eToro Vs. AvaTrade - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 74% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 71% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
eToro is an international broker specialised in social and copy trading that offers real stocks and cryptocurrencies along with CFDs on several asset classes.	AvaTrade is a top-tier multinational broker with more than 7 financial regulators specialising in FX and options trading with their own proprietary platforms.
Best For
New traders looking to use the copy trading feature Experienced traders looking to monetise their skills by gaining followers Passive investors looking to buy and hold shares with no commissions	New traders looking for a more advanced forex and options platform Experienced traders looking to take advantage of their fixed spreads Experienced traders looking to trade FX options
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 6 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSAS (Seychelles)	ASIC (Australia) FFAJ (Japan) CBI (Ireland) IIROC (Canada) CySec (Cyprus) FSCA (South Africa) ADGM (United Arab Emirates) ISA (Israel)
The Good
Social and Copy trading capabilities Trading real shares and cryptocurrencies	AvaProtect feature for negative trades payback Great variety of platforms (proprietary ones, MT4 & MT5) Smooth platform experiences and easy account management Custom Options trading platform
The Bad
Copy Trading statistics are not clear enough Lack of advanced order placement controls	Lack of variety in stocks, ETFs and bonds Expensive inactivity fees No multi-chart tools High trade minimums in all assets except forex
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!	No fresh news at the moment. Check again soon!
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
2007	2006
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $50 to $200	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - USD.	4 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
Yes	No
❌ Restricted Countries
AF, AL, BS, BB, BY, BA, BW, BN, BI, KH, CA, TD, CD, CG, ET, FJ, GH, GN, GW, GY, IR, IQ, JM, JP, LA, LY, ML, MU, MN, ME, MM, NA, NI, KP, MK, PK, PW, WS, RS, SO, LK, SD, SY, TT, TN, TR, UG, VU, YE, ZM.	US, BE, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
4,245	863
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
2,000	0
📙 Stock CFDs
2,000	626
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
47	55
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
14	27
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
13	33
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
145	59
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
26	17
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	2
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	44
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$10	Variable - From 1 to 100 units
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$10	Variable - From 1 to 100 units
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$10	Variable (eg: BTC 0.01, ETH 0.1)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	Variable (eg: 1 ounce of gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	10 units
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	10,000 FX Option contracts
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
Unavailable	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	No
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
After 12 months of inactivity, a $10 monthly inactivity fee will be charged.	$50 per quarter after 3 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
Conversion fees apply.	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
$5 flat fee.	None
💰 Commissions
No commissions on real stocks and ETFs	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1 Pip	Dynamic - From 0.9 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 75 Pips	Dynamic - From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 45 Pips	Dynamic - From 34 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From 0.09%	Dynamic - From $1.92
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 0.09%	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Fixed - 1%	Dynamic - From $137.31
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No