Interactive Brokers vs Charles Schwab

Interactive Brokers vs Charles Schwab Comparison Table 2023
Interactive Brokers	Charles Schwab
Review 4.3 Interactive Brokers is #12 in our CFD broker rankings.	Review 2.8 Charles Schwab is #34 in our broker rankings.
Traders from US accepted	Traders from US accepted
IB Boast a huge market share of global trading. With a minimum deposit of $10,000 however, they remain an option for larger traders only.	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
Instruments
Stocks, Futures, E-minis, Options, CFD, Forex, Crypto, Exchange Linked Warrants	Stocks, Futures, Options, Crypto, ETFs
Demo Account
Yes	Yes
Minimum Deposit
$10000	$1
Payment Methods
ACH Transfer Apple Pay Automated Customer Account Transfer Service Cheque Credit Card Google Wallet JCB Card Mastercard Payoneer Samsung Pay Wire Transfer	ACH Transfer Automated Customer Account Transfer Service TransferWise Wire Transfer
Minimum Trade
$100	1
Regulator
SEC, FCA, IIROC, SFC	SEC, FINRA, FCA1
Margin Trading
Yes	No
Margin Rate
1.55 - 2.59%
MetaTrader 4
No	No
MetaTrader 5
No	No
cTrader
No	No
AlgoTrader
Yes	No
OmniTrader
Yes	No
TradingView
No	No
Autochartist
No	No
eSignal
Yes	No
Trading Central
Yes	No
STP Account
Yes	No
ECN Account
No	No
DMA Account
Yes	No
MAM Account
Yes	No
PAMM Account
No	No
LAMM Account
No	No
Demat Account
No	No
AI / Machine Learning
Yes	Yes
Robo Advisor
No	Yes
Negative Balance Protection
No	No
Market Maker
No	No
P2P Trading
No	No
Spot Trading
Yes	No
Mobile Apps
iOS, Android and Windows	iOS & Android
Auto Trading
	Yes
Copy Trading
No	No
Social Trading
No	No
VPS Hosting
No	No
Tournaments
No	No
Demo Competitions
No	No
Ethical Investing
No	Yes
Custodial Account
No	Yes
Guaranteed Stop Loss
No	No
Inactivity Fee
0
Islamic Account
No	No
Account Currencies
USD EUR GBP CAD AUD INR JPY SEK NOK DKK CHF HUF	USD
Stock Exchanges
Borsa Italiana CAC 40 Index France Chicago Mercantile Exchange Euronext IBEX 35 Japan Exchange Group Korean Stock Exchange London Metal Exchange London Stock Exchange Nasdaq Nasdaq Nordic & Baltics New York Stock Exchange Russell 2000 Shenzhen Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange
Commodities
Aluminium Gold Lead Natural Gas Precious Metals Soybeans Zinc	Soybeans
CFD Trading
	CFD trading not offered
Leverage
1:50
FTSE Spread
0.005% (£1 Min)
GBPUSD Spread
Commission (.20 pts x trade value)
Oil Spread
N/A
Stocks Spread
From 0.003 per share, variable
Forex Trading
	Forex trading not offered
GBPUSD Spread
Commission (.20 pts x trade value)
EURUSD Spread
Commission (.20 pts x trade value)
EURGBP Spread
Commission (.20 pts x trade value)
Assets
70+
Cryptocurrency
	Charles Schwab supports indirect crypto trading through digital coin trusts and crypto-related stocks.
Spread
	Floating
Coins
BTC LTC ETH XRP	GBTC BITW
Crypto Lending
No	No
Crypto Mining
No	No
Crypto Staking
No	No
Auto Market Maker
No	No

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