FP Markets Vs. Plus500 - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 74.34% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
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.	Plus500 is an international broker specialised in CFD trading with a big range of assets including CFDs based on American options.
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	Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options
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 3 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
ASIC (Australia) CySec (Cyprus) FSA (St. Vincent and the Grenadines)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore)
The Good
Competitive spreads From 0 pips MT4 and MT5 offered Over 10,000 + shares	CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools
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	No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)
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	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$100
💰 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 Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
10 - USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CHF, JPY, HKD, CAD, SGD, NZD.	16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, JP, BE, NZ, SY.	US, CA, CU, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
10,403	2,245
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
10,000	2,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
63	70
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
15	25
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
17	26
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
295	95
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
11	14
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
2	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	15
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC)
📉 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)	Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.2 Troy ounces of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies by Option (Eg: 5 contracts of Tesla Calls)
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	300
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 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	No
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	$10 every 3 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
Yes, $5 for card withdrawals and $20 for international bank transfer withdrawals.	None
💰 Commissions
No commission on their Standard Account $3 per side (lot) commission on their RAW Account	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.2 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 40 to 60 Pips	Dynamic - From 70 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 0 to 31 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $5.2
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 7 Pips
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $9 to $21	Dynamic - From $136
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	No
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No