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Binance vs BlackBull Markets — which broker is better?

Binance or BlackBull Markets? Fees, regulation, platform and product range compared side by side — with a verdict drawn from the data.

Risk warning: CFDs and leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly. Investments can fall in value. Past performance is not an indicator of future results.

Binance

The deepest liquidity and the cheapest headline fees in crypto — attached to the weakest regulatory record of any venue this size.

3,9

Group index 53/100Protection depends on your legal entity

JFSAFSRAVARA+1

Stocks (per order): 0.1 %
Minimum deposit: None
5,000 order: €5

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BlackBull Markets

A New Zealand ECN broker with excellent platforms, real institutional plumbing — and no investor compensation anywhere.

3,7

Group index 73/100Protection depends on your legal entity

FMAFSA

Stocks (per order): US$0.02/share
Minimum deposit: None
EUR/USD spread: 1.16 pips

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The verdict in numbers

Four decision axes, each derived from the recorded data.

Overall Binance takes it, 3.9 against 3.7 out of 5. BlackBull Markets is the cheaper of the two: a reference EUR 5,000 stock order costs €0.92 there against €5.00. BlackBull Markets scores 73 against 53 out of 100 on the group index. Your account's protection depends on its legal entity. BlackBull Markets covers more ground with 11 of 14 asset classes against 6. On platform and app Binance is ahead, 4.6 against 3.8 out of 5. Which one is right depends on which of these axes matters for your trading profile.

Overall score

Binance: 3.9 — Better
BlackBull Markets: 3.7

Costs

Binance: €5.00
BlackBull Markets: €0.92 — Better

Group indexNo winner

Binance: 53 of 100
BlackBull Markets: 73 of 100

Product range

Binance: 6/14
BlackBull Markets: 11/14 — Better

Platform & app

Binance: 4.6 — Better
BlackBull Markets: 3.8

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Up to four brokers at once — every row a decision point.

Data as of: 30 Aug 2026

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Binance · BlackBull Markets
Criterion	Binance 3,9 Visit broker	BlackBull Markets 3,7 Visit broker

Overall score	3.9 — Better	3.7
Group index	53 of 100	73 of 100
Best for	High-volume active tradersCrypto derivatives and perpetuals tradersAPI and algorithmic tradersCost-sensitive spot traders outside the EEATraders who need altcoin depth	Active forex and CFD traderscTrader and TradingView usersCopy tradersTraders with no minimum capitalSwiss and non-EU clients wanting high leverage

Regulation	JFSAFSRAVARAFinCEN	FMAFSA
Top-tier licences	1	1
Investor protection	None	None
Listed group	No	No
Banking licence	No	No
Segregated client accounts	Yes	Yes
Negative balance protection	No	Yes
Audited financials	No	Yes
Disclosed regulatory actions	4	None
Founded	2017	2014
Headquarters	No declared global headquarters; Binance Holdings Ltd. is registered in the Cayman Islands, KY	Auckland, NZ

Fees	4.6 — Better	4.0
Safety & regulation	2.4	3.0 — Better
Trading platform	4.6 — Better	3.9
Product range	4.5 — Better	3.6
Mobile app	4.5 — Better	3.6
Research	3.8 — Better	3.0
Customer support	3.2	4.1 — Better
Deposit & withdrawal	3.2	3.8 — Better
Account opening	3.4	4.8 — Better
Education	4.2 — Better	3.9

