Tickmill fees explained
Tickmill offers stock CFDs only — you never own real shares. Costs come from spreads and overnight financing rather than per-trade commissions.
Verified 2026-06-30 against the broker's official pricing page.
What Tickmill charges, fee by fee
Only verified numbers — each with its source and verification date
What you'll actually pay
Estimated all-in annual cost on a $10,000 portfolio with 24 stock trades and one $10k FX conversion. Inactivity and custody not included unless you trigger them.
Heads-up: inactivity fee
Charged only after 12 months with zero trades — excluded from figures below.
- Stock commissions
- $12.00
- FX markup
- $1.50
- Custody
- Free
- Stock commissions
- $36.00
- FX markup
- $15.00
- Custody
- Free
- Stock commissions
- $72.00
- FX markup
- $150.00
- Custody
- Free
Interest on uninvested cash
What the broker pays on money sitting in your account between trades. Rates are variable and verified against the broker's own page.
Balance $100–$50,000
Balance £100–£40,000
Balance €100–€45,000
Interest on unused wallet funds; needs a balance of at least $100 plus an active account (a trade in the last 30 days or an open position). Swap-free accounts are excluded. A promotional "up to 7%" rate ran Apr–Jun 2026 and has expired.
Verified 2026-07-01 · broker source →
Fine print that changes the math
- Stock CFDs only (no real shares). FX-focused broker; equity exposure via derivatives. ESMA-mandated 74% retail loss disclosure.
- Inactivity fee of 10/month starts after 12 months without trades — dormancy conditions apply.
- Interest on unused wallet funds; needs a balance of at least $100 plus an active account (a trade in the last 30 days or an open position). Swap-free accounts are excluded. A promotional "up to 7%" rate ran Apr–Jun 2026 and has expired.
- Currency-conversion markup could not be independently verified — treat converted amounts as estimates.
Frequently asked questions
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How we verified this review
Every fact below is verified against primary sources. We refresh on a schedule and on reader feedback.