Plus500 Vs. DEGIRO - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
Plus500 is an international broker specialised in CFD trading with a big range of assets including CFDs based on American options	DEGIRO is a European leading stock broker providing access to more than 50 stock exchanges around the world with low commissions per trade and a simple to use platform.
Best For
Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options	Investors from all experience levels looking to buy real shares, funds or ETFs for the long term Active traders that look to access the large variety of exchanges offered
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 0 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore)	BaFin (Germany) AFM (Netherlands)
The Good
CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools	No conflicts of interest between DEGIRO and its customers Virtually unlimited asset offering from 50 exchanges across the globe Low fees when compared to traditional banking alternatives
The Bad
No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)	Credit card deposits are not available Simplistic platforms with not many features Fees are expensive when compared to commission free brokers
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
N/A	N/A
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	2008
💳 Minimum Deposit
$, €, £ - 100	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill	Bank Transfer Paypal
💵 Account Base Currencies
16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.	3 - USD, GBP, EUR.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, CU, SY, IR.	DEGIRO only provides services to citizens of Czech Republic, Spain, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands, Finland and the United Kingdom. The rest of the countries worldwide are not able to use DEGIRO's services.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies, indices and options.	Real stocks, ETFs, bonds and options.
📙 Stocks
2,000+	25,000+
📘 Currency Pairs
70	5
📗 Commodities
25	N/A
📕 Indices
26	25
📔 ETFs
95	6,700
💸 Cryptocurrencies
14	N/A
📒 Bonds
N/A	500+
📓 Options
Option CFDs (Calls and Puts) on: Alphabet, Facebook, Apple, Deutsche Bank, Snap, Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, Tesla and NIO along with major indices and EUR/USD.	250,000+
📗 Futures
N/A	10,000+
📝 Notes:
All of Plus500's assets are CFDs.	DEGIRO is a traditional DMA broker, which means you buy or sell real shares upon availability from stock exchanges across the globe. Their asset offering is virtually unlimited as it depends on exchange's availability.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Varies by Stock (Eg: 0.05 units of Tesla)	N/A
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies by ETF (Eg: 0.5 units of XLK)	N/A
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC)	N/A
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000	N/A
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.2 Troy ounces of Gold)	N/A
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Varies by Option (Eg: 5 contracts of Tesla Calls)	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:30	N/A
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:300	N/A
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	N/A
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	No
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
Yes	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
Yes, $10 every 3 months	No
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No	No
💰 Commissions
No	Yes and varies per asset and exchange, eg: If you were to purchase £2,000 worth of Apple shares at a price of $300 your total commission would have been £0.44.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	N/A
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 70 Pips	N/A
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	N/A
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $5.2	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 7 Pips	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $136	N/A
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
No, only allows setting an individual favourites list	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No