Reference order EUR 5,000	€5.00	€0.92 — Better
Minimum deposit	None	None
Stocks (per order)	0.1 %	US$0.02/share — Better
US stocks	n/a	n/a
ETFs	0.1 %	Not offered
Options	tiered	Not offered
Futures	tiered	in the spread
Crypto	tiered	in the spread
Bonds (order)	n/a	n/a
Funds (order)	n/a	n/a
EUR/USD spread	n/a	1.16 pips
Index CFD spread	n/a	0.6 points
FX conversion	n/a	0.01 %
Inactivity fee	None	None
Custody fee	None	None
Withdrawal fee	n/a	US$5
Deposit fee	Crypto deposits are free. Fiat pricing varies by rail and by promotion: SEPA Instant euro deposits have run under a standing zero-fee campaign, while standard SEPA bank transfers have carried a EUR 1 flat fee. Card deposits on Visa and Mastercard cost roughly 1.8% to 2%, and Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal roughly 2%. All fiat deposits from EEA residents are suspended as of 1 July 2026.	free
Overnight financing	n/a	n/a
Other fees	Direct Equities (US shares and ETFs): 0.10% trading spread on orders from USD 340, or a flat USD 0.35 platform fee per order below that; promotional 0.05% and USD 0.17 until 30 September 2026, 23:59 UTC. No account, inactivity or custody fee and no minimum balance. Outgoing DTC transfer USD 150.00 per security per submission (ACATS not supported); voluntary corporate action USD 200.00 per election; mandatory corporate actions USD 0.00. Executed by Nest Exchange Limited, cleared by Alpaca Securities LLC BNB fee discount: 25% off spot trading fees and up to 10% off futures fees when the fee is settled in BNB — the single largest lever on Binance's headline pricing Crypto withdrawal: A per-asset network fee that Binance sets itself and updates with chain conditions; it is shown before you confirm but is not a fixed published schedule, and on some networks it has run above the underlying chain cost Convert: Zero explicit commission — the cost is inside the quoted rate, so the spread is the fee. Convert is materially more expensive than the spot order book for anything but very small amounts Cross and isolated margin: Hourly interest that varies by asset and by VIP tier, published per coin, plus a liquidation clearance fee Binance Earn and staking: Advertised yields are quoted net; Binance does not publish a headline commission percentage on locked and flexible products the way Kraken and Coinbase do +1	ECN Prime / Prime+ commission: USD 3.00 per lot per side (USD 6 per round turn) on top of the raw spread; EUR/USD averaged 0.16 pips over the twelve months to October 2025, so a standard-lot round turn lands at roughly USD 7.60 all-in ECN Standard commission: None — the whole cost sits in the spread. Advertised from 0.8 pips, but EUR/USD averaged 1.16 pips over the twelve months to October 2025, roughly USD 11.60 per standard-lot round turn Inactivity fee: None Custody / account fee: None Currency conversion: Liquidity-provider rate plus a mark-up, measured at roughly 0.01% in independent testing Swap-free (Islamic) accounts: Available on all account types, but subject to administrative fees; BlackBull reserves the right to revoke swap-free status +2

Asset classes (of 14)	6	11 — Better
Exchanges	n/a	n/a
Stocks	Yes	Yes
ETFs	Yes	Yes
Options	Yes	Yes
Futures	Yes	Yes
Forex	No	Yes
CFDs	No	Yes
Crypto	Yes	Yes
Bonds	No	Yes
Funds	No	No
Commodities	No	Yes
Indices	No	Yes
Warrants	No	No
Spread betting	No	No
Social trading	Yes	Yes

Platforms	Binance webBinance desktop appBinance mobile appBinance APITradingView integrationBinance Copy TradingBinance VIP and Institutional	MetaTrader 4MetaTrader 5cTraderTradingViewBlackBull CopyTraderBlackBull InvestBlackBull Client PortalZuluTrade and Myfxbook AutoTrade
Demo account	Yes	Yes
Fractional shares	Yes	No
Maximum leverage	1:125	1:500
Account opening	Fully online and usually complete within minutes to a few hours once identity verification clears; EEA residents cannot open an account at all as of August 2026	Fully online in roughly 10–15 minutes; usually approved within one business day
Account types	Regular (VIP 0)VIP 1–9Binance Copy TradingBinance VIP and InstitutionalBinance.US	ECN StandardECN PrimePrime+Swap-free (Islamic)BlackBull Invest

