iFOREX Europe Vs. Plus500 - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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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.	Plus500 is an international broker specialised in CFD trading with a big range of assets including CFDs based on American options.
Best For
Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform	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 0 Other Licenses 1 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
CySec (Cyprus)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore)
The Good
Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs	CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools
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	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
2018	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$200	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Bank Transfer Credit Card Debit Card	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
1 - EUR	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, CA, SY, IR, JP.	US, CA, CU, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	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
584	2,245
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
400	2,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
50	70
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
19	25
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
32	26
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
42	95
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
41	14
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	15
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
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	Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$2,500 in trade value	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
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 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	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.	$10 every 3 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).	None
💰 Commissions
None	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 90 Pips	Dynamic - From 70 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $3	Dynamic - From $5.2
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 7 Pips
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	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
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
Yes	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No