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74% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Libertex Vs. eToro - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy

Updated Oct 20 2022

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70.8% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

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74% of retail CFD accounts lose money.

Overview

Libertex is a broker headquartered in Cyprus that operates since 1997 and offers trading in over 250 financial instruments.

eToro is an international broker specialised in social and copy trading that offers real stocks and cryptocurrencies along with CFDs on several asset classes.

Best For
  • European-based traders who are looking to trade forex and cryptocurrencies
  • Traders who need to monitor their positions through mobile apps
  • Long-term investors in equities
  • New traders looking to use the copy trading feature
  • Experienced traders looking to monetise their skills by gaining followers
  • Passive investors looking to buy and hold shares with no commissions
Licenses

Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

0

Other Licenses

1

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Financial
Licenses

Regulation

Regulated

Top-tier Licenses

2

Other Licenses

2

Provided by
TheTradingBible.com

Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
  • CySec (Cyprus.
  • CySec (Cyprus)
  • FCA (UK)
  • ASIC (Australia)
  • FSAS (Seychelles)
The Good
  • Clean and user-friendly trading platform
  • Advanced mobile app with news integration for iOS and Android
  • Zero commission stock investing
  • Social and Copy trading capabilities
  • Trading real shares and cryptocurrencies
The Bad
  • Doesn't support use of Expert Advisors (EA)
  • Stock CFDs are limited to popular (blue chip) choices
  • Weak regulatory framework
  • Copy Trading statistics are not clear enough
  • Lack of advanced order placement controls
Status
Operational Operational
Recent News

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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
1997 2007
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100 From $50 to $200
💰 Payment Methods
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Neteller
  • Skrill
  • Paypal
  • Sofort
  • iDeal
  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • Bank Transfer
  • Sofort
  • Neteller
  • Paypal
  • Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - EUR, GBP, PLN, CHF 1 - USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No Yes
❌ Restricted Countries

US, CA, SY.

AF, AL, BS, BB, BY, BA, BW, BN, BI, KH, CA, TD, CD, CG, ET, FJ, GH, GN, GW, GY, IR, IQ, JM, JP, LA, LY, ML, MU, MN, ME, MM, NA, NI, KP, MK, PK, PW, WS, RS, SO, LK, SD, SY, TT, TN, TR, UG, VU, YE, ZM.

📊 STP Account
No Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes Yes
📊 ECN Account
No No
Banking License
No No
Debit Card
No No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
374 4,245
Exchange Access
0 0
📙 Real Stocks
100 2,000
📙 Stock CFDs
100 2,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0 0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
52 47
📗 Commodities
0 0
📗 Commodities CFDs
17 14
📕 Indices
0 0
📕 Indices CFDs
18 13
📔 ETFs
0 0
📔 ETFs CFDs
10 145
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0 0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
73 26
📒 Bonds
0 0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0 0
📓 Options
0 0
📓 Options CFDs
4 0
📗 Futures
0 0
📗 Futures CFDs
0 0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
$20 minimum trade size $10
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$20 minimum trade size $10
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
$20 minimum trade size $10
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$20 minimum trade size $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
$20 minimum trade size $1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
$20 minimum trade size Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30 30
💪 Professional Leverage
500 Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
No Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes Yes
📱 Android App
Yes Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes No
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes No
📺 cTrader
No No
💻 Web trader
Yes Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No No
💻 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

€10/month after 180 calendar days of inactivity.

After 12 months of inactivity, a $10 monthly inactivity fee will be charged.

💰 Deposit Fees
None

Conversion fees apply.

💰 Withdrawal Fees

Depending on the service - up to 1%, 2% withdrawal fee on an inactive account.

$5 flat fee.

💰 Commissions
None

No commissions on real stocks and ETFs

Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 1.2 Pips Dynamic - From 1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 83 Pips Dynamic - From 75 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 25 Pips Dynamic - From 45 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $4 Dynamic - From 0.09%
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread Dynamic - From 0.09%
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $205 Fixed - 1%
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No No
📡 Educational Content
Yes Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No Yes
📡 Account Management
Yes No
📡 Webinars
No No