Interactive Brokers Vs. Valutrades - Compare and Choose the Right One


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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.	Established in 2012, Valutrades offers 70 plus currencies pairs, commodities and indices trading for beginner and advanced traders through its MT4, MT5 and ECN accounts. It doesn’t offer equities trading.
Best For
Seasoned investors looking for a one-stop shop to cover a variety of needs Global investors who seek the most reliable discount service available Traders from intermediate to advanced level	Currency traders looking for an ECN broker Professional currency traders looking for an API offering Traders looking for a narrow range of commodities, cryptocurrencies
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 10 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
SEC (United States) FINRA (United States) FCA (United Kingdom) ASIC (Australia) IIROC (Canada) MNB (Hungary) BSE (India) CBI (Ireland) FSA (Japan) CSSF (Luxembourg) CSSF MAS (Singapore)	FSAS (Seychelles) FCA (UK)
The Good
High regulation Exceptional number of investment instruments (Above 100,000+) Competitive discount fees	Scalping is allowed (great for professional traders) Competitive commissions of $3 per lot round turn Access to ECN or DMA accounts
The Bad
Complicated account opening process Platforms are not beginner friendly Narrow choice of deposit options (Mostly bank transfer)	Asset offering is poor (only 80 instruments and no stocks or ETFs) Doesn’t have its on trading application
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
N/A	N/A
Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 - 3 Days	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 documents (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
1978	2012
💳 Minimum Deposit
$ - 0	0
💰 Payment Methods
Bank Transfer ACH (US only) Check (US only) Debit Card (US only) BPAY (Australia only)	Visa Mastercard Maestro American Express AstroPay Diners SticPay PayPal Skrill Neteller e-wallets Wire transfers Giropay iDEAL JCB Klarna POLiPaysafecard Przelwy24 Rapid Transfer AliPay
💵 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	13 - AUD, CAD, CHF, EUR, GBP, HKD, JPY, NOK, NZD,SGD, SEK, USD, ZAR
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
Yes	No
❌ Restricted Countries
AF, SY, SO, SD, LY, NG, BI.	US, IR, SY
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
Yes	Yes
Assets
📚 Available Assets
Real stocks, currencies, ETFs, options, futures, bonds, cryptocurrencies CFDs on almost every possible asset class Structured Products	CFDs on currencies, commodities, indices and cryptocurrencies
📙 Stocks
78 markets	N/A
📘 Currency Pairs
105	73
📗 Commodities
35 markets	5
📕 Indices
13	25
📔 ETFs
13,000+	N/A
💸 Cryptocurrencies
4	4
📒 Bonds
60,000+	N/A
📓 Options
33 markets	N/A
📗 Futures
32 markets	46
📝 Notes:
Interactive brokers provides real assets (equities) from more than 100+ markets (exchanges) across the world and also provides CFDs (in allowed regions).	All of Valutrades assets are CFDs.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
From 1 share - except for exchanges that allow fractional trading (US stock exchanges)	N/A
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
N/A for EU Citizens	N/A
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
No minimum, but minimum fee is $1.75 per order	Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 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 per commodity (eg: 0.01 Contracts of Gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
$1,000 for corporate/muni bonds, $1 million for treasury bonds	N/A
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
1 contract	N/A
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
1 contract	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:30	Up to 1:30
💪 Professional Leverage
N/A	Up to 1:500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	No
📱 Android App
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
No	No
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
One free withdrawal per month, subsequent are $10 per withdrawal or equivalent	Three free withdrawals a month, then 5% processing fee
💰 Commissions
Commissions depend on market and residency: US residents are eligible for zero commission US stock trading. Else, for US stocks it is $0.005/share with a minimum $1 and maximum 1% of the trade value. European stocks have €3 minimum and 0.05% trade value. Forex commissions are volume based starting at 0.20 basis points of trade value or $2 minimum per trade, and going low as 0.08 basis points and $1. Options start at $0.25 per contract and go as low as $0.15 per contract. Futures start at $0.85 per contract and go as low as $0.25 per contract	Yes (Eg: Forex commission of $3 per side with ECN account)
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.1 pips	Dynamic - From 0.1 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 1 Pip	Dynamic - From 34 Pips
📈 GOLD
N/A	Dynamic - From 22 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.50	N/A
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
N/A	N/A
📉 BTC
N/A	Dynamic - From $90
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
Yes	No