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In the fast-paced world of forex trading, choosing the right broker is crucial. ThinkMarkets and easyMarkets are two popular options, each with unique strengths and weaknesses. This comparison will dive into the key features of both platforms,helping you decide which one best suits your trading style and goals.
The radar chart above illustrates the comparison between ThinkMarkets and easyMarkets across several key metrics, with the highest possible score being 100 in each category.
At FxScouts, our mission is to assist traders in finding the broker that best suits their needs. Comparing brokers side-by-side is an effective method to achieve this goal. We evaluated ThinkMarkets and easyMarkets, using our standard criteria: trust and regulation, trading platforms, costs and trading conditions, and educational and market analysis resources.
Trust and regulation are crucial when selecting a Forex broker. A broker’s credibility is largely built on its regulatory status. We spend considerable time verifying the safety of each broker by examining their regulatory licenses. We also consider numerous factors when deciding which tier a regulator belongs to. Regulators that we rank as the world’s top regulators, gets a tier 1 rank, while regulators who only scores a tier 5-rank, provide virtually no regulatory oversight. The more top-tier authorities regulating a broker, the higher its trust rating. Read more about regulation and our tier system here.
In our comparison:
Based on these findings, ThinkMarkets earned a higher trust rating than easyMarkets.
When comparing brokers, trading costs are a significant factor. We consider the minimum deposit required to open an account and ongoing costs, including spreads and commissions. We measure the cost to trade one lot of EUR/USD using the broker’s account with the lowest minimum deposit, including both the spread and any commission charged.
We found that ThinkMarkets has overall lower trading costs than easyMarkets.
Trading Platforms Offered Traders prefer brokers that offer a variety of trading platforms. We rate brokers higher if they support multiple platforms like MetaTrader4, MetaTrader5, cTrader, and proprietary platforms.
Copy trading is beneficial for beginner traders or those unable to trade full-time. In this case both easyMarkets and ThinkMarkets offer copy trading.
A broader range of CFD instruments provides more trading opportunities. easyMarkets offers a greater variety of instruments compared to ThinkMarkets:
For those interested in trading cryptocurrencies, ThinkMarkets offers 27 cryptocurrencies, while easyMarkets offers 20 cryptocurrencies. Therefore, ThinkMarkets is the better choice for cryptocurrency trading.
Traders prefer brokers with quick and cost-effective deposit and withdrawal processes. We favor brokers that process withdrawals within 24 hours using multiple methods without charging fees.We found that neither easyMarkets nor ThinkMarkets charges a withdrawal fee. Overall, ThinkMarkets has better deposit and withdrawal processes than easyMarkets.Â
We often find that brokers offer very little in the way of educational materials, forcing traders to use other third-party sites or self-educate elsewhere. Beginner traders need well-structured, well-presented materials in multiple formats to get a good start at trading. More experienced traders also benefit from webinars led by experts in the field and advanced trading strategy sections with new trading ideas.Â
easyMarkets and ThinkMarkets both have very good educational support. Both easyMarkets and ThinkMarkets offer educational support for more experienced traders.Access to frequent and high-quality market research and analysis is crucial.
We found that ThinkMarkets offers better research analysis than easyMarkets and that both easyMarkets and ThinkMarkets offer frequent webinars.
An internationally, ThinkMarkets appeals to experienced traders who value a broad range of tradable assets and an extensive suite of trading tools, though trading costs are higher than average on its entry-level account.Â
ThinkMarkets offers trading on a wider range of tradable assets than other brokers, including 46 Forex pairs, 27 indices, 13 commodities, 1541 share CFDs, and 20 crypto pairs. The ThinkMarkets Standard Account, with no minimum deposit requirement, has high trading costs compared to other brokers, at 12 USD per lot EUR/USD. On the other hand, the 500 USD minimum deposit ThinkZero account delivers better pricing at 8 USD per lot EUR/USD, which may interest more experienced traders.Â
ThinkMarkets offers support for the MT4, MT5, and inhouse ThinkTrader platforms, and traders have access to some of the best trading tools in the industry, including Autochartist, Trading Central, Zulutrade, and a VPS hosting service. AutoChartist and Trading Central are offered free of charge to account holders. The Zulutrade copy-trading service requires a subscription of 30 USD per month, and the VPS service has a subscription fee unless traders trade over 15 lots per month.Â
The ThinkMarkets education package targets all traders levels and is a good place to start for beginners. Daily market commentary is missing from the website, but real-time news from FX Wire Pro is integrated into the ThinkTrader platform, along with advanced order management, risk management tools, charts, and more.
Founded in 2001, easyMarkets was the first Forex broker to introduce negative balance protection and a guaranteed stop-loss. It has continued to innovate with unique tools such as easyTrade, Freeze Rate, and dealCancellation to help traders manage their risk.
The main draw for beginner traders is easyMarkets’ well-designed trading platform, which integrates with TradingView and comes with all the tools mentioned above. easyMarkets’ also offers the MT4 and MT5 platforms, providing traders with ample choice.Â
easyMarkets offers seven live accounts with higher-than-average minimum deposits and trading costs that vary between 0.7 and 1.8 pips (EUR/USD), which is high for the industry. However, traders will appreciate the fact that easyMarkets offers fixed spreads on most of its accounts, making it easy to calculate its trading costs.
Other than its trading costs, the only other drawback we found with easyMarkets is the lack of focus on more experienced traders. While easyMarkets provides good educational materials, it provides no advanced trading tools and virtually no market analysis.Â
For more detailed reviews, please read our comprehensive assessments of ThinkMarkets and easyMarkets.
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