ThinkMarkets Vs. Trading 212 - 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.	Trading 212 is a global broker headquartered in the U.K specialising in real stocks and ETFs investing along with CFD trading.
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	Passive investors looking to buy stocks or ETFs with their investing account Traders of all levels of experience looking to trade CFDs on shares
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 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSAS (Seychelles) FSCA (South Africa)	FCA (UK) CySec (Cyprus) FSC (Bulgaria)
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	Broad asset offering in their investing account (more than 10,000 assets) Friendly, smooth and simple proprietary platforms (both web and mobile) Great spreads on stocks and no commissions on investing accounts
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	Despite both platforms being beautiful, they are gamified for engagement. Clicking on the buy button on mobile platform will trigger a random order without asking for confirmation Asides from stocks, their asset offering lacks variety Very high forex spreads (1.4 Pips on EUR/USD)
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
2010	2004
💳 Minimum Deposit
0 for Standard Account / $500 for Zero account	1 to 10 €, £
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Bank Transfer Bitcoin (BTC) Ethereum (ETH) Tether (USDT)	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill iDeal Apple Pay
💵 Account Base Currencies
6 - EUR, AUD, CHF, GBP, JPY, USD.	9 - USD, EUR, GBP, RON, PLN, CHF, SEK, NOK, CZK.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA, SY, IR.	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
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 and indices.
📙 Stocks
3,100+ real shares (ASX) / 1246 CFDs	10,000+ Real stocks / 1,526 CFDs
📘 Currency Pairs
47	179
📗 Commodities
11	25
📕 Indices
27	35
📔 ETFs
103	1,800 Real ETFs / 50 CFDs
💸 Cryptocurrencies
21	N/A
📒 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.	Trading 212 provides 2 different accounts: Stock investing where users can buy real stocks or ETFs and CFD accounts.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Fractional share trading - From 0.1 Shares	Fractional Share trading - 0.1 Units of a share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Fractional ETF trading - From 0.1 ETFs	Fractional ETF trading - 0.1 Units of an ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: from 0.01 units of BTC)	N/A
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$500
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies per commodity (eg: 1 ounce of Gold)	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounce of Gold)
📉 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	Up to 1:500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes (Investing Account)
🎓 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	No
👫 Social Trading
Yes	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
No	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
No	No
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No	No
💰 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 1.4 Pips
📉 SP500
From 40 Pips	Dynamic - From 166 Pips
📈 GOLD
From 20 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
From 20 Pips	Dynamic - From $0.6
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.01	N/A
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $30	N/A
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
Yes	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No