Payment methods	SEPASEPA InstantBank transferCredit cardDebit cardApple PayGoogle PayPayPalCrypto	Bank transferCredit cardDebit cardSkrillNeteller
Account currencies	USDEURGBPTRYBRLAEDPLN	USDEURGBPAUDNZDSGDCADJPYZAR
Deposit time	Crypto deposits confirm in minutes; SEPA Instant is near-instant and standard SEPA takes 0–2 business days; card and wallet deposits are instant. Fiat deposits from EEA residents are suspended as of 1 July 2026	Cards and e-wallets typically instant; bank transfers 1–3 business days
Withdrawal time	Crypto withdrawals typically process within minutes once security holds clear; fiat withdrawals 0–3 business days depending on the rail	Around 1 business day in independent testing; card and e-wallet withdrawals are capped at the amount deposited by that method
Free withdrawals	n/a	n/a

Languages	EnglishGermanFrenchSpanishItalianDutchPortuguesePolishRomanianCzech+11	EnglishSpanishThaiArabicChinesePortugueseRussianUzbek
Channels	Live chatEmailTicket system	PhoneEmailLive chatWhatsApp
Availability	24/7 live chat and ticketing; no published retail telephone line	24/7, with separate English and Spanish WhatsApp lines and a New Zealand freephone number

Strengths and weaknesses side by side

Editorial assessment based on the recorded data.

Binance

The deepest liquidity and the cheapest headline fees in crypto — attached to the weakest regulatory record of any venue this size.

3,9

Pros

Spot pricing of 0.1000% maker and taker at VIP 0, dropping to 0.0750% on both sides when fees are settled in BNB — among the cheapest entry rates of any major venue
Futures from 0.0200% maker and 0.0500% taker, with up to 10% off in BNB and a ladder that reaches 0.0000% maker at the top tier
The deepest order books in crypto: roughly 500 listed assets and more than 1,500 trading pairs, which translates directly into lower slippage on size
REST, WebSocket and FIX APIs with a public futures testnet — the reference implementation most third-party crypto trading software is written against first
Binance Academy is the best free crypto education library published by any exchange, and Binance Research produces genuine sell-side quality market work
Full FSRA authorisation in Abu Dhabi Global Market since January 2026 across exchange, clearing, custody and brokerage entities, plus a full VARA licence in Dubai and a JFSA registration in Japan
A mobile app that consistently ranks among the highest-rated finance apps on both stores, with a Lite mode for beginners and near-complete Pro functionality

Cons

No MiCA authorisation. Since 1 July 2026 residents of the EEA cannot sign up, place new spot orders, deposit funds or use Earn and staking — only withdrawals and Convert remain open, and Binance has named neither a replacement jurisdiction nor a date
The 2023 US resolution was a criminal one: guilty pleas to Bank Secrecy Act, unlicensed money transmitting and sanctions offences, more than USD 4.3 billion in penalties, a five-year FinCEN monitorship and a forced exit from the United States
Binance Holdings Ltd. is private, publishes no audited financial statements, and as of 2026 still has no declared global headquarters — the group's own chief executive says the location is undecided
Crypto assets held at Binance are covered by no deposit guarantee and no investor compensation scheme; the SAFU insurance fund is a discretionary company reserve, not a statutory protection
Customer support is chat and ticket only with no published retail phone line, and slow handling of account restrictions is the single most common complaint against the platform
The product surface is overwhelming — spot, margin, futures, options, Earn, Launchpool, Convert, Copy Trading, Card, NFT and more, each with its own risk profile and its own fee logic

Best for

High-volume active tradersCrypto derivatives and perpetuals tradersAPI and algorithmic tradersCost-sensitive spot traders outside the EEATraders who need altcoin depth

BlackBull Markets

A New Zealand ECN broker with excellent platforms, real institutional plumbing — and no investor compensation anywhere.

