LCG vs FXCM
| LCG | FXCM |
|---|---|
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WINNER
FXCM is the better broker |
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  Traders from US not accepted |
 Traders from US not accepted |
| London Capital Group provide trading on 7000+ markets over 9 asset classes. Spreads are competitive but active traders may have better broker options elsewhere. | FXCM are an FCA regulated, London based broker. Companies under the FXCM umbrella are also regulated in Australia and South Africa. |
| Instruments | |
| Stocks, Futures, CFD, Forex | Spreadbetting, CFD, Forex, Crypto |
| Demo Account | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Minimum Deposit | |
| 0 $/€/£ | £300 |
| Payment Methods | |
| Minimum Trade | |
| Lots vary by asset | Varies by asset |
| Regulator | |
| FCA | FCA, CySEC, ASIC. |
| Margin Trading | |
| No | Yes |
| MetaTrader 4 | |
| Yes | Yes |
| MetaTrader 5 | |
| No | No |
| cTrader | |
| No | No |
| AlgoTrader | |
| No | Yes |
| OmniTrader | |
| No | No |
| TradingView | |
| No | Yes |
| Autochartist | |
| No | No |
| eSignal | |
| No | Yes |
| Trading Central | |
| No | No |
| STP Account | |
| No | No |
| ECN Account | |
| No | No |
| DMA Account | |
| No | No |
| MAM Account | |
| No | Yes |
| PAMM Account | |
| No | No |
| LAMM Account | |
| No | No |
| Demat Account | |
| No | No |
| AI / Machine Learning | |
| No | No |
| Robo Advisor | |
| No | No |
| Negative Balance Protection | |
| No | Yes |
| Market Maker | |
| No | Yes |
| P2P Trading | |
| No | No |
| Spot Trading | |
| No | No |
| Mobile Apps | |
| iOS and Android | |
| Copy Trading | |
| No | Yes |
| Copy Trading Platform | |
| FXCM offers social and copy trading on forex, CFDs and cryptos through the hugely popular ZuluTrade platform. | |
| Social Trading | |
| No | Yes |
| VPS Hosting | |
| No | No |
| Tournaments | |
| No | No |
| Demo Competitions | |
| No | No |
| Ethical Investing | |
| No | No |
| Custodial Account | |
| No | No |
| Guaranteed Stop Loss | |
| No | No |
| Islamic Account | |
| No | No |
| Account Currencies | |
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| Stock Exchanges | |
| Commodities | |
| CFD Trading | |
| Leverage | |
| 1:30 | 1:30 |
| FTSE Spread | |
| 1 pt | 1.18 pts var* |
| GBPUSD Spread< | |
| 0.5 pips | 0.5 pips* |
| Oil Spread | |
| 3 pips (Variable) | 0.05 (var)* |
| Stocks Spread | |
| 0.3% Var | 0.2% Var* |
| Forex Trading | |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| 0.5 pips | 0.5 pips var* |
| EURUSD Spread | |
| 0.3 pips | 0.2 pips var* |
| EURGBP Spread | |
| 0.4 pips | 0.5 pips var* |
| Assets | |
| 60+ | 40 |
| Cryptocurrency | |
| Crypto trading not offered | |
| Crypto Lending | |
| No | No |
| Crypto Mining | |
| No | No |
| Crypto Staking | |
| No | No |
| Auto Market Maker | |
| No | No |
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