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


Visit 79% of retail CFD accounts lose money.	Visit Majority of retail CFD accounts lose money.
Overview
XTB is an international broker specialised in CFD trading and low cost forex spreads.	Trading 212 is a global broker headquartered in the U.K specialising in real stocks and ETFs investing along with CFD trading.
Best For
Experienced forex traders looking for low spreads Experienced stock traders looking for trading particular stocks under low spreads (with commission)	Passive investors looking to buy stocks or ETFs with their investing account Traders of all levels of experience looking to trade CFDs on shares
Licenses
Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 2 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More	Financial Licenses Regulation Regulated Top-tier Licenses 1 Other Licenses 2 Provided by TheTradingBible.com Learn More
🏛 Financial Regulators
CySec (Cyprus) FCA (UK) CMNV (Spain) UKNF (Poland)	FCA (UK) CySec (Cyprus) FSC (Bulgaria)
The Good
Low forex & stock spreads Professional platform with customisable layouts	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
The Bad
No ability to remove or customise leverage High commissions on stocks & ETFs All instruments are CFDs, you can't buy underlying assets (real stocks or cryptocurrencies)	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)
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
2002	2004
💳 Minimum Deposit Range
0	From $1 to $10
💰 Payment Methods
Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Sofort Neteller Paypal Skrill	Visa Mastercard Bank Transfer Paypal Neteller Skrill iDeal Apple Pay
💵 Account Base Currencies
5 - USD, GBP, EUR, PLN, HUF.	9 - USD, EUR, GBP, RON, PLN, CHF, SEK, NOK, CZK.
🗽 Available to U.S Citizens
No	No
❌ Restricted Countries
US, SY, IR.	US, CA.
📊 STP Account
Yes	No
📊 DMA Account
No	Yes
📊 ECN Account
No	No
Banking License
No	No
Debit Card
No	No
Assets
📚 Assets Type
CFDs	Hybrid
Total Asset Offering
2,131	13,615
Exchange Access
0	0
📙 Real Stocks
0	10,000
📙 Stock CFDs
1,877	1,526
📘 Currency Pairs
0	0
📘 Currency Pair CFDs
57	179
📗 Commodities
0	0
📗 Commodities CFDs
21	25
📕 Indices
0	0
📕 Indices CFDs
36	35
📔 ETFs
0	1,800
📔 ETFs CFDs
135	50
💸 Cryptocurrencies
0	0
💸 Cryptocurrency CFDs
5	0
📒 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
$50 trade value	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📉 Minimum ETFs Trade Size
$50 trade value	Variable - Fractions Allowed
📈 Minimum Crypto Trade Size
Varies by Crypto (Eg: 0.01 BTC)	Unavailable
📉 Minimum FX Trade Size
$1,000 (0.01 Lots)	$500 (0.005 Lots)
📈 Minimum Commodities Trade Size
Varies by Commoditty (Eg: 0.01 Troy ounces of Gold)	Varies by Commodity (Eg: 0.01 Troy 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
No	Yes
🎓 Demo Account
Yes	Yes
📱 IOS App
Yes	Yes
📱 Android App
Yes	Yes
📺 MetaTrader 4
Yes	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	No
👫 Social Trading
No	No
🔑 Guaranteed Stop-loss
No	No
🔨 Trailing Stop-loss
Yes	Yes
Fees
💰 Inactivity Fee
$10 monthly after 1 year of inactivity.	None
💰 Deposit Fees
None	None
💰 Withdrawal Fees
None	None
💰 Commissions
For Stocks and ETFs there is an 0.08% commission with $8 minimum.	None
Spreads
📈 EUR/USD
Dynamic - From 0 to 0.8 Pips	Dynamic - From 1.4 Pips
📉 SP500
Dynamic - From 50 Pips	Dynamic - From 166 Pips
📈 GOLD
Dynamic - From 35 Pips	Dynamic - From 30 Pips
📉 TSLA (Stock CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Dynamic - From $0.6
📈 XLK (ETF - CFD)
Dynamic - Market Spread	Unavailable
📉 BTC
Dynamic - From $120	Unavailable
Research and Analysis
⭐ Watchlists
Yes	Yes
🔭 Stock Screener
Yes	No
🗓 Economic Calendar
Yes	Yes
📜 Integrated Newsfeed
No	No
📡 Reuters Feed
No	No
📡 Educational Content
Yes	Yes
📡 Live Chat Support
No	No
📡 Video Tutorials
No	Yes
📡 Account Management
No	No
📡 Webinars
Yes	No