Tickmill review

Spread from

0.0 pips

EUR/USD spread

Approx. 0.1 pips, Raw

GBP/USD spread

Approx. 0.3 pips, Raw

Commission

$3 per side / $6 round turn, Raw

All-in cost, EUR/USD

Approx. 0.7 pips

Spread type

Variable

Overnight swap

Both: overnight swaps charged/credited; Islamic swap-free option available

Currency conversion

Currency conversion applies where currencies differ

Cost is where brokers in the same regulatory bracket actually differ.

A quoted spread from 0.0 pips is a raw-spread figure, which almost always means a separate commission per lot. Compare the two together - a "zero spread" account with a high commission can cost more than a wider spread with none.

Quoted spreads are best-case figures on the most liquid pair, in normal conditions. What you actually pay widens around news and at the session open.

Tickmill lists a minimum deposit of $100. Treat it as the cost of opening an account, not the cost of trading one - position sizing on a small balance is what tends to cause damage.

Markets

Forex, Stocks, ETFs, Stock Indices, Commodities, Metals, Bonds, Cryptocurrencies

Currency pairs

62

Total instruments

600+

Crypto CFDs

Yes

Maximum leverage

1:1000

Execution model

Hybrid market maker / STP

Execution speed

150ms

Order types

Market, limit, stop, stop-limit, stop-loss, take-profit, trailing stop

Servers

London and other global financial data centres

Leverage up to 1:1000 is available on this entity. High leverage does not increase your expected return - it increases position size for the same deposit, and shortens the move needed to close you out.

Tickmill covers forex, stocks, etfs, stock indices, commodities, metals, bonds, cryptocurrencies. A wider range matters less than depth in the instruments you actually trade.

Funding options: visa, mastercard, bank transfer, skrill, neteller, sticpay, cryptocurrency and regional payment methods. Check withdrawal routes as well as deposit ones - they are often not the same, and the difference only becomes apparent when you try to take money out.

Platforms

MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, Tickmill Trader, TradingView, MetaTrader WebTrader

Own platform

Yes, Tickmill Trader

Mobile app

Both proprietary and third-party

Browser trading

Yes

Automated trading

Yes; MT4/MT5 Expert Advisors and automated strategies supported

Copy trading

Yes, Tickmill Social Trading

Indicators

80+ Tickmill Trader WebTrader; hundreds through TradingView

Third-party tools

TradingView, Acuity Trading, Advanced Trading Toolkit, Signal Centre, VPS

API access

Yes, institutional/FIX API connectivity

MetaTrader 4 remains the most widely supported platform for expert advisors. If you rely on an existing EA, this is usually the deciding factor.

MetaTrader 5 handles more asset classes and order types than MT4, but expert advisors are not compatible between the two - an MT4 EA will not run on it.

TradingView integration lets you trade from charts you may already use, removing the need to run a second platform for analysis.

Regulated by

FCA (717270); CySEC (278/15); FSCA (49464); Seychelles FSA (SD008); DFSA (F007663, Representative Office)

Regulator tier

Tier 1

Register entry

FCA Financial Services Register, FRN 717270

Client money segregated

Yes

Held at

Major regulated banking institutions

Negative balance protection

Yes

Compensation scheme

FSCS up to £85,000 for eligible UK clients; ICF up to €20,000 for eligible CySEC clients

Audited by

Independent external auditors

Not available to

United States, Canada, Japan, North Korea, Iran and other sanctioned/restricted jurisdictions

Across a hundred brokers, the licence is what separates the field fastest.

Tickmill holds tier-one authorisations from FCA and CySEC. That matters more than any headline spread: it determines your leverage cap, whether losses can exceed your deposit, and what happens to your money if the firm fails.

It also operates an offshore entity (FSA). Which one you are onboarded to depends on where you live, and the two carry very different protections - worth confirming before you deposit.

The FCA caps retail leverage at 1:30, mandates negative balance protection, and covers eligible clients under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

CySEC licences passport across the EU and follow the 1:30 retail leverage cap, with the Investor Compensation Fund covering eligible claims.

The FSCA licenses derivative providers in South Africa without a fixed retail leverage cap, so headline leverage is often higher than an FCA or ASIC entity may offer.

Client money is held separately from the firm's own money, at Major regulated banking institutions. That separation is what makes your balance recoverable if the company fails, rather than part of the pool its creditors divide up.

