Trading 212 Vs. AAATrade - Compare Trustworthiness, Capabilities, Fees and Legitimacy


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Overview
Trading 212 is a global broker headquartered in the U.K specialising in real stocks and ETFs investing along with CFD trading.	AAATrade is a Cyprus based broker established in 2013, that offers a variety of financial instruments including contracts for difference (CFDs), forex, stock, commodities, cryptocurrencies and others.
Best For
Passive investors looking to buy stocks or ETFs with their investing account Traders of all levels of experience looking to trade CFDs on shares	Beginner traders looking for a simple web and mobile platform to get started Passive investors looking for real equity
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 0 Other Licenses 1 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
FCA (UK) CySec (Cyprus) FSC (Bulgaria)	CySec (Cyprus)
The Good
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	Simple and friendly proprietary trading platform Intuitive overview of account analytics Wide variety of CFDs and real equities
The Bad
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)	Above-average FX spreads High fees (depending on the deposit / withdrawal methods) High deposit requirements for advanced services ($25,000 , $100,000)
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
2004	2013
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $1 to $10	$500
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill iDeal Apple Pay	Credit Card Debit Card Wire Transfer Skrill Neteller FasaPay UnionPay Giropay QIWI Cryptocurrencies
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - USD, EUR, GBP, RON, PLN, CHF, SEK, NOK, CZK.	3 - EUR, USD, GBP.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	US, AS, AI, BB, FJ, GU, PW, PA, WS, SC, TT, VU, AL, BS, BW, KH, GH, JM, MU, MM, NI, PK, UG, SY, YE, ZW, IR, KR, AF, IQ, MN.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	CFDs
Total Asset Offering
13,615	2,162
Exchange Access
0	25
📙 Real Stocks
10,000	1,000
📙 Stock CFDs
1,526	1,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
179	80
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
25	4
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
35	12
📔 ETFs
1,800	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
50	5
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	50
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	4
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	7
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	1 share
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	1 ETF
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies per Cryptocurrency (Eg: 0.01 BTC)
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$500 (0.005 Lots)	$1,000 (0.01 lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounce of Gold)	$1,000 (0.01 lots)
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size
Unavailable	100 units
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	$1,000 (0.01 lots)
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	Yes
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	Yes
📺 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
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	€15 after 3 months of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	From 0.2% for cryptocurrency, credit and debit cards up to 5% for alternative payments. Direct wire transfers have a fee of €10.
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	Wire transfers have a €10 fee.
💰 Commissions
None	No commissions on novice accounts. Commission free trading for stock ETFs on Experienced accounts FX commissions are $4-$8 per lot depending whether the pair is major, minor or exotic.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1.4 Pips	Dynamic - From 2 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 166 Pips	Dynamic - From 50 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 95 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.6	Dynamic - From $0.21
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $0.01
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $511
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	Yes
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	No
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	Yes
📡 Webinars
No	No