Trading 212 Vs. ThinkMarkets - 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.	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.
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	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
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)	FCA (UK) ASIC (Australia) FSAS (Seychelles) FSCA (South Africa)
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	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
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)	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
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	2010
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
From $1 to $10	From 0 to $500
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill iDeal Apple Pay	Visa Mastercard Neteller Skrill Bank Transfer Bitcoin (BTC) Ethereum (ETH) Tether (USDT)
💵 Account Base Currencies
9 - USD, EUR, GBP, RON, PLN, CHF, SEK, NOK, CZK.	6 - EUR, AUD, CHF, GBP, JPY, USD.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, CA.	US, CA, SY, IR.
📊 STP Account
No	No
📊 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	4,555
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
10,000	3,100
📙 Stock CFDs
1,526	1,246
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
179	47
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
25	11
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
35	27
📔 ETFs
1,800	0
📔 ETFs CFDs
50	103
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
0	21
📒 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	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
Variable - Fractions Allowed	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Unavailable	Varies per cryptocurrency (eg: from 0.01 units of 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)	Varies per commodity (eg: 1 ounce of Gold)
📉 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	500
✍ Customisable Leverage
No	No
🎲 Deleveraged Trading
Yes	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
No	Yes
📺 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	Yes
👫 Social Trading
No	Yes
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	No
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
None	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
None	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.
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 1.4 Pips	Dynamic - From 0.4 to 1 Pip
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 166 Pips	Dynamic - From 40 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 30 Pips	Dynamic - From 20 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - From $0.6	Unavailable
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Unavailable	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Unavailable	Dynamic - From $30
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	No
📡 Live Chat Support
No	No
📡 Video Tutorials
Yes	No
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
No	No