flatex vs FXTM compared

flatex
FXTM
80% of retail CFD accounts lose money

flatex

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.
  • Account opening score2.8/5.0
  • Markets and products score4.6/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score3.0/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • beginners 3.48/5
  • equity 4.26/5
You can't open an account at flatex

FXTM

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.
  • Account opening score5.0/5.0
  • Markets and products score2.7/5.0
  • Deposit and withdrawal score4.2/5.0
Good to know
Recommended for
  • investors and traders globally
You can't open an account at FXTM
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.3

Recommended for Investors and traders speaking German and focusing on European securities

Overall Score
4.3

Recommended for Forex traders familiar with the MetaTrader platform

Country of origin

Germany

Country of origin

Cyprus

Fees

Fees score
3.2
Fees score
3.9
Fees summary

Average trading and non-trading fees, low fund fees

Fees summary

Average trading fees, high 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
3.0
Deposit and withdrawal score
4.2
Number of base currencies

4

Number of base currencies

4

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
2.8
Account opening score
5.0
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Minimum deposit
*

$50

*
Time to open account

>3 days

Time to open account

1 day

Required documents

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

Required documents

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

Trading platform

Web platform score
3.5
Web platform score
2.8
Mobile platform score
4.2
Mobile platform score
3.8
Desktop platform score
2.8
Desktop platform score
3.4

Markets and products

Markets and products score
4.6
Markets and products score
2.7
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: 80% 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
2.8
Research score
3.8
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Mid-range

Education score
4.5
Education score
5.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
4.5
Customer service score
5.0
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

€100,000 for cash deposits and €20,000 for securities

Investor protection amount

£85,000 in the UK, €20,000 in other EU countries, no protection for residents of all other countries

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

2005

Foundation date

2011

Country of regulation

Germany

Country of regulation

Cyprus (and license from South Africa), UK, Mauritius

flatex

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

FXTM

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.

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

Account opening takes more effort at flatex compared to FXTM, deposit and withdrawal processes are more complicated at flatex, while customer service quality is somewhat lower than FXTM's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of flatex as being of the same quality as the platform of FXTM, found that clients have access to more markets and products with flatex, while FXTM provides somewhat better research and education.

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