3,7

Pros

No minimum deposit at all — every account tier including Prime opens from USD 0
Prime pricing of USD 3.00 per lot per side with EUR/USD averaging 0.16 pips — about USD 7.60 all-in on a standard-lot round turn
Platform range beats brokers many times its size: MT4, MT5, cTrader, native TradingView, in-house CopyTrader, ZuluTrade and Myfxbook
LMAX ECN liquidity into Equinix-hosted servers with sub-100ms average execution — genuine institutional plumbing rather than marketing language
24/7 support across phone, email, live chat and dedicated English and Spanish WhatsApp lines, consistently praised in recent public feedback
No inactivity fee, no custody fee, no account fee, and nine base currencies including NZD, SGD and ZAR
Milford Asset Management, a NZ$34bn manager, holds a minority stake — an outside investor with reputational skin in the game
BlackBull Invest adds real ownership of 26,000+ shares, options, ETFs and bonds alongside the leveraged accounts

Cons

No investor compensation scheme under either entity — New Zealand has none and the Seychelles has none, so segregation is the only protection if the firm fails
USD 5 charged on every withdrawal, in the account base currency, which almost no direct competitor does; small or frequent withdrawals get expensive fast
The commission-free ECN Standard tier is not the cheap option it looks like — EUR/USD averaged 1.16 pips over the twelve months to October 2025, about USD 11.60 per standard-lot round turn against USD 7.60 on Prime
Not available to EU, UK or Indian residents by BlackBull's own disclosure, which rules it out for German and Austrian readers entirely
BlackBull does not publish which countries are onboarded to which legal entity, so you may not know which regulator covers you until you read the agreement
Research is thin — a hub of daily snapshots and a podcast, with no screener depth or serious analytical tooling
Privately held with no banking licence and no exchange listing — audited accounts surface once a year on the New Zealand register and not in between; the credit ratings quoted on its compliance page are those of custodian banks, not of BlackBull

Best for

Active forex and CFD traderscTrader and TradingView usersCopy tradersTraders with no minimum capitalSwiss and non-EU clients wanting high leverage

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Binance vs BlackBull Markets — which broker is better?

Binance or BlackBull Markets? Fees, regulation, platform and product range compared side by side — with a verdict drawn from the data.

The verdict in numbers

Four decision axes, each derived from the recorded data.

Binance · BlackBull Markets
Criterion	Binance 3,9 Visit broker	BlackBull Markets 3,7 Visit broker

Overall score	3.9 — Better	3.7
Group index	53 of 100	73 of 100
Best for	High-volume active tradersCrypto derivatives and perpetuals tradersAPI and algorithmic tradersCost-sensitive spot traders outside the EEATraders who need altcoin depth	Active forex and CFD traderscTrader and TradingView usersCopy tradersTraders with no minimum capitalSwiss and non-EU clients wanting high leverage

Regulation	JFSAFSRAVARAFinCEN	FMAFSA
Top-tier licences	1	1
Investor protection	None	None
Listed group	No	No
Banking licence	No	No
Segregated client accounts	Yes	Yes
Negative balance protection	No	Yes
Audited financials	No	Yes
Disclosed regulatory actions	4	None
Founded	2017	2014
Headquarters	No declared global headquarters; Binance Holdings Ltd. is registered in the Cayman Islands, KY	Auckland, NZ

Fees	4.6 — Better	4.0
Safety & regulation	2.4	3.0 — Better
Trading platform	4.6 — Better	3.9
Product range	4.5 — Better	3.6
Mobile app	4.5 — Better	3.6
Research	3.8 — Better	3.0
Customer support	3.2	4.1 — Better
Deposit & withdrawal	3.2	3.8 — Better
Account opening	3.4	4.8 — Better
Education	4.2 — Better	3.9

