RoboForex Vs. eToro - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
RoboForex is an international broker established in 2009 which also owns the brand RoboMarkets and specialises on CFD trading over several asset classes.	eToro is an international broker specialised in social and copy trading that offers real stocks and cryptocurrencies along with CFDs on several asset classes.
Best For
Intermediate and Professional traders looking for different account offerings Experienced traders looking for trading platform variety	New traders looking to use the copy trading feature Experienced traders looking to monetise their skills by gaining followers Passive investors looking to buy and hold shares with no commissions
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The Good
Comprehensive asset offering with more than 13,000+ instruments Great platform variety (MT4, MT5, cTrader and their own proprietary platforms) Custom account types with spreads from 0 pips	Social and Copy trading capabilities Trading real shares and cryptocurrencies
The Bad
Weak regulatory framework (counting on 1 license from the IFSC) Doesn’t accept clients from the UK, EU and a few other countries	Copy Trading statistics are not clear enough Lack of advanced order placement controls
Status
Operational	Operational
Recent News
N/A	N/A
Key Data
⌛ Account Opening Time
1 Day	1 day minimum (may take longer)
📋 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.
🏛 Financial Regulators
IFSC (International Financial Services Commission of Belize)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSAS (Seychelles)
📍 Year Founded
2009	2007
💳 Minimum Deposit
$10	$50 up to 200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard JCB AstroPay Skrill Neteller Perfect Money AdvCash NganLuong Wallet Bank transfers (SEPA, local and several options per country)	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
4 - USD, EUR, CNY, GOLD.	1 - USD
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	Only for crypto Trading
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, JP, AU, BQ, CW, TL, RU, GQ, FM, MP, SJ, SS, UK, European Union.	AF, AL, BS, BB, BY, BA, BW, BN, BI, KH, CA, TD, CD, CG, ET, FJ, GH, GN, GW, GY, IR, IQ, JM, JP, LA, LY, ML, MU, MN, ME, MM, NA, NI, KP, MK, PK, PW, WS, RS, SO, LK, SD, SY, TT, TN, TR, UG, VU, YE, ZM
📊 STP Account
Yes	Yes
📊 DMA Account
No	No
📊 ECN Account
Yes	Yes
Assets
📚 Available Assets
CFDs on currencies, commodities, stocks, indices, ETFs and cryptocurrencies	Real stocks and ETFs CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies and indices
📙 Stocks
12,000+	2,000+ Real Stocks / 2,000+ CFDs
📘 Currency Pairs
40+	47
📗 Commodities
100+	14
📕 Indices
50+	13
📔 ETFs
1,000+	145
💸 Cryptocurrencies
16	26
📒 Bonds
N/A	N/A
📓 Options
N/A	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
All of RoboForex’s assets are CFDs.	Real stocks are offered without leverage, all the rest of the assets are CFDs.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	$50
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	$50
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	$25
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	$1,000
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Depends on each platform: from $1,000 (0.01 Lots) to $10,000 (0.1 Lots)	$1,000
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
N/A	N/A
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
N/A	N/A
💪 Retail Leverage
Up to 1:2000	Up to 1:30
💪 Professional Leverage
N/A	Varies
✍ Customisable Leverage
Yes	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
No	After 12 months of inactivity, a $10 monthly inactivity fee will be charged.
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
Yes for some methods (eg: Some bank withdrawals can cost up to 1.5% of the amount)	$5
💰 Commissions
Yes depending on account type (eg: for ECN accounts there are commissions up to $20).	No
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 Pips depending on account type, 1.4 Pips on Average	Dynamic - From 1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From 75 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 17 Pips	Dynamic - From 45 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From 0.09%
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From 0.09%
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $220	Dynamic - From 0.75%
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No