Fusion Markets vs RBC Direct Investing compared

Fusion Markets
RBC Direct Investing
74-89% 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.
  • Trading platform combined score
    3.5
    /5
  • Deposit and withdrawal score
    4.4
    /5
  • Account opening score
    5.0
    /5
  • Trading platform combined score
    1.3
    /5
  • Deposit and withdrawal score
    2.4
    /5
  • Account opening score
    3.7
    /5
Recommended for
  • Forex
    4.4
    /5
  • Beginners
    3
    /5
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Basic data of broker

Overall Score
4.5

Recommended for Forex traders looking for low fees and a chance to use the MetaTrader 4 platform

Lowest spread forex broker

Overall Score
4.1

Recommended for Investors, including beginners, focusing on the Canadian and US markets

Country of origin

Australia

Country of origin

Canada

Fees

Fees score
4.7
Fees score
3.5
Fees summary

Low trading and non-trading fees, low forex fees

Fees summary

Average trading fees, low non-trading fees, free mutual fund investing

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
4.4
Deposit and withdrawal score
2.4
Number of base currencies

8

Number of base currencies

2

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
5.0
Account opening score
3.7
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: passport / national ID card / driver's license Proof of residency: bank statement / utility bill / tax document

Required documents

Social Insurance Number, Government ID, Proof of Income

Trading platform

Web platform score
2.8
Web platform score
2.9
Mobile platform score
3.8
Mobile platform score
0.7
Desktop platform score
3.4
Desktop platform score
-

Markets and products

Markets and products score
2.2
Markets and products score
2.4
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: 74-89% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Research, education

Research score
4.0
Research score
4.0
Charting quality

Mid-range

Charting quality

Mid-range

Education score
1.5
Education score
4.0
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

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

Security

Investor protection amount

No protection

Investor protection amount

CAD 1 million

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

2010

Foundation date

1864

Country of regulation

Australia, Vanuatu

Country of regulation

Canada

Fusion Markets

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

RBC Direct Investing

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

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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.

Fusion Markets's service is slightly better than RBC Direct Investing's and a comparison of their fees shows that Fusion Markets's fees are lower than RBC Direct Investing's.

Account opening takes less effort at Fusion Markets compared to RBC Direct Investing, deposit and withdrawal processes are more seamless at Fusion Markets, while customer service quality is similar to RBC Direct Investing's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of Fusion Markets as better than the platform of RBC Direct Investing, found that clients have access to about the same number of markets and products with Fusion Markets, while RBC Direct Investing provides just about the same quality of research and education.

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