CMC Markets vs Saxo Bank compared

Online brokers compared for fees, trading platforms, safety and more. See how CMC Markets stacks up against Saxo Bank!

CMC Markets
Saxo Bank
CMC Markets
4.4
76% of retail CFD accounts lose money
Saxo Bank
4.8

Last update of data—Dec 2022

CMC Markets

CMC Markets is a UK-based global CFD and forex broker, regulated by multiple top-tier authorities including the UK FCA.

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

Saxo Bank

Saxo Bank is a Danish investment bank. It is regulated by several top-tier financial authorities globally, including the UK regulator called FCA (Financial Conduct Authority).

Recommended for investors and traders looking for a great trading platform and solid research.

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

Account opening takes about the same effort at CMC Markets compared to Saxo Bank, deposit and withdrawal processes are about the same quality at CMC Markets, while customer service quality is somewhat better than Saxo Bank's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of CMC Markets as somewhat worse than the platform of Saxo Bank, found that clients have access to much less markets and products with CMC Markets, while Saxo Bank provides just about the same quality of research and education.

*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 an advanced trading platform with many research tools

Overall Score
4.8

Recommended for Investors and traders looking for a great trading platform and solid research

Best forex broker

Country of origin

UK

Country of origin

Denmark

Fees

Fees score
3.5
Fees score
3.0
Fees summary

Low forex fees, average CFD and non-trading fees

Fees summary

Average trading and non-trading fees, low forex 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
4.8
Number of base currencies

10

Number of base currencies

26

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
4.2
Account opening score
4.3
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
*

$2000

*
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: personal ID / passport / driver's licence Proof of residence: ID card / insurance card / utility bill / bank statement

Trading platform

Web platform score
5.0
Web platform score
5.0
Mobile platform score
5.0
Mobile platform score
5.0
Desktop platform score
3.4
Desktop platform score
5.0

Markets and products

Markets and products score
2.5
Markets and products score
5.0
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.

CFD disclaimer

Disclaimer: 67% 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
5.0
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Great

Education score
5.0
Education score
4.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
5.0
Customer service score
4.5
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

€100,000 for cash and €20,000 for securities for most European clients; £85,000 for UK clients; CHF 100,000 for Swiss clients; HKD 500,000 for securities at Hong Kong entity; no protection for clients from Singapore, Japan and Australia

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

1989

Foundation date

1992

Country of regulation

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

Country of regulation

Denmark, UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia

No withdrawal fee limit

-

No withdrawal fee limit

-

Minimum deposit via bank transfer

-

Minimum deposit via bank transfer

-

Recommended min deposit by broker

-

Recommended min deposit by broker

-

CMC Markets

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

Saxo Bank

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.

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