eToro Vs. Freedom Finance - Compare and Choose the Right One


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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.	Freedom Finance is an equities broker founded in 2008 belonging to the parent group Freedom Holding Corp (a publicly traded company on NASDAQ exchange). Their specialty is providing access to more than 1 million stocks, ETFs, bonds, futures and options worldwide along with IPOs.
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	Real equities traders looking to day-trade stocks, options, futures and ETFs Long term investors looking to build a stocks or ETFs portfolio Experienced investors that know which assets they are looking for
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 2 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSAS (Seychelles)	CySec (Cyprus) BaFin (Germany) SEC (United States)
The Good
Social and Copy trading capabilities Trading real shares and cryptocurrencies	Over 1,500,000+ assets from several exchanges worldwide All assets are real equities (they do not provide CFDs) InvestIdeas section with great analysis on several high potential stocks 3% per year in their savings D-account (Daily interest accrual)
The Bad
Copy Trading statistics are not clear enough Lack of advanced order placement controls	The use of SMSs codes for authentication of basic operations can be an issue for frequent international travellers Freedom Finance does not offers currencies, cryptocurrencies or spot commodities No stock screener or tools to research and analyse stocks efficiently
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 minimum (may take longer)	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	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit
From $5 to $200	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfers
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - USD	3 - EUR, USD, GBP.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
Only for crypto Trading	Yes
❌ 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	SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
Real stocks and ETFs CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies and indices	Real stocks, ETFs, bonds, futures and options.
📙 Stocks
2,000+ Real Stocks / 2,000+ CFDs	58,571
📘 Currency Pairs
47	N/A
📗 Commodities
14	N/A
📕 Indices
13	N/A
📔 ETFs
145	1,500
💸 Cryptocurrencies
26	N/A
📒 Bonds
N/A	191,959
📓 Options
N/A	1,153,234
📗 Futures
N/A	6,020
📝 Notes:
Real stocks are offered without leverage, all the rest of the assets are CFDs.	All of Freedom Finance’s assets are real equities, they do not provide CFDs.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$50	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$50	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$25	N/A
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000	N/A
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$1,000	N/A
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
N/A	1 Contract
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	1 Contract
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
N/A	1 Contract
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:30	Up to 1:3
💪 Professional Leverage
Varies	N/A
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	No
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
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.	No
💰 Deposit Fees
No	Yes, up to 2.5% for credit / debit cards.
💰 Withdrawal Fees
$5	Yes, 7€ for bank transfers.
💰 Commissions
No	Yes and the vary per account: In their all inclusive USD account they charge, 0.5% + $0.012 per share with a minimum of $1.2 per trade $0.65 per USA stock options contract 12% for margin lending In their Smart in EUR account they charge, 0.02€ per share with a minimum of 2€ per trade $0.65 per USA stock options contract 12% for margin lending €0.05 for each SMS notification In their Fix in EUR account, they charge, 10€ Monthly account fee 0.012€ per share with a minimum of 1.2€ per trade $0.65 per USA stock options contract 12% for margin lending €0.03 for each SMS notification
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1 Pip	N/A
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 75 Pips	N/A
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 45 Pips	N/A
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From 0.09%	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 0.09%	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From 0.75%	N/A
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	No
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No