FP Markets Vs. eToro - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
FP Markets is a leading Australian broker with a 10,000+ asset offering accompanied by a great variety of tech options such as deploying your own VPS and accessing ENC / DMA pricing.	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
Professional traders looking for DMA pricing on their stocks Professional traders looking to set up a dedicated VPS High volume share traders that benefit from DMA pricing	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 1 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
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSAS (Seychelles)
The Good
Competitive spreads From 0 pips MT4 and MT5 offered Over 10,000 + shares	Social and Copy trading capabilities Trading real shares and cryptocurrencies
The Bad
No ETFs are offered Stock trading commissions are expensive when compared to similar brokers Website is slow and confusing Fees for the majority of deposit and withdrawal methods	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
📋 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
2005	2007
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	From $50 to $200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill FasaPay PayTrust China Union Pay Bpay Broker to broker Sticpay Plusdebit Rupee Payments Dragonpay Perfect Money Paylivre Rapyd Finrax Fairpay	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD.	1 - USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	Yes
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, BE, NZ, SY.	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	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
10,403	4,245
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	2,000
📙 Stock CFDs
10,000	2,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
63	47
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
15	14
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
17	13
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
295	145
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
11	26
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
2	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable	$10
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	$10
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	$10
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 - (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounces of Gold)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 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	Yes
👫 Social Trading
Yes	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	After 12 months of inactivity, a $10 monthly inactivity fee will be charged.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	Conversion fees apply.
💰 Withdrawal Fees
Yes, $5 for card withdrawals and $20 for international bank transfer withdrawals.	$5 flat fee.
💰 Commissions
No commission on their Standard Account $3 per side (lot) commission on their RAW Account	No commissions on real stocks and ETFs
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.2 Pips	Dynamic - From 1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 to 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 75 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 0 to 31 Pips	Dynamic - From 45 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From 0.09%
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 0.09%
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $9 to $21	Fixed - 1%
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	Yes
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No