Exness vs IC Markets

Exness: why traders choose it

• Standard and Standard Cent accounts open with no stated minimum and charge no commission
• Pro account: spreads from 0.1 pips with every cost inside the spread, from $200
• Raw Spread account: spreads from 0.0 pips with a fixed $3.50 per lot per side
• Zero account: zero spread on the top 30 instruments for 95% of the day, commission-based
• Three regulated entities named with licence numbers in the site footer

IC Markets: why traders choose it

• Four account types: Raw Spread, cTrader Raw Spread, Standard and Swap Free
• Seven ways to trade, including cTrader, TradingView and the IC Social copy-trading app
• Product range covers forex, commodities, indices, bonds, crypto, stocks, 24-hour stock CFDs and futures CFDs
• Leverage is dynamic and can change at any time, which their own risk warning spells out
• 24/7 support

Exness pros

• A cent account for learning with tiny position sizes, on the same infrastructure as the pro accounts
• Raw Spread commission is a fixed figure, so costs are easy to model
• Market execution with no requotes on the Standard accounts, per their help centre

Exness cons

• The minimum for Pro, Raw Spread and Zero ranges from $200 to $3,000 depending on region
• The public accounts page asked us to sign in before showing conditions; the figures here come from their help centre
• Which entity serves you decides your leverage cap and protection; the offshore entities carry the higher leverage

IC Markets pros

• One of the few brokers offering cTrader, TradingView and both MetaTrader versions side by side
• A dedicated swap-free account rather than a swap-free flag bolted onto another type
• The regulator and licence number are printed on every page

IC Markets cons

• The international site is the Seychelles entity; other IC Markets entities serve Australia and Europe with different terms
• Minimum deposit, spreads and commission were not on the pages we could reach; the account comparison sits behind the client area
• Not available to residents of the US, Canada, New Zealand, Iran or North Korea

About Exness

Exness runs five account types. Standard and Standard Cent are commission-free and open with no stated minimum; Pro, Raw Spread and Zero are the professional tier with tighter pricing from a $200 minimum. The group is licensed in Seychelles, the British Virgin Islands and Vanuatu for its international clients.

About IC Markets

IC Markets trades under Raw Trading Ltd, a Seychelles securities dealer, on the international site. It is known for raw-spread pricing and for supporting more platforms than most brokers: MetaTrader 4 and 5, cTrader, TradingView, a web terminal and its own IC Social copy-trading app.