Tickmill Crypto Review 2027: Fees, Coins and Regulation

The group was formed by traders and technology specialists and expanded quickly through its Seychelles-regulated company before adding licences in the UK, Cyprus, South Africa and Dubai. It reports average monthly volumes in the hundreds of billions of dollars and several hundred thousand registered clients.

The company is private. Its UK and European arms publish the financial disclosures their regulators require.

The firm offers a compact set of crypto CFDs focused on the largest coins, such as bitcoin, ether, litecoin, XRP and a few others. We have not recorded an exact count because it differs between entities and platforms and has changed several times.

The practical advice is to open the market watch on a demo account for your entity and see the symbols for yourself. If you want dozens of altcoins, this is not the broker.

Each instrument is a contract for difference. No coin is purchased or held for you.

Crypto CFDs are spread-only. There is no commission on them, including on accounts that charge commission for currencies.

The firm's general account types are:

• Classic: no commission, with wider spreads
• Raw: spreads from zero on currencies with a commission of about $3 per side per lot

We do not have an independently tested bitcoin spread for Tickmill, so we make no claim about where it ranks on that measure. Its currency pricing is among the best in the industry; do not assume the same is true of every crypto symbol without checking.

The minimum deposit is $100 for the main account types.

A daily swap is charged on leveraged crypto positions. Rates are listed in the contract specifications and inside MetaTrader. Swap-free accounts are available at some entities for clients who require them on religious grounds.

In MetaTrader, right-click the market watch and enable the spread column. The figure is shown in points; multiply by the point size in the symbol's specification to get dollars. Watch it for a few minutes at three different times: a weekday afternoon in Europe, late on a US evening and on a Saturday. The average of those is a realistic guide to what you will pay.

UK retail clients cannot trade crypto CFDs under FCA rules. Professional clients can. The UK entity also offers exchange-traded futures and options on a separate platform, which is a different product class from CFDs.

US residents are not accepted.

For EU retail clients crypto leverage is 1:2. The Seychelles entity allows more. With crypto's volatility, the lower figure is closer to what a prudent trader would choose anyway.

• MetaTrader 4
• MetaTrader 5
• Tickmill Trader, the firm's own mobile app
• TradingView, connected for chart trading

MetaTrader remains the core. The mobile app is modern and handles deposits, withdrawals and trading in one place.

The broker is popular with scalpers and algorithmic traders because it places no restrictions on trading styles and quotes its average execution speed in fractions of a second. Orders are passed to liquidity providers without requotes. Slippage can be positive or negative.

Clients have access to Autochartist pattern recognition, an advanced trading toolkit for MetaTrader, and a virtual private server for automated strategies at a discount or free for active accounts. An Acuity sentiment tool summarises news tone for major markets.

At its non-EU entities, the broker accepts deposits in crypto. The coins are converted to the account's base currency. This is a funding convenience and does not mean you hold crypto on the platform.

Bank transfer, cards and e-wallets such as Skrill and Neteller are supported. The firm has a zero-fees policy on deposits and withdrawals above a minimum amount and reimburses bank charges on larger wire deposits. Withdrawals are typically processed within one working day.

At the time of our check, the firm did not levy an inactivity fee on dormant accounts at its main entities. Fee schedules change, so confirm on the current legal documents.

Crypto CFDs are offered through the week, with weekend availability depending on the entity. Check the trading hours in the symbol specification.

Webinars, seminars, e-books and video tutorials are provided, and the firm's analysts host regular live sessions. The material is solid for intermediate traders.

Daily technical and fundamental analysis is published on the blog and through the platforms. Crypto features when the market is active.

Customer service is available on trading days by chat, email and phone in a wide range of languages. It is not staffed all weekend.

A demo account is free and useful for confirming the crypto list and spreads on your chosen platform.

Account history can be exported from the client area and from MetaTrader. Tax is the client's responsibility.

Because the British company gives access to exchange-listed futures, some professional and eligible clients look at CME bitcoin and ether futures there as an alternative to CFDs. Futures are cleared by an exchange, have expiry dates and are charged per contract instead of through a spread. Availability to retail clients is restricted by the UK rules on crypto derivatives, so ask the firm what applies to your classification.

On MetaTrader, one lot of bitcoin normally equals one coin, and the smallest trade is 0.01 lot. With bitcoin priced in the tens of thousands, even that minimum represents several hundred dollars of exposure. On a $100 account with 1:2 leverage, a single minimum trade can use most of the available margin. Plan the account size around the contract, not the other way round.

It suits you if you:

• Trade currencies or gold at low commission and want bitcoin and ether available on the same account.
• Use MetaTrader and automated strategies.
• Value regulation by the FCA, CySEC or DFSA.

It does not suit crypto-focused traders, altcoin hunters, UK retail clients wanting crypto, or anyone who wants to own coins.