DEGIRO Vs. Forex.com - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

DEGIRO is a European leading stock broker providing access to more than 50 stock exchanges around the world with low commissions per trade and a simple to use platform.

Forex.com is a global broker headquartered in the U.S and part of StoneX (publicly traded company on NASDAQ) that specialises in offering CFDs based on commodities, currencies, indices, stocks, ETFs, shares, bonds and cryptocurrencies.

• Investors from all experience levels looking to buy real shares, funds or ETFs for the long term
• Active traders that look to access the large variety of exchanges offered

• Traders of all levels (beginner to advanced) looking for competitive pricing
• Trades of all levels looking for a great platform variety
• High volume traders looking for ECN or DMA accounts offering deep liquidity for large trades

• BaFin (Germany)
• AFM (Netherlands)

• FINRA (United States)
• FCA (UK)
• FFAJ (Japan)
• IIROC (Canada)
• CySec (Cyprus)
• CIMA (Cayman Islands)

• No conflicts of interest between DEGIRO and its customers
• Virtually unlimited asset offering from 50 exchanges across the globe
• Low fees when compared to traditional banking alternatives

• Great platform offering (Proprietary, TradingView, MetaTrader 4 & 5)
• Excellent asset offering (more than 5,000+ instruments)
• Competitive spreads in some of their assets

• Credit card deposits are not available
• Simplistic platforms with not many features
• Fees are expensive when compared to commission free brokers

• Despite presenting a great customisable platform, it still feels messy and not intuitive to use
• Commissions are expensive when compared to similar competitors 

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• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Valid identity document (Passport, ID Card, etc)
• Valid proof of residence document (Bank statement, utility bills)

All documents must be under the account holder's name.

• Bank Transfer
• Paypal

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Skrill
• Neteller
• Bank Transfer

DEGIRO only provides services to citizens of Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom. The rest of the countries worldwide are not able to use DEGIRO's services.

$15 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.

Yes and varies per asset and exchange, eg: If you were to purchase £2,000 worth of Apple shares at a price of $300 your total commission would have been £0.44.

Depending on account type.

• Standard account has no commissions
• “Commission Account” and “DMA Account” have a flat $5 fee commission per lot round turn