Interactive Brokers vs Robinhood

Interactive Brokers vs Robinhood Comparison Table 2022
Interactive Brokers	Robinhood
WINNER Interactive Brokers is the better broker
Review Not Yet Rated Traders from US accepted	Review 0.9 We do not recommend trading with Robinhood. Their business practices have harmed traders and their "free" trading offer has been criticized for actually costing their traders millions of dollars. 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.	Robinhood have pioneered mobile trading in the US. Their offer attempts to provide the cheapest share trading anywhere.
Instruments
Stocks, Futures, E-minis, Options, CFD, Forex, Crypto	Stocks, Options, CFD, Crypto, ETFs
Demo Account
Yes	No
Minimum Deposit
$10000	$0
Payment Methods
ACH Transfer Apple Pay Cheque Credit Card Google Wallet JCB Card Mastercard Samsung Pay Wire Transfer	ACH Transfer Apple Pay Credit Card Debit Card Google Wallet
Minimum Trade
$100	$10
Regulator
SEC, FCA, IIROC, SFC	SEC
Margin Trading
Yes	No
Margin Rate
1.55 - 2.59%	2.5%
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
No	No
PAMM Account
No	No
LAMM Account
No	No
Demat Account
No	No
AI / Machine Learning
Yes	No
Robo Advisor
No	No
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 and Windows
Copy Trading
No	No
Social Trading
No	No
VPS Hosting
No	No
Tournaments
No	No
Demo Competitions
No	No
Ethical Investing
No	No
Custodial Account
No
Guaranteed Stop Loss
No
Inactivity Fee
0
Islamic Account
No	No
Account Currencies
USD EUR GBP CAD AUD INR JPY SEK NOK DKK CHF HUF
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 New York Stock Exchange Shenzhen Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange
Commodities
Aluminium Gold Natural Gas Soybeans Zinc
CFD Trading
Leverage
1:50	1:2
FTSE Spread
0.005% (£1 Min)	N/A
GBPUSD Spread<
Commission (.20 pts x trade value)	N/A
Oil Spread
N/A
Stocks Spread
From 0.003 per share, variable	0.3% Var
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
	Robinhood offers crypto investing with zero commissions
Spread
	0%
Coins
BTC LTC ETH XRP	BTC ETH BCH LTC SOL DOGE BTG OMG XMR QTUM DASH XRP XLM ZEC NEO LSK
Crypto Lending
No	No
Crypto Mining
No	No
Crypto Staking
No	No
Auto Market Maker
No	No

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