Forex.com Vs. eToro - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
Forex.com is a global broker headquartered in the U.S and part of StoneX (publicly traded company on NASDAQ) that specialises in offering CFDs based on commodities, currencies, indices, stocks, ETFs, shares, bonds and cryptocurrencies.	eToro is an international broker specialised in social and copy trading that offers real stocks and cryptocurrencies along with CFDs on several asset classes.
Best For
Traders of all levels (beginner to advanced) looking for competitive pricing Trades of all levels looking for a great platform variety High volume traders looking for ECN or DMA accounts offering deep liquidity for large trades	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
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 4 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FINRA (United States) FCA (UK) FFAJ (Japan) IIROC (Canada) CySec (Cyprus) CIMA (Cayman Islands)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSAS (Seychelles)
The Good
Great platform offering (Proprietary, TradingView, MetaTrader 4 & 5) Excellent asset offering (more than 5,000+ instruments) Competitive spreads in some of their assets	Social and Copy trading capabilities Trading real shares and cryptocurrencies
The Bad
Despite presenting a great customisable platform, it still feels messy and not intuitive to use Commissions are expensive when compared to similar competitors	Copy Trading statistics are not clear enough Lack of advanced order placement controls
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 minimum (may take longer)
📋 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
2001	2007
💳 Minimum Deposit
$100	From $5 to $200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller Bank Transfer	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
6 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, CHF.	1 - USD
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
Yes	Only for crypto Trading
❌ Restricted Countries
None	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
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	Yes
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on currencies, commodities, indices, bonds, shares and cryptocurrencies.	Real stocks and ETFs CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies and indices
📙 Stocks
4,500+	2,000+ Real Stocks / 2,000+ CFDs
📘 Currency Pairs
93	47
📗 Commodities
35	14
📕 Indices
24	13
📔 ETFs
700+	145
💸 Cryptocurrencies
5	26
📒 Bonds
14	N/A
📓 Options
N/A	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
All of Forex.com’s assets are CFDs.	Real stocks are offered without leverage, all the rest of the assets are CFDs.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Varies per share (eg: 0.3 AMZN shares)	$50
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies per ETF (eg: 5 contracts of XLK)	$50
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC)	$25
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per commodity (eg: 1 contract of Gold)	$1,000
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Varies per Bond (eg: 1 contract of Euro Bobl)	N/A
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
N/A	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:30	Up to 1:30
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:500	Varies
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Yes, $15 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.	After 12 months of inactivity, a $10 monthly inactivity fee will be charged.
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No	$5
💰 Commissions
Yes depending on account type. Standard account has no commissions “Commission Account” and “DMA Account” have a flat $5 fee commission per lot round turn	No
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 1 Pip
📉 SP500
From 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 75 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 45 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From 0.09%
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From 0.09%
📉 BTC
From $120	Dynamic - From 0.75%
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No