iFOREX Europe
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iFOREX Europe Vs. DEGIRO - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Updated Oct 20 2022

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89.13% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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Overview

iFOREX Europe (formerly Vestle) is the Europe brand part of the global iForex Group that specialises in CFD trading and offers over 600 instruments over currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.

DEGIRO is a European leading stock broker providing access to more than 50 stock exchanges around the world with low commissions per trade and a simple to use platform.

Best For
  • Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform
  • Investors from all experience levels looking to buy real shares, funds or ETFs for the long term
  • Active traders that look to access the large variety of exchanges offered
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

0

Other Licenses

1

Provided by
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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

2

Other Licenses

0

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • BaFin (Germany)
  • AFM (Netherlands)
The Good
  • Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs
  • No conflicts of interest between DEGIRO and its customers
  • Virtually unlimited asset offering from 50 exchanges across the globe
  • Low fees when compared to traditional banking alternatives
The Bad
  • High spreads on all of their instruments
  • Web and mobile platforms are slow and lack tools
  • Their FAQ database doesn’t effectively answer the most common questions any trader could have
  • Credit card deposits are not available
  • Simplistic platforms with not many features
  • Fees are expensive when compared to commission free brokers
Status
Operational Operational
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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
2018 2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200 0
💰 Payment Methods
  • Bank Transfer
  • Credit Card
  • Debit Card
  • Bank Transfer
  • Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - EUR 3 - USD, GBP, EUR.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No No
❌ Restricted Countries

US, CA, SY, IR, JP.

DEGIRO only provides services to citizens of Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom. The rest of the countries worldwide are not able to use DEGIRO's services.

📊 STP Account
Yes No
📊 DMA Account
No Yes
📊 ECN Account
No No
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs Equities
Total Asset Offering
584 292,230
Exchange Access
0 0
📙 Real Stocks
0 0
📙 Stock CFDs
400 25,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
50 5
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19 0
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
32 25
📔 ETFs
0 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
42 6,700
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
41 0
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0 500
📓 Options
0 0
📓 Options CFDs
0 250,000
📗 Futures
0 0
📗 Futures CFDs
0 10,000
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value Unavailable
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value Unavailable
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value Unavailable
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30 Unavailable
💪 Professional Leverage
500 Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
No No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes No
📱 IOS App
Yes Yes
📱 Android App
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No No
📺 cTrader
No No
💻 Web trader
Yes Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
No No
👬 Copy Trading
No No
👫 Social Trading
No No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee

iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.

None
💰 Deposit Fees
None None
💰 Withdrawal Fees

No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).

None
💰 Commissions
None

Yes and varies per asset and exchange, eg: If you were to purchase £2,000 worth of Apple shares at a price of $300 your total commission would have been £0.44.

Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips Unavailable
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 90 Pips Unavailable
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips Unavailable
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $3 Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 30 Pips Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120 Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No No
📡 Educational Content
No No
📡 Live Chat Support
No No
📡 Video Tutorials
No No
📡 Account Management
Yes No
📡 Webinars
Yes No