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


Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 69.9% 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.	SquaredFinancial is a global brokerage firm founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cyprus that specialises in providing real stocks along with CFDs on all major asset classes paired with MT4 & MT5 platforms.
Best For
Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options	Professional high volume traders looking to exploit their competitive commissions in shares High volume FX traders looking to open a SquaredElite account with spreads from 0 Pips
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 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) MAS (Singapore)	CySec (Cyprus) FSAS (Seychelles)
The Good
CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools	Extensive asset offering (more than 10,000+ products) Real stocks are offered along with CFDs Very competitive share trading commissions when compared to similar brokers
The Bad
No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)	Platform offering is limited to only MT4 and MT5 High minimum deposit for SquaredElite account (5,000 €)
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	2005
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	250 € (SquaredPro Account), 5,000 € SquaredElite Account
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Neteller Skrill Instatransfer
💵 Account Base Currencies
16 - USD, GBP, EUR, CHF, AUD, JPY, PLN, HUF, CZK, CAD, TRY, SEK, NOK, SGD.	5 - EUR, USD, GBP, CHF, ZAR.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, CU, SY, IR.	US, CA, IR, SY.
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
2,245	17,101
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	8,000
📙 Stock CFDs
2,000	8,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
70	40
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
25	5
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
26	15
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
95	1,000
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
14	25
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
15	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	16
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	1 Share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	1 ETF
📈 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 Gold Contract)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies per future (Eg: 1 Contract)
📉 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	No
📱 Android App
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	No
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 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.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
None	Yes, depending on account type or assets. For account types: SquaredPro account has no default commissions SquaredElite account has a commission of $5 per lot For particular assets there are commissions on all accounts, specifically in shares as follows: USA shares have a $0.06 per share commission (with a minimum of $2) European shares have a 0.15% commission of the transaction value (with a minimum of 5 €)
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 1.2 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 70 Pips	Dynamic - From 150 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 110 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 $250
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	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
Yes	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	No
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	No