Plus500 Vs. iFOREX Europe - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 89.13% 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.	iFOREX Europe (formerly Vestle) is the Europe brand part of the global iForex Group that specialises in CFD trading and offers over 600 instruments over currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.
Best For
Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options	Beginner traders with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform
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 0 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore)	CySec (Cyprus)
The Good
CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools	Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs
The Bad
No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)	High spreads on all of their instruments Web and mobile platforms are slow and lack tools Their FAQ database doesn’t effectively answer the most common questions any trader could have
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	2018
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	$200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill	Bank Transfer Credit Card Debit Card
💵 Account Base Currencies
16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.	1 - EUR
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, CU, SY, IR.	US, CA, SY, IR, JP.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
2,245	584
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
2,000	400
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
70	50
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
25	19
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
26	32
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
95	42
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
14	41
📒 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	$2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	$2,500 in trade value
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC)	$2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$2,500 in trade value
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.2 Troy ounces of Gold)	$2,500 in trade value
📉 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	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
📺 cTrader
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
$10 every 3 months of inactivity.	iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).
💰 Commissions
None	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 70 Pips	Dynamic - From 90 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 35 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $5.2	Dynamic - From $3
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 7 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $136	Dynamic - From $120
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
No	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
No	No
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	Yes