Updated Oct 20 2022
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Overview | |
Interactive Brokers is a global brokerage founded in 1978 that holds 11+ high tier financial licenses and provides discounted electronic trading services in nearly all the globe with access to more than 100,000+ financial instruments. |
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. |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
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Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 day | 1 day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
1978 | 1999 |
💳 Minimum Deposit Range | |
0 | $50 |
💰 Payment Methods | |
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💵 Account Base Currencies | |
23 - USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD, CHF, CNY, CZK, DK, HKD, HUF, INR, ILS, JPY, MXN, NZD, NOK, PLN, RUB, SGD, ZAR, KRW, SEK. | 4 - EUR GBP, USD, CHF. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
Yes | No |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
AF, SY, SO, SD, LY, NG, BI. |
RU, US, CA, JP, SK, BE and more. |
📊 STP Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
Yes | No |
📊 ECN Account | |
Yes | No |
Banking License | |
No | No |
Debit Card | |
Yes | No | Assets |
📚 Assets Type | |
Hybrid | CFDs |
Total Asset Offering | |
173,105 | 447 |
Exchange Access | |
78 | 0 |
📙 Real Stocks | |
100,000 | 0 |
📙 Stock CFDs | |
0 | 341 |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
105 | 0 |
📘 Currency Pair CFDs | |
0 | 41 |
📗 Commodities | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Commodities CFDs | |
0 | 14 |
📕 Indices | |
0 | 0 |
📕 Indices CFDs | |
0 | 19 |
📔 ETFs | |
13,000 | 0 |
📔 ETFs CFDs | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
0 | 0 |
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs | |
0 | 22 |
📒 Bonds | |
60,000 | 0 |
📒 Bonds CFDs | |
0 | 10 |
📓 Options | |
0 | 0 |
📓 Options CFDs | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures | |
0 | 0 |
📗 Futures CFDs | |
0 | 0 | Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
Variable - Fractions Allowed | 1 Share |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
Variable - Fractions Allowed | Unavailable |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
Unavailable | 1 Unit |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$25,000 (0.25 lots) | $1,000 (0.01 Lots) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
Varies per commodity (eg: 1 Ounce of Gold) | Varies by Commodity (Eg: 1 Troy ounce of Gold) |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
$1,000 for corporate/muni bonds, $1 million for treasury bonds | Unavailable |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
1 Contract | Unavailable |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
1 Contract | Unavailable |
💪 Retail Leverage | |
Unavailable | 30 |
💪 Professional Leverage | |
Unavailable | 400 |
✍ Customisable Leverage | |
No | No |
🎲 Deleveraged Trading | |
Yes | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
No | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
No | No |
📺 cTrader | |
No | No |
💻 Web trader | |
Yes | Yes |
💻 TradingView Platform | |
No | Yes |
💻 Proprietary Platform | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 Multi-chart Tools | |
Yes | Yes |
👬 Copy Trading | |
No | Yes |
👫 Social Trading | |
No | Yes |
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss | |
No | No |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
None | 50 units of the account's base currency yearly after 1 year of inactivity. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
None | Yes on bank transfer withdrawals depending on location (from $10 to $40 on local currency). |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
One free withdrawal per month, subsequent are $10 per withdrawal or equivalent |
None |
💰 Commissions | |
Commissions depend on market and residency:
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None | Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 0.1 Pips | Dynamic - From 1.2 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 01 Pip | Dynamic - From 58 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Unavailable | Dynamic - From 41 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $0.50 | Dynamic - From $1.04 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
Unavailable | Unavailable |
📉 BTC | |
Unavailable | Dynamic - From $51 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
Yes | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
Yes | No |
📡 Educational Content | |
No | Yes |
📡 Live Chat Support | |
Yes | Yes |
📡 Video Tutorials | |
No | No |
📡 Account Management | |
Yes | No |
📡 Webinars | |
No | No |