Reference order EUR 5,000	€5.00	€0.92 — Better
Minimum deposit	None	None
Stocks (per order)	0.1 %	US$0.02/share — Better
US stocks	n/a	n/a
ETFs	0.1 %	Not offered
Options	tiered	Not offered
Futures	tiered	in the spread
Crypto	tiered	in the spread
Bonds (order)	n/a	n/a
Funds (order)	n/a	n/a
EUR/USD spread	n/a	1.16 pips
Index CFD spread	n/a	0.6 points
FX conversion	n/a	0.01 %
Inactivity fee	None	None
Custody fee	None	None
Withdrawal fee	n/a	US$5
Deposit fee	Crypto deposits are free. Fiat pricing varies by rail and by promotion: SEPA Instant euro deposits have run under a standing zero-fee campaign, while standard SEPA bank transfers have carried a EUR 1 flat fee. Card deposits on Visa and Mastercard cost roughly 1.8% to 2%, and Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal roughly 2%. All fiat deposits from EEA residents are suspended as of 1 July 2026.	free
Overnight financing	n/a	n/a
Other fees	Direct Equities (US shares and ETFs): 0.10% trading spread on orders from USD 340, or a flat USD 0.35 platform fee per order below that; promotional 0.05% and USD 0.17 until 30 September 2026, 23:59 UTC. No account, inactivity or custody fee and no minimum balance. Outgoing DTC transfer USD 150.00 per security per submission (ACATS not supported); voluntary corporate action USD 200.00 per election; mandatory corporate actions USD 0.00. Executed by Nest Exchange Limited, cleared by Alpaca Securities LLC BNB fee discount: 25% off spot trading fees and up to 10% off futures fees when the fee is settled in BNB — the single largest lever on Binance's headline pricing Crypto withdrawal: A per-asset network fee that Binance sets itself and updates with chain conditions; it is shown before you confirm but is not a fixed published schedule, and on some networks it has run above the underlying chain cost Convert: Zero explicit commission — the cost is inside the quoted rate, so the spread is the fee. Convert is materially more expensive than the spot order book for anything but very small amounts Cross and isolated margin: Hourly interest that varies by asset and by VIP tier, published per coin, plus a liquidation clearance fee Binance Earn and staking: Advertised yields are quoted net; Binance does not publish a headline commission percentage on locked and flexible products the way Kraken and Coinbase do +1	ECN Prime / Prime+ commission: USD 3.00 per lot per side (USD 6 per round turn) on top of the raw spread; EUR/USD averaged 0.16 pips over the twelve months to October 2025, so a standard-lot round turn lands at roughly USD 7.60 all-in ECN Standard commission: None — the whole cost sits in the spread. Advertised from 0.8 pips, but EUR/USD averaged 1.16 pips over the twelve months to October 2025, roughly USD 11.60 per standard-lot round turn Inactivity fee: None Custody / account fee: None Currency conversion: Liquidity-provider rate plus a mark-up, measured at roughly 0.01% in independent testing Swap-free (Islamic) accounts: Available on all account types, but subject to administrative fees; BlackBull reserves the right to revoke swap-free status +2

Asset classes (of 14)	6	11 — Better
Exchanges	n/a	n/a
Stocks	Yes	Yes
ETFs	Yes	Yes
Options	Yes	Yes
Futures	Yes	Yes
Forex	No	Yes
CFDs	No	Yes
Crypto	Yes	Yes
Bonds	No	Yes
Funds	No	No
Commodities	No	Yes
Indices	No	Yes
Warrants	No	No
Spread betting	No	No
Social trading	Yes	Yes

Platforms	Binance webBinance desktop appBinance mobile appBinance APITradingView integrationBinance Copy TradingBinance VIP and Institutional	MetaTrader 4MetaTrader 5cTraderTradingViewBlackBull CopyTraderBlackBull InvestBlackBull Client PortalZuluTrade and Myfxbook AutoTrade
Demo account	Yes	Yes
Fractional shares	Yes	No
Maximum leverage	1:125	1:500
Account opening	Fully online and usually complete within minutes to a few hours once identity verification clears; EEA residents cannot open an account at all as of August 2026	Fully online in roughly 10–15 minutes; usually approved within one business day
Account types	Regular (VIP 0)VIP 1–9Binance Copy TradingBinance VIP and InstitutionalBinance.US	ECN StandardECN PrimePrime+Swap-free (Islamic)BlackBull Invest

