Trading 212 Vs. eToro - 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.	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 stocks or ETFs with their investing account Traders of all levels of experience looking to trade CFDs on shares	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 1 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) CySec (Cyprus) FSC (Bulgaria)	CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSAS (Seychelles)
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	Social and Copy trading capabilities Trading real shares and cryptocurrencies
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)	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
📋 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	2007
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $1 to $10	From $50 to $200
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill iDeal Apple Pay	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - USD, EUR, GBP, RON, PLN, CHF, SEK, NOK, CZK.	1 - USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	Yes
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	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	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
Hybrid	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
13,615	4,245
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
10,000	2,000
📙 Stock CFDs
1,526	2,000
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
179	47
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
25	14
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
35	13
📔 ETFs
1,800	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
50	145
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	26
📒 Bonds
0	0
📒 Bonds CFDs
0	0
📓 Options
0	0
📓 Options CFDs
0	0
📗 Futures
0	0
📗 Futures CFDs
0	0
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	$10
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	$10
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	$10
📉 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	Unavailable
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size
Unavailable	Unavailable
💪 Retail Leverage
30	30
💪 Professional Leverage
500	Unavailable
✍ 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	No
📺 cTrader
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	Yes
👬 Copy Trading
No	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	After 12 months of inactivity, a $10 monthly inactivity fee will be charged.
💰 Deposit Fees
None	Conversion fees apply.
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	$5 flat fee.
💰 Commissions
None	No commissions on real stocks and ETFs
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1.4 Pips	Dynamic - From 1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 166 Pips	Dynamic - From 75 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 45 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.6	Dynamic - From 0.09%
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Dynamic - From 0.09%
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Fixed - 1%
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	Yes
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	Yes
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No