FXCM vs KBC Equitas compared

FXCM
KBC Equitas
71% 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.
  • Account opening score
    4.2
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    1.7
    /5
  • Customer service score
    5.0
    /5
  • Account opening score
    1.5
    /5
  • Markets and products score
    3.4
    /5
  • Customer service score
    3.4
    /5
Recommended for
  • Investors and traders globally
  • Beginners
You can't open an account in United States
You can't open an account in United States

*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 traders looking for easy account opening, funding and withdrawal

Overall Score
4.1

Recommended for Long-term investors from Hungary who want access to a variety of markets

Country of origin

UK

Country of origin

Belgium

Fees

Fees score
4.0
Fees score
3.5
Fees summary

Average trading and non-trading fees, low CFD fees

Fees summary

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
4.0
Deposit and withdrawal score
3.3
Number of base currencies

4

Number of base currencies

11

Deposit type

Withdrawal type

Account opening

Account opening score
4.2
Account opening score
1.5
Account opening fully online
Account opening fully online
Minimum deposit
*

$50

*
Minimum deposit
*

$0

*
Time to open account

1-3 days

Time to open account

>3 days

Required documents

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

Required documents

National ID Address Card Social Security Card (TAJ)

Trading platform

Web platform score
3.3
Web platform score
4.4
Mobile platform score
4.5
Mobile platform score
4.1
Desktop platform score
3.8
Desktop platform score
-

Markets and products

Markets and products score
1.7
Markets and products score
3.4
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: 71% 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
4.3
Charting quality

Great

Charting quality

Mid-range

Education score
5.0
Education score
3.5
Demo account
Demo account

Customer service

Customer service score
5.0
Customer service score
3.4
Phone
Phone
Live chat
Live chat
Email
Email
24/7 availability
24/7 availability

Security

Investor protection amount

£85,000 in the UK, €20,000 in the EU, no protection in other countries

Investor protection amount

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

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

1999

Foundation date

1994

Country of regulation

UK, Australia, South Africa and Cyprus

Country of regulation

Hungary, Belgium

FXCM

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

KBC Equitas

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.

FXCM's service is on par with KBC Equitas's and a comparison of their fees shows that FXCM's fees are slightly lower than KBC Equitas's.

Account opening takes much less effort at FXCM compared to KBC Equitas, deposit and withdrawal processes are somewhat easier at FXCM, while customer service quality is better than KBC Equitas's.

Our experts rated the trading platform of FXCM as being of the same quality as the platform of KBC Equitas, found that clients have access to less markets and products with FXCM, while KBC Equitas provides just about the same quality of research and education.

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