ThinkMarkets vs DooPrime 2024

ThinkMarkets is not publicly traded and does not operate a bank. ThinkMarkets is authorised by five tier-1 regulators (Highly Trusted), two tier-2 regulators (Average Risk), zero tier-3 regulators (low trust), and two tier-4 regulators (High Risk). ThinkMarkets is authorised by the following tier-1 regulators: Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC), Japanese Financial Services Authority (JFSA), Financial Markets Authority (FMA), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and regulated in the European Union via the MiFID passporting system.

DooPrime is not publicly traded and does not operate a bank. DooPrime is authorised by four Tier-1 regulators (Highly Trusted), zero Tier-2 regulators (Trusted), zero Tier-3 regulators (Average Risk), and three Tier-4 regulators (High Risk). DooPrime is authorised by the following Tier-1 regulators: Securities Futures Commission (SFC), Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and regulated in the European Union via the MiFID passporting system

ThinkMarkets has multiple regulatory license and offers a proprietary trading platform, as well as the entire MetaTrader suite. The broker has made progress in key areas, such as research and education, and the range of markets available, although trails behind the best brokers in these categories.

DooPrime is mainly regulated in the UK, as well as two offshore locations (Vanuatu and Mauritius), and offers 10,000 investment products, and multiple platforms including the full MetaTrader suite, and social copy trading platforms. That said, DooPrime trails behind the best brokers in key categories.

To open a trading account with ThinkMarkets, you'll need to make an initial minimum deposit of $50.

DooPrime requires a minimum deposit of $100 before you can open an account and start trading.

It's important to make sure that your forex broker accepts the funding options and deposit methods that work best for you. ThinkMarkets offers Visa/Mastercard (Credit/Debit), Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw), Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw) and Neteller (Deposit/Withdraw) for banking, whereas DooPrime provides Visa/Mastercard (Credit/Debit), Bank Wire (Deposit/Withdraw), PayPal (Deposit/Withdraw), Skrill (Deposit/Withdraw) and Neteller (Deposit/Withdraw).

Comparing the trading costs of forex and CFDs is not easy. Not every broker publishes average spread data, and pricing structures vary. Based on our thorough, data-driven testing of each broker's commissions and fees, we found that ThinkMarkets offers better pricing overall for traders.

Methodology: When testing each broker's commissions, fees, and pricing, we analyze multiple trade scenarios and award points based on the expansiveness (or inexpensiveness) of the broker's spreads. We then run multiple scenarios for different investor types, incorporating any miscellaneous fees, to determine an "all-in" cost per trade. Learn more about how we test.

At ForexBrokers.com, we track over 110 international regulatory agencies and sort them by tiers (Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3, Tier-4, and Tier-5) to help you choose well-regulated, highly trusted forex brokers. Learn more about our proprietary Trust Score rating system. Based on our research on the regulatory status of over 60 brokers, we've found that ThinkMarkets holds 5 global Tier-1 licenses, while DooPrime holds 4. ThinkMarkets holds 2 global Tier-2 licenses, while DooPrime holds 0.

After evaluating each broker based on their number of held licenses, years in business, and a range of other data-driven variables, we've determined that ThinkMarkets (92) earned a higher Trust Score than DooPrime (83).

To compare the trading platforms of both ThinkMarkets and DooPrime, we tested each broker's trading tools, research capabilities, and mobile apps. For trading tools, DooPrime offers a better experience. With research, DooPrime offers superior market research. Finally, we found ThinkMarkets to provide better mobile trading apps.

Here’s what trading platforms are available at ThinkMarkets:

• Proprietary Platform - Yes
• Web Platform - Yes
• cTrader - No
• DupliTrade - No
• MT4 - Yes
• MT5 - Yes
• ZuluTrade - No
• TradingView - Yes

Here’s what trading platforms are available at DooPrime:

• Proprietary Platform - Yes
• Web Platform - Yes
• cTrader - No
• DupliTrade - No
• MT4 - Yes
• MT5 - Yes
• ZuluTrade - No
• TradingView - No

The MetaTrader trading platform suite is wildly popular among forex and CFD traders across the globe. Both ThinkMarkets and DooPrime offer MetaTrader 4 (MT4). Forex traders also appreciate the ability to engage in social copy trading. ThinkMarkets and DooPrime both offer copy trading.

DooPrime provides traders 60 currency pairs (e.g., EUR/USD) compared to ThinkMarkets's 46 available pairs. If you are interested in trading a full range of securities, DooPrime offers traders access to 10000 tradeable symbols, while ThinkMarkets offers access to 4000 tradeable symbols; so DooPrime offers 6000 more tradeable symbols than ThinkMarkets.

We found in our testing that DooPrime offers a more diverse selection of investment options than ThinkMarkets, allowing you to trade Forex Trading (Spot or CFDs), U.S. Stocks (CFD), Int'l Stock Trading (Non CFD), Cryptocurrency (Derivative), Social Trading / Copy Trading and Spread Betting. Neither have Cryptocurrency (Physical).