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Decision summary | ||
| Overall score | 84 | 90 |
| Trust score | 82 | 99 |
| Cost score | 87 | 85 |
| Platform score | 94 | 94 |
| Withdrawal score | 89 | 86 |
| Best for | Strong forex/CFD broker candidate for demo import; public profile should clarify entity assignment, retail restrictions and minimum-deposit/geography nuances. | Experienced forex/CFD traders · Scalpers, day traders and algorithmic traders comfortable with high-risk leveraged products · Users who specifically need MT4/MT5, cTrader or Tradi… |
| Watch out | Min deposit not cleanly extracted from official account tables · Investor compensation not universal · Retail availability differs by entity | Long-term investors seeking physical stocks/ETFs · Beginners who need strong statutory investor compensation or negative balance protection · Residents of restricted countries or… |
Trust & regulation | ||
| Regulators | FSA Seychelles, CBCS, FSC BVI, FSC Belize, FSC Mauritius, CMA Kenya, JSC Jordan, FSCA South Africa, CySEC, FCA and others per official regulation page; CySEC/FCA do not offer retail services. Source | Financial Services Authority of Seychelles (FSA) Source |
| License numbers | FSA SD025; CBCS 0003LSI; BVI FSC SIBA/L/20/1133; Belize FSC 9110312; Mauritius FSC GB20025294; CMA Kenya 162; FSCA FSP 51024; CySEC 178/12; FCA 730729. Source | Securities Dealer license number SD018 Source |
| Regulated entities | Exness (SC) Ltd, Exness B.V., Exness (VG) Ltd, Forexite Ltd., Exness (MU) Ltd, Exness (KE) Limited, Exness Limited Jordan Ltd, Exness ZA (PTY) Ltd, Exness (Cy) Ltd, Exness (UK) Ltd. Source | Raw Trading Ltd, registered in Seychelles (registration number 8419879-1), regulated by the Financial Services Authority of Seychelles with Securities Dealer license SD018. Source |
| Negative balance protection | Negative Balance Protection prevents losses from exceeding balance. Source | No negative balance protection found for the reviewed global entity; IC says clients bear negative consequences and are responsible for any negative balance. Source |
| Investor compensation | No universal investor compensation scheme captured; regulatory protections are entity-dependent and CySEC/FCA entities do not offer retail services. Source | Client funds insurance up to US$1,000,000; no statutory investor compensation scheme found in reviewed official sources. Source |
| Restricted countries | Exness Group does not provide services to residents of several jurisdictions, including the USA; page also showed location-based internal restriction message. Source | Raw Trading Ltd does not provide services to residents of the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand, Iran, North Korea (DPRK), or countries where distribution/use would be contrary to local law or regulation. Source |
Costs & account conditions | ||
| Minimum deposit | Standard account minimum deposit field blank in official account extraction; review/search evidence says starts from $10/$100 depending account/geography and Pro from $200 depending region. Source | No minimum deposit requirement disclosed for opening a trading account. Source |
| Spread from | Standard from 0.2 pips; Pro from 0.1 pips; Zero and Raw Spread from 0 pips. Source | Spreads from 0.0 pips on MetaTrader/cTrader Raw Spread platforms; Standard account spread starts from 0.8 pip. Source |
| Commission | Standard and Pro no commission; Zero from $0.05 each side per lot; Raw Spread up to $3.50 each side per lot. Source | Standard: no commission, 0.8 pip markup. Raw Spread MetaTrader: USD $3.50 per lot per side / $7 round turn. cTrader/TradingView: USD $3 per $100,000 traded per side. Source |
| Maximum leverage | 1:Unlimited on Standard/Pro/Zero/Raw Spread, subject to account/entity/regulatory restrictions. Source | IC offers flexible leverage from 1:1 to 1:5000; leverage is dynamic and may change at any time. Source |
| Deposit fee | Deposit/withdraw without charges; deposit fees may apply to specific payment methods. Source | IC does not charge additional deposit fees; bank/intermediary fees may apply. Source |
| Withdrawal fee | Say goodbye to withdrawal fees; Exness pays third-party transaction fees, but third-party fees may apply depending method. Source | IC does not charge additional withdrawal fees, but third-party/intermediary/bank fees can apply; one Help Centre example mentions 20 AUD bank fee for some bankwire paths. Source |
| Inactivity fee | No management fee / account opening free; no official inactivity fee captured, third-party source says none. Source | No account inactivity fees. Source |
Markets, platforms & payments | ||
| Tradable assets | CFDs on 200+ instruments: forex, metals, cryptocurrencies, stocks, indices and energies. Source | Forex CFDs, Indices CFDs, Commodities CFDs, Stocks CFDs, Bonds CFDs, Cryptocurrency CFDs, Futures CFDs. Source |
| Trading platforms | MetaTrader 5, Exness Terminal, Exness Trade app; MT4 also cited by review/source snippets. Source | MetaTrader 5, MetaTrader 4, cTrader, TradingView, MetaTrader WebTrader/cTrader Web and social/copy tools IC Social, Signal Start, ZuluTrade. Source |
| Account types | Standard, Pro, Zero, Raw Spread; demo available. Source | Official pages list Standard, Raw Spread, cTrader Raw Spread and Swap Free; account overview also shows Raw Pro and Raw Pro+ entries. Source |
| Deposit methods | Global/local secure payment methods; exact methods shown in Personal Area. Source | Credit/debit cards, PayPal, Neteller, Skrill, UnionPay, wire transfer, Bpay, broker-to-broker, POLI, Thai Internet Banking, Rapidpay, Klarna, Vietnamese Internet Banking, cryptocurrency. Source |
| Withdrawal methods | Global/local payment methods, withdrawals only to own personal accounts. Source | Withdrawal methods depend on original deposit method; examples include Visa/Mastercard/card routes, bank wire, Neteller, Skrill and PayPal. Source |
| Withdrawal processing time | Instant/automatic withdrawals; over 98% processed automatically; non-instant requests processed within 24h but bank/payment system may take longer. Source | Same-business-day processing cutoff before 12:00 AEST/AEDT; after processing allow at least 3 business days depending on method. Source |
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