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CMC Markets vs GBE Brokers

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	CMC Markets	GBE Brokers
Overall score	3.42 / 5	3.41 / 5
Regulation	FCA No. 173730	CySEC No. 240/14 + FSA Seychelles No. SD176 BaFin registration covers GBE Brokers' Hamburg, Germany branch.
Entity	CMC Markets UK plc	GBE Brokers Ltd
Founded	1989	2014
Headquarters	London, UK	Limassol, Cyprus (with a branch office in Hamburg, Germany)
Minimum deposit	Not independently confirmed	€1,000 / $1,000 / CHF 1,000 (Classic account)
Avg. spread (EUR/USD)	Not independently confirmed	0.7 pips
Platforms	Next Generation (proprietary), MT4	MT4, MT5, TradingView
Other Tier-1 regulators	ASIC, FMA, MAS	BaFin
Instruments	12,000+ instruments across forex (330+ pairs), indices (80+), shares/ETFs (9,500+), commodities (100+), and treasuries (50+), plus 20+ crypto CFDs on the AU platform, per CMC's own product page.	Forex plus CFDs on indices, commodities and stocks (1,000+ instruments claimed via MT5)
Visit	Visit CMC Markets	Visit GBE Brokers

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How this score is calculated: Nine weighted categories against a fixed, disclosed rubric -- regulation & client protection 30%, trading costs 20%, non-trading fees 10%, platforms & tools 10%, execution/trading conditions 10%, product range 5%, deposits/withdrawals 5%, transparency 5%, track record 5% -- not a ranking relative to other brokers, and not hands-on tested. See the full methodology. Verify current terms directly with the broker and its regulator's public register before depositing funds. This is not personalized financial advice.