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


Visit 77% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit 79% 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.	XTB is an international broker specialised in CFD trading and low cost forex spreads.
Best For
Intermediate traders looking to trade short term Experienced traders looking to speculate using CFDs based on options	Experienced forex traders looking for low spreads Experienced stock traders looking for trading particular stocks under low spreads (with commission)
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) CMNV (Spain) UKNF (Poland)
The Good
CFDs on american options offered Low minimum trade sizes Propietary platform with multi-charting tools	Low forex & stock spreads Professional platform with customisable layouts
The Bad
No ability to remove leverage All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)	No ability to remove or customise leverage High commissions on stocks & ETFs All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)
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	2002
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
$100	0
💰 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.	5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, HUF.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, CU, SY, IR.	US, SY, IR.
📊 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	2,131
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	0
📙 Stock CFDs
2,000	1,877
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
70	57
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
25	21
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
26	36
📔 ETFs
0	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
95	135
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
14	5
📒 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	$50 trade value
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	$50 trade value
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.001 BTC)	Varies by Crypto (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 by Commoditty (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounces 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	No
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 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	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
Yes	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$10 every 3 months of inactivity.	$10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
None	For Stocks and ETFs there is an 0.08% commission with $8 minimum.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 0 to 0.8 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 70 Pips	Dynamic - From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 35 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	Yes
🗓 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	No
📡 Webinars
No	Yes