Plus500 Vs. Capital.com - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 83.45% of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
Plus500 is an international broker specialised in CFD trading with a big range of assets including CFDs based on American options.	Capital.com is a global broker founded in 2016 that specialises in CFDs trading with an offering of more than 4,000 different assets along with several trading platforms (TradingView, MT4, MT5 and their own).
Best For
Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options	Beginner and intermediate traders looking for a cost-effective option to trade CFDs on Stocks and ETFs Investors and traders looking to buy shares using their new stock investing account (Not available in Australia)
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 3 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) NBRB (Belarus)
The Good
CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools	Beginner friendly platforms Customisable or removable leverage (Not available in Australia) Integration with TradingView
The Bad
No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)	Lack of advanced research and analysis tools No multi-charting capabilities on their propietary web platform Trailing-stop order not available
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
2008	2016
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$20
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill Apple Pay iDeal
💵 Account Base Currencies
16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.	5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, AUD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, CU, SY, IR.	US, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
2,245	5,152
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	1,000
📙 Stock CFDs
2,000	3,800
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
70	140
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
25	33
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
26	37
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
95	115
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
14	27
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
15	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC)	Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.2 Troy ounces of Gold)	Variable (Eg: 0.01 ounces of gold)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Varies by Option (Eg: 5 contracts of Tesla Calls)	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
300	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 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	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$10 every 3 months of inactivity.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
None	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 70 Pips	Dynamic - From 70 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 55 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $5.2	Dynamic - From $3.30
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 7 Pips	Dynamic - From $0.97
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $136	Dynamic - From $130
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
No	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	Yes