Updated Oct 20 2022
Visit 76.5% of retail CFD accounts lose money. |
Visit 79% of retail CFD accounts lose money. |
Overview | |
FBS is a global broker established in 2009 that specialises in currencies trading via MetaTrader 4 & 5 platforms along with their own proprietary mobile app. |
XTB is an international broker specialised in CFD trading and low cost forex spreads. |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
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Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 day | 1 day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
2009 | 2002 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
From $1 to $1,000 | 0 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
3 - EUR, USD, AUD. | 5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, HUF. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
JP, US, CA, MY, IL, IR. |
US, SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 DMA Account | |
No | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | No |
Banking License | |
No | No |
Debit Card | |
No | No | Assets |
📚 Assets Type | |
CFDs | CFDs |
Total Asset Offering | |
254 | 2,131 |
Exchange Access | |
0 | 0 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
0 | 0 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
104 | 1,877 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
0 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
102 | 57 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
8 | 21 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
12 | 36 |
📔 ETFs | |
0 | 0 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
0 | 135 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
28 | 5 |
📒 Bonds | |
0 | 0 |
📒 Bonds CFDs | |
0 | 0 |
📓 Options | |
0 | 0 |
📓 Options CFDs | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures CFDs | |
0 | 0 | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
$1,000 - 0.01 Lots | $50 trade value |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
Unavailable | $50 trade value |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
$1,000 - 0.01 Lots | Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC) |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$1,000 - 0.01 Lots | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
$1,000 - 0.01 Lots | Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounces of Gold) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
3000 | 30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Unavailable | 500 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
Yes | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
No | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
Yes | No |
📺 cTrader | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
No | No |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
Yes | No |
👫 Social Trading | |
Yes | No |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
No | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
None | $10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
None | None |
💰 Commissions | |
FBS commissions vary per account type as follows:
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For Stocks and ETFs there is an 0.08% commission with $8 minimum. |
Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0 to 3 Pips | Dynamic - From 0 to 0.8 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 170 Pips | Dynamic - From 50 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 32 Pips | Dynamic - From 35 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $0.08 | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Unavailable | Dynamic - Market Spread |
📉 BTC | |
Dynamic - From $104 | Dynamic - From $120 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | Yes |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
No | No |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | No |
📡 Educational Content | |
No | Yes |
📡 Live Chat Support | |
No | No |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
No | No |
📡 Account Management | |
No | No |
📡 Webinars | |
No | Yes |