Plus500 Vs. Nextmarkets - Compare and Choose the Right One


Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 63.10% 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	Nextmarkets is a german broker founded in 2014 that specialises in commission free stocks and ETFs trading through their proprietary platform which offers an expert advisory service via live coaches that suggest their trading ideas.
Best For
Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options	New investors and traders looking to explore their social and copy trading offering via live coaches New investors and traders looking for a simple and friendly mobile app for commission-free investing in stocks or equities
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)	MFSA (Malta Financial Services Authority)
The Good
CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools	Their “trading ideas” and “live coaches” offering is quite interesting and provides a lot of value for new traders Their proprietary platform is very simple and easy to use Their equities offering is completely commission-free
The Bad
No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)	Asides from stocks and ETFs, their asset offering lacks variety Their web platform is completely impractical to use for professional trading They don’t let you enjoy your demo trading experience in peace, there is a constant pop-up asking you to fund your account at all times
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	2014
💳 Minimum Deposit
$, €, £ - 100	0
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.	2 - EUR, GBP.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, CU, SY, IR.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 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 and ETFs CFDs on stocks, ETFs, commodities, indices, currencies, bonds and cryptocurrencies.
📙 Stocks
2,000+	8,000+
📘 Currency Pairs
70	22
📗 Commodities
25	5
📕 Indices
26	5
📔 ETFs
95	1,000+
💸 Cryptocurrencies
14	4
📒 Bonds
N/A	1
📓 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.	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
All of Plus500's assets are CFDs.	Nextmarkets provides both CFDs and real stocks or ETFs.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Varies by Stock (Eg: 0.05 units of Tesla)	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Varies by ETF (Eg: 0.5 units of XLK)	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC)	Varies per Cryptocurrency (eg: 0.1 BTC with leverage 1:2)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000	$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 - 1 trojan ounce)
📉 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	Up to 1:30
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:300	Up to 1:100
✍ 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	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 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	No
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.6 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 70 Pips	Dynamic - From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 40 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $5.2	Dynamic - From $2
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From 7 Pips	Dynamic - From $0.1 to 0.3
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $136	Dynamic - From $125
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
No, only allows setting an individual favourites list	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	No
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No