Interactive Brokers vs Robinhood
| Interactive Brokers | Robinhood |
|---|---|
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| 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. |
Robinshood have pioneered mobile trading in the US. Their offer attempts to provide the cheapest share trading anywhere.
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.
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 Traders from US accepted |
Traders from US accepted |
| Bonus | |
| None | None |
| Instruments | |
| Stocks, Futures, E-minis, Options, CFD, Forex, Crypto | Stocks, Options, CFD, Binary Options, ETFs |
| Demo Account | |
| Yes | No |
| Minimum Deposit | |
| $10000 | $0 |
| Payment Methods | |
| ACH Transfer, Apple Pay, Cheque, Credit Card, Google Pay, JCB Card, Mastercard, Samsung Pay | ACH Transfer, Apple Pay, Credit Card, Debit Card, Google Pay |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| Robo Advisor | |
| No | - |
| Negative Balance Protection | |
| No | - |
| Market Maker | |
| No | No |
| P2P Trading | |
| No | No |
| Spot Trading | |
| Yes | No |
| Mobile Apps | |
| iOS, Android and Windows | iOS, Android and Windows |
| Auto Trading | |
| - | - |
| Trade Signals | |
| - | - |
| VPS Hosting | |
| No | - |
| Tournaments | |
| No | - |
| Demo Competitions | |
| No | - |
| Ethical Investing | |
| No | - |
| Social Trading | |
| No | No |
| Copy Trading | |
| No | No |
| Islamic Account | |
| No | No |
| Account Currencies | |
| USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, INR, JPY, SEK, NOK, DKK, CHF | - |
| CFD | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Crypto trading not offered | |
| Spread | |
| Coins | |
| BTC, LTC, ETH, XRP | |
| Crypto Lending | |
| No | No |
| Crypto Mining | |
| No | No |
| Auto Market Maker | |
| No | No |
| Binary Options | |
| Binary options trading not offered | |
| Payout | |
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