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Ten venues in one grid: the five forex brokers and the five crypto exchanges reviewed on this site. Filter by market, search by name or regulator, and click any column heading to sort. Everything in the table is taken from a primary source, and anything we could not read from one says so.

VenueTypeEntity and regulator checkedPublished entry costLoss rate or reserves
IGforexIG Markets Ltd, FCA 195355Spread only, EUR/USD from 0.6 points69% of retail accounts lose money
Saxo BankforexSaxo Bank A/S, Danish FSA 1149USD 3 commission per FX trade under 50k units64% of retail accounts lose money
Interactive BrokersforexIB (U.K.) Ltd, FCA 208159Commission based, share CFDs from 0.5c per share57.9% of retail accounts lose money
PepperstoneforexPepperstone Ltd, FCA 684312Razor: 0.0 pips plus GBP 2.25 per lot per side72.9% UK, 79.6% global
IC MarketsforexIC Markets (EU) Ltd, CySEC 362/18Raw: 0.0 pips plus USD 3.50 per lot round turn72.52% EU
BinancecryptoBinance Holdings Ltd., no EU licence0.100% maker / 0.100% takerSelf-published proof of reserves, no auditor named
CoinbasecryptoCoinbase Inc., CSSF MiCA licence 20250.40% maker / 0.60% takercbBTC proof of reserves; exchange-wide not verified
KrakencryptoPayward entities, Central Bank of Ireland0.40% maker / 0.80% takerQuarterly independently attested proof of reserves
GeminicryptoGemini Trust Company, NYDFS charter0.600% maker / 1.200% takerAudited accounts, SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports
BitstampcryptoBitstamp Europe S.A., CSSF MiCA N00000003Not verified from a primary sourceNot verified
Read the cost column carefully. Forex and crypto costs are not directly comparable. Broker pricing is per lot or per point on a leveraged position; exchange pricing is a percentage of notional on a spot trade. Sorting by cost is meaningful inside each market and misleading across them, which is why the type filter exists.

What each column means

01

Entity and regulator

The specific company checked and its supervisor. Groups run several entities; the protections follow the one on your agreement, not the brand.

02

Published entry cost

Headline pricing at the lowest tier, from the provider own page. Not the total cost of trading, which includes financing, conversion and slippage.

03

Loss rate or reserves

For brokers, the regulator-mandated percentage of retail accounts that lose money. For exchanges, what independent attestation exists over reserves.

Three things the table cannot tell you

  • 01Execution quality. Only your own fills against an independent feed can measure that.
  • 02Withdrawal reliability. Test it with a small amount before it matters.
  • 03Whether any of this is suitable for you. That depends on your circumstances and is not a question a comparison grid can answer.
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A comparison table is a starting point for due diligence, never a substitute for it.