During this Admiral Markets review, we will discuss platform features, costs, products & overall user experience.
Summary
Admiral markets is a broker that splits its offering into two very different experiences called ‘trade’ and ‘invest’. As the names suggest, one focuses on the short-term momentum and is particularly focused on fast-paced buying and selling, whilst the other is a good fit for longer-term investors.
- Minimum funding is only 25 USD to trade & 1 USD to invest.
- Over 8.000 instruments are available to trade and/or invest in.
- Free demo account available
- Fractional shares offered with 1 commission-free trade daily
- Understand your costs with Admiral through the Trade calculator for free
- Free educational hub
Admiral markets platforms & funding
As a traditional trading broker, It offers low to very high leverage depending on your personal choice ranging from 1:50 to 1:500. Similar to leverage, you also decide on the platform type being a version of MT4 or MT5. In comparison to many other brokers, Admiral’s 25 USD minimum deposit is much lower.
Moving with the times, the broker has embraced investors through its investment platform which is much simpler and sleek in design. Thankfully, it has also understood the investor need for low but frequent buy-ins, which is why you can start investing at 1 USD.
If unsure if the experience is worth your time, you can both demo the invest and trade platform for free.
Products & Pricing
You can choose from a wide assortment of products and instruments counting well over 8.000. Although some brokers offer more variety, Admiral markets covers the most popular stocks, ETFs, Bonds, Commodities, Forex & CFDs.
Fractional shares are a possibility with Admiral as well and come with a low cost of 0.02 USD per US share and a commission-free trade a day.
Finally, in order to understand individual prices & costs, you can use the trade calculator on the broker’s website. In our experience, this kind of transparency is not oftentimes found to this extent and serves to take your personal investing or trading situation into account.
Education at Amiral
Admiral markets has put in the work to create an educational environment on their website, which offers free knowledge into both the investment world and trading space.
Ranging from articles to courses and FAQs, the information supports anyone who is open and willing to learn more about financial markets before, during, or after their investing & trading.
Admiral markets withdrawals
We touched upon deposits a little earlier already and, to re-iterate, you can get started at 1 USD investing or 25 USD trading. This can be done through Bank transfer, VISA, and Mastercard or perfect money. However, what about when you are ready to take out your money?
To withdraw, the broker offers two options; bank transfer or perfect money. Whilst deposit is completely free, withdrawals come at a cost:
- For bank transfers, you have one free withdrawal a month and are charged 10 USD for any further withdrawal made.
- For perfect money, you also have one free withdrawal a month and are charged a 1% minimum of your withdrawal amount then 1 USD for further withdrawals.