Payment methods	SEPASEPA InstantBank transferCredit cardDebit cardApple PayGoogle PayPayPalCrypto	Bank transferCredit cardDebit cardSkrillNeteller
Account currencies	USDEURGBPTRYBRLAEDPLN	USDEURGBPAUDNZDSGDCADJPYZAR
Deposit time	Crypto deposits confirm in minutes; SEPA Instant is near-instant and standard SEPA takes 0–2 business days; card and wallet deposits are instant. Fiat deposits from EEA residents are suspended as of 1 July 2026	Cards and e-wallets typically instant; bank transfers 1–3 business days
Withdrawal time	Crypto withdrawals typically process within minutes once security holds clear; fiat withdrawals 0–3 business days depending on the rail	Around 1 business day in independent testing; card and e-wallet withdrawals are capped at the amount deposited by that method
Free withdrawals	n/a	n/a

Languages	EnglishGermanFrenchSpanishItalianDutchPortuguesePolishRomanianCzech+11	EnglishSpanishThaiArabicChinesePortugueseRussianUzbek
Channels	Live chatEmailTicket system	PhoneEmailLive chatWhatsApp
Availability	24/7 live chat and ticketing; no published retail telephone line	24/7, with separate English and Spanish WhatsApp lines and a New Zealand freephone number

Criterion

3,9

3,7

Overall score

3.9

3.7

Group index

53 of 100

73 of 100

Best for

High-volume active tradersCrypto derivatives and perpetuals tradersAPI and algorithmic tradersCost-sensitive spot traders outside the EEATraders who need altcoin depth

Active forex and CFD traderscTrader and TradingView usersCopy tradersTraders with no minimum capitalSwiss and non-EU clients wanting high leverage

Regulation

JFSAFSRAVARAFinCEN

FMAFSA

Top-tier licences

Investor protection

None

Listed group

Banking licence

Segregated client accounts

Negative balance protection

Audited financials

Disclosed regulatory actions

None

Founded

2017

2014

Headquarters

No declared global headquarters; Binance Holdings Ltd. is registered in the Cayman Islands, KY

Auckland, NZ

Fees

4.6

4.0

Safety & regulation

2.4

3.0

Trading platform

4.6

3.9

Product range

4.5

3.6

Mobile app

4.5

3.6

Research

3.8

3.0

Customer support

3.2

4.1

Deposit & withdrawal

3.2

3.8

Account opening

3.4

4.8

Education

4.2

3.9

Reference order EUR 5,000

€5.00

€0.92

Minimum deposit

None

Stocks (per order)

0.1 %

US$0.02/share

US stocks

n/a

ETFs

0.1 %

Not offered

Options

tiered

Not offered

Futures

tiered

in the spread

Crypto

tiered

in the spread

Bonds (order)

n/a

Funds (order)

n/a

EUR/USD spread

n/a

1.16 pips

Index CFD spread

n/a

0.6 points

FX conversion

n/a

0.01 %

Inactivity fee

None

Custody fee

None

Withdrawal fee

n/a

US$5

Deposit fee

Crypto deposits are free. Fiat pricing varies by rail and by promotion: SEPA Instant euro deposits have run under a standing zero-fee campaign, while standard SEPA bank transfers have carried a EUR 1 flat fee. Card deposits on Visa and Mastercard cost roughly 1.8% to 2%, and Apple Pay, Google Pay and PayPal roughly 2%. All fiat deposits from EEA residents are suspended as of 1 July 2026.

