Plus500 Vs. eToro - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 74% 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.	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
Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options	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 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) FSAS (Seychelles)
The Good
CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools	Social and Copy trading capabilities Trading real shares and cryptocurrencies
The Bad
No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)	Copy Trading statistics are not clear enough Lack of advanced order placement controls
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	2007
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	From $50 to $200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.	1 - USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	Yes
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, CU, SY, IR.	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
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	4,245
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	2,000
📙 Stock CFDs
2,000	2,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
70	47
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
25	14
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
26	13
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
95	145
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
14	26
📒 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	$10
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	$10
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC)	$10
📉 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)	$1,000 (0.01 Lots)
📉 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	Unavailable
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	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
Yes	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$10 every 3 months of inactivity.	After 12 months of inactivity, a $10 monthly inactivity fee will be charged.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	Conversion fees apply.
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	$5 flat fee.
💰 Commissions
None	No commissions on real stocks and ETFs
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 70 Pips	Dynamic - From 75 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 45 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $5.2	Dynamic - From 0.09%
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 7 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.09%
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $136	Fixed - 1%
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
No	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 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	No
📡 Webinars
No	No