You can't open an account at CMC Markets

Fidelity International

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.
  • Deposit and withdrawal score3.8/5.0
  • Customer service score3.9/5.0
  • Research score4.0/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • beginners 3.43/5
You can't open an account at Fidelity International
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.4

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

Overall Score
4.2

Recommended for Beginners and long-term investors focusing on the UK market

Country of origin

UK

Country of origin

UK

Fees

Fees score
3.5
Fees score
3.0
Fees summary

Low forex fees, average CFD and non-trading 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
4.9
Deposit and withdrawal score
3.8
Number of base currencies

10

Number of base currencies

1

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
4.2
Account opening score
3.5
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
*

$1360

*
Time to open account

1-3 days

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

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

Required documents
*

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

*

Trading platform

Web platform score
5.0
Web platform score
3.7
Mobile platform score
5.0
Mobile platform score
4.2
Desktop platform score
3.4
Desktop platform score
-

Markets and products

Markets and products score
2.5
Markets and products score
1.9
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: 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
5.0
Research score
4.0
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Mid-range

Education score
5.0
Education score
2.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

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

Security

Investor protection amount

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

Investor protection amount

£85,000

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

1989

Foundation date

1980

Country of regulation

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

Country of regulation

UK

CMC Markets

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

Fidelity International

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.

CMC Markets's service is on par with Fidelity International's and a comparison of their fees shows that CMC Markets's fees are slightly lower than Fidelity International's.

Account opening takes somewhat less effort at CMC Markets compared to Fidelity International, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat easier at CMC Markets, while customer service quality is somewhat better than Fidelity International's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of CMC Markets as somewhat better than the platform of Fidelity International, found that clients have access to slightly more markets and products with CMC Markets, while Fidelity International provides somewhat lower-quality research and education.

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