ThinkMarkets vs Trade360 Comparison
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Can I trust ThinkMarkets?
ThinkMarkets is not publicly traded and does not operate a bank. ThinkMarkets is authorised by five tier-1 regulators (Highly Trusted), two tier-2 regulators (Average Risk), zero tier-3 regulators (low trust), and two tier-4 regulators (High Risk). ThinkMarkets is authorised by the following tier-1 regulators: Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC), Japanese Financial Services Authority (JFSA), Financial Markets Authority (FMA), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and regulated in the European Union via the MiFID passporting system.
Can I trust Trade360?
Trade360 is not publicly traded and does not operate a bank. Trade360 is authorized by two Tier-1 regulators (Highly Trusted), zero Tier-2 regulators (Trusted), zero Tier-3 regulators (Average Risk), and zero Tier-4 (High Risk). Trade360 is authorised by the following Tier-1 regulators: Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC) and regulated in the European Union via the MiFID passporting system.
Is ThinkMarkets good?
ThinkMarkets has multiple regulatory license and offers a proprietary trading platform, as well as the entire MetaTrader suite. The broker has made progress in key areas, such as research and education, and the range of markets available, although trails behind the best brokers in these categories.
Is Trade360 good?
Trade360 offers over a thousand symbols on its innovative app for web and mobile. It also supports MetaTrader 5 (MT5), making it a versatile platform for forex and CFD trading. That said, Trade360’s market research and educational content are limited, and spreads are fairly expensive compared to peers.
What is the minimum deposit requirement for opening an account with ThinkMarkets?
To open a trading account with ThinkMarkets, you'll need to make an initial minimum deposit of $0.
What is the minimum deposit requirement for opening an account with Trade360?
Trade360 requires a minimum deposit of $250 before you can open an account and start trading.
What funding options does each broker offer?
It's important to make sure that your forex broker accepts the funding options and deposit methods that work best for you. ThinkMarkets offers Visa/Mastercard (Credit/Debit), Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw), Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw) and Neteller (Deposit/Withdraw) for banking, whereas Trade360 provides Visa/Mastercard (Credit/Debit), Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw), PayPal (Deposit/Withdraw), Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw) and Neteller (Deposit/Withdraw).
Does ThinkMarkets or Trade360 offer lower pricing?
Comparing the trading costs of forex and CFDs is not easy. Not every broker publishes average spread data, and pricing structures vary. Based on our thorough, data-driven testing of each broker's commissions and fees, we found that ThinkMarkets offers better pricing overall for traders.
Methodology: When testing each broker's commissions, fees, and pricing, we analyze multiple trade scenarios and award points based on the expansiveness (or inexpensiveness) of the broker's spreads. We then run multiple scenarios for different investor types, incorporating any miscellaneous fees, to determine an "all-in" cost per trade. Learn more about how we test.
Is ThinkMarkets or Trade360 safer for forex and CFDs trading?
At ForexBrokers.com, we track over 110 international regulatory agencies and sort them by tiers (Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3, Tier-4, and Tier-5) to help you choose well-regulated, highly trusted forex brokers. Learn more about our proprietary Trust Score rating system. Based on our research on the regulatory status of over 60 brokers, we've found that ThinkMarkets holds 5 global Tier-1 licenses, while Trade360 holds 2. ThinkMarkets holds 2 global Tier-2 licenses, while Trade360 holds 0.
After evaluating each broker based on their number of held licenses, years in business, and a range of other data-driven variables, we've determined that ThinkMarkets (92) earned a higher Trust Score than Trade360 (76).
Which trading platform is better: ThinkMarkets or Trade360?
To compare the trading platforms of both ThinkMarkets and Trade360, we tested each broker's trading tools, research capabilities, and mobile apps. For trading tools, ThinkMarkets offers a better experience. With research, Trade360 offers superior market research. Finally, we found ThinkMarkets to provide better mobile trading apps.
Here’s what trading platforms are available at ThinkMarkets:
- Proprietary Platform - Yes
- Web Platform - Yes
- cTrader - No
- DupliTrade - No
- MT4 - Yes
- MT5 - Yes
- ZuluTrade - No
- TradingView - No
Here’s what trading platforms are available at Trade360:
- Proprietary Platform - Yes
- Web Platform - Yes
- cTrader - No
- DupliTrade - No
- MT4 - No
- MT5 - Yes
- ZuluTrade - No
- TradingView - No
What about MetaTrader? How about copy trading?
The MetaTrader trading platform suite is wildly popular among forex and CFD traders across the globe. ThinkMarkets offers MetaTrader 4 (MT4), while Trade360 does not. Forex traders also appreciate the ability to engage in social copy trading. ThinkMarkets and Trade360 both offer copy trading.
What can I trade with each broker?
Trade360 provides traders 49 currency pairs (e.g., EUR/USD) compared to ThinkMarkets's 46 available pairs. If you are interested in trading a full range of securities, ThinkMarkets offers traders access to 4000 tradeable symbols, while Trade360 offers access to 1062 tradeable symbols; so ThinkMarkets offers 2938 more tradeable symbols than Trade360.
We found in our testing that ThinkMarkets offers a more diverse selection of investment options than Trade360, allowing you to trade Forex Trading (Spot or CFDs), U.S. Stocks (CFD), Int'l Stock Trading (Non CFD), Cryptocurrency (Derivative), Social Trading / Copy Trading and Spread Betting. Neither have Cryptocurrency (Physical).
Overall winner: ThinkMarkets
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