Updated Oct 28 2022
Visit 69% of retail CFD accounts lose money. |
Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money. |
Overview | |
City Index is a global broker founded in 1983 that holds 4 financial licenses and offers advanced trading platforms, mobile apps, diverse market research tools and an extensive range of markets. |
Plus500 is an international broker specialised in CFD trading with a big range of assets including CFDs based on American options. |
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Licenses | |
Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 0 Provided by |
Financial Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 3 Other Licenses 1 Provided by |
🏛 Financial Regulators | |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
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Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 day | 1 day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
1983 | 2008 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
$100 | $100 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
8 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CHF. | 16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
US, CA, SY, IR. |
US, CA, CU, SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | Yes |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
No | No |
Banking License | |
No | No |
Debit Card | |
No | No | Assets |
📚 Assets Type | |
CFDs | CFDs |
Total Asset Offering | |
5,412 | 2,245 |
Exchange Access | |
0 | 0 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
0 | 0 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
4,500 | 2,000 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
0 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
84 | 70 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
30 | 25 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
25 | 26 |
📔 ETFs | |
0 | 0 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
740 | 95 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
5 | 14 |
📒 Bonds | |
0 | 0 |
📒 Bonds CFDs | |
11 | 0 |
📓 Options | |
0 | 0 |
📓 Options CFDs | |
17 | 15 |
📗 Futures | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures CFDs | |
0 | 0 | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
Variable - Fractions Allowed | Variable - Fractions Allowed |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
Variable - Fractions Allowed | Variable - Fractions Allowed |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Variable (eg: 0.01 BTC, 1 LTC) | Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC) |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
$1,000 (0.01 Lots) | Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.2 Troy ounces of Gold) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
1 Unit | Unavailable |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
1 Contract | Varies by Option (Eg: 5 contracts of Tesla Calls) |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
30 | 30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
500 | 300 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
No | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | No |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
No | No |
📺 cTrader | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
Yes | No |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | No |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | No |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
No | Yes |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
12£ monthly after 1 year of inactivity. |
$10 every 3 months of inactivity. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Commissions | |
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None | Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips | Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 60 Pips | Dynamic - From 70 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
From 50 Pips | Dynamic - From 30 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - From $5.2 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Dynamic - Market Spread | Dynamic - From 7 Pips |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $120 | Dynamic - From $136 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | No |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Educational Content | |
No | No |
📡 Live Chat Support | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
No | No |
📡 Account Management | |
No | No |
📡 Webinars | |
No | No |