ThinkMarkets Vs. eToro - Compare and Choose the Right One


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Overview
ThinkMarkets is a global broker headquartered in Australia that offers real stocks and ETFs along with CFDs on stocks, etfs, commodities, indices and cryptocurrencies accompanied by their proprietary platform: ThinkTrader.	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
Passive investors looking to buy, hold or transfer real shares or ETFs from ASX Active traders looking to exploit their low spreads on CFDs MetaTrader 4 & 5 traders looking for a convenient offering	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
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 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
FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSAS (Seychelles) FSCA (South Africa)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSAS (Seychelles)
The Good
Possibility to invest in real stocks and ETFs or trade CFDs Proprietary platform ThinkTrader is smooth and user friendly Spreads are very competitive when compared to similar competitors	Social and Copy trading capabilities Trading real shares and cryptocurrencies
The Bad
Real stocks or ETFs are only from ASX (Australian Securities Exchange) Expensive stock trading commissions ($8 flat fee for ASX shares or ETFs) While their stock and ETFs offering is great, they lack variety in all other asset classes	Copy Trading statistics are not clear enough Lack of advanced order placement controls
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 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.
📍 Year Founded
2010	2007
💳 Minimum Deposit
0 for Standard Account / $500 for Zero account	From $5 to $200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Bank Transfer Bitcoin (BTC) Ethereum (ETH) Tether (USDT)	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
6 - EUR, AUD, CHF, GBP, JPY, USD.	1 - USD
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	Only for crypto Trading
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	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
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
No	Yes
Assets
📚 Available Assets
Real stocks and ETFs from ASX. CFDs on stocks, ETFs, indices, commodities and cryptocurrencies.	Real stocks and ETFs CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, commodities, cryptocurrencies and indices
📙 Stocks
3,100+ real shares (ASX) / 1246 CFDs	2,000+ Real Stocks / 2,000+ CFDs
📘 Currency Pairs
47	47
📗 Commodities
11	14
📕 Indices
27	13
📔 ETFs
103	145
💸 Cryptocurrencies
21	26
📒 Bonds
N/A	N/A
📓 Options
N/A	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
ThinkMarkets offers both real stocks & ETFs along with CFDs on several asset classes.	Real stocks are offered without leverage, all the rest of the assets are CFDs.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Fractional share trading - From 0.1 Shares	$50
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Fractional ETF trading - From 0.1 ETFs	$50
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: from 0.01 units of BTC)	$25
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$1,000
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per commodity (eg: 1 ounce of Gold)	$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 1:30	Up to 1:30
💪 Professional Leverage
Up to 1:500	Varies
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
Yes	No
💻 Web trader
Only for MT4 and MT5.	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes (Only for Standard Account)	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
Yes	Yes
👫 Social Trading
Yes	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
No	After 12 months of inactivity, a $10 monthly inactivity fee will be charged.
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No	$5
💰 Commissions
For Standard account there are no commissions For Zero account there is a commission of $3.5 per lot round turn For real stocks and ETFs investing, there is a flat fee of $8 per trade (in-and-out) or if the trade value is above $200,000 then a 0.05% fee per trade.	No
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
From 0.4 Pips to 1 Pip	Dynamic - From 1 Pip
📉 SP500
From 40 Pips	Dynamic - From 75 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 20 Pips	Dynamic - From 45 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
From 20 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.09%
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.01	Dynamic - From 0.09%
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $30	Dynamic - From 0.75%
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No