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CMC Markets vs XM Group 2019

ForexBrokers.com | September 19th, 2019

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Is CMC Markets better than XM? After assessing forex brokers on nearly 100 different variables, CMC Markets is better than XM. Through its offices regulated in major global financial centers, CMC Markets offers traders a wide range of offerings with excellent pricing and its Next Generation trading platform, which is packed with innovative trading tools and charting.
CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Overall Rating

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
Overall 4.5 3.5
CMC Markets Review XM Group Review
75% of retail CFD accounts lose money 69% of retail CFD accounts lose money

Regulation

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
Trust Score 98 78
Year Founded
 1989 2009
Publicly Traded (Listed)
 Yes No
Bank
 No No
Tier-1 Licenses
 4 2
Tier-2 Licenses
 1 1
Tier-3 Licenses
 0 0
Authorised in the European Union
 Yes Yes

Tier-1 Licenses

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
ASIC Authorised (Australia)
 Yes Yes
IIROC Authorised (Canada)
Yes No
SFC Authorised (Hong Kong)
 No No
FSA Authorised (Japan)
 No No
MAS Authorised (Singapore)
 Yes No
FINMA Authorised (Switzerland)
 No No
FCA Authorised (UK)
Yes Yes
CFTC Registered (USA)
No No

Investments

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
Forex: Spot Trading
 Yes Yes
Social Trading / Copy-Trading
 Yes Yes
Currency Pairs (Total Forex pairs)
 180 57
CFDs - Total Offered
 9848 1000
Cryptocurrency traded as actual
 No No
Cryptocurrency traded as CFD
 Yes Yes
Offering of Investments 4 3.5
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Cost

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
Average Spread EUR/USD - Standard
 0.744 (as of Sep 18) 1.6 (as of Jan 18)
All-in Cost EUR/USD - Active
 0.744 (as of Sep 18) 0.8
Active Trader or VIP Discounts
 Yes No
Commissions & Fees 5 4
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Funding

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
Minimum Initial Deposit
 $0.00 $5-100
Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw)
 Yes Yes
Visa/Mastercard (Credit/Debit)
 Yes No
PayPal (Deposit/Withdraw)
 Yes No
Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw)
 No Yes

Trading Platforms

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
Proprietary Platform
 Yes No
Desktop Platform (Windows)
 Yes Yes
Web Platform
 Yes Yes
Social Trading / Copy-Trading
 Yes Yes
MetaTrader 4 (MT4)
 Yes Yes
MetaTrader 5 (MT5)
 No Yes
cTrader
 No No

Trading Tools

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
Virtual Trading (Demo)
 Yes Yes
Alerts - Basic Fields
 Yes Yes
Watchlists - Total Fields
 8 7
Charting - Indicators / Studies (Total)
 79 51
Charting - Drawing Tools (Total)
 24 31
Charting - Trade From Chart
 Yes Yes
Charting - Drawings Autosave
 Yes Yes
Order Type - Trailing Stop
 Yes Yes
Platform & Tools 4.5 3
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Mobile Trading

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
Android App
 Yes Yes
Apple iOS App
 Yes Yes
Trading - Forex
 Yes Yes
Trading - CFDs
 Yes Yes
Alerts - Basic Fields
 Yes Yes
Watch List
 Yes Yes
Watch List Syncing
 Yes Yes
Charting - Indicators / Studies
 23 30
Charting - Draw Trend Lines
 Yes Yes
Charting - Trend Lines Moveable
 Yes No
Charting - Multiple Time Frames
 Yes Yes
Charting - Drawings Autosave
 Yes No
Forex Calendar
 Yes No
Mobile Trading 4 3.5
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Research

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
Daily Market Commentary
 Yes Yes
Forex News (Top-Tier Sources)
 Yes Yes
Weekly Webinars
 Yes Yes
AutoChartist
 No No
Trading Central (Recognia)
 Yes No
Delkos Research
 No No
Social Sentiment - Currency Pairs
 Yes No
Economic Calendar
 Yes Yes
Research 4.5 3.5
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Education

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
Has Education - Forex
 Yes No
Has Education - CFDs
Yes No
Client Webinars
 Yes Yes
Client Webinars (Archived)
 Yes No
Videos - Beginner Trading Videos
 Yes No
Videos - Advanced Trading Videos
 Yes No
Investor Dictionary (Glossary)
 Yes No
Education 4 2.5
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Major Forex Pairs

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
GBP/USD
 Yes Yes
USD/JPY
Yes Yes
EUR/USD
Yes Yes
USD/CHF
 Yes Yes
USD/CAD
 Yes Yes
NZD/USD
Yes Yes
AUD/USD
 Yes Yes

Overall

Feature CMC Markets XM Group
CMC Markets Review XM Group Review
Overall 4.5 3.5
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After spending several months and hundreds of hours researching 28 different forex brokers for trading FX, our team at ForexBrokers.com team collected over 2,200 data points. For this review, we will compare CMC Markets vs XM.

To compare these two FX brokers, we will first take a look at the fees charged for trading (no easy task). Not every forex broker publicizes their average spreads, spreads data can vary, as can execution policies and how commissions are charged. Specifically, is the broker a dealing desk (market maker), no dealing desk (agency broker) or are both execution methods offered (dealing desk + STP/ECN)? To simplify this research, we assessed everything for you and provide a single star rating for cost. CMC Markets is a better option with a 5.00 star rating over XM's 4.00 star rating.

Commissions and fees aside, let's take a look at regulation and currency availability. Trust is critical, and you should highly consider choosing a broker that regulated in a major hub. CMC Markets and XM both are regulated in a major hub. CMC Markets is a publicly traded company while XM is not. As far as how many currency pairs are available for trading, here's the answer. XM trails CMC Markets by 126 total currency pairs (for example, EUR/USD), with CMC Markets offering 183 and XM offering 57.

Next, let's look at the tools and features fx traders desire. With trading platforms, forex traders are all familiar with MetaTrader. XM has Meta Trader, CMC Markets doesn't. Regardless of the trading platform you use, charting should be feature rich. To help compare these two brokers, we counted the number of drawing tools and total technical indicators made available. XM offers its clients access to 31 charting tools while CMC Markets has 24 charting tools, a difference of 7. CMC Markets boasts an offering of 81 different indicators (for example, moving averages) compared to XM's 51 available indicators.

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Trading CFDs, FX, and cryptocurrencies involves a high degree of risk. All providers have a percentage of retail investor accounts that lose money when trading CFDs with their company. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money and whether you understand how CFDs, FX, and cryptocurrencies work. All data was obtained from a published web site as of 02/18/2019 and is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. The ForexBrokers.com staff is constantly working with its online broker representatives to obtain the latest data. If you believe any data listed above is inaccurate, please contact us using the link at the bottom of this page.

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