Negative balance protection applies, so a losing position cannot take the account below zero and leave you owing the broker money.

Covered by FSCS up to £85,000 for eligible UK clients; ICF up to €20,000 for eligible CySEC clients, which pays eligible clients up to its limit if the firm fails owing client money.

Check the licence yourself: the FCA Register, the CySEC register of investment firms, the FSCA list of regulated entities, the Seychelles FSA list of regulated entities, the DFSA public register.

Minimum deposit

$100

Account types

Raw, Classic, TradingView Raw, Islamic, Demo

Account currencies

USD, EUR, GBP, ZAR

Islamic account

Yes

Demo account

Yes

Professional account

Yes, where available

Minimum trade size

0.01 lots

Time to open

Typically a few minutes

Tickmill runs 5 account types. More choice is not automatically better: the tightest headline spread almost always sits on the account that also charges a commission, so the comparison that matters is the two added together.

Base currencies: USD, EUR, GBP, ZAR. Holding the account in the currency you fund it with avoids a conversion charge on every deposit and withdrawal - a cost that never shows up in a spread comparison.

The smallest position is 0.01 lots. For anyone starting carefully this matters more than the minimum deposit, because it sets the least you can put at risk on a single trade.

A demo account is available. Worth using for the platform rather than the results: fills are simulated, so it tells you how the software behaves but very little about execution.

Deposit methods

Visa, Mastercard, bank transfer, Skrill, Neteller, Sticpay, cryptocurrency and regional payment methods

Withdrawal methods

Bank transfer, Visa/Mastercard, Skrill, Neteller, Sticpay, crypto and supported regional methods

Deposit time

Instant for most cards/e-wallets; bank transfer typically 1-3 business days

Withdrawal time

Usually processed within 1 business day; receipt depends on payment method

Minimum withdrawal

$25

Local payment methods

Regional bank transfers, mobile/e-wallet services and country-specific payment methods

Withdrawals are stated at Usually processed within 1 business day; receipt depends on payment method, against Instant for most cards/e-wallets; bank transfer typically 1-3 business days for deposits. A gap between the two is normal and not in itself a warning sign - identity checks are a legal obligation, not obstruction. What is worth noticing is a withdrawal that keeps meeting new conditions after those checks are done.

Withdrawal routes: bank transfer, visa/mastercard, skrill, neteller, sticpay, crypto and supported regional methods. Money is usually returned by the route it arrived on, so the deposit method you pick is in effect the withdrawal method you are picking too.

The minimum withdrawal is $25 - relevant if you intend to fund the account lightly, since it sets the smallest amount you can take out at a time.

Support hours

24/5

Contact channels

Live chat, email, phone, contact form

Languages

Multilingual

Telephone

+852 5808 2921

Email

support@tickmill.com

Live chat response

Typically under 2 minutes

Education

Extensive: webinars, seminars, ebooks, video tutorials, articles, forex glossary, technical and fundamental analysis

Research

Extensive: Market Insights, Acuity Trading, Signal Centre, technical/fundamental analysis, calculators and market commentary

Support runs 24/5. Round-the-clock cover matters more than it sounds: a position held over a weekend or through an unexpected halt is exactly when you need somebody to answer.

Reachable by live chat, email, phone, contact form. A published telephone number is the one channel that is hard to fake and hard to ignore, so whether there is one says more than the number of channels does.

Languages: Multilingual. Being able to raise a complaint in your own language is worth more than it appears, because complaints are where precision matters most.

Education: extensive: webinars, seminars, ebooks, video tutorials, articles, forex glossary, technical and fundamental analysis. Treat broker-published material as an introduction rather than as advice - it is produced by a firm whose revenue rises when you trade more.

Legal entity

Tickmill Ltd

Company number

8414279-1

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2014

Publicly listed

No

Parent company

Tickmill Group

Employees

330+

Also trades as

Tickmill

Tickmill is roughly 12 years old. Younger is not worse, but there is less public record to judge it on, so the licence and the protections carry proportionally more weight.

The contracting entity is Tickmill Ltd. This is the company you would actually have a relationship with, and it is worth checking that it is the same one named on the licence you are relying on: large brokers commonly operate several, and they are not equally protected.

Part of Tickmill Group. A parent adds resources, but the protections that apply to you are the ones attached to the entity that holds your account, not to the group.