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

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.

• 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

• CySec (Cyprus)
• FCA (UK)
• ASIC (Australia)
• FSAS (Seychelles)

• CySec (Cyprus)
• BaFin (Germany)
• SEC (United States)

• 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)

• Copy Trading statistics are not clear enough
• Lack of advanced order placement controls

• The use of SMS 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

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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.

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfer
• Sofort
• Neteller
• Paypal
• Skrill

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Bank Transfers

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. 

After 12 months of inactivity, a $10 monthly inactivity fee will be charged.

Yes, 7€ for bank transfers.

$5 flat fee.

Yes, up to 2.5% for credit / debit cards.

No commissions on real stocks and ETFs

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