Admiral Markets (Admiral Markets UK Ltd) is headquartered in London and is a broker authorized and regulated by the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) of the United Kingdom. It has a license to operate throughout the European Union and is also registered with the main regulatory bodies of the countries in which it sells its services, such as the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) in Spain, the BaFin in Germany,... In this sense is one of the brokers registered in a greater number of regulations and offers quite transparent trading conditions.
Admiral Markets offers fairly low spreads (typically from 0.6 pips for EUR/USD) and 2 trading accounts for MT4 and another 2 for MT5. As we will see in detail a little later, it has accounts with market execution without requotes and in the Admiral.Invest account it offers STP execution in which the broker only acts as an intermediary, connecting with the largest liquidity providers worldwide in order to obtain the best spreads at all times from 0 pips) and is recommended for day trading, high frequency trading, high volume trading, for strategies such as scalping and for trading professionals.
Platform
Admiral Markets offers MetaTarder 4, the world's most popular trading platform, versions for mobile phones and tablets and a complete WebTrader to trade from anywhere without installing anything on your computer:
MetaTrader 4:
It is one of the most complete and popular trading platforms. Easy to use for beginners and powerful for more experienced users, with Metatrader 4 and Admiral Markets you can invest in the Forex currency market, in metals, CFDs on shares, the main stock indices and futures of energy products such as oil and gas.
With MetaTrader 4 you can also operate with automatic trading using Expert Advisors (trading robots) and scripts that will allow you to invest automatically 24 hours a day based on a previously defined trading strategy. You can develop your own Expert Advisors (EAs) or incorporate some already created and optimized by other traders. You can also develop or incorporate your own indicators for technical analysis to help you in your trading decisions. MetaTrader 4 is a perfect all-in-one trading tool with tons of features and customization possibilities. It is available for computers with Windows or MAC operating system.
MetaTrader 4 MultiTerminal:
Admiral Markets also offers the MultiTerminal version of Metatrader 4 that allows you to add, to the previous functionalities, the possibility of managing several accounts at the same time. This is the perfect version for account managers or for those who want to trade using several independent accounts at the same time.
MetaTrader 4 for mobile phones and tablets:
With Admiral Markets you can also invest or control your operations easily from a mobile phone or tablet. For this you have specific versions of MetaTrader 4 for Apple iPhone and iPad, for phones and tablets with Windows Mobile operating system or for mobile phones and tablets with the popular Android operating system.
MetaTrader 5
Recently Admiral Markets has also added the ability to trade with MetaTrader 5 on a dedicated trading account for this platform (the Admiral.MT5 account). This MT5 platform represents a good all-in-one solution: a single application with access to various markets at the highest possible speed of execution. More advanced charts, one-click trading, the ability to customize orders according to the existing liquidity in the market, the ability to use countless trading strategies, indicators and expert advisors developed under the MQL5 language,...
WebTrader
It is a trading platform in web format developed by Admiral Markets that does not need to be downloaded or installed on your computer. It will be accessible from anywhere and you only need a web browser and an internet connection. It is a good option if you want to operate or control your operations from several computers in different places. Admiral Markets WebTrader is very intuitive and easy to use, quite fast and complete with charts, tools and a reasonable number of indicators.
Reliability
Admiral Markets is a broker with a good reputation. It operates in Spain under the company Admiral Markets UK Ltd. The company was founded in 2001 and today it has become a global online broker that operates in more than 35 countries around the world.
The company's headquarters are in London and it also has operational offices in most of the countries in which it sells its services, such as here in Spain in Madrid.
Admiral Markets is authorized and regulated by the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom) and is licensed to operate throughout the European Union and other member countries of the economic area such as Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein. It is one of the online brokers that is usually registered in the main entity of each country in which it operates, such as the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) here in Spain (registration number 2351), the BaFin in Germany and the corresponding ones in Austria, Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden,…
In addition, Admiral Markets complies with the most demanding transparency and investor protection regulations such as the MiFID directive (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive). In compliance with these regulations, the funds of Admiral Markets clients are deposited in accounts totally independent from those of the company itself, thus, they cannot be used or seized in the event of a possible bankruptcy of the company.
In addition to the regulation of the FCA, through other companies of the same group it is regulated by several important organisms such as the following:
Admiral Markets Cyprus Ltd is authorized and regulated by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC).
Admiral Markets AS is authorized and regulated by the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority (EFSA).
Admiral Markets Pty Ltd is authorized and regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
Admiral Markets Accounts
Admiral Markets offers 4 main trading accounts:
– Admiral.Markets Account:
- Trading Platform: MetaTrader 4
- Minimum Deposit: 200 EUR/USD
- Execution: Market Execution
- Spreads: From 0.5 pips
- Minimum Order Size: From 0.01 lots
– Admiral.Prime Account:
- Trading Platform: MetaTrader 4
- Minimum Deposit: 1000 EUR/USD
- Execution: Market Execution
- Differentials (Spreads): From 0 pips (with commission per lot traded)
- Minimum Order Size: From 0.01 lots
– Admiral.MT5 Account:
- Trading Platform: MetaTrader 5
- Minimum Deposit: 200 EUR/USD
- Execution: Market Execution
- Spreads: From 0.5 pips
- Minimum Order Size: From 0.01 lots
– Admiral.Invest Account:
- Trading Platform: MetaTrader 5
- Minimum Deposit: 500 EUR/USD
- Execution: Exchange Execution (STP)
- Spreads: From 0 pips
- Account to trade stocks (more than 4000) and ETFs
– Admiral Markets Demo Account:
- Admiral Markets also offers you the possibility to open a free demo account with no time limit so that you can test the trading platform and see the real market conditions just like in a real account but without putting your money at risk. It comes by default with €10,000 of fictitious money so you can carry out the tests you deem appropriate.
Main Features
- Type of online broker: Forex and CFD broker
- Website: www.admiralmarkets.com
- Headquarters: London
- Licensing and regulation: FCA, CySEC, EFSA and ASIC
- Available Instruments: 45 Forex Market Currency Pairs, Crop Currencies, Metals, Energies, Oil & Gas Futures, CFDs on Stock & Stock Indices, CFDs on ETFs. Bond CFDs.
- Available Platforms: MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, Webtrader (MT4 and MT5), Mobile Versions (MT4 and MT5)
- Minimum initial deposit: €200
