Trading 212 Vs. iFOREX Europe - Compare and Choose the Right One


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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.	iFOREX Europe (formerly Vestle) is the Europe brand part of the global iForex Group that specialises in CFD trading and offers over 600 instruments over currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies.
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 with little to no experience looking to test a simple platform
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	Extremely simple platform designed for beginners with little needs
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)	High spreads on all of their instruments Web and mobile platforms are slow and lack tools Their FAQ database doesn’t effectively answer the most common questions any trader could have
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	2018
💳 Minimum Deposit
1 to 10 €, £	200 € (But it can change at their discretion)
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill iDeal Apple Pay	Bank Wire Credit Card Debit Card
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - USD, EUR, GBP, RON, PLN, CHF, SEK, NOK, CZK.	1 - EUR
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	US, CA, SY, IR, JP.
📊 STP Account
No	Yes
📊 DMA Account
Yes	No
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Assets
📚 Available Assets
Real stocks and ETFs CFDs on stocks, ETFs, currencies, commodities and indices.	CFDs on currencies, commodities, indices, shares, ETFs and cryptocurrencies
📙 Stocks
10,000+ Real stocks / 1,526 CFDs	400+
📘 Currency Pairs
179	50+
📗 Commodities
25	19
📕 Indices
35	32
📔 ETFs
1,800 Real ETFs / 50 CFDs	42
💸 Cryptocurrencies
N/A	41
📒 Bonds
N/A	N/A
📓 Options
N/A	N/A
📗 Futures
N/A	N/A
📝 Notes:
Trading 212 provides 2 different accounts: Stock investing where users can buy real stocks or ETFs and CFD accounts.	All of iFOREX Europe assets are CFDs yet they do provide a “No Leverage” tab with a few assets under 1:1 conditions for traders that do not wish to expose themselves to the risk.
Trading Experience
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size
Fractional Share trading - 0.1 Units of a share	$2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Fractional ETF trading - 0.1 Units of an ETF	$2,500 in trade value
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
N/A	$2,500 in trade value
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$500	$2,500 in trade value
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounce of Gold)	$2,500 in trade value
📉 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 (Investing Account)	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	No
📺 MetaTrader 5
No	No
💻 Web trader
Yes	Yes
💻 TradingView Platform
No	No
💻 Proprietary Platform
Yes	Yes
📊 Multi-chart Tools
Yes	No
👬 Copy Trading
No	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
No	iFOREX Europe charges an inactivity fee of $15 for every quarter of inactivity.
💰 Deposit Fees
No	No
💰 Withdrawal Fees
No	No for credit cards but yes for bank wires (up to $20).
💰 Commissions
No	No
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1.4 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.7 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 166 Pips	Dynamic - From 90 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 35 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.6	Dynamic - From $3
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
N/A	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 BTC
N/A	Dynamic - From $120
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
No	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No