Charles Schwab vs TradeStation
| Charles Schwab | TradeStation |
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2.8
Charles Schwab is #33 in our broker rankings. |
3.5
TradeStation is #12 in our CFD broker rankings. |
 Traders from US accepted |
Traders from US accepted |
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Charles Schwab is a large US investment broker offering a massive range of stocks, ETFs and equity derivatives in a variety of savings and investment accounts |
US based broker with pricing methods split to cater for active day traders, or longer term stock holders |
| Instruments | |
| Stocks, Futures, Options, Crypto, ETFs | Stocks, Futures, E-minis, CFD |
| Demo Account | |
| Yes | Yes |
| Minimum Deposit | |
| $1 | $500 |
| Payment Methods | |
| Minimum Trade | |
| 1 | Min lot size will vary |
| Regulator | |
| SEC, FINRA, FCA1 | SEC |
| Margin Trading | |
| No | No |
| MetaTrader 4 | |
| No | Yes |
| MetaTrader 5 | |
| No | No |
| cTrader | |
| No | No |
| AlgoTrader | |
| No | No |
| OmniTrader | |
| No | No |
| TradingView | |
| No | No |
| Autochartist | |
| No | No |
| eSignal | |
| No | No |
| Trading Central | |
| No | No |
| STP Account | |
| No | No |
| ECN Account | |
| No | No |
| DMA Account | |
| No | Yes |
| MAM Account | |
| No | No |
| PAMM Account | |
| No | No |
| LAMM Account | |
| No | No |
| Demat Account | |
| No | No |
| AI / Machine Learning | |
| Yes | No |
| Robo Advisor | |
| Yes | No |
| Negative Balance Protection | |
| No | No |
| Market Maker | |
| No | No |
| P2P Trading | |
| No | No |
| Spot Trading | |
| No | No |
| Mobile Apps | |
| iOS & Android | iOS, Android and Windows |
| Auto Trading | |
| Yes | |
| Copy Trading | |
| No | No |
| Social Trading | |
| No | No |
| VPS Hosting | |
| No | No |
| Tournaments | |
| No | No |
| Demo Competitions | |
| No | No |
| Ethical Investing | |
| Yes | No |
| Custodial Account | |
| Yes | No |
| Guaranteed Stop Loss | |
| No | No |
| Islamic Account | |
| No | No |
| Account Currencies | |
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| Commodities | |
| CFD Trading | |
| CFD trading not offered | |
| Leverage | |
| 1:20 | |
| FTSE Spread | |
| N/A | |
| GBPUSD Spread | |
| N/A | |
| Oil Spread | |
| 0.06 pips | |
| Stocks Spread | |
| 0.2% Var | |
| Cryptocurrency | |
| Charles Schwab supports indirect crypto trading through digital coin trusts and crypto-related stocks. | Crypto trading not offered |
| Spread | |
| Floating | |
| Coins | |
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| Crypto Lending | |
| No | No |
| Crypto Mining | |
| No | No |
| Crypto Staking | |
| No | Yes |
| Auto Market Maker | |
| No | No |
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