FXCM Vs. Plus500 - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
FXCM is a global brokerage headquartered in the U.K that specialises in both retail and institutional trading with a comprehensive API offering. **The below information is provided based on FXCM EU LTD. For other FXCM entities, please go to the corresponding FXCM website for more information. TheTradingBible.com is acting in a capacity of marketing affiliate for FXCM EU LTD.	Plus500 is an international broker specialised in CFD trading with a big range of assets including CFDs based on American options.
Best For
Professional algorithmic traders looking to benefit from their comprehensive API offering.	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 2 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) FCA (United Kingdom) FSCA (South Africa)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore)
The Good
Comprehensive API offering with a variety of conditions and programming languages at no additional cost Proprietary platform (Trading Station)	CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools
The Bad
Lack of asset variety in their offering (over 463+ financial instruments) Costly spreads when compared to similar competitors	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
1999	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$50	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - EUR GBP, USD, CHF.	16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
RU, US, CA, JP, SK, BE and more.	US, CA, CU, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
447	2,245
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
341	2,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
41	70
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
14	25
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
19	26
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
0	95
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
22	14
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
10	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	15
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
1 Share	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Unavailable	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
1 Unit	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: 1 Troy ounce 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
400	300
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
Yes	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
50 units of the account's base currency yearly after 1 year of inactivity.	$10 every 3 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
Yes on bank transfer withdrawals depending on location (from $10 to $40 on local currency).	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
None	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1.2 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 58 Pips	Dynamic - From 70 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 41 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $1.04	Dynamic - From $5.2
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 7 Pips
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $51	Dynamic - From $136
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	No
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No