Updated May 27 2022
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Trading 212 is a global broker headquartered in the U.K specialising in real stocks and ETFs investing along with CFD trading. |
IG is a global broker established in 1974 that holds 10 reputable financial licenses and provides CFD trading on stocks, commodities, ETFs, indices, cryptocurrencies, bonds, futures, options along with real stocks through their share dealing account. |
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Status | |
Operational | Operational |
Recent News | |
N/A | N/A |
Key Data | |
⌛ Account Opening Time | |
1 Day | 1 Day |
📋 Documents Required | |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
All documents must be under the account holder's name. |
📍 Year Founded | |
2004 | 1974 |
💳 Minimum Deposit | |
1 to 10 €, £ | 0 for Bank Transfers, 300 € for Paypal and Debit / Credit cards. |
💰 Payment Methods | |
💵 Account Base Currencies | |
9 - USD, EUR, GBP, RON, PLN, CHF, SEK, NOK, CZK. | 6 - AUD, EUR, GBP, HKD, SGD, USD. |
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens | |
No | Yes (excluding CFDs) |
❌ Restricted Countries | |
US, CA. | SY, IR. |
📊 STP Account | |
No | No |
📊 DMA Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📊 ECN Account | |
No | Yes | Assets |
📚 Available Assets | |
📙 Stocks | |
10,000+ Real stocks / 1,526 CFDs | 10,000+ CFDs / Offering from 8 exchanges worldwide for real stocks |
📘 Currency Pairs | |
179 | 210 |
📗 Commodities | |
25 | 37 |
📕 Indices | |
35 | 76 |
📔 ETFs | |
1,800 Real ETFs / 50 CFDs | 2,000 + both CFDs and real ETFs |
💸 Cryptocurrencies | |
N/A | 15 |
📒 Bonds | |
N/A | 19 |
📓 Options | |
N/A | Availability only for select countries. |
📗 Futures | |
N/A | Several contracts in commodities and indices with various expiration dates. |
📝 Notes: | |
Trading 212 provides 2 different accounts: Stock investing where users can buy real stocks or ETFs and CFD accounts. |
IG provides both CFD trading and real equity. US traders cannot trade CFDs. |
Trading Experience |
📈 Minimum Stock Trade Size | |
Fractional Share trading - 0.1 Units of a share | 1 Share |
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size | |
Fractional ETF trading - 0.1 Units of an ETF | 1 ETF |
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size | |
N/A | 0.01 Contracts (IG Provides a standard contract containing a particular quantity of an asset, for example, ADA’s contract has 100 ADA coins) |
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size | |
$500 | 1 Contract (IG Provides a standard contract containing a particular quantity of an asset, for example, 1 EUR / USD standard contract has 10,000 units) |
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size | |
Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounce of Gold) | 1 Contract |
📉 Minimum Bonds Trade Size | |
N/A | 1 Contract |
📈 Minimum Futures Trade Size | |
N/A | 1 Contract |
📉 Minimum Options Trade Size | |
N/A | Varies per option (usually 1 contract) |
💪 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) | No |
🎓 Demo Account | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 IOS App | |
Yes | Yes |
📱 Android App | |
Yes | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 4 | |
No | Yes |
📺 MetaTrader 5 | |
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 | Yes |
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss | |
Yes | Yes | Fees |
💰 Inactivity Fee | |
No | After 24 months of inactivity, IG charges an $18 monthly fee. |
💰 Deposit Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Withdrawal Fees | |
No | No |
💰 Commissions | |
No | Yes, they charge depending on the client’s account base currency and exchange location of the shares being traded. For example, for some clients US shares can have a minimum charge of $10 in-and-out. |
Spreads |
📈 EUR/USD | |
Dynamic - From 1.4 Pips | Dynamic - From 0.9 Pips |
📉 SP500 | |
Dynamic - From 166 Pips | Dynamic - From 150 Pips |
📈 GOLD | |
Dynamic - From 30 Pips | Dynamic - From 50 Pips |
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD) | |
Dynamic - From $0.6 | Dynamic - From $1.03 |
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD) | |
N/A | Dynamic - From 0 Pips |
📉 BTC | |
N/A | Dynamic - From $140 | Research and Analysis |
⭐ Watchlists | |
Yes | Yes |
🔭 Stock Screener | |
No | No |
🗓 Economic Calendar | |
Yes | Yes |
📜 Integrated Newsfeed | |
No | Yes |
📡 Reuters Feed | |
No | Yes |