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DEGIRO Vs. iFOREX Europe - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Updated Oct 20 2022

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89.13% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Overview

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.

iFOREX Europe (formerly Vestle) is the Europe brand part of the global iForex Group that specialises in CFD trading and offers over 600 instruments over currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.

Best For
  • 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
  • Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

2

Other Licenses

0

Provided by
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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

0

Other Licenses

1

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
  • BaFin (Germany)
  • AFM (Netherlands)
  • CySec (Cyprus)
The Good
  • 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
  • Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs
The Bad
  • Credit card deposits are not available
  • Simplistic platforms with not many features
  • Fees are expensive when compared to commission free brokers
  • High spreads on all of their instruments
  • Web and mobile platforms are slow and lack tools
  • Their FAQ database doesn’t effectively answer the most common questions any trader could have
Status
Operational Operational
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Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 day 1 day
📋 Documents Required
  • 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.

📍 Year Founded
2008 2018
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0 $200
💰 Payment Methods
  • Bank Transfer
  • Paypal
  • Bank Transfer
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
💵 Account Base Currencies
3 - USD, GBP, EUR. 1 - EUR
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No No
❌ Restricted Countries

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.

US, CA, SY, IR, JP.

📊 STP Account
No Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes No
📊 ECN Account
No No
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Equities CFDs
Total Asset Offering
292,230 584
Exchange Access
0 0
📙 Real Stocks
0 0
📙 Stock CFDs
25,000 400
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
5 50
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
0 19
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
25 32
📔 ETFs
0 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
6,700 42
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0 41
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
500 0
📓 Options
0 0
📓 Options CFDs
250,000 0
📗 Futures
0 0
📗 Futures CFDs
10,000 0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed $2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed $2,500 in trade value
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable $2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
Unavailable $2,500 in trade value
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Unavailable $2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
Unavailable 30
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable 500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes Yes
🎓 Demo Account
No Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes Yes
📱 Android App
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No No
📺 cTrader
No No
💻 Web trader
Yes Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No No
👬 Copy Trading
No No
👫 Social Trading
No No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None

iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.

💰 Deposit Fees
None None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None

No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).

💰 Commissions

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.

None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Unavailable Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
Unavailable Dynamic - From 90 Pips
📈 GOLD
Unavailable Dynamic - From 35 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread Dynamic - From $3
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 BTC
Unavailable Dynamic - From $120
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes No
📡 Reuters Feed
No No
📡 Educational Content
No No
📡 Live Chat Support
No No
📡 Video Tutorials
No No
📡 Account Management
No Yes
📡 Webinars
No Yes