free

Overnight financing

n/a

Other fees

Direct Equities (US shares and ETFs): 0.10% trading spread on orders from USD 340, or a flat USD 0.35 platform fee per order below that; promotional 0.05% and USD 0.17 until 30 September 2026, 23:59 UTC. No account, inactivity or custody fee and no minimum balance. Outgoing DTC transfer USD 150.00 per security per submission (ACATS not supported); voluntary corporate action USD 200.00 per election; mandatory corporate actions USD 0.00. Executed by Nest Exchange Limited, cleared by Alpaca Securities LLC
BNB fee discount: 25% off spot trading fees and up to 10% off futures fees when the fee is settled in BNB — the single largest lever on Binance's headline pricing
Crypto withdrawal: A per-asset network fee that Binance sets itself and updates with chain conditions; it is shown before you confirm but is not a fixed published schedule, and on some networks it has run above the underlying chain cost
Convert: Zero explicit commission — the cost is inside the quoted rate, so the spread is the fee. Convert is materially more expensive than the spot order book for anything but very small amounts
Cross and isolated margin: Hourly interest that varies by asset and by VIP tier, published per coin, plus a liquidation clearance fee
Binance Earn and staking: Advertised yields are quoted net; Binance does not publish a headline commission percentage on locked and flexible products the way Kraken and Coinbase do
+1

ECN Prime / Prime+ commission: USD 3.00 per lot per side (USD 6 per round turn) on top of the raw spread; EUR/USD averaged 0.16 pips over the twelve months to October 2025, so a standard-lot round turn lands at roughly USD 7.60 all-in
ECN Standard commission: None — the whole cost sits in the spread. Advertised from 0.8 pips, but EUR/USD averaged 1.16 pips over the twelve months to October 2025, roughly USD 11.60 per standard-lot round turn
Inactivity fee: None
Custody / account fee: None
Currency conversion: Liquidity-provider rate plus a mark-up, measured at roughly 0.01% in independent testing
Swap-free (Islamic) accounts: Available on all account types, but subject to administrative fees; BlackBull reserves the right to revoke swap-free status
+2

Asset classes (of 14)

Exchanges

n/a

Stocks

ETFs

Options

Futures

Forex

CFDs

Crypto

Bonds

Funds

Commodities

Indices

Warrants

Spread betting

Social trading

Platforms

Binance webBinance desktop appBinance mobile appBinance APITradingView integrationBinance Copy TradingBinance VIP and Institutional

MetaTrader 4MetaTrader 5cTraderTradingViewBlackBull CopyTraderBlackBull InvestBlackBull Client PortalZuluTrade and Myfxbook AutoTrade

Demo account

Fractional shares

Maximum leverage

1:125

1:500

Account opening

Fully online and usually complete within minutes to a few hours once identity verification clears; EEA residents cannot open an account at all as of August 2026

Fully online in roughly 10–15 minutes; usually approved within one business day

Account types

Regular (VIP 0)VIP 1–9Binance Copy TradingBinance VIP and InstitutionalBinance.US

ECN StandardECN PrimePrime+Swap-free (Islamic)BlackBull Invest

Payment methods

SEPASEPA InstantBank transferCredit cardDebit cardApple PayGoogle PayPayPalCrypto

Bank transferCredit cardDebit cardSkrillNeteller

Account currencies

USDEURGBPTRYBRLAEDPLN

USDEURGBPAUDNZDSGDCADJPYZAR

Deposit time

Crypto deposits confirm in minutes; SEPA Instant is near-instant and standard SEPA takes 0–2 business days; card and wallet deposits are instant. Fiat deposits from EEA residents are suspended as of 1 July 2026

Cards and e-wallets typically instant; bank transfers 1–3 business days

Withdrawal time

Crypto withdrawals typically process within minutes once security holds clear; fiat withdrawals 0–3 business days depending on the rail

Around 1 business day in independent testing; card and e-wallet withdrawals are capped at the amount deposited by that method

Free withdrawals

n/a

Languages

EnglishGermanFrenchSpanishItalianDutchPortuguesePolishRomanianCzech+11

EnglishSpanishThaiArabicChinesePortugueseRussianUzbek

Channels

Live chatEmailTicket system

PhoneEmailLive chatWhatsApp

Availability

24/7 live chat and ticketing; no published retail telephone line

24/7, with separate English and Spanish WhatsApp lines and a New Zealand freephone number