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| VS field |  |  |
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Decision summary | ||
| Overall score | 84 | 91 |
| Trust score | 82 | 94 |
| Cost score | 87 | 88 |
| Platform score | 94 | 93 |
| Withdrawal score | 89 | 80 |
| Best for | Strong forex/CFD broker candidate for demo import; public profile should clarify entity assignment, retail restrictions and minimum-deposit/geography nuances. | Active traders · Advanced investors · International-market investors |
| Watch out | Min deposit not cleanly extracted from official account tables · Investor compensation not universal · Retail availability differs by entity | Fee schedule is complex and varies by product, plan, market and entity · Country availability/restrictions need entity-specific review · No single universal max leverage figure fo… |
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 | Regulated by SEC/FINRA/CFTC/NYSE in the US and by FCA, Central Bank of Ireland, ASIC, Hong Kong SFC, SEBI, Kanto Local Finance Bureau and MAS for regional affiliates. 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 | US CRD 36418 / SEC 8-47257; UK FCA 208159; AU AFSL 453554; India SEBI INZ000217730 and NSDL IN-DP-602-2021; Singapore MAS CMS100917; Japan Kanto Local Finance Bureau No.187. 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 | Major regulated entities include Interactive Brokers LLC plus UK, Ireland, Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan and Singapore affiliates. Source |
| Negative balance protection | Negative Balance Protection prevents losses from exceeding balance. Source | No universal negative-balance-protection promise found for Interactive Brokers LLC; IBKR describes real-time margin requirements and protective liquidations to return accounts to margin compliance. Source |
| Investor compensation | No universal investor compensation scheme captured; regulatory protections are entity-dependent and CySEC/FCA entities do not offer retail services. Source | Interactive Brokers LLC securities accounts are protected by SIPC up to $500,000, including $250,000 cash sublimit, plus excess SIPC coverage up to an additional $30 million per account with $900,000 cash sublimit, subject to $150 million aggregate; futures/options on futures are excluded. Regional schemes vary. 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 | Official available-countries page lists countries/territories where applications are available rather than a concise restricted-country list. Treat unsupported/sanctioned-country restrictions as country/entity-dependent and requiring manual review. 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 | USD 0 account minimum for IBKR Pro and IBKR Lite; broker accounts can require a USD 10,000 up-front deposit applied against commissions. Source |
| Spread from | Standard from 0.2 pips; Pro from 0.1 pips; Zero and Raw Spread from 0 pips. Source | Spot currency spreads advertised as narrow as 1/10 pip on Interactive Brokers Australia pricing overview; spreads vary by product/entity/market. 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 | IBKR Lite offers $0 commissions on US stocks and ETFs; IBKR Pro uses fixed/tiered commissions and third-party/exchange/regulatory fees may apply by market/product. Source |
| Maximum leverage | 1:Unlimited on Standard/Pro/Zero/Raw Spread, subject to account/entity/regulatory restrictions. Source | Not expressed as a single max leverage figure; margin requirements are product-, account-, entity- and regulation-dependent and IBKR applies real-time risk margin. Source |
| Deposit fee | Deposit/withdraw without charges; deposit fees may apply to specific payment methods. Source | Most standard bank/security deposit methods show no IBKR deposit fee in the extracted official fee table, but physical currency deposits incur a special handling fee of 1% of deposit amount, minimum $50; third-party/bank 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 | Two free withdrawal requests per calendar month; after the second withdrawal IBKR charges listed fees by currency/method (example USD: wire 10.00, check 4.00, ACH/EFT/SEPA 1.00). Source |
| Inactivity fee | No management fee / account opening free; no official inactivity fee captured, third-party source says none. Source | USD 0 inactivity fee for IBKR Pro and IBKR Lite account minimums page. Source |
Markets, platforms & payments | ||
| Tradable assets | CFDs on 200+ instruments: forex, metals, cryptocurrencies, stocks, indices and energies. Source | Stocks, ETFs, options, futures, spot currencies, bonds, mutual funds and cash-balance services, with availability varying by entity/country/account permission. Source |
| Trading platforms | MetaTrader 5, Exness Terminal, Exness Trade app; MT4 also cited by review/source snippets. Source | IBKR Desktop, Trader Workstation, IB Gateway, IBKR Mobile and web/client portal tools. Source |
| Account types | Standard, Pro, Zero, Raw Spread; demo available. Source | Supports individual and institutional accounts; official minimums page also distinguishes advisor, family office, hedge fund and broker account structures. Source |
| Deposit methods | Global/local secure payment methods; exact methods shown in Personal Area. Source | Wire transfer, check, direct bank transfer/ACH, SEPA/regional bank transfers where available, and securities transfer methods such as ACATS; physical cash deposits are against policy. Source |
| Withdrawal methods | Global/local payment methods, withdrawals only to own personal accounts. Source | Bank wire/transfer, checks and regional transfer rails such as BACS/GIRO/ACH/EFT/SEPA where available; securities transfer methods such as ACATS may also apply. 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 | Not captured as a single verified processing-time SLA; varies by withdrawal method, currency, region and receiving bank. Source |
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