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


Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 67.6% 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.	Forex.com is a global broker headquartered in the U.S and part of StoneX (publicly traded company on NASDAQ) that specialises in offering CFDs based on commodities, currencies, indices, stocks, ETFs, shares, bonds and cryptocurrencies.
Best For
Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options	Traders of all levels (beginner to advanced) looking for competitive pricing Trades of all levels looking for a great platform variety High volume traders looking for ECN or DMA accounts offering deep liquidity for large trades
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 4 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore)	FINRA (United States) FCA (UK) FFAJ (Japan) IIROC (Canada) CySec (Cyprus) CIMA (Cayman Islands)
The Good
CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools	Great platform offering (Proprietary, TradingView, MetaTrader 4 & 5) Excellent asset offering (more than 5,000+ instruments) Competitive spreads in some of their assets
The Bad
No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)	Despite presenting a great customisable platform, it still feels messy and not intuitive to use Commissions are expensive when compared to similar competitors
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	2001
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$100
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Skrill Neteller Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.	6 - GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, JPY, CHF.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	Yes
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, CU, SY, IR.	None
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
2,245	5,371
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
2,000	4,500
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
70	93
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
25	35
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
26	24
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
95	700
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
14	5
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	14
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
15	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Varies per share (eg: 0.3 AMZN shares)
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Varies per ETF (eg: 5 contracts of XLK)
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC)	Varies per Cryptocurrency (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)	Varies per commodity (eg: 1 contract 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	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 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	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$10 every 3 months of inactivity.	$15 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
None	Depending on account type. Standard account has no commissions “Commission Account” and “DMA Account” have a flat $5 fee commission per lot round turn
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 70 Pips	Dynamic - From 60 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 50 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $5.2	Dynamic - Market Spread
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 7 Pips	Dynamic - Market Spread
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $136	Dynamic - From $120
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
No	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	Yes
📡 Educational